Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-06

the delight OF the audience. the pre-
siding officer Mrs. Matte ". Tingey,
announced that the general president,
Mrs Elmina $. Taylor, was present.
and would address the meeting, II Is
long since the associations have had
the pleasure OF hearing their president,
and her remarks were listened to with
eager attention She spoke Of her Joy
In being present, and at the sight Of
30 many Interested In the association
work She said that they were cary
Ing out the work Of the Lord and could
not too highly prize the privilege Of as
sociating themselves with that task.
She had not known that she herself
would ever be able 10 attend a confer
ence, but through the faith and prayers
Of her sisters. this had been brought
about she was ready 10 live as long
as the Lord was willing and rcioiced
that she had been able to work IN His
cause She closed BY invoking a
blessing upon all who continued faith
ful IN the work and predicted that they
should be prosperod,
Prost Taylor was followed by Mrs.
knight Of the Taylor stake, who ans
wcred I'm order the list Of questions
which had heon sent out by the board,
consisted Of inquiries as 10 what each
individual society had found the best
method Of conducting the doctrinal and
literary lessons; what had brought
about the greatest success I'm the assoc
citation: how the best results had been
obtained IN officers ana testimony
meetings, and as to whethGa or not the
stake possessed travelling library and
II suggestions as 10 observing parlia-
mentary law have been carried out
She said that the work Of the stake as
sociations had been along lines Of ask
ing questions where the doctrlnal les
sons We're long. and that liter
airy committee had been appointed. and
a model lesson prepared They had
found II good plan 10 appoint meet
ings when other meetings were called,
such as the Priesthood etc. SO that
members Of a family could all come
out together. SHE said that the great
eat success had been brought about by
the active and energetic members, and
through the officers meetings An IN
terest was being taken IN the travelling
library, and she hoped they would soon
send one On their travels,
Mrs May Houston Of the Panguitch
stake said that good results IN all the
various li1es OF work had been obtained
by making each girl responsible. She
spoke favorably Of the officers and test-
mony meetings, and also Of the inter-
est taken In methods suggested by the
board
Mrs, Anna Dallas OF Parowan said
they had found the best method Of con-
Quoting lessons was to get the girls
together IN groups when they could ask
and answer questions. Their testlmo-
nc nv gtfl
utes from an She felt that they arc
really heart-to-heart talks and would
be better thus than by suggestion, The
travelling library movement ia started
there, and the greatest success through
out had been obtained by following
map outlined In the Journal and by
an amusement committee, who strove
10 have an the amusements under
charge Of the NJ J. A.
Mrs NJ NJ. Hail Of San Juan said
that the stake settlements were so far
divided that good results I'm all cases
could not be obtained, She said she
had Just visited them all, which were
many miles apart. and after this trip
to salt Lake would visit them again 70
impart what she had learned at con-
ference, which would make i'm all some
thing like 600 miles OF territory ira
veled,
In regard To the Lessons. she stated
that TWO were appointed TO lecture, and
references given TO all. Much interest
had been aroused in the Junior classes
by the boys taking about Is questions
from the Journal, and the girls the
same number from the Manual and
holding a contest on the answers. This
had been won by the girls, and there
would doubtless be other matches
Mrs. Laura Burdette spoke along sim
liar lines, giving an interesting eXper-
iment In the testimony meetings OF
calling out the girls by asking them
IN regard to healngs by faith IN their
respective families. She spoke favor
ably OF the work being accomplished IN
the associations.
Mrs Annie owen rendered vocal
solo. and the mornings program clos
ed with a talk by Miss Emma Cod
dard outlining the work for the COM
ing season. This win be three
years course on the life OF Christ, be-
ginning with the worlds history leading
up 20 Ills coming and ending with the
Apostles and Apostacy. Following this
will be a fourth years course on the
Restoration OF the Gospel through the
Prophet joseph Smith
The afternoon session.. was largely
attended and consisigdl of interesting
remarks from the varioas Etake repre-
sentatives and assoclstfon onicers.