The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-27


aver addresses on civic problems. Mrs.
anna ~ Vest president of the AIassa-
Ilesetls state federation, VIII preside at
: session Of interest will be the one de-
voted 10 bird study. Mrs. John Thurou
lIik or Burlington. Ia. is chairman. and
addresses VIII be delivered on the sub
Ject by Mrs Aay Riley Smith of New
6ofk ana Mrs Charles Lobinger Of
An art session win be held. Of which
MIS- j. ~-BrockaWay is chairman. and At
which local talent viii entertain. with
Mr7, a H. Thompson Of Topeka. Kan,
as chairman. a session viii be held de-
voted to the discussion of the value Of
subordinate federation.
some of the other subjects to be pre-
senlea are travelling libraries. forestry.
club nouSeS-the latter in the charge OF
Mrs. James d. Whltmore of Denver.
AIRS. Philip Moore OF St. Louis Will
present a plan for a central reciprocity
buTeau-a reliable source of suggestion
for ai phases Of club work.
Extension Of Club Movement.
The circle of interest about the bien-
nial meetings of the General Federation
or Women Clubs IS gradually widen
ing.
Zach year new clubs are added TO
this general federation ard everywhere
ciah membership is increasing. for the
womans club movement throughout the
United states ard abroad Is assuming
vast proportions
These great federation meetings orig
lnalIE sprdnE 1.JTG "a happy invitation
extended in 1883 by S0r0sis Os New York
10 club women 70 join with them upon
an anniversary occasion IN discussing
womau's club work The invitation met
with such generous acceptance and was
50 productive of helpful inspiration that
a general federation of clubs was the out
The First biennial meeting was held in
Chicago in 1892, and the idea had By
that tir1e been enthusiastically embraced
DY hundreds of club women. many clubs
having allied themselves with the gen
eral federation
Tie second biennial. held ia Phil
adelpnia in 1898. proved conclusivcly how
lar reaching was the interest aroused IN
these biennials. the third was held i'm
Louisville in 1895, and i'm 1855. when the
fourth biennial was held in Denver the
general federation included more than
=, Nj Wnmen's clubs with "A membership
or 10000 jhe United States and many
foreign countries being represented.
No statistics showing the further in-
crease nave since been published. but the
fifth biennial. held in Milwaukee in 1900.
convincing proof that WOmen's
clubs were ~spriuglug up everywhere, and
the sixth biennial which is 10 be held
ln Los Angeles during the first week in
May, viii bring together an army Of
women whose numbers viii sur
prise the most sanguinc-
The value Of these biepnials Is not TO
be estimated alone by the opportunities
for growth nor the immense
stimulus received from the gathering to-
gether OF so many brilliant women.
These privileges are perhaps l-eSl-
70 are appreciated by hundreds
of club women. But there are hundreds
more. members of struggling clubs IN
country towns who look for
ward to each great biennial meeting as
an opportunity &c make a little journey
10 the world.
For such. it is fortunate each place
for the biennial meeting has
given special opportunities for broaden
ing q narrow perspective.
Los Angeles Preparations.
When the club women reach Los An
geles they VIII find the city in its carnival
dress. Its annual fete. la Fiesta DC los
Flores. occurs the first week in Nav.
Preparations for the event occupy
months and the work of street decOra-
ton becins several days before the
IF the festival Light scaffolding
is erected as q foundation for floral de-
wires are stretched for floating
thousands of gay banners In red. green
and yellcw-the Fiesta colors-frame-
work Is placed about doorways and pub
DC entrances to be sVethed IN these same
bUntings. wagon loads Of date
palms, fan palms. pepper boughs. cypress
and mornTain laurel, busy hundreds OF
wo-kmer iE decking the city. which liz
its gala fress presents a scene unique
almost Oriental in color effect.
TIRE object of la Fiesta de los Flores
(Which means simply feast of lowers'D
is to depict INA a living picture or spec
tacular pageant something specific and
typical. something which shall reflect the /
poetic side Uf the great southwest and
raCific coast and which shall in no way
be a copy nj shc New Orleans mardl gras. i
Of any other flower fete under the
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