Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-09


A California newspaper has the fol-
lowing TO say anent the coming election
OF president for the general federation,
Mrs, Robert j. Burdette has been de-
clared the logical candidate for presi-
dent OF the General Federation by the
California State Federation. Mrs. Bur-
dette has become one OF the prominent
figures In the general federation. She
has Travelled EXTENSIVELY, visiting almost
every state federation In the country,
and has made great many friends.
She has some qualifications for the Of
fice OF president Of the general fedora
lions, which are not TO be ignored. In
others, she Is rather COnspicuOusly
lacking. Her most serious fault In the
eyes of conservative club women " her
habit Of expressing opinions too freely.
These have been published In distorted
form in sensational newspapers, and the
result is that Mrs. Buidette has been
given reputation. possibly undeserv-
ed OF being an indiscrcet talker. Her
published utterances on the Mormon"
question. the divorce question, the so
ciety' woman. and other similar mat
tiers would indicate that Mrs Burdette
is bit OF an eyangelizer. II is said
that she WILL II elected, entleayor To
commit the general federation to an or
ganized reform movement IN favor OF
a uniform divorce law. etc. Should an
attempt Of this kind be made, there Is
a strong probability Of discussion in the
federation.
The general federation Is not d reform
organization. II Is interested in Il
broad and comprehensive way In social
uplifting philanthropy. education and
| In industrial conditions, affecting WO-
men and children. Civil service reform
| is included in its list Of activities, but II
has never sought to commit It's mem
bers TO woman suffrage, prohibition,
socialism, or any political or social re-
! form movement about which honest
people differ II cannot be doubted that
| this Is the way OF wisdom, Among
! 100000 women only the broadcast issues
| can ever heffe to be agreed upon Forty.
| three state declarations are now atilli.
ated with the general body, and these
| federatlOns lie very far apart That
| they manage TO meet as harmOniOusly
as they do Is a matter for pride, There
! never has been such q body OF women
working with common object. and Il
| nothing else had been accomplished
spectacle OF their deliberations In coun.
Gil has AT least refuted the tIme-honor.
ed theory that women are incapable oI
socializing and that In itself furnish
es a complete raison de etre,"
Club women OF Chicago recently lis
tened to an address by Mrs. Kate Up
som Clark, and eastern writer's hav,
found something TO afford endless "af
ter chatting" for them, Mrs Clark es
sayed to analy2e the matrimonial prob
lem as II refers to genIuses. under tn
general topic, THE Relation Between
Art and Morals Here are few Of tn
things she said
1.-THE poets wife does not care for 20
etry after the first wild week any NOR
than the grOcers boy does for figs Sh
never wishes to tell of the neghborhoo
| gossip but she interrupts some grea
thought Of her husbands; then he i'm
AGNES he is bereft Of sympathy, an
looks for il In the wives and daughter
Of his neighbors and IL he be handsom
he usually finds 1t.
THE genius should not marry.
woman wants her husband-not nj
art"
Genius is insanity In order TO be
lives most Of the time In a world {
deep emotion, II is hard for people {
artistic temperament to conform 10 OF
binary rules. Thus divorces, suicide
| drunkenness and impusve vices al
found among people Of genius. The II
repressible temperament seems TO |
absolutely necessary 10 art, CultiyS
ton of tn senses makes fine gentlemen
but not good men,
Mrs, Clark took the stand that not
Ing Is immoral so IL Is done toWaI
} some great end, the attaining of son
one object in a mans life, and that ten
permanent, and environment also, al
weighed in the morality or immoralit
/ ascrlbpd to the genius. so that VIII
would be termed immoral In one persC
would not be in dnother The historic
Is good man, concluded Mrs, Clark.
Detroit has new $4,000 woman
clubhouse. The Century association,
which number Of prominent womO
p are members built the house a han
l some structure Of brick and stone. wi
, heavily tiled roof The interior
2 very satisfactory Flemish oak bell
/ used throughout, a large library,
q tea room. and several parlors. a dinin
2 room and Kitchen occupy the low
2 floors, while above is Il very large a
= semhly room with a stage and polls
T ed ll0or for dancing, A number of a
/ lists studios are on the north side
= the building 1t Is expected that eve
e WOmans club In the city will, In tin
q use the building for their meetings \
I ready the income promises to be amp
:
Il 4 sensation In California cmhdC
c has been the withdrawal of the Foru
: club from the California Federation
II Women's clubs Those who are wor
{ ing for the success Of the state orga
c i2atlon are never feconcied 10 LOST
Il one out of the big family Of clubs +
,, first detection Of this kind sustain
" by the state organization was the wit
" drawal Of the Woman's Parliament
II southern California. II went out
cause the restrictions Of the state f.
GRAFTON hampered the elasticity OF [
g parliamnt, which Is in itself a large a
'e important organization. Every eff,
D. was made to keep the parliament In I
= federation. but the members voted
% work along on the lines originally Il
= out for It's guidance. The San Joaql
"a federation, another interesting co
x bnation Of clubs, has never gone II
l. the federation,