Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-17
EFFECTIVE sPEAkERs.

4, cation for the hospitality accorded
them in Salt Lake City.
EFFECTIVE SPEAKERS.
/ Madame Popelin. president OF the
Belgian Council of Women, made one
i OF the most effective speeches of the
| evening, though she expressed herself
with the greatest difficulty in Ers..sh
4 She had at last to make recourse tc
4 French for adequate utterance of her
feeling, yet the enthusiastic spirit In
i which she voiced her appreciation Of
| the Inequalities and of the scenes
which they had enjoyed in Salt Lake,
| interpreted itself The sunset. the stars
coming out one by one In the wonder
| full sky, made q scene she would never
/ forget. During the long, dusty ride
from Seattle. the question had come
1 to them; What can compensate us for
| this discomfort? Salt Lake had an
swered that question generously to
every heart. This Is our compensa-
| ton" +
Froken Kroeg Of Norway, president
OF the Norwegian Council of Women,
said that her speciality In speaking was
for suffrage: but in Utah she had no
chance for this as the women already
| have won ii.
| Our men gave us the franchise"
interrupted Mrs, Wells.
John Henry Smith said that In con-
nection with this subject he would say
that he was chairman of the constitu-
tional convention which made woman's
franchise possible in Utah.
SWEDISH BARONESS.
Baroness Won Platin of Sweden rep
resenting the Swedish Council of
Women, spoke feeltngly OF the welcome
given them, and also approximately OF
the program in the Tabernacle. She
said she was sure where all We're work
Ing for good purposes. only harmony
could be the outcome
Miss Fries of Holland spoke hun1or-
ously OF their trip across the continent,
and especially the visit to Salt Lake.
body OF women were all to come TO
Salt Lake they said, You will never
get away from that place. We can.
tell them now. however. tina t we had
no difficulty In passing through. She
said that ahe was not SO good a. speaker
as she was a dancer, and IL she had
her national costume she would rather
dance than make a speech she al
luded to the Dutch sources Of Aneri-
can ancestry, and spoke or Roosevelt
as typical descendant whom their
people regarded with pride.
ITALY REPRESENTED.
Lie 8BldTCneSd Hl6euuVOllSt del M Onte
spoke for the italian Council of Wn-
men and said that the sunset She had
seen on the Great Salt lake had never
been surpassed by3any she had wit
messed In Italy. She had always heard
much of the hospitality of the AmerI-
can people. and now had had good OPS
portunity to experience it. She ex-
pressed special pleasure In Salt Lakes
reception. IA
The program OF toasts ended with a.
short poem by Mrs Ruth NJ. Fox, ex-
Council, Lead Kindly Light" and
bringing it's sentiment Into the lines OF
her poem.
It being nearly midnight, the pro-
gram was brought to an end, Mrs.
Wells making a closing speech In which
the expressed the hope that only the
pleasantest memories should be taken
away by the visitors. The committees
accompanied their guests to the train,
where final farewells were taken all
pronouncing the experience one of the
most pleasurable and interesting of
their journey,
Many interesting bits were picked
up from individuals among the dist!n-
guished party. The Baroness Won Pla-
tin of Sweden, said with much prida
that the Swedish government had mada
All OI 0,UVu -CTOWHS IL Nv
fray the expenses of the two women
delegates to the Quinquennial at Ca
NADIA, She said she believed this was
the first governmental recognition of
the Importance Of these great gather
ings and that the Swedish women were
very proud of the honor. The baroness
is Miss" Won P1atin, and says thar 1t
is only abroad that the unmarried wo-
men OF her country assume their titles,
o Z, ha mn nrfa nj
ing accomplished along humanitarian
lines in Sweden, and has herself been
much interested in the settlement work:
She has beon sent twice TO England
to investigate the settlement work in
the east end. and said that King Ed
ward had given generous fund for
the same work in Sweden. The ba-
roness is the author Of biographical
work. the life of Henry Stead, and also
of expressions upon social questions.
Miss Sadie American, president of the
Jewish Council Of Women arrived from
Z Colorado yesterday in time to take part
In the entertainment She spoke aIj-
preciatively of the kind welcome given
her here at her visit of several years
ago. and said that President Snow had
placed at her disposition "a special train
to Saltair on which so visitors went out
to the resort, and that other hospital
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Among the distinguished guests pres
ent from whom the limited time pre-
vented expression, We're, Lady Martin
Of Scotland, Mrs. Elizabeth p. GrannIs,
president of the National Christian
league; Miss Marion p. Blackie of Scot
land, Sadie American. and many 9th
crs. a number of Utah women, also,
who had been listed to respond to toasts
We're also omitted.
LIST OF COMMITTEES.
The local committees We're made up
of representative women. and on behalf
OF the Relief society, Utahs largest So
ciety of women, two ladies We're sent
to Ogden to meet the visitors, Mrs. Ida
Smoot Dusenberry and Mrs. Annie
Wells Cannon Among the other mem.
bers of committees We're: Mrs j. Il.
Hanchett, Mrs. Joseph Cohen.
Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement
| Association--Mrs. Emmeline b. Wells,
Mrs. Ruth NJ. Fox, Mrs. Julia NJ. Brix-
en-. Miss Elm Wallace, Miss Augusta
w. Grant. Mss. Mae T. Nystrom Miss
Ann NJ. Cannon. Mrs. Susie Young
| Gates. and all members of the general
board.
National Womens Relief Society
Mrs. Bathsheba w Smith, PRESIDENT
Mrs. Ida S, Dusenbcrry. Mrs. Phoebe Y.
! B5atie, Mrs. Hattie ". Harker. Mrs.
I C:larissa S. Williams. Mrs. Minnie IL.
James. and all members of the general