The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-24

| showed by figures that the average serv-
| ant girl earns more net in the year than
| does the average teacher. She spoke OF
| the many matters that might properly be
| touched upon, bat for which there was
| not time such as the establishment of
! parental schools. the securing of a PEN
son roll for aged and disabled teach
ers. etc.
Situation Is Discussed.
At the close of Miss Pollock's topic a
general discussion the school situa-
ton was held. and many questions were
asked i'm regard to the matter of bring
! ing the schools and the clubs into closer
relation one with another. Mrs John
/ McVicker asked in regard to the excess
I sive taxation for schools and Miss Mar
garet Cornell gave few figures showing
I that the taxation for schools in the entire
state Is small compared TO the amount
expended for penal Institutions OF the
state Miss Pollock came back, too, with
the suggestion that cities of the FIRST ana
second classec be allowed to fix their
own rates of taxation. and Mrs. McVick-
! er replied that there is only so much TO
be appropriated each year. Various
phases of the school situation were dis
I cussed by Mrs. William Iglel cart Mrs.
/ Ledyard M. Bailey. Mrs. G. n. McMa-
! hon and Principal j. NJ. Martin, superin-
| tendent of the Park City schools, who
said he had understood that the state
/ has no child labor laws Several women
/ corrected the statement, and Mr.. Martin
continued his talk. making suggestions
| for help in the schools.
AS the discussion closed. Mrs. Kinney
] called for reports of various standing
committees, and Mrs. w II. Booth of
the Cleofan read the report of Mrs. C. II.
| Wells; chairman of the art committee.
reporting the success of the travelling art
collection. resolution was passed au-
thorizing the secretary TO thank the art
committee for securing the beautiful art
collection from the G.. +. W. c. which
| hangs in the church.
other Reports Are Read.
Mrs. c. H. Mcmahon read the report
of the general federation secretary and
also that of the chairman of the reci-
procity bureau. This was followed by
brief Informal talk by Mrs. Decker, ex-
planning the office of general federation
secretary and defining the duties which
shall attach thereto.
The reports from the various clubs fol-
lowed, Mrs, Byron Cummihs giving a
brief report of the work OF the Wasatch
Literary circle, lately admitted to mem
bership. Mrs. A j. Gorham read the
Mrs Emma II. Jensen followed with Il
report of the Utah Woman's Press club.
Mrs. j. It. Beless reported the work OF
the Seekers club, showing that a good
deal of philanthropic work has been COM
bined with their literary study. Miss
Pollock for the Monday Night club re-
ported along the same lines, showing
that the club has not only studied these
philanthropic matters, but has lent its
substantial aid to the solution of their
questions.
Provo Clubs Accomplishment.
Mrs. Allen T. Sanford reported the
work of the past year in the WOmans
club, and Miss Ana Decker gave a re-
port of the regular and the special work
of the p. Z. o.. which has expended for
charitable purposes i'll the past year a
sum of about $3.50. Mrs Philip Speckart
and Mrs. John Warwick of Provo both
l g. I1-w a1Vr l,e- T. Itch
ment of a free public library and read
ing room through the combined efforts
of the two clubs. Miss Margaret Will
kinson of Logan read a report OF the A
| c. club giving an outline of the course
of study and the work accomplished dur
| ing the past year.
Mrs. f. w. Hayt of Park City read the
! report Of the Athenaeum. the club which
| has entertained the federation during the
session The clean city movement in con-
nection with the club was touched on
! and the various other lines along which
the club has divided its energies.
| Following this, Mrs Mary NJ. F. Allen
reported the success of the school savings
! bank system which had its beginning in
Park CITY Mrs. d. G.. Johnson of the
| Home Culture club of Springville read an
| interesting report OF the work done by
| her club along civic lines and for literary
work as well. Mrs. John Dougall OF the
| Sprinsville Woman's club also reported
| the work done in cooperation by the TWO
| little clubs Of that city
MantI Women Profit.
Perhaps the most interesting report
| from any one club was that given by MIS-.
| Jennie Crawford OF the Ladies Literary
| club of Manti, who reported the estap-
| Ushment OF a domestic science course IN
| the high school started by the club, when
! is attended weekly not alone by the cluo
members, but by large numbers OF women
| not in the club.
iC fudge willis Brown of the Juvenile
| court of Salt Lake delivered an address
| on physical Faults and Moral DEM
| quencies." i'm which he sad: 40
| eft is antagonistic to the generally ac-
/ ceDted Christian belief of the goSpel;
! wherein man is a free agent, to hoid
| that the Creator has suffered some 10 pat
t1e from birth with evil oeSlres- WIN VIE
| aud vicious tendencies: that physical dlS-
! ease is inherited That the sins OF the
| fathers NAV be in this way transmitted
| to the third and fourth generation Is an
| accepted fact
! Denies Hereditary Criminality.
That characteristics and facial forms
| may he handed down from family to fam
iIy is well understood. But that moral
! sins are visited on the child that be-
| cause the father is thief the child IN
! herits thieving tendencies; because the
| mother is degraded the child has an in
| herent love for the low and vile, deny.
ITO believe in this awful thing called
| heredity. when il comes to criminal acts,
! is to believe that God compelS some IN
| nocent ones to struggle for his kingdom.
handicapped by traits implanted by the
| satanic majesty. while others, not him
dered by ar implanted desire to sin, easily
live the godly life, is to believe in in
Justice in God.
Crime Is a Growth.
"Criminality is a growth. II has its
/ beginning when the responsibility in the
| child begins. When the child reasons,
! when il plans to defy parents or teach
ers this is the beginning.
There are children whose parents are