Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-05

-, ,or lis archltecture--it Is Classic
S |,so,, temple--but because II was de-
.,aoad and built by Mrs, Burdette ex-
ea,I,, for the Ebeli club, and fur-
i en because II was hero that the
rni,sornia Federation OF Women's clubs
came into being a little over one year
ago .,,r naraona,itv M Mrs.
pnraette doubtless has had much 10
Az with turning the official lorgnette
~ he general federation toward the
S,ote Of beautiful peoples and unbound
"a hospltality In speaking at the NIL
u,ankee biennial she said;
california brings you greetings with
bunch OF orange blossoms tied with
= streamer of golden sunset"
That is Just the sort OF glad 70 see
~ club women to the biennial OF
,o SS viii receive in California only
.Sere viii be bunch Of orange bios
SONS for every blessed one.
Though young as a federation state.
california has been active In spreading
NE creed OF the twentieth century wo-
man from "pine TO palm, from the
sierra SHOWS TO the Pacifics warm
surees," SO II comes into the fold with
sIxty-one clubs numbering $500 mem
beers.
than intellectual apathy has prevented
earlier federation as state, or In turn
affiliatlon with the national body. They
the California club women--will tell
Won their president has TO cover no
iess than 2l,560 square miles In her OIL
oial rounds. They will also proudly say
the territory Of this state Is equivalent
10 that of Maine, Vermont, New Hamp-
shire Massachusetts,. Rhode island,
New Jersey, New York, Delaware and
MARYLAND, so that to be president OF
this great state and bring into Coop
Grafton its many women's organizations
was indeed an onerous undertaking.
There were no less than four fine Sec
tional organizations in California before
the state federation Idea came that
way. There was the San Joaquin Val
lev Federation of Clubs-with the
splendid motto, by the way, OF First,
information, then reformation" There
was the Congress OF Women with an
annual convention of one week IN san
francisco. The Federation OF societies
in Southern California was In HOUR
fishing condition, while the southern
California Parliament convened once a
year with success.
So three times was an effort made 10
federate before the triumphal one IN
the Ebell clubhouse In Los Angeles
when no less than forty-two clubs re-
sponded. many OF the delegates travel
ing hundreds Of miles to register their
interest. An able assistant to Mrs.
Burdette In this new movement was
Mrs. Frances Il. Eastman, then a resi-
dent In California and director of the
General Federation, who now spends
most Of her time In Chicago. and Is
Identified with the Chicago Woman's
Club.
California club women have already
attracted attention over the country
through their efforts to save bunch
OF big trees in Calaveras county. These
kings OF the forest, being threatened by
the ak of the mercenary lumber mer-
chant aroused the club women TO Wig
orous protest A committee appointed
by the California Federation OF Wo-
mems clubs presented q memorial 10
Congress-, praying that body TO pur-
chase the grove for public park. The
depredatiorfs OF the lumbermen. in the
meantime, have been abated, and the
prospects are good for the preservation
OF these menarchs Of the woodland.
No one, however, can speak so intelli-
gently of the aspirations OF club women
in this vast state as Mrs. Burdette.
Recently she wrote.
Being q child, we cannot boast OF
many things accomplished, but what
we have wrought has been done with
n chjld's enthusiasm OF purpose and
simplicity Of method. Clubs have been
induced TO lay aside provincialism and
work fer large purposes; to tear away
the barbed wire fence OF excluslveness
they had in some instances builded
around themselyes-and which always
shuts out more than 1t shuts inland
10 learn the sweetness and strength OF
cooperation.
1--WE have great hopes from our
reciprocity bureau, OF that growth Of
club life which naturally follows In
creased knowledge Of our work. From
the educational committee development
of individual, practical intelligence IN
the public school system and the state
laws pertaining to women and children
From our forestry committee clearer
information and more conscientious
activity on a question which Is Of more
vital importance to our state than 10
any other In the Union. Not alone for
the beauty and matchless grandeur OF
our world-famed sequoias must our
forests be saved and developed, but fol-
the stronger reason that under the for
est trees live the springs that give vi
tally TO the seed time and glory &c
our harvests Although the President
had suggested It as n state work, the
pressing need of immediate actor
moved the California club of Sar
Francisco promptly and successfully &c
appeal 10 Congress TO make the appro'
priation 20 save the Calaveras giants
from destruction.
I'VE have property values In CLUB.
houses that are elegant and costly, ant
club homes that are charmingly simple
buildings in the old mission style o.
architecture, in the Greek temple, II
the model of the conventional club
house, and In the bungalow.
"In conclusion, California women IL
federation stand for the home first, ant
for all that Is noblest ,purest, and bes
for true womanhood and the state.
The Ebell Club In Los Angeles, asid'
from having a model clubhouse erected
for II by progressive club woman, I,
out OF the ordinary in that II was in
spired by man. DR.. Ebell is his name
He came travelling along the sum,
Pacific slope one day. stopped In Oak