The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-14
Women s Clubs.

| Three topics Of interest to Salt Lakers
| were presented before the Ladies Lit
erary club at the last meeting, held Fri
| day afternoon. DIT. john Sundwall of the
university faculty, speaking on THE
| Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis,
| Frank B. Stephens on THE Des Moines
| Plan" and Colonel Sterrett on the COM
| ing G.. A. r. meeting. Mrs. Byron
Cummings, the head of the State Fed
Grafton, presided over the meeting, and
club women of all clubs in the city were
| invited to be present.
| DR.. Sundwall advocated a better sys-
TEN of caring for the public health, bet
ter air and better food as first requisites,
| and while he stated that the women
could do more than anyone else in this
matter, he also stated that the expec-
toration habit is responsible for a great
deal of the spread of the disease.
Mr.. Stephens made a clear and lucid
| explanation of the new system of civic
government which is to be inaugurated
here, and showed with a diagram how
the direct primary system works.
Colonel Sterrett made patriotic talk
covering the period in the growth of
the nation before the civil war. and
showing the reasons for the existence
of the @. A. r. He closed with a few
words on the work of the women in
preparing for the enCampment.
The music of the afternoon was ex-
ceIlent, Miss Mary Olive Gray and Miss
Williamson playing a magnificent con-
certo by Mendelssohn in three move
ments, Miss Gray taking the second
piano. Later Miss Renee Redman sang
two vocal numbers, accompanied by
Mrs. J. NJ. Davis.
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The Spirit Of Liberty chapter, Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution. held
the March meeting on Thursday last
with Mrs. Russell L. Tracy at her home
in Popperton. Mrs. Frank h. Stephens
had charge Of the program, and she had
prepared a fine program Of the patriot
ic numbers. Mrs. Morris L. Ritchie
read a now story of her own called THE
Divine Right to Happiness" and Miss
Florence Veness. the winner of the y.
A. r. medal gave her grafton on THE
Larger Patriotism" Morris Andrews
played two violin solos. accompanied by
his sister, Romance" and "Cayatina. -
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The current events and current lit
erature section of the Ladies Literary
club will hold a centenary celebration
on Friday, devoting the afternoon TO
the men of the past century. Miss
Palmer VIII redd 4 paper on IlncoilY
Mrs. BrameI will speak on Edgar Allan
Poe. Mrs. G.. V. Parmalee will give
Tennyson and Mrs. Peake, Darwin.
Miss Greenleaf will read a paper on
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mrs. Anderson
will tell of the life of Gladstone, and
Mrs. Addison Cain viii speak on Men
delssohn. There viii be music, both
vocal and instrumental.
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The Poets section of the Ladies Lit
erary club meets tomorrow afternoon
at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Stowe in Fed
eral Heights. Mrs. Stephenson will dis
cuss Shelly and his life. and his treat
ment Of nature. She will give a crit
zeal study of his "Skylark' and COM
pare it with Wordsworth's "Skylark, -
and will read his lode to the West
Wind
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The p. E. o. society held its annual
election of officers at the last meeting,
when the following were elected: Pres
ident, Mrs. John Reed; vice president,