The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-02


the programmes OF the various clubs
and state fedcrations to see how strono
is the trend in that direction. The
clubs that, to quote Mrs. Decker. have
come to believe in Doing rather than
Dante, and Being rather than Brown.
ing, find in civil labor field close
at hand, and one that cries to be titled
Nevertheless, there is vast amount
OF work IN other directions that Is oc-
cupYlng the federation, whose depart.
ments include, besides civics, art, civil
service reform, education, food santa
tion, forestry, health, household eco
Monies, industrial and child labor con
ditons, legislation, literature and Ii.
brary extension. These departments
have at their head women of proved
efficiency, who are assisted by capable
and carefully chosen co-workers. In
addition, there exists the immensely
important bureau of information, To-
Gated at Portsmouth, to which every
club may appeal for continuous or cor
related programmes, outlines for study,
answers to perplexing questions, books
and literature of various kinds, and
where, above all, it may keep in touch
with the other clubs in the fedora
ton.
There will be a special meeting of
the chairmeu of the various standing
| committees of the State Federation
next Thursday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. G. II. McMahon, 80 Cath
ness apartments.
The delegates elected from the P.
f. o. society yesterday to represent
the club at Provo at the annual meet
ing were Mrs, William c, Druehl and
Mrs. John Reed.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
will hold their annual election of Of
ficers next Friday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Charles Burdell on First
South street.
Mizpah chapter No. 5, o. E. s, will
hold its regular meeting at Masonic
temple. Monday evening. October 3, at
T:30 and continue at that time for the
meetings held during the winter
months.
One Of the thoroughly enjoyable days
at tho Ladies' Literary club was last
Friday, which, coming on an irregular
date, the fifth Friday in the month, was
set apart as president s day, In pro-
viding entertainment for the members
and their friends, Mrs. Hutchinson had
secured Rev. P. A. Simpkin to present
the topic Of the afternoon. and the club
has seldom if ever listened to more
finished or more thoroughly uplifting
address. Mr. Simpkin had chosen for
his subject 'The Value of the Essay
in Literature and he followed the
growth of literary products through all
stages, from, the earliest poetic efforts
of half, ,barbarlc peoples to the highest
type of literary .construction-the es-
say. He dwelt on the beauty of style
in the writings of Carlysle, Emerson,
Ruskin, Bacon, Ben johnson, Francis
Burton, Thomas Fuller, Sidney Smith
and the other well known essayists, and
he also read some delightful passages
from Fuller and from Sidney Smith.
Mr.. Simpkin commended the study of
the essay, not only as the highest ex
ample Of style in the language. but also
as study Of life. and character, and
placed aside from the Bible the cul.
tural value of the essay at the top OF
literature.
The address was listened to with the
most rapt attention throughout, and at
the end Mr.. Simpkin was rendered
hearty vote of thanks. The music Of
the afternoon was exceptionally fine,
consisting Of two splendidly rendered
violin solos by Vaughn CLAYTON, accom-
panied by Mrs. SHELTON, and three vo-
cal numbers by Miss Florence Kimball,
with Miss Lorene Leary as accompa-
ist. The club elected Mrs. F. E. Marcy
as delegate to represent the club at
the Federation meeting on October II,
IL and IA and Mrs. ]. F. Cowan goes
as secretary for the general Fedora
ton as we'll The next regular meeting
of the club, coming as it does in con:
aict with the Federation meeting, viii
be postponed.
One Of the notable events in club
circles of the past week was the seventh
annual luncheon of the Cleofan, one of
the first clubs in the city, which was
celebrated this year at the home OF
Mrs Rodney T. Badger The club IS
composed mostly of the younger won
Ell in club work and has devoted IT'S
energies more especially to the study
Of art, its members having taken a
leading place in art matters. The al
fair Of last week was almost purely
social one, but matters of interest