The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-24
Women S Clubs.

The Ladies' Literary club house
/ was filled on Friday afternoon with
( the members and their friends,
/ who had come to hear the two
/ important topics presented that after
noon. The Rev. Father Walsh took the
place of Rev. Father Guinan of Ali
| Hallows college, and gave a brief and
interesting talk on the various religious
orders Tor men. He reviewed the origin
and growth of the Jesuits. the Marists.
/ the Franciscan monks, the BenedictIne
monks, the Dominican friars and other
| lesser OrganiZa tons
| Mrs. G. II. Blanchard read a scholar
/ ly paper on Roma Eterna." Mrs.
/ Blanchard, who had spent some time
1 in Rome, spoke o. 1t as one sees the city
| today. She told Of the various impress
siOns one gets in a visit to the city,
and showed the wonderful blending of
| the modern and the ancient in the city
as it stands today, and as it viii stand
/ in the future
The music Of the afternoon was fur
nished by two musicians, new to salt
/ Lake, Mrs. John Morton Davis and
Thomas T. Rowan. Mrs. Davis played
I with a great degree of expression Cho-
/ pins Ballade in F, and as an encore
Henseit's exqUisiteIy beautiful Bird
| Song Mr.. Rowan's first selection was
| Francis Allitsen'S a Song of Thanks
giving" and later he sang q beautiful
| little ballad, AN Awakening" COM
posed by Mrs. Castle Byrnes especially
/ for him. The audience was so pleased
/ that he was obliged to respond to an
encore, and repeated the beautiful little
| ballad.
The only business of the afternoon
was the appropriation, on motion of
Mrs. A. J. GOrham. of $50 toward the
building of the manual training depart
ment of Canyon Crest. The vote was
unanimous on the subject, details of
which were published in The Herald
yesterday.
The regular meeting Of the WOman's
Athenaeum of Park City was held Mon
day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lee
compile, and the following was the pro-
gram:
Paper. Austrian Musicians" Mrs A |
r. Weeter. lesson, "Austro-H Hungarian /
Life in Town and Country
After the regular work had been done
away with, musical selections We're rem
dered by the Misses Virginia Smith |
Ethel SimOns and Mrs. Emma KeIso. /
Mrs. Frankel will have the ladies at her
home Monday, when Mrs. DR.. Wight !
will give book review,
I'LL
erary club will meet at the club house 1
at 10:15 Wednesday morning. Jessie i
Gaynor is the American composer to /
be studied. and Mrs. William A. Wet /
zell viii read paper on her work. |
which viii be followed by a number of |
her songs. Mrs. owen MacAleer will /
read a paper on sacred music, and this |
subject Will be illustrated with songs |
by Mrs. Stanley Price, Mrs. Kate /
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Miss Ferguson. The chairman of the /
section has asked for full attendance.
as the work for next year is to be taken /
up for consideration.
$50
The Utah Sorosis of Provo met last
Wednesday afternoon at the home of /
Mrs. d. L. Wallick. Miss Arvilla Clark |
gave a very interesting address on 1.-THE |
Rhine and It's Castles" which was fol-
lowed by a paper on Legends of the /
Rhine" by Mrs. George S. Taylor.
The Nineteenth Century club met /
Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
]. W. Arid. An interesting paper on
Florence Nightingale" was given by /
Miss NJ. Alice Isley. followed by one
equally interesting on CLARA Barton"
by Mrs. John Warwick.
Mrs. William Oliver and Mrs. Irwin
TrOxen entertained the Wasatch Lit
eTary club on Tuesday afternoon. A
large number of members and guests /
were in attendance. The charming lit
tie story, "A Christmas Tea" written /
by Mrs. Richie, was read by Mrs. /
James Dart. An interesting letter from |
Honolulu was read by Mrs. Carter.
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The current events and current lit
eratuTe section of the Ladies' Literary |
club viii meet next Friday afternoon at /
the club house. Mrs. Starkweather will /
speak on "An Artist and an HIustra- /
tori. S. Shurch and Peter Newell" t
Mrs A T. Vollmer viii give some /
readings from the Rebecca stories by /
Kate Douglas wiggin.
The new rule of locking the door at /
the beginning of the program at the /
Ladies' Literary club was enforced for /
the first time on Friday last, and as a
consequence about one-fourth of the /
club members held an overflow meet
ing on the outside during the time the /
first topic was being presented.
The committee having in charge the
program of the Ladies' Literary club
for the next year consists of Mrs. Seth
w. Morrison as chairman, with Mrs. /
Allen 7. Sanford, Mrs. G. H. Blanch-
ard, Mrs. w. f. James, Mrs. E. o. Lee,
Mrs. J. T. Treasure and Mrs. W. H.
Child.
The WOman's club meets Tuesday at /
the home of Mrs. p n. Cook, S74 East
Second Soutl: street. Mrs. ]. II. Powers
will present the topic, Pure Food and
the Hepburn Bill"
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The Bay View Reading club VIII
meet tomorrow afteFnooa with Mrs. . !
A. Dix at I'LL Second street