Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-01

allen races ana for the ue,eno,.,,,
OF the kindergarten aud manual irai,,
Ing departments IN the public erb,Nt
These subjects VIII be brought bogo',
the state Council Of Women and V,,
Mothers Congress, ana me OHM bor
TO obtain the help OF The local mas. 10
bringing about these measures ma
form and moral development
The Reading club met last night vlt,
Miss Annette Mackmlosh way"
Tuesdays session OF the Wo,n,r,.
club was an open meeting and severai
guests were present to enjoy lhp nr
gram which dealt chiefly 0ith Russian
literature
The Mems Unity club met at fg vy.., q
Second South street on Monday eyenb.,,
and were highly entertained Wub
stereoptlcon Alaskan Views" by a -
Madsen, the views bein gdescrlbed Iv
G. b. Jack, who spent about eIghtorn
months IN the klondike. The racna'
ton by j -. Miller was greatly o1.
| ioyed by all present The cllb win
give an Informal dance aud card SIN.
ella In the hall Of the Ladies' Literary
club on the evening Of Feb neyf
The club VIII meet at the same ALL
dress next Monday evening, when an
| Interesting program WIN be rendered
The Parliamentary club met on Mon.
day and elected officers FOR the comm,
| year Much interest is manifested
and the club meetings promise 10 be
successfully continued
The Utah Wompn's Press club mo,
last night at the Exponent office.
The home and education section Of
| the Ladies' Literary club have takon
up the work Of organizing clean cltv
clubs among the public schools ANA the
| committee viii discuss the subject with
| the principals OF schools with the hone
Of having them instituted at once. Tho
| object IL a worthy one and could NOT
but be a help in keeping the streets VI
the city clean.
The meeting Of the Ladies' Literary
| club yesterday was an inter.
estlng one Miss Baboocks leo
| ture on shakespeare Women"
being most able one and charming.
| ly rendered. Delegates to the G.. +.
w, G. meeting IN Los Angeles wc.e
elected Miss Alice French was a guest
at the meeting,
The Utah Women's Press club met
| last night at the Womans Exponent
office and the following program was
| given Original poem, Mrs, Ruth NJ.
| Fox; "Gleanlngs and Ideas on Wo-
| mans Work Mrs Ida Haag, Revival
| OF the Roman Empire by Augustus
! Cesar by Mrs Mary l., Houz; cur
rent Events" Mrs, Lucy Clark Ron
call answered by new years quotations.
4 notable lecture was given in New
York lately by Mrs, Carrie Chapman
Gait, upon which an exchange com.
ments as follows;
An address on American Homes"
was given by Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait before the Brooklyn Womans club
! at It's regular meeting on Monday after
noon. 1t was one Of those speeches,
occasionally made which seem an in.
| splratiOn, and more than one Of le
| large audience to which il was spoken
| expressed genuine regret that, no notes
| being used or taken, the talk can live
| only In the memory Of those wi.hn
| reach of the speakers voice Mrs. Cott
| showed among other things that ,ne
! new woman SO called, has not made
herself. but Is the creation really Of
| progress Of events for which man IL
| chiefly responsible. Al her occupa-
! tions to which In the various phases
! Of the cOuntry's growth she has devoted
| herself with faithful energy. have one
| by one been taken from her by success
| sive inventions and material changes
! with which all are familiar Not less
| radical has been the change that has
| taken place In her mentality through
| the influence Of wider and hlgher
| education, not only that 10 which she
| has access through special avenues hut
that Of the broadening influence which
| has come to the modern woman, as 4
| has come % the modern man, by mod
ern research and thought Through
! this confusing maze OF rapid trans-
| lions woman has CROPPED her way per.
haps somewhat unsteadily, but the
speaker had faith that II had been and
! would continue to be an advance which
| would work for the hetterment Of the
race. This main thought was inter-
! penetrated With many practical and
! helpful side lights with flashes Of
| humor and with bursts ~ eloquence
| which held her listeners breathegs.
Mrs Gait believes that American
| homes are founded on too deep a prln
| ciple 20 detcriorate. They have changed
| from the family completeness and sultl
| cheney unto Itself ol cOloniai days to the
| dependence and responsibility Of pres
| ent civic life; they are likely TO change
more In surface matters and In mu-
terial surroundings, but the home 10.
| stlnct cannot be uprooted and IT, uni
ty of the family life VIII be preserved
! The speaker sees one danger imminent
which the thinking woman Of the day
should exert herself to avert. This is
the serious possibility OF the average
woman mentally and intellectually out
growing the average man. The pitt
less competition In which the average
man plunges as soon as he reaches
manhood exhausts his mental and
physical energies In its pursuit. Women
should help him In every way possible,
by simplifying the material side OF life,
by aiding him in bearing the financial
burden OF the family, II that Is neces-
sary, and certainly by elevating him
out of the "thIng-lfe" into the
"thought-llfe" as often as she Is able
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