Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-13

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10 It's cooperative policy. cooperation
in It's broadest sense; cooperation OF
presidents of clubs, officers, chairmen
Of committees and of the members
COMPOSING the committees. And so. CO.
operntion has been and Will be the key
note Of the success of the work OF tho
Utah Federation.
The method employed was to have
one member from each federated club
In the state serve on each one Of the
standing committees, and wherever
possible, to have the chairmen of the
state committees serve on the corre-
spending committees of tho general
federation. thus placing the Individual
club In direct touch with the work Of
the state as we'll as the general fedora
ton.
To carry this Idea still further. the
ciairinen OF these committees were
nsked to meet with the board OF dlrcc-
tors at the first meeting held by. that
body and present their plans and out
line of work. This innovation proved
most successful. as It gave tho menu
bcrs of the board n very definite idea
Of the work to be undertaken, so TINT
they might carry 1t back to their re-
spective clubs. This meeting OF the
chlirmen with the board WAS declared
ito be almost as good us a federation
meeting" and this Innovation might
prove effectual should 1t be made n
permanent arrangement. 1t Is the
heart-to-heart talks, the personal in
terest that helps the most to make
any work successful.
Til work Of the federation for the
past year may be stated briefly as fol-
lows: a humane committee was added
to the list Of the standing committees
and 1t Is the wish Of your president
that this most important work may
have the loyal support of all club wom-
en-. f7
Two special committees were ap-
pointed for some necessary work out
side the regular routine work. The
first special committee assisted tho Re-
tall Clerks association In its campaign
for the early closing of stores. With
the support Of two OF the unfederated
clubs-the Woman's Relief society and
the Mutual Improvement association.
the committee brought about the carly
closing Of the stores during the sum-
.mer months, This successful move
'ment was by the committee. hoped to
be n permanent arrangement, but In,
this they we're disappointed. and i am
now confident that to have It become
80. legislative measures will be neces-s
sary, This committee also endelvored
to have tho ordinance relating to the
Sunday closing OF stores more rtg!dly
enforced
PURE MILK DEPOT.
The other special committee, consist
Ing Of the chalrmen OF the civics, sani-
tatlon, and health committees, estab-S
llshed a pure milk supply depot for tho
benefit of invalids and children. The
patronage Of this depot justifies the es-
Enlistment OF others next summer.
the club women of Ogden. assisted by
Inc Industrial and Legislative commit
lees of the federation. succeeded in
having Il; complete change of manage
ment In the state Industrial school at
Ogden, which has resulted In a far
reaching good. These two committees
were also Instrumental in having the
juvenile court bill passed after 1t had
been p!geon-holed by the judiciary
committee OF that body.
! me united efforts of these commit
ices resulted In the establishment Of
separate detention homes for boys and
s,ris. Prompt actionion the part OF the
.SiuD women prevented the passage OF
nn undesirable liquor bill through the
sast Lake City council,
Inc Two scholarships nre still muin-
M,ned In each OF tho following
jt.SSl'eges: Y. OF u, A. G. OF Logan and
NC NC, branch Normal Al at hi Cedur3 City,
INC educational loan fund Is still an
esset Of the federation. Mothers day