Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-26
CLUB CHAT.

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Mrs Charles Read entertains the.
night at her home, the program. to be
;siven, by Miss Berkhoel, Miss Williams
son, Miss Olive Gray, Miss Irma Wat
son, Mrs Emma Ramsey Morris aid
Hugh Dougall. With Spencer Clawson,
Jr., as accompanies.
The Reapers' Social club will meet
next Monday at 2oicloclk, at the EN-
ponent office, and all members are re-
uuested to be present.
The board of directors of the State!
Federation Of Women's clubs met on
Tuesday and discussed matters per-
tanning to the coming annual conren-.
ton at Manti. The dates are set for
Oct. q, % and %, and an interesting
program is being prepared by the COM
mittee. Among other business done q
the meeting was the admittance of two
more clubs to the federation, namely,
the Woman,s Public league, and the
college club Present besides the fed
GRAFTON president. Mrs. Byron Cum
mings, were Mrs. Il. NJ. Bailey, Mrs. g.
Fl. Mcmahon, Mrs. j. r. Beless. Mrs:
Hornung OF AIanti Mrs. Corfnlan or
Provo and Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Ear
rows of Ogden.
The regular meeting of the Ladies
Literary club yesterday afternoon was
of unusual Interest. AS it happened to
fall on the wedding anniversary OF
Robert and Elizabeth BroWning. 1886
1908, the program was entirely from
Browning. THE Marriage Of True,
Minds being given by Mrs. Ewing;
readings from Mrs Browning by Mrs
EC. S. Richards; Robert Brownings
songs, Mrs, Bessie S. Browning; read
.ings from Robert Browning. Mrs. Igle-
heart; .Epithalamium. Fred G.. era irsa-.
ham.
Mrs. Sarah Plat Decker. president
Il of the General Federation OF Womens
clubs, is ansardeut suffragist. During
the years that Mrs. Decker has been
president of the General Federation or
Womep's clubs she has Travelled E all
over the Union several times and has
I been called nn5again and again to eN-
plain that really nice women do vote
/ n one OF the eastern seahoard states
an elderly gentleman asked for ir,for-
nation, and when Mrs. Decker said
frSnkly that she not; only always voted,
: but was a suffragst from principle ana
conviction, he could not conceal ms
grief. You don't look IT., he said
earnestly 81 would never have thought
you were a woman that voted. You
look like such IA comfortable woman.
Once after a meeting IN one of the
& poorer sections of Denver, II little old
woman Went MP to Mrs Decker anu
asked whether she might be permitted
to bring the family TO meeting
which had been announced for tne
Z Brown Palace hotel a week later MI
Decker assured her that she could
thinking that there were proba bly, a
grown up daughter and a half q dozen
s grandchildren who would enjoy the ace ,
cream Then II passed from iier. hiiiiu,
but nj the conclusion of the meeting
at the Brown the same shabby little
woman appeared. saving she would ike
/ ID have Mrs Decker meet her family.
would you, mind coming TO the back
of the h:.ll?n she said tin,idls they
didn't like to come up front. still with
fbose chiidren In her minds eye, MIS-
Decker made her way to the rear Of the
room 1t was wolnan's in nee. hut s.t
the little old lady had hr y iisi
family OF seven sons, none of them I'M
| der six feet tau
I Ant MIS- Decker was equal to the oc-
caston, and asked for the absent mem 1