The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17
Woman,s Organization Capital Without

monstraled another. Aud, why}" ex
claimed Mrs Clark. :" lust because ! an
Champ Clark's wife, and his namt
would bring tho Democrats into tho
club; We needed names at Grsl, but
we don I need them now. why, ladies'.
| said when they insisted upon put
tlnT my name upon tn" ticket, L an
not tho one for vice president / car
read and write, | said. in fun, hut
We do not care whether You car
read and wrltc ur not, all we want is
your name. You can be fgurcheud
If you like.
But Am member Of this nomiu.
at,nG committee. / can't nominate my
self, ! told them.
% oh. yes you can. we do not have
| TO do things Just the way The men do.
| Lbcy replied, s" my namo went on the
! ticket. and bat is how I came 10 he
| vice president Now that / am an ex.
| vice president ] can work stilI better
! Bcsldes, ] have TO 90 TO tho World IS
| Missionary conference in Marlborough
| pretty soon, and | have TO be thinking
! up my speech on The Uplift of the
Caucasian Race -
Is Three Years Old.
The Congressional club. which has
| grown to be Il power i'm the land was
organized nearly three years ago. hy Che
women at The capital. whose husbands
were engaged in making history. Mrs.
Perkins Of New York and Mrs. John
! Sharpe Williams Of Mississippi, got
together and issued call for the
wives. sisters and daughters Of mem
bers Of congress, and of eN-members,
and tho club was formed and tho fol-
lowing officers elected:
:. President Mrs. James Brcel, Perkins of
New York
yieo presidents, Mrs. Henry Cabot
Champ Clark of Missouri. Alla Joseph
Dixon OF Montana and Mrs. Julius Kahn
of san Francisco.
Recording secretary Mrs J. Sloat Fas-
sctt OF New York.
Corresponding secretary. Mrs, William
M Howard OF Georgia.
IISasurer Miss n. 7. Wood Of New
Jersey.
These officers, with ono or two
changes were reelected last Febru
ary, The term of Office extending
through the next session of congress.
Through this club. n social renaissance
has mas begun in the congressional circle
Wlth the members gathered from every
slate IN the Union, and including some
OF the brightest minds the country can
boast, the Congressional club is n new
potentlahLy quietly working toward a
great end-thc making Of an aristoc-
TacY OF worth, which will rescue Amer
lca rom the social dominance of the
hu!tl-mllhonalrc. Formerly the wives
OF representatives and OF some SEN
ators found small place in the social !
world OF lhe capitol which has become
Z popular residence for the money kings. /
whose wives set the pace for society. |
Distinct Congressional Society.
t1,,,.n 1 -,
al society, which is making a name far
beyond the confines of the District of |
columbia The personnel Of Tie club |
includes such women as Mrs. Nelson |
W. Aldrlch, Mrs. Bourke Cochran. Mrs. I
y. W. F9lrbanks, Mrs. Nicholas Lonp-
Torth, Mrs. Guggenheim Of Colorado.
Mrs. LaFcllette, Mrs. Elihu Root. Mrs
J. Is. Foraker, Mrs. c, a. Culberson,
Mrs A. }. Beveridgc and many others,
l ne wfe or the president OF the United
states IS an honorary member. and en-
,ertains the clab each year with some |.
special hospitality at the White House. /
mnsiGale given on April - was the
offered 10 the Conrres.
ional club this season. Once week
no club entertains some notable man. n
VINO talks on the affairs Of the dav.. II
1lnlomaCS, saVants, senators, cabinet
Members and members of the supreme
ourt Of the United States have adj
lressed the Congressional club this sea.
on, and have noted the gracious charm
II the hospitality offered at the club
lome ON * street.
At this club house is found true
oclal democracy. The wife of the
loncy-bag senator, with her differing /
ewcls, may. be as exclusive as she /
leases outside of the club, but here
ne IS on common ground with the
NE ct the new member from Podunk.
'ho has only one evening gown to her X
amc. And, instead of spending her
Tst winter in WASHINGTON in round /
1 DeWllderng calls, with never real
the new member 3 wife
nds place for herself in the Con-
resslonal club, and takes 4 great pleas
re IN meeting real friends at the club
ifars She even finds pay for the
Id housewifely virtues cherished in &
he early days of American history. | Il
,er salt-rlslng bread, which took the 4
lue ribbon at the county fair, is
realty appreciated at the club lunch II
ons. so she often sends d loaf Ken d
icky hams find their wav go the house i
i Is street, and ou Raisin day in Cali
'rnia the members Of the Congress
onal club in Washington ate raisin y
IKE and raisin candy, made by the h
lir hands OF Mrs. Needham Of that Il
ate.
There is room for the exercise of u
'cial amenities, IN the management of H
ub affairs. for the atmosphere of the 4
)usc of representatives is felt in the u
IONS of the Congressional club. In
agents are not on speaking terms with 4
'gUlars. Miss Helen Cannon. daughter IA
the speaker of the house, and Mrs II
avis of Minnesota, wife Of leading
surgent, are not comfortable in the \
me vicinity, but they have beauti- 4
Il courtesy, which bridges the diff 3