Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-28
IN HONOR OF
MRS. {. B. WELLS
Notable Event Takes Place in the
Lion House Dining
Hall.
ANNIVERSARY OF 18TH YEAR.
Womcn's Press Club Tenders One OF
Ctah's Foremost Mothers Ban
quot and Congratulations.

A notable event took place yesterday
az the Lion House when the Utah Wo-
mans Press club rendered it's founder
Mrs. Emmeline y. Wells banquet IN
celebration OF her 10th birthday
Two large tables were laid in the din
ing hall and decorated IN the club col
ors' purple and green. each table hav-
ing for ceuterpiece a potted purple
cynerea draped with dainty crepe pa
per in the purple and green. while at
each plate We're place-cards IN the form
OF double hearts which were hand
! decorated and hand written by Mrs
Marin Francis, with sentiments from
the poems of the guest of honor. The
programs tied with ribbons in the same
coIors were also at each place. At the
head OF one table sat Mrs. Wells. with
the club president. Mrs. Minnie j. Snow,
| facing her. Mrs. Bathsheba Smith. a
| guess of the occasion presided at the
other and at the foot sat tho toastnis-
tress Mrs, Ruth NJ. Fox, and 80 guests.
In all. sat about the two tables. The
president, Mrs Snow. called for The
reading of the card sentiments. each
guest responding. This was followed By
the reading OF an original poem OF
greeting by Miss Josephine Spencer,
Mrs zina Young Card introduced the
toastmistress. Mrs. Ruth NJ, Fox who
throughout rcsped successive laurels IN
her clever and apt speeches. The toasts
were 10 the Press club. as tree
and the thought as a whole was taken
by Mrs. II Il. Schiller who gave COM
prehensiVe outline OF the club in it's
various capacities. her subJec. being
most cleYerly handled,
Mrs. Minnie i. SHOW responded 10
The Germ as The Original Thought
and cold how potent the thought be-
comes when manifested IN word, action
and iced. illustrating 1t with the Press
club, which had had SO long a life and
whose future might reap laureis of use
fulness and renown.
The Root, symbolizins -the foun-
dor was happily eSempiihed by Or.
Ellis b. Shipp who paid Il tribute to
the arm character and stcadrassness OF
the Press clubs founder. whose persist
cnce and well grounded ability and
sturdiness Of purpose had sent forth the
tree.
Mrs, {. G. Il. Wells had an appro-
PIRATE theme In THE Trunk !. e.
the organization, and in characteristic !
rortance of conpleteness IN his NAV
The club ofIircrs' tynlfied AS "rhc
branches" was Mrs Enu,a Jenssn,s
toas, and was n ,.onutrrss,sive s,,,r,-
mary OF the trnportanrn ~ tbssc
par,s OF the club polttlr Mrs
Lucy y. Clarke m The Honorary
Members" named in the program az
The Twigs had n pcrverse and elu-
sve theme Application. she declared
10 dictionaries, friends and nature it, |
SELF had Welded her ambiguous de6ni-
tons Of the difficult subject Webster 1
gave IL as "a small growth" ana othor
references mad re-
wsrded her researches IN other direc-
tlonS. so that hcr toast had become a
task OF anxiety and ,rissiyine Finait,,
she had thrust HERSELF anon tho heart
Of mother nature and had taken vha
small comfort sbe might frnm tho suy.
eestion that these excresnces ,nisbt
possihlv In tin,n heroine u.cfnI hrar,si,
es with n far away differences NJ fruit
She closed with the hone mar II rnigh,
he 50 and the fern, thus gain sienia-
canoe as "a part Of fhe vhnIn
One of tbe nrettiest sin,ilias 10 ,ho
program vas OF INC ,nen,h hers .S .,-I,ho
caves . given nv Nrs Elorcnce s,,n,,
Critchlow who snake nf thclr nf,ices ~,
beautv az edornn,out Ia, ~ t
br,nchs. M tho trss a ,as,i,o ,,Ja
for hirds h.,r co., M ,,.;r,I.e Ia
shade mon, ,bn hlirdirs, .,,.s ~ ~
sun. her picture heinz ,ea,tif,Ii,,
drawn and exnrrsscd ..-rho pos,,tt,''
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