The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-13
WOmen'S Clubs

The current number of the Fedora
ton Bulletin, national official organ OF
the General Federation Of Women
Clubs, is most interesting, and deals
with the progressive work being done
all over the country by women's clubs
Particularly timely is the article Inc
Playground Movement" which is
statement by the Playground AssocIa-
ton of America of what WOmen'S CLUBS
have done to aid in the establishment
and development Of Fairgrounds. 1t
shows the systematic way IN winch tIle
work is to be carried on and what the
| association has done and intends 10 GO
There are now fifty-five cities in the
limited States, and two in Canada, that
| have playground associations, and II
| is expected that every city in the coun-
| try of any size will fall in line and
DrOvide suitable grounds for the chill
dren of the community.
! The importance Of saving the beau
/ ties of the Hetch-Hetchy valley, IN the
great Yosemite National park, is also
/ dWelt upOn, and the women Of the
country, through the medium OF the
federated clubs are urged TO SEM pc
titions to Congress to reject the Dlll
asking that San Francisco be allowed
to use the valley as water supply LOT
the city.
! The Importance Of national cOnserva-
tion and forestry is also touched upon
as of interest to every club woman.
| The tenth biennial convention of the
! General Federation of WOman's CLUBS
will be held this year in Cincinnati III
MAY, and already the plans and pro
gram are about completed. The clup
women of Cincinnati are making
strenuous efforts to make the coming
convention one of the most succeSsIul
in the history of such meetings.
The program presented Friday after
noon at the regular meeting OF the Id
dies Literary club was considered one
of unusual interest and excellence. The
club is very fortunate in having among
its members two women who are able
to give such delightful and instructive
talks dealing with personal experiences
Miss Colburne gave, entirely without
notes. a descriptive talk, The Cha
! teaux of Touraine," in a clear, con-
versational manner that completely
carried away her audience. MIS- Ed
ward ROsenbaum was equally denSht-
full in her treatment Of the interestlng
subject. THE Land of the Kaiser" Al
present felt that the afternoon nae
been both instructive and edify1ng
Miss Lucy Lewis gave the musica
: numbers of the afternoon, when sh'
PLAYED Schumann's Romance IN t
; Sharp" and Greig's Butterfly" witt
fine technique and exquisite expression
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The annual club breakfast railing OF
next Friday. there viii be no meeting
. OF The current events and current lit
erarv section Of the Ladies' Ltterar!
. club. The next meeting Of that sec
ton will fall on Friday, March 4, whel
Rev. P. A. Simpkin will speak on 'B 5.a5i
zac and His Works" Mrs. w. O. Gle
= land will review the current events
the month.
, The next meeting Of the poets sec
tion of the Ladies Literary club VII
be held Monday, February Il, at tn
Climb house. The reading of Brown
Y ing's "Pippa Passes" will be continued
. and a lecture on Browning Will b
r given by Rev. George Townshend.
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I, The art section of the Ladies Lit
erarv club will meet Thursday after
h noon at the club house. Mrs. }.
s Reynolds will read a paper, early Ike
naissance Sculpture"
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It The Bayview Reading club wi