Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-14
CLUB CHAT.

accoInpowI,,o'ss composed by Richard
strauss
,r,.. vomans club met yesterday
,,n ,lrs Y. n. Pease, and Mrs Theo-
Irn Whitley read paper on me
Tnillzaton Of the meas
,r,o c,oofsn held its regular meet
TUESDAY with Mrs, Badger on
,sbtb Eost street, Mrs Stanley Claw
Els ''H'iscussod the French poems of the
Srteenth and fifteenth centuries
,rho poviewsr club met Monday with
blanchard at 5i6 east First South.
KS ~ II. Wightman read paper ON
"Tbe New School of Nature writer's
r,o Unity club held its regular meet
lao an Monday evening. Mrs. Ritchle
I'd an original story called "A Christ
r,os spider" and the music by saint
uocns and Chamnade was rendered by
Mrs. Agnes Osborne.
The d. A. r. met THIS week with
Mrs. $. w. Morrison on Seventh East
street.
The use OF lilt lflflhNNl 'lh'Ns
,ho general federation has lately
nr,nted a pamphlet Of nineteen pages,
,,ritten By lmogcn Il. Oakley and deal
,nr with the history of ciyll service
roTorm In England, India and the
United states An admirable feature
NJ this able work is the list given OF
responsible authorities.
announcement was made last week
no Mrs. Sarah Plat Decker, general
federation president of the establish
nient of bureau of Information In con-
nection with the national organization.
a stated intervals bulletins will be
issues aud prompt replies VIII be sent
10 all questions propounded by club
women. Mrs Mary L. Wood Of Ports
mouth. n. H., is chairman OF the de-
partment'
Federated clubs throughout the coun-
nv are In receipts Of copies of a letter,
dictated by Mrs. Sarah Plat Decker,
in which she says
on account of the unexpected sale of
the club Woman Magazine adopted as
the official organ Of the General Fed
cratIou of Womens clubs by vote Of
convention at st. Louis the federation
Is now without an official organ, and
must 80 continue until the next bien-
NAL, In order to establish some center
FOR the dissemination of federation
uc,ys. a written vote Of the board OF
directors has been called for with the
result that the majority favor the adOp-
lion Of the Federation Bulletin of Mas
sachusetts as the official organ Of the
board Of directors, The editors ana
publishers, Mrs May Alden Ward and
Miss Helen A. Whittier have made the
following agreement:
1--WE viii undertake TO publish each
month the official matter sent, and TO
uubsh Il under a suitable official head
ing. We viii agree TO send advance
sheets Of this official matter to the list
Of club magazines that wish it. We
will send these advance sheets within
a fow hours after receiving the ma
tcrial, so that each club organ viii have
the official matter at the same time we
do. Since the board has decided 20
Endorse the Federation Bulletin as the
official organ Of the board we will en-
deavor to give you n dignihed and efl-
Client organ. We viii not only publish
the official matter bur will edit the rest
Of the magazine In the interests Of the
general federation
Federation Bulletin, which hereto
fore has published only the news OF
the New England clubs, IS an interest
ing magazine Of dignihed style.
Much was done this year 10 alleviate
the lot Of the shopgirls by the branch
cs of the Consumers league throughout
the country The San Francisco so
ciety did IT'S part nobly, ard as a con-
sequence, the clerks ON Christmas day
were not the nervous wrecks of for
mer years Early In the season cir
culars asking the public TO be con-
sderate I'm their choice Of shopping
hours, choosing II possible the early
hours of the day and making their pur-
chases before the days Immediately
preceding the advent Of Santa Claus,
were posted in public places. The pub
lie co-operated and the newspapers did
much for the cause At a recent meet
ing OF the league votes of thanks were
extended to the merchants for their
courtesy I'm displaying the cards TO
the public for its cooperation I'm the
matter. and to the press for its as
sistance
II Mrs. Sarah Plat Decker's ideas are
faithfully regarded the club devoted
wholly to the pursuit of culture VIII be
missing from the general federation at
commenting upon a criticism made re-
Gently concerning her opposition TO the
study of the great poets OF all times,
Mrs, Decker said
"Of course | don't disapproye of the
study OF Shakespeare or Dante or art,
But II all depends upon the spirit In
which Il Is carried on. Women should
not study these subjects with the sole
idea Of gaining polish, or IN other
words, from selfish point OF view
They should study them with the idea
Of applying u lesson TO the needs of to-
day. For instance when 1t Is possible
for man to meet death IN certain
factory for want Of competent assist
ance and when It is possible for a lit
tie girl to be beaten to death In state
reformatory, It is not the time for club
women to sit down and spend their time
improving themselves They should
study, n they study with the idea OF
improving conditions
Women and children of the mining
and isolated districts OF Montana have
received a Christmas gift I'm the first
circulating library case, filed by the
Homer club OF Butte with fine as
sortment Of books, all ready to start
upon its journey throughout the state,
Much interest is manifested by club
women I'm the literary movement the
iirst work of the new Montana fedora
ton, The people OF the outlying dis
trict are asked to make their tastes In
literature known TO the state body and
TO cooperate with the organization In
the successful accomplishment of the
work 10y establishing places where the
cases may be deposited and In comply
ing with the rules drawn up by the fed
Grafton for the distribution Of books,
WOMANS WORLD.