Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-25

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be had from 81 to 81 per day. Hot lun.
cheoh VIII be served from ~ 20
o'clock In the basement Of the church,
several Undergraduates will have a
Ioom IN the building whore the con.
gies8 meets, which Will be the Chi.
dlen's room, and they will take charge
or The little ones during the sessions OF
the congress. A luncheon Of bread,
lnlk ana crackers win be provided II
desired, and the children amused and
entertained, II Is expected that this
arrangement VIII permit those mothers
VINO cannot well leave their children at
nome, TO enjoy without anxiety thv
sessions Of the congress. The usual re-
auction OF a fare and one-thlrd for the
round trip viii be glevn For further
particulars address Mrs Robert Cot
ten, the cairo, Washington, y. G.
The national congress seems now 20
De regarded as one Of the fully estab-
llshed institutions In the country Ito
purpose, as Is well known, Is 10 slim
ulale the efforts Of parents and edu
Gators toward the best physical aud
meltal development Of the child Ten
states have already effected organi2a-
ton, and are holding annual state
meetings ana the congress has CORES.
pohdent9 Ia every state In the union,
IN Canada, England Germany France
hungary, China, Japan Indie Austria
ll0, Bra1ll, chill Peru and the Ha-
WNllan Islands, Mrs. Theodore Birney or
Washington remains rs president, and
President Roosevelt who has always
taken great interest I'm lt9 work, re-
mains &C The head OF It's advisory coun-
eli,
The useful work Of the Woman's
club Of Bound Brook. n. j., Is note
worthy Founded IN 1884 and lncorpor-
nted IN 1897 as the Womans Literary
cub ana Library association, II ranks
as one of the Oldest clubs IN the state.
\ board Of directors made up Of club
members Is responsible for the main
tenance OF the free library and read
ing room at Bound Brook, which are
open every day except Sunday, and
which have proved OF inestimable value
to the community The interest OF the
club, too, througi individual members
Is strongly centered in the establish
mont ana support Of the Somerset hos
pltal, located between Bound Brook
and SomeViIle The hospital Is under
excellent management and Is doing u
much-necded work among the lnhabi-
tants Of the surrounding country and
the travellers on the several railroads
that traverse this section The club
meets fortnlghtly and for its literary
work through the present season has
taken up the study of architecture. Mrs
Arthur $, Phelps is its president.
Gaspee Chapter, d, A. r., Of ProW-
dence, h, l., Is planning to give courses
Of instruction in history and patriotism
to the foreign population of Providence.
The matter Is in the hands of Mrs.
Lppltt, state regent OF Rhode Island,
and as a preliminary to the undertake
Ing Mrs, Laura w. Fowler regent Of
the old South Chapter which success
fully conducted q similar course In the
Italian colony at Boston, has been in
yited to speak 10 the Providence chap
ter on the subject II viii be recalled
that valuable work In this line has been
done at Buffalo and Syracuse by the
Daughters, among the Poles and TIA
lians of those cities Speakers address
the foreigners In their own language
ou tue tlNl history Vi AlNeTicdi lUt
lectures being illustrated with stereop-
ticon views, and given in simple form
TO be easily understood. The work In
both Of these places has borne useful
fruit, and Is one that was cordially en-
dorsod by Mrs, Manning during her
term as president general as well as by
her successor Mrs, Fairbanks,
The Rhode Island Woman's club, at its
last regular meeting, discussed the
matter Of instruction TO It's delegates
for the coming biennial meeting of the
general federation in relation TO the
matters Of reorganization and the color
line Following q thorough presenta-
ton Of these subjects, the club unan-
mously passed set Of resolutions con-
demning what has come to be known
as the Georgia plan, and supporting
unqualiiiedly the amendment to the by
laws Of the general federation proposed
by the Massachusetts State federation,
adding to the resolutions an urgent Pc
tition that these amendments be given
precedence over all others at the bien-
NAL meeting Of 1902 THIS action was
taken as an individual club and mem
Der Of the general federation. The
club also endorsed the action Of the
executive board of the Rhode Island
state federation in UNFOLDING the Mas
sachusetts plan,
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