Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-01

Salt Lake City, May !. 1909. @5
10 stake Presid ents of Relief Societies
ana Young Ladies' M t,tral Improve
.3s merit Associa lions. Erecting
Dear sisters citing under instrue-
@tion of the peace and arbitration COM
mittee for the National Council Of
Women and Natioanl Suffrage assoca :
!: tion. we, MS a general committee, ear
,1estly request that your organiZa tons
unite, and invite ali citizens of your
locality to join with you in holding
peace demonstrations in n. ward or
stake capaci ty, on or near May. Is. We
suggest Sunday, May 1e, afternoon or
evening, d fitting time for these meet
tngs, when agreeable to stake and ward
authorities.
Tt is also desired that you extend an
Invitation TO the ministers of all de-
nominations in your vicinity to do like
wise.
81 Among the suggestions for peace
meetings are the following:
Invocation; appropriate music, as the
.Recessional. Battle Hymn of the Re-
public, Flag Without a Stain, Angel
OF Peace. etc.
B The following resolution may be pre-
scented: 81
Resolved That the American women
assembled May 18 for the purpose of
considering the fruits of war and tho
fruits of peace, do solemnly pledge
themselves to meet annually to hold a
demonstration in behalf Of peace and
arbitration. They commit themselves
loving brotherhood which can be re-
allied only by the cessation nf inter
national hostilities, they accept as a
Fcorcllary OF the universal Fatherhood
of God the universal brotherhood Of
man. They send greetings to women
of$other countries who this day may be
assembled to attest similar corvlc-
tons They rejoice that women
throughout the world are beginning to
feel their responsibility for human con-
ditions outside OF the home, as we'll as
within its sacred walls. They ask
all women everywhere to adopt as their
! own the task assumed by the Internal
tional Council of Women. which Is THE
application of the golden rule to So
ciety, custom and law. "
Suggestive poems and $topic s:
I'll ct Us Have Peace, Emily II.
Woodmansee. Poem on Peace Whit
tier. tab State Peace Poem, j ose-
5phine SPENCER Let There be Peace
| Ruth M. Fox ''The Day of Peace
Lydia Alder.
The Hague conference, It's causes !; $; g. and
results. BENZ
Who have done the most to promote
the peace of the world
Questions for discussion:
s8s What effect has military drill In
school and boys brigades?
What do you think of letting children
make "a game Of killing with toy guns
and soldiers 3S IL 5i5
81 In teaching tism. on what mould
the chief emphasis be laid
How can mothers best promote the
| cause of peace?
As decorations for peace meetings.
| the following suggestions are offered:
| Flags may be used in every available
space. In a part icularly prominent
place should hang the peace. flag It
unity5and fraternity. The Flagstaff is
blue, mex to the flagstaff is yellow,
then purple then white. The motto
"Pro C,oneortia Ia Dor, -; 1--WE work for
peace. Over the flag sheathed swords
and scales Of justice may hang as sym
kols Of peace The picture OF William
Penn's treaty with the dams, or OF
EECornWallis surrende ring at Yorktown,
and similar pictures would be q appro-
PIRATE.
port to Emily S. Richards, sos Temple
ton building and Minnie ]. Snow. 525
Constitution building, Salt Lake CITY
Place of meeting
Number of persons present
8. Was the resolu tion presented and
adonted s 8 Il
1. Name speakers and subjects.
81 Music employed.
g. How do the ministers of the stake
respond r.
Remarks.
M Respe ctfulIy your sisters. Y
N F1MILY S.RICTIARDS, nv r. s.,
MARY As. Err EEzE,l =. IL NJ. u A (, 95s
General Committee Peace Demcnstra-
lions. s.