The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-05
HONORS GIVEN To
A UTAH WOMAN
Mrs. c. II. Mcmahon Made Chair
man of Committee by WO-
mans Federation.
WILL PREPARE PROGRAMME
FOR GREAT BIENNIAL
Distinct Recognition of the
WOman'S Clubs of Utah by
National Body.

Next to Calfornia's victory in win
ming the great biennial Federation OF
Woman's clubs of 1872, Utah has received
the greatest honor thut could be given
hcr-the chairmanship Of the committee
which will prepare the programme Tor
that meeting" was the modest way In
which Mrs G. II. Mcmahon. who has Just
returned from IL trip east, announced that
she had been honorcd by being given this
position. The honor came as Il uiS-
unct recognition of Gtah's position I'm her
offer to entertain the blrnnial. ana WAS
only partial way of showing an eN-
ccssivc amount OF good feeling and kind
iness toward this stale. 1T is. OF course.
II very high honor TO have charge of the
arrangements. for such a programme Will
mean n year and half Of solid. uninter-
mittcnt work on the part OF the pro-
gramme committee. The personnel has
not yet been fully determined upon. but
several OF the western states will he
observation-disclosures. Wyoming. Idaho
and probably others,
How San Francisco Won.
San Fr:,ncisco's victory was due
largely 10 the fact that she Was 80 CRATE
ful for help offered and accepted at the
time of her great disaster-hclp in which
tlIe general federation took o notable
part-that she begged 10 br allowed To
entertain the federation at this Time, The
vote went to her because OF sympathy
with thai feeling coupled with her many
attractions. The California women We're
most gracious toward your representative
In the matter. and when telegram was
sent Following the selection expressing
Salt Lakes willingness 10 help make Il
SUCCESS of san Francscos meeting, That
capped tic whole and made the feeling
NOR" cordial still,
The honor which has been conferred
ON Mrs. McMaliou is no sinccure. for the
preparation of and Arrangement OF
programme which shall represent all the
varied interests OF the biennial is work
10 be undertaken only hy The most skill
rul .und the honor comes more dis
tincj recognition OF the signal ability OF
t'tah's nresidcn' than for any other
cause. Mrs. Mcmahon has already served
the genera, federation as a secretary
and n director. and her able manage
,uent and conscientious work are wei
lsnowu by those with whom she has
Changes i'll Officers.
Aside from the selection uf q meet
inS place and this one appointment,
there was not much i'll the meeting which
* OF moment to TIE state itself" con-
tinucd Mrs. McMHhnn. Some changes
were made in ne officers and directors Of
the general federation. but theY were
fund. of which Mrs Philip y. Moore
talked when here. w;;s definitely rStnD-
lishcd and will he used Ia further the
work of TIE federation which heretofore
has been hanpcred for lack OF such
fund. Tho suffrage movement was deiin-
rtclv recognized FOR Che first time in
the history Of the business meetings OF
the general federation by cecting
representative 10 attend an international
ssuffr.ice meeting At Stockholm. Sweden.
next August Other business transacted
waS mostly nf tho routine kind inter-
csting To w"ri'erS ir ihc federation only
Helped Salt Lake.
The effort To obtain the biennial was
anything but dctriment 10 salt Lake,
the advertising done by the efficient
committees. who worked all last summer.
and by the men OF the Commercial club.
has done much FOR the state and for the
city which could have been done in no
other way. The literature which tho
Commercial club sent out at the request
Of the state federation reached many OF
the most interested and animated women
In the country and on every hand there
were inquiries about the state. Further.
there arc ALREADY many assurances from
women all over the east that they mean
To ston off on iheir way tn California and
visit salt Lake. The definite pledges oI
iina aural support from the mems or
raniZatio-. from the governor and from
the 'ray"r made q splendid impression
end Tiah made warm friepds with her
invitation if she did not WIN out
Spoke on Suffrage Question.
From the meeting of the directors
Mrs. McMahnn went tn Detroit to visit
relatives. and while there she was asked
To speak on suffrage before three diff
fcrcnt clubs-the College Women,s Eaual
club and the Mems SuffrnGc club OF that
city.
In an interview published in the De-
troit paper Mrs. Mcmahon is quoted as
saving: cover 10 per cent of the women
voters take advantage Of the opportunity
10 cast their ballots. That compares very
favorably with the fact that over 700
900 men i'm New York stale do not vote.
Another publication note says: Mrs,
Mcmahon is idenlist but she is so
we'll poised that she does not carry her
innovations beyond the line of the Drac-
teal and useful Her rare moral cour-
aee, combined with remarkable tact. in
sures success when she cnlists in move
ments of reform
The next national step toward the
preparation for the biennial will be n
meeting of the officers directors and
state federation presidents. to he held in
Memphis. Tenn. In April. at which Mrs.
Mcmahon Will be ready TO outline her
plans for tile San Francisco programme.