Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-07
Question Discussed From Differ
ent Standpoints at Meeting
OF Women's Club.
GOOD CITIZENSHIP NEEDED.
Rev. Frank Fay Eddy Says This is
Natural Home City and n Great
Commercial Center.

toOk LOT It's toPlc NHdt Van N''hV"
DO to Make a Greater and More Bea,i-
tlful Salt Lake," The subject WAS dis
cussed from the municipal and par
TALLY political standpoint by Mrs, Allen
r. stanford, from the Commercial by
Rev. Frank +. Eddy who was called
upon 10 MI the place Of Judge Colburn
who had been called from the city ON
business, from the artistic by Mrs. a.
O. Gatrell. and from the EDUCATIONAL by
supt Christensen OF the public schools.
Besides the addresses a number OF de-
lightful musical numbers were given
by Mrs. p. n. Cook, Miss Edith Burns
and Miss Emily Larsen, among them
the Utah State anthem.
WHAT THE TERM MEANS.
Mrs Sanford said that Greater salt
Lake" meant something more than an
increase In population or the price OF
real estate. II meant instruction and
progress In principles OF good Citizen
ship the practise of justice and gener-
osity, morals and manners, all the
highest ideals Of civilization. We must
not narrow ourselves to close and con-
servative methods, but welcome inno-
vations, Contact with outside thought
and influence would help TO broaden,
and we should therefore welcome
strangers to our midst. A great factor
for advancement was the ballot box,
ana here as In many things women
could make their influence felt. With
them rest the responsibility OF incuicat-
lns and demonstrating principles OF
true greatness, In all lines.
THE COMMERCIAL VIEW.
Dr. Frank Fay Eddy OF the First
Unitarian church. spoke upon the COM
mercial view. He believed that salt
Lake mad material chance sor becom-
Ing great cityi that both her present
ana undeveloped resources held promise
OF great things. First OF all, Il ia a
natural home city; II Is the commercial
center Of large mining district, which
makes II the natural clearing house for
an extensive region Whether It Is
destined to become manufactur.
ing city. he could not guess. bu,
Individually, hoped not, as this would
include Objectionable features In the
way of population. labor troubles and
other things We could well do without
As To the part which women might play
IN this line Rev. Eddy inferred tina,
nothing, In view OF what they had al
ready accomplished In everything at
tempted. would seem impossible. They
seem gifted with perennial inspiration
ana foresight which keeps them ever
looking and working ahead. and this
WIN their present genius for working
win the thorough organization they
might accomplish anything, For this
reason he was believer IN women's
clubs. In Il passive way he was also a
believer In women's suffrage. but there
was In his mind higher and more Of /.
feetive suffrage than the ballot-tbat
which was exercised In individual I'm :
iinence and effort In the home aud else .
where.
MRS. GATRELL'S ADDRESS.
Mrs, Gatrell opened her subiect
What Can Women Do To Make a More
Beautiful Salt Lake," with reciting the
episode of the woman who had devel-
oped the esthetic fad. and showing her
husband the blue tea pot she had pur-
chased In evidence Of her carnestness,
exclaimed: And oh dear Charles. lei
us try to live up 10 IT," II was not this
sort or estheticism. the speaker in
ierred, that We should aim for: the
ideaiizlng and worship of objective art
mad always incurred the degeneracy OF
O community or nation. There was a
saner Ideal which could be lived with
out DANGER OF its merging into effem
macy, IL included such commonplace
things even. as keeping ones yard and
sidewalk clean. and OF kindred lines of
enort' The subject OF having lawns
trees, streams. and other natural
adornments about the premises and
streets, had been well nigh exhausted
on previous occasions; but these of
course went towards the Identification
OF city. and must always be consld :
cred. The subject OF sign boards was
discussed, and Mrs. Gatrell stated thar
through the efforts of club women this
nuisance promised to be abated. A
question OF vital import was the econ.
omy OF water; II should not be wasted
hut should be preserved for purposes
OF need; for this she would favor a wa t.
ter meter.
SCHOOL PROBLEMS.
supt, Christensen made a most inter.
esting TAX on the subject OF "Schoo
problems, among other things glvInc
encouraging statistics In regard to Sail
Lakes educational status In compari.
son with other cities, showing that on,
CITY stands only third In record of re.
suits. In enforcing the compulsory Mt.
tendance law ana that Utah Is seventh
IN the list OF states In educational sta.
tistics. In order to have a Greater Sail
Lake there must be great educationa
system, and while the present condition
Is excellent, there are several factors
which would conduce TO better results
one OF these would be an increase oi
teachers and principals salaries ThesC
In comparison with their hours and
kind OF labor are at present inadequate
and rule should be adopted that would
secure the best ability In the country
He spoke eloquently on the crying nee,
for pensions Tor retired teachers cit.
ing an instance OF one woman who had
given up her whole life to the work OF
school instruction. but now. being In,
capacitated. was IN actual want 70,
life's necessities. The state, he thought
should provide u support for such with
out inference of charity or any sort o.
humiliation. MIR. Christensen advocated
the need OF another High school an,
expressed HE belief that this would no
w lplib in lpiAh'blutHss ne anew una
IN all these problems women could b,
Of the most potent aid and cited tn,
many local Instances Of their interest II
school matters--the passage Of the FREE
kindergarten bill the institution of IN,
model corridors. and also the esta blish
ment Of the juvenile court lie believed
that much could be accomplished by {
closer union between teachers and par,
ents. and thought that parents club
would help TO effect Il. Mrs. G.
Kinney. who was TO have made an ad
lress. waived her right with the ex
preston that she could add nothing e
The tonic after what had been already
said. She knew that women would hell
IN all the problems discussed and tina
they were more benefited themselves
by their effort than others.
After the program refreshments wer,
served and social half hour spent