The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-22

CLUB DELEGATES
END CONVENTION
session OF Federation at Logan
Brought to Close.
GOOD PAPERS ARE READ
TREASURER's REPORT SHOWS A
BALANCE ON HAND.
Especial to The HeraId.)


Logan. Oct. 2f.-The eleventh annual
convention of the Utah State Fedora
ton Of Women's Clubs is over and
those who attended it cannot fail to
recognize 1t as the most successful in
the history of the federation. The clos
ing session was held this evening, when
splendidly prepared paper on THE
Race Question" was read by Mrs d.
II. Calder of Provo, an eastern woman
who has given TIE subject Of the ne
gro practical study. Mrs. Calder took
the stand that the negro is the white
mans burden, inasmuch as he was
brought here by the white race and
changed from savage or barbaric con-
ditiOns without his own volition. and
that 10 him the white race owes sup
port and help. The speaker illustrated
her subject with clever charcoal
sketches showing the development of
the blacks from the savage state to
the present, and closed with brief ac-
counts of such types of the race as
Booker Washington, Paul Lawrence
Dunbar and Inner, the artist.
An original poem by DR.. Ellis r.
Ship was read by Mrs. Ida Dusen-
berry. The poem was on Progress"
and was the sole number on the pro-
gramme from the Utah Women's Press
club. Delightful music was furnished
by the quartette of the Brigham Young
college. The evening session was held
in this college
Federation Is Prosperous.
The second days session began at 10
O'Clock i'm the large auditorium Of the
Agricultural college, with a splendid
address of welcome by President w.
j. Kerr of the college. Mr.. Kerr eX-
pressed the I>ost cordial welcome pos
sible and threw open the college to
Of
made to tkis-one by Mrs. Kinney and
one by Mrs. Mary NJ. +. Allen of Park
City. After two finely rendered num-
hers by the college quartette the UNI
finished business of the meeting was
taken up, and additional reports were
read from officers and chairmen or the
various committees The report of the
treasurer was especially interesting as
Il showed a balance on hand at the
close Of the past year of $204.
The literary part OF the programme
commenced With a bright and humor
Gus paper on What Does the Modern
Woman Read2" prepared and read by
Miss Jessup OF the Ladies Literary
club of Salt Lake. The subject, while
handled in a humorous way. was none
the less practical, and dealt with the
reading question from cook books and
advertisements TO the higher classics
as enjoyed by some women readers.
Miss Jessup held that a healthier and
more wholesome taste i'm literature was
evident since the advent of the wo-
mans club and that the day OF the
trashy novel dealing with frivolous
subjects is past.
Miss Julia Alleman of the Springville
Womans club followed with What
Reciprocity Can Do for the Small
Club" making a plea for the exchange
of papers and a more helpful spirit
I'm general.
The Critic" a clever study Of the
work of all critics, written by Mrs
Wight of Park City, was read by Mrs.
A. r. Weeter, and the open parlia-
ment conducted by Mrs. Corfman, was
followed by 4 remarkably lucid and
convincing paper on The value of a
Domestic Science Course, by Mrs. Da-
linda Cotey, professor of the science
a the college.
Mrs. Cotel held that the value Of
such course was as an educational
factor This, she said. is rapidly beins
recognized throughout the country. till
learned professors have decided that
tie baking Of a sweet potato or the
cutting of the simplest garment is as
potent a factor in its way in the de-
velopment of the powers Of reason and
analysis as is a demonstration in chem
lstry or q problem in algebra. Ex-
peTimentS have shown that the yOunS
girl who takes the studies in the do
nestle science course is only better I'll
ted TO take the studies which are con-
sidered more distinctively suited to the
masculine mind.
Parliaments a New Feature.
One of the most helpful half hours
Of the entire session was that devoted
10 the open parliament. a new depar-
ture on convention programmes and one
10 be followed hereafter with profit.
Every subject outlined was discussed
in an informal manner and every sub
ject had three or four speakers willing
TO express helpful views. At the close
of the discussions great regret was eX-
pressed that the entire afternoon had
not been devoted to these subjects Be
sides the splendid literary programme
and the music by the college quartettC
already mentioned. Mrs. Nellie That
cher Sloan delighted the audience with
a splendid vocal solo with violin oo-
ligatO by Miss Linnartz of che coll
lege
At the close of the morning session
the ladies and all the faculty of the
Agricultural college We're escorted to