The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-18
Zion After Biennial Gathering
of National Federation of
WOmen's Clubs.
COMMERCIAL CLUB Is
ASSISTING in MATTER
Club Committee Meets With
Women TO Discuss the
Campaign.

At q meeting Thursday Of a committee
of the Utah Federation Of Womcn's
| clubs and the conventions committee Of
the Commercial club. arrangements were
made FOR strong fight OF the part Of
the two organizations for tho 1912 bien-
nal convention OF the National Fedora
ton of Womcn's clubs, Resolutions wele
drafted al the meeting requesting the
board of governors of tho club 10 pledge
It's moral and financial support In Sccur-
Ing the convention and helping To enter
tain the women in case the convention
is secured
Mrs. c. Fl, Mcmahon will go east in
two weeks To attend the meeting Of The
COMMITTEES in charge of the 1912 convcn
tion. and Will do all in her power to in
duce the women to hold their meeting
in Salt Lake,
AT the meeting Mrs. Mcmahon. repre-
senting the women. said that the move
ment TO secure tho 1912 convention for
Salt Lake was started last June at the
time of the tenth biennial at Cincinnati.
At that time the Salt Lake women sent
TO the Commercial club for literature. and
number of pamphlets and booklets were
forwarded. These We're distributed eff
fectiYely. and the result WAS that prac
ticaly every delegation from Maine to
Utah adopted the slogan. salt Lake for
1912"
Zion's Only Rival.
San Francisco. MIS- Mcmahon SAID
was the only rival OF Salt Lake. and this
movement was supported as city meas
ure only, inasmuch as the convention was
held at Los Angeles eight years ago. In
Utah. however the movement is state
wide. some twenty-eight clubs OF the
state, with L membership OF 1000 women.
being behind the invitation or Salt Lake.
The convention means that 1000 TO 5000
sessions. which Will last a week or ten
days. AT Cincinnati the attendance OF
club members about 5000. with 1900
delegates and 500 altcrnates and large
delegations from Chicago and other large
cities of the middle west.
Miss Lucille FRANKIE, chairman OF the
transportation committee OF the Utah
federation. reported that she had been
corresponding with the various passenger
associations regarding the convention.
She said she had received assurances that
the railroads would do all In their power
TO inspire tho success Of the convention
and that it would be properly advertised
by the railroads.
Stop-over Privileges.
Furthermore. tho railroads promised
that extremely favorable rates would be
made for the convention. and tickets
would be sold through TO the Pacific
Salt Lake. This, IL was pointed out,
would result in bringing many tourists TO
Salt Lake al the time of the convention.
The tentative plan reached at ycster-
days meeting was that the Utah Fedora
ton OF Women's clubs would raise $4,000
OF the necessary expense of the conven-
ton, and that the Commercial club
should raise the additional $500 neces-
sary.
Joseph f. Cainc, secretary OF the Com
mercial club. was asked to speak 60 the
women on the work and plans of the
Commercial club publicity bureau. MIR
Cainc outlined this work pIedging the
support Of the bureau toward procuring
and advertising the convention, and in
turn. asked the cooperation of the Utah
federation In the work OF advertising, tho
resources and opportunities OF the state