The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-23

the federation. thanking the members Of
Park City's clubs and expressing her IN
dividual pleasure at being able 10 accept
such hospitality. She said that al
though the freedom Of the city was not
presented in the old-fashioned jeweled
casket, the welcome was jeweIeo with
kindly thoughts. and that welcome was
not to club women alone, but to the cause
of club work. which is the cause of serv-
Ice She expressed the hope that the
coming federation might mean as much
TO the little club their hospitality
meant TO the larger body. AT the close
OF this address the federation was de-
clared in session.
Partial Reports Are Made.
The reports of the various officers were
given ia part, but owing TO the fact that
the ogden train was not in till late in
the afternoon the auditors report and
that of the treasurer were necessarily
omitted. The state organizer Mrs. j. T.
Beless. reported one new club admitted
Circle of Salt Lake. Three new clubs in
Salt Lake, one in Bingham and one in
Springville We're reported to be consider
ing affiIiating with the state organiZa-
ton. but are not yet ready.
The afternoon session began with the
coming of Mrs. Sarah Plat Decker. who
made the trip from Ogden. where she
had been delayed since Sunday by the
storm. Mrs. Decker was asked to speak
a few words. and she addressed the meet
ing briefly. saying that but for the kind
erwards discovered TO be a "club hus-
band she would have never been able
to get here.
She was followed by Mrs. Robert
Welles Fisher, who read a paper on the
Art and Craft. Mrs. Fisher confined
her topic to a discussion of the manu-
facture of lace and showed some fine
samples of lace Of great value. conpar-
ing them with samples of coarser work.
She told how the industry was carried
on in various countries. and of the diff
fereut methods employed in lace manu-
facture.
Miss Paul Presents Paper.
Owing 10 the short time of the session.
Mrs. kinney, state president made no
address, but she will speak informally on
some local issues tomorrow Miss Ethel
Paul, president of the Ladies' Literary
club of Salt Lake. read a scholarly pa
per ON j. NJ Barrie. giving a resume of
his life and work and a careful study of
his place in literature. Miss Paul read
quota tons to show the general idea DOM
mating has writings. The topic was pre-
Sented in Miss PaLfS characteristic man.
ner and was filled with humorous anec-
dOtes.
Discussion of Foresting.
Mrs. Allen T. Sanford read a concise
report of the st. Paul biennial held last
June. which she attended as a delegate.
Miss Emma Dougal of SpringYille read a
paper ON Forestry" giving the various
ways Of caring for trees and the reasons
for conserving the forests of a country.
She said that nearly all nations except
China have taken steps TO preserve their
forests from destruction. although until
recently the United States has ranked
about with China on the matter. and is
stiD far behind progressive nations in this
respect Among the nations spoken of
as taking especial care Of their forests
were Japan. Austria. Norway, Sweden,
Turkey, Greece. Spain, Portugal. Russia
and Germany. The last named has
reached about the highest degree of per-
lection in caring for and preserving it's
forests. The speaker said that in France
a system has been developed OF controll-
ing floods by tree culture. while Switzer-
land has the best laws for the perfection
Of trees. Canada has made advances by |
the governments retaining possession and
employing fire guards. and even in Brit
ssh India they have met and answered
many questions still unsolved by the
American people.
Forward Movement in Germany.
The closing paper of the afternoon was
given by Mrs. Clarence z. Allen, who !
has spent the past two years abroad. /