Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-25
CLUB CHAT.

| yesterday at the Bee Hive house ana
held an interesting meeting the mem
bers bringing their papers verifying
their claims 10 membership end sub"
jects pertaining to pioneer matters be-
Ing discussed.
At The Reviewers club on Monday
Mrs Elmer Jones will give a paper on
THE Arthurian Legends"
The Cleofan met with Mrs. Clara
Clawson on Tuesday, and Mrs, Susie r.
Wells gave a paper on Disraeli, Glad
stone and Bright.
The Woman's club had for their topic
this week Juvenile courts" given by
Mrs. =, N. Cook the session being de-
voted to industrial subjects.
Mrs. Virginia D. McClurgh OF Colora.
| do Springs, regent Of the Colorado Gin
| Dwelling association, has been lectuT-
| ing in eastern cities on The People
| of the Pueblos" While in Washington
she called on President Roosevelt and
reminded him that he had once prom
ised If he ever had any influence with
! the government he would bring It to
bear on the preservation of the Colo
| RADIO cliff dwellings She showed him a
! photograph Of tower which had been
| defaced by huge hole by one Of the
| government photographers The Iakl,
instead OF ascending the tower by
| rope and exploring within, gouged a
hole four feet wide in Its solid masonry.
rs that man In the employ of the
! government noWY' asked the president.
"1f so, his head comes Off tomorrow"
! The association, which now numbers
| % members, mostly Colorado women,
| hopes TO make the Mesa Verde state
| park, well guarded against vandalism.
The Mesa is strip 20 by eight miles
| in the extreme southwestern corner Of
( the state In its canyons are situated
from three to four hundred cliff dwell
| ings, including the famous cliff palace
of $50 rooms. The association leased
tho strip from the Neeminuche Otes, TO
whom il belonged. and had it surveyed
anG a map made. The Indians them
selves are afraid to approach the ruins,
but lease was necessary TO protect
them from civilized yandals. The
vagarles of the Indian landlords are
described as rather trying. To them a
lease represents an agreement to be
cemented as often as possible by dona-
| tons Of watermelons, tobacco, candy
| or Waterbury watches. The associa-
ton hopes to purchase the strip out
| right, but will never require the In
/ dams 10 move, as their tepees and pic
| turesque dress add much to the land
scape.
Arrangements are being perfected In
| New Orleans for the convention OF the
National Suffrage association, which is
TO be held from March 10 to March 20.
| Miss Jean Gordon, president Of the New
| orleans Era club, has charge Of the
| work Of placing delegates, many OF
| whom viii be entertained Mt private
| homes. The officers Of the association
| will be entertained at the st, Charles
! hotel this arrangement being consi-
| dered necessary TO facilitate the busi-
| ness work of the convention. The
| meeting will be held at the Athen@um.
! reception will be held there on the
| opening night OF the convention, which
| PROMISES TO be one Of the most interest
! ing ever held Among the speakers viii
| be Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, Mrs
| Ida Hustled Harper, Mrs Margaret
| Haley. who did so much for the public
schools Of Chicago, helping to secure an
appropriatlon of S2,000.0OO a year for
| school purposes. Rachel Foster Avery,
Mrs Henry Blackwell and Miss Black
/ well. Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins Gilman,
and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait MISS
Anthony Will be present and VIII prob
ably speak.
A movement Is on foot to federate
the clubs of Alaska, and the undertake
| ing. at first thought an imposADllity'
| bids fair, II Is said, to be accomplished
TIE Womans club of Nome is the in
spiraton Of the movement,
Oregon club women have introduced
n bui into the legislature regulating
child labor In the state II Is true that
children are no great factor industrl-
ally I'm oregon as yet, but the club wo-
men are determined that theirs shall be
among the states that have safeguard
cd the rights OF every child to an UNI
fettered childhood,
The Turkish government has recently
made important concessions TO the
American government respecting the
wives and children OF naturalized Ar
menans. The Turkish government VIII
no longer claim these women and chill
dren and deny them the right to join
their husbands and fathers in the Unit
ed States.
Vassar girls are planning a clubhouse
for the benefit Of the maids employed
around the college. They expect to spend
$4,000 on the clubhouse ana are work.
ing for an endowment OF $4,000 10 pro-
vide for IT'S maintenance and TO pay the
salary OF matrOn. The object Of the
club win be educational. and the build
ing viii have class rooms as well as
parlors
Mrs. w. s. Peabody has been chosen
president Of the Public Improvement
society OF Denver. Colo, an association
NJ men and women, and her election is
regarded as recognition OF the eff
cheney which women have shown in
managing civic Improvement matters.
The Denver society proposes 10 thor
oughly clean the city and to greatly
extend and beautify the public parks
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