The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-26
Women S Clubs.

A delightful treat was provided for
the members of the Ladies' Literary |
club and their friends last Friday aft |
ernoon, when Mrs. Thomas Weir gave
a talk on THE Land of the Midnight
SUM- reminiscent of her travels in |
Norway last summer. Mrs. Weir made |
her talk thoroughly informal and IL |
Illustrated it with many humorous anec- |
detes and personal experiences. She
gave a vivid description of the places
visited and told of the wonders of the
midnight at Hammerfest, where no real
night came i'm the twentyfOur hours. |
Many souvenirs characteristic of the
people of the northern land were shown
to further illustrate the descriptions of
costumes. Following Mrs. Weirs talk,
Mr.. Weir was asked to give few sta
tistics, and he complied, telling of the
relatively great number of Norwegian
men who are engaged in pursuits that
take them away from the country, and
the consequent relatively large number
of women found in industrial pur-
suits.
The music of the afternoon was
furnished by Miss Helen Evans. who
played ITO Spring" and a melody for
the left handS-by Miss Claire Williams.
who sang Goodbye" and Marjorie,
and by Miss Katherine Cabot,
a child's song by Nevin Besides these,
a magnificent number by the club Choir
us, under Mrs. William A. Wetzell,
was given, with Mrs. Wetzell and Mrs.
Fife Dean Knappen singing the solo
parts.
Before the close of the meeting Miss
Sarah tombstone of the Y. W. c. A.
was asked to address the members on
the work of the association. She spoke
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| the value of the association. Mrs. Z.
Be- CritchIow, the president of the as
| ISOLATION, and treasurer of the club,
| through whose report given at Ogden
| i'm October the federation took up the
work of the Y. w. c. A, also spoke,
| and at the close a motion was made
to have the chair appoint a committee
of three from the club to carry out
| the clubs part in the federation work.
for the support of the organization.
| Mrs. Parmalee appointed Mrs. j. NJ.
Dart. Mrs. Alvah Lewis and Mrs.
Frank B. Stephens.
| Mrs. Thomas MariOneauX, chairman
| of the entertainment committee, re-
ported on the arrangements for the
| fifth annual club breakfast, which will
take place February IA at the Cullen
/ hotel.
The next club meeting will be held
/ II
as a fifth Friday in any month is set
apart as presidents day. The board
| of directors has decided to make this
an afternoon of especial entertainment,
| and Miss Frances Savage of the Saw
age Dramatic school is to give some
readings.
Music will be furnished by the club
| chorus and by Miss Mary Olive Gray,
Miss Marguerite Duvall, Mrs. Effie
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Henry Oberndorfer. A social hour will
follow.
The Woman's Athenaeum of Park
City held the regular meeting last
| Monday, with Mrs. A. r. Weeter. Mrs.
| Charles Shields was elected vice-presi-
dent, in place of Mrs. Dan B. Shields,
and the afternoon program was carried
out as follows:
Is Paper, on Richard Ill. Miss Julia
Buelin; paper, THE Founders of the
Tudor Dynasty" Mrs. L. Z. Hubbard;
reading, from when KnighthOOd Was
in Flower" Mrs. Charles Shields; vocal
d solo, Sunlight Land" Mrs. ]. NJ. Mar
tin
The critics report by Mrs. F. W.
Hoyt was then given, and the home
of Mrs. E. ]. Beggs. on Park avenue,
was decided as the next meeting place.
The Woman's club meets on Tues
day afternoon at the home of the pres
} ident, Mrs. Deane, $40 East Third South
/, street. Mrs. NAllen IT. Sanford will
have charge of the program of the aft
ernoon and the meeting will be an open
one.
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| The Nineteenth Century club of
! Provo met at the home of Mrs. George
Havercamp Friday afternoon. An ex-
cellent paper was given by Miss Jose
phine Kellogg on Maud Darlington
Booth. Miss Lucie B. Davis gave a
surprise number" which was a synOp-
, sis of the battle of Waterloo, as de-
scribed by Victor Hugo in his master
| piece, Les Miserables."
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| The Utah Sorosis of Provo met with
Mrs. Phil Speckart Saturday afternoon