The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-31
Utah CLUB WOMEN
MEET At OGDEN
Fifteenth Annual Convention of
State Federation Being
Held in Junction City.
FEATURES OF FIRST DAY
ATTENDANCE LARGE AND MUCH
INTEREST is SHOWN.
BY l. h. CORAY.

OsdeI, Oct SO.-NeVer was there a more
harmonious and enthusiastic assembiage
in the city of Ogden than that which
gathered this morning TO hold the fiji
teenth annual convention Of the State
Federation of Women's Clubs. The open
Ing meeting began promptly at O'Clock.
the large delegation of women from Salt
Lake and the cities to the south having
come up mainly on the early morning
train. Committees met them at the sta
ton.
The First Congregational church, one OF
the prettiest in Ogden, where the conven-
ton is being held, was gay with beautiful
trappings, including a fine display of In
dian blankets and baskets loaned for the
occasion by the ladies of Ogden. On the
side walls were hung some Of the paint
| lngs or Utah artists. and pieces of work
| by {. Il. Dallin, the sculptor. were sent
from Springville for the further adorn-
ing OF the place and to give added value
to the Utah program of the afternoon.
| The warmest kind of welcome was ex-
| tended to the visitors individually, and the
| ladies Of Ogden have tonight taken all
their guests to their homes and furnished
! ample evidence OF their hospitality.
Address Of Welcome.
| Besides all these evidences of good will
following the singing of America" ana
the prayer by Rev. Noble S. Elderkin.
Mrs. Kate Y. Hilliard gave the address
| OF welcome, in which she reviewed the
| work OF the Women's clubs in the state.
| and told of the great work they are doing.
| She spoke particularly of the great strides
/ of the federation and of its work for the
| community at large and the betterment
of public affairs. She referred to local
| conditions and said that the situation in
| Ogden Is vastly improved and that the
| power and strength of the wOmen's or
| CARNATIONS in the city is growing with
! every year and that its strength and force
/ for good was becoming more and more
| apparent every day.
Mrs. billiard paid a high tribute to the
| conscientious and careful manner m
trr~H tsan Of #nrrHa hN
| conducted its affairs and in a prettily-
worded address to them and the members
of the federation, extended TO them A
most cordial welcome.
| A beautiful feature of the morning ses-
| sion was the special honor shown to Mrs.
| j. c. ROyle, the first president of the La
dies Literary club of Salt Lake. the first
| club in the west, and to Mrs. w. NJ.
Ferry. of Park City. Mrs. Ferry made the
| direct response to the address of welcome
as follows:
Mrs. w. M. Ferry's Response.
I'm behalf of the Utah Federation of
| Women's Clubs. l am happy to respond to
these words of gracious welcome.
we come fully approaching the labors
| that have devolved upon YOU, in way OF
| preparation. labOrs not infTequently rest
ing on few, with the glamor of work
| perfected.
I'VE come with our anticiDations and
! our hopes, not as individuals for the
| pleasures of the day, delightful as that
might be- but as representative in
| tegral part among the thousands of WO-
| men all over cur land, who are today
seeking to make the most and the best OF
! themselves and the world better for hav-
i ing lived in it, by intelligence and ale
glance to right thought and action, TO
| build a solid wall against the encroach-
ments of evil.
| I'VE shall secure this not by intellec-
/ tual pleasures alone. The intellect may
| be as keen as a Damascus blade, and
| NaT Qnnd ha -Ieye - Tor,cr
! give our thoughts only to the literary,
| to make ourselves the polished stone, the
cultivated self, we come short We fail
| in the supreme motive of life He came
not to be mfDistered unto but to min
| ister'
Not from the outward but from the
soul spring the flowers of love that make
| life beautiful, that give the home it's
| charm, that give to the community that
unconscious influence which unfallingly
| marks the footsteps of the true woman.
| and makes II the better.
Nor is this all Not as learn It. When
your feet are on the western slope and
the shadows grow longer. shall the flow
ers you have gathered here and there be
| all? No; do not shut out the beauty
that lies beyond the sunset.
May the sweet spirit that shall per-
wade these meetings go into all the year
and into all our lives. II is said that We
these days be that Of interest. zest and
i advancement"
Mrs. RoyIe's Greeting.
Mrs. Royle. as honorary vice president
1 of the general federation followed with
brief greeting from that organization. in
which she said:
las honorary vice president of the Ma
tional Federation of Women's Clubs of
/ America, ] have the pleasure on behalf
of that organization of greeting you to-
day. This privilege has been given me-
| not from any virtue or merit of mine but
! the distinction belongs to you women OF
Utah.
| Utah has the honor of holding an Of
fetal position In the national federation
that of honorary vice president of the
| Haz%fnnaI - De-.