The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-03
. PRESIDENT ROOsEvELTs race
suicide" expressions were critl-

I RESIDENT ROOSENELT'S race
suicide" expressions were criti-
cised last evening by Mrs. Denies
It. s. Denison, president Of the Ma
uonal Federation OF Women's clubs. In
a speech before the convention OF the
Utah Federation of Women's clubs she
took direct issue with the nations chief
executive.
Let MS not talk OF race suicide until
we can take care Of the babies already
with US she said.
The Need Of the Hour was Mrs
Dcnisons subject. She gave a brief talk
covering the growth and progress OF the
Mn 3s,, ,s clubs up to the present day.
The time of the small club. devoted to
Feti-culture alone, is past. The present
1iine demands more mutual help and the
altruistic spirit the spirit which seeks 10
Dear the burdens Of tho brother man is
The dominant note in club ife TODAY The
great work Of the general federation i'm
the past year has been the passage Of
laws AGAINST child labor i'm the states or
Aiahama, North Carolina. South Carolina
emo virginia. While the same results
have not been obtained I'm Georgia 4 w
against VaErauts. which prevents worth
less parents from living off their chill
drcn. has been passed and with excellent
results. In New York alone there are
lb.oNt children working in shops. ia IIll-
IlolS therc are 2oo00 and in PENNSYLVANIA
.3.Ho- In these states the increase i'm IN
Nterdcl between the ages of 10 and "a
years IS UldIke0- NJ milo tho child la hrr
pIopiem may not confront YOU az present.
u is an evil which crecps I'm and which
demands the interest and attention Of all
club women.
''The nineteenth century imposed un,n
the twentieth century many unsofvod
lroblems- Today New York city has So
V0 more children than the schools can
accommodate. Last year 55O0O ba bies
were born Let us not talk OF race sili-
Ciae until we can take care OF the babies
already with us The effort should be TO
establish manual training institutions
, Hbrar1es. juvenile courts and ALI thinrs
! which shall tend 10 safeguard the chill
The real mission Of woman has ever
Deen TO comfort. to inspire. To beautffv
bs, i ,5.S DuL "luenea her influence with
HrI increased opportunity and she can
only continue that mission i'm a broader
and fuller way than heretofore"
Goshen on Citizenship.
Rev. Elmer I. Goshen gave the next
bii,ilnl on ne evening on The Response
Diii.iFS OF iiuZcnShip.
"A man may be a good citizen without
Inf aIillauon with church or with re-
L.Elei' ne said but he CanucF be "a
GOOD cltizen without clean personal
Cndrdcter. The exercise of the RIGHTS OF
tlt citzen deman-l Is two definite duties.
me-, q NJ, ~ - n-illliiat hE or clean, strong
tlr 1edry support or such when placed
pm oiilcc. Whenever the good mon md
women are too busy with Drirafe sf
fairs 10 accept public office tb,-o I'm
pe plenty OF bad men found who have tbe
Ilme ana who get the offices AM citi-
NtlS Sn"ulu feel no "a duty To attend the
primaries and the caucuses. SuCb tbt,,r-e
-lttt peen TOO long relegated 10 the poll
AS never before I'm the bis+o-.- 80
country does the problem of tic oreat
SllN confront this nation. America has
tEiH ON To become tho nation of great
titI'~ aEo the test Of the whole az r-o,--
eminent lies i'm the great cities. A Si,ie
E'Net ument which can solve tho problems
~, 1IfLe ls Iirst 90 rule the whole ques-
=. LgNernment And wish 90 speak
pr YOU OF an awful problem which con-
fronts the American people today as -.
Iidiou was ever confronted I'M an OF his
IorN. watched during the past summer
2 Strain OF humanity pouring into tbo
great CITY of our land. "a stream Of low
proved mon and women with small fore
h.ddS and Vilo-tainted blood. "a stream
Whicn. during the year brought 10 our
land $4,000 Of the filth of tSur0pc Srcb
"a CLASS forms menace to our govern
Inenl ana 70 our proper growth. The time
mas come for us TO say I'm the laws Of this
nation that we welcome the people who
come To our home TO make IL theirs who
como tntelhEentlv and in a peace-lovine
ano iaW-abidinE spirit but to enact laws
w hlch shall say America refuses 70 long
os p dumping ground for the fifth and
IIr refuse OF the world. The remedy Is
W-thin your own hands ina small meas
w looaN- Elect 20 your primaries men
VINO VIII pledge absolute support to- some
INNS iu tho form OF the Immigration law.
''lo sec 10 DO that no man I'm either limo
'. noHilf% represents YOU VINO does not
ElNe mluaiiied support 90 AN measures
Mni'h snail suppress this gigantic evil
% Dc same subject was discussed briefly
pE Mrs =. j. Nuun Of Provo Mrs Mar
~ ~ Allen of Park CITY ana N~s VIII
liam IT, Dale of the Poets Round
Table Mrs. Dale treated the subject IN
iacctious vein and made hft with nor
witty resume Of the political conditions
affecting the suffrage OF women fu Utah
During The evening Miss Olive Jennings
kindly gave two musical selections fns
first in place cf Miss Celia sharp. who
was not present.
Programme Of Afternoon.
At the afternoon session Mir. Rebecca
" Little or the Authors club gave a
Gear and suggestive talk on THE Curr.-
cnlnm OF the Public Schools" Mrs
Little took the stand that the present
curriculum should be modified 70 admit
q more practical and al the same time
more aesthetic training for the young
The hand should be trained more and the
head less that IS. less OF Intellectual and
more 81 ethical and manual work should
Doe done
Mrs. Emma j. McVicser OF the Cleofan
discussed the subject DO our School
BuildiuCs Yield An the Benefits Which
They Should2" Mrs. McNfcker gave sta
-5isfics 90 show that the amount 81 money