Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-16

OF woman's social debasement on social
lines for sins for which man Is equally
culpable. and said that unceaslng Ell
fort should be waged until such condi-
lions are erased. and single standard
of morality maintained. His remarks
were most interesting and much en-
joyed by the class.
The Reviewers club met with Mrs.
John Cain on Monday afternoon, the
topic Of the day being Recent Elec-
trical Discoveries" by Miss Della Snow.
The Tourist section Of the Ladies'
Literary club will meet at the club
rooms on Monday morning at 10 o'clock
sharp. The topics will be THE Ger
man People" by Mrs. $. F. Fenton. and
the "Niebelungen Lied" BY Mrs. Flora
Woodruff.
The Georgia Federation has under
taken TO raise $4,000 for the establish
nent and maintenance OF . model
school somewhere in north Georgia.
country school In which children niay
get the right kind OF an education.
Georgia clubwomen have been persis-
tent and untiring in their efforts In
behalf OF educational projects for the
state. The record Of their achievements
Is most impressive. II Is designed to
make the new school place where
wood-carving, weaving. FRAMEWORK,
crochetting, toy-maklng, pillow-lace
making, and other handiwork may be
taught 70 provide village Industries and
profitable occupation for time otherwise
un0ceupied In farm life, The club
women Will work in connection with
the county school commissioners OF tile
state, who are deeply interested In the
plan. One county has already Offered
TO the Federation any one OF their
schools which may seem to the fedora
ton committee suitable for the pur-
pose. When this model school Is es-
labllshed, graduates from II viii be
sent all over the state as teachers, The
federation expects TO raise the money
by January I. 1901. and already contri-
huuoi.s have begun TO come In. To the
Cherokee club, of Gainesville, belongs
The distinction Of sending the first gllt,
one of $3.50.
An occasion OF patriotic and national
interest was the dedication recently OK
the first monument erected to the he
roic dead Of Valley Forge by the Gen.
cral Society of the Daughters Of the
Revolution. The idea had its inception
two years ago at the time OF the an
nual meeting held In Philadelphia,
when The Daughters went on a patriotic
pilgrimage to. Valley Forge. The
ground on which the memorial stands
vas decided TO the society on condition
that suitable monument should be
erected WITHIN two years. The meta
bers went TO work with Will, and
within The prescribed time raised the
necessary SION, 81 900.
The monument l. handsome obelisk
Of granite, so feet high. On the pedi-
ment Is q bronze bas-relief depicting a
scene OF the winter OF l777-is; at the
base of the shaft is the seal of the
society In bronze, and above this is
carved the Continental flag with lis
thirteen stars In a circle. On the first
base is the inscril ton, Erected by the
Daughters OF the revolution, 1901" On
the second base Is, ITO the Soldiers OF
Washington's Army Who Sleep in Val
icy Forge" Directly behind the moru-
ment Is the only grave of the hundreds
on the hillside which Is marked: Il Is
the resting place OF Lieut.. John Water
man, who died In April, l77s.
A SPECIAL train from Philadelphia
look out large number TO fleetwood,
where coaches were in waiting to corr
vey members and guests to the
grounds. From the country far and
near, in every kind OF vehicle, the
residents had gathered to take part in
the ceremonies. While the audience was
gathering a band played the national
airs and other suitable selections.
The New York City Household
Economic association, which has re-
Gently been dissolved, appointed at It's
last meeting a committee with discre-
tlonary power to decide upon the best
disposition Of the small fund andh
hold effects of the organization. This
committee. after careful consideration
and conference with those who have
had practical experience In such work.
decided to rent and furnish small fat
~ the most congested part of the lower
East Side, where young girls and moth
ers may be trained In the best methods
of housekeeping, and taught, so fur as
practicable. all that makes for the bet
terment of the home. A meeting for
the furtherance OF this work was held
m Thursday OF this week at the resi-.
dence OF Mrs. ]. w. Tilton, No. 81 East
Thirtieth street, at which ways and
means We're discussed. II Is proposed
20 ask an annual subscription OF 81
from the old members OF the ~ Y. C..
II. H. A., and as many new friends as
possible, which, With the good start
that can be made with funds and fur
nishings now on hand, will, II is ex-
pected, adequately support the enter
prise. The plan seems a thoroughly
practical and commendable one, and
nayp develop into just the lines OF
work that the founder OF the associa-
ton, Mrs w. G.. Smaller, now president
If the state association, had in mind
when she brought the society into ex-
istence. almost single-handed. FIVE or
six years ago. II only one school OF
home OF this sort survives, the organ
ization will not have been In vain.
Even a young club woman Fan re-
member the time when the woman's
club was nothing II not literary; when
the work OF the club was confined to
the writing Of essays and the ransack-
Ing OF encyclopedias, and when such
a thn,pht n q nublic work for tho n,,hiio