The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-03


rection OF Lucy w, Snow.
March-Electlon OF officers.
Daughters of Confederacy.
The United Daughters of the Con-
federacy met for the first time this
season with the president, Mrs. W. D..
Prosser, 955 East Eleventh South street,
on Friday The meeting was largely in
formal. with social features prominent.
Meetings are held on the first Friday
of each month and special programme
is arranged for each meeting. The
president is charming southern wom-
an, who IS trying, with her associates,
to keep the memory Of Confederate
heroes green.
Besides their activity along literary
and patriotic lines, many of Salt
Lakes most prominent women are
enrolled in purely philanthropic clubs,
working for the good of humanity,
One of the Oldest charity organizations
in the city is the Orphan S Home and
Day Nursery. 1t was started in a
small way twenty-six years ago in lit.
tie room at Third East and First South
streets. Two infants were the only
charges for some time. Now hand
some new building has boen erected at
Twelfth East and Tenth South streets
1t has fourteen rooms, with all mod.
ern equipment and at present has sixty
children in charge, ranging from IN
fancy to u years of age The new
building was completed year ago last
June, after long struggle on the
part of q band of noble women, who
gradually brought the work from its
small beginning to its present state of
efficiency.
Still they are ambitious for bigger
things. The latest innovation in the
nursery is special school for the chill
dren, to be taught by one of the pub
lie school teachers, assigned to the duty
by Superintendent Christensen. A
school room has been fitted up in the
nursery and the school will open next
Monday at the same time as the public
schools. 1t was deemed wise by the
board of directors Of the nursery to
have a school in the building, instead
Of sending the children out to the pub
lie schools.
The nursery has six rooms in the
main building, including reception
room, assembly rooms and dining
room. The wing includes n hospital on
the first floor, with two rooms for
nurses, and dormitory of six rooms
on the second floor Mrs. Douglas, for
merly head nurse, is now matron, sue
ceeding Mrs. Laken, who left the nur-
sery last July,
A debt of $4,000 remains On the new
building. To raise this a Kermis is
contemplated in the early fall.
The executive board is headed by
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Johnson as president, with
Mrs. j. II. Oglesby as secretary and
Mrs. Edwin Kimball as treasurer
These capable, earnest and efficient
women have been connected with the
work almost from its beginning.
Kindergarten Activity.
Another important Salt Lake char
ity, the Free kindergarten, organized
in more recent years, has Just
launched forth into a larger field
of work. The kindergarten has been
carried on in a small way for possibly
twelve years, but sufficient funds have
been gotten together in the last year
TO erect neat and convenient new
home at 75s West First South street
In addition to the kindergarten work
day nursery has been added and
when the new building, which is in
process of construction, is completed
adequate accommoda tions will be pro-
vided for both branches of the char
ity,
The new home, which is expected to
be finished about the last of October,
will cost about $4,000. 1t will have a
reception room. assembly room, library,
dispensary and living rooms for the
resident officials. Mrs. Lane is matron
and Miss Mary c. Fox a resident Of
the home. Miss Nellie Shermer is kin.
dergarten teacher.
The day nursery is for the conven~
ience Of mothers who have to work for
the support of their families. They
may leave their children in the nur-
sery for the nominal sum of 10 cents
each, The babies will be given proper
care and nourishment and the older
children will be amused and given their
noon luncheon. IT is new idea for
Salt Lake and is planned after the set
tlement work of the larger cities. The
work is already launched IN a small
way in n tiny building in the rear of
the new home. A pure milk depot will
be one of the features of the day nur-
sery work, where mothers can secure
pure milk for their babies for a few
cents bottle.
Mrs. Selden I. Clawson is president
of the FREQ Kindergartes association
and her enthusiasm is a constant in
spration to those associated with her
In the beautiful work for little ones.
a fine bit Of club work In the inter.
est of young women of Salt Lake is be-
ing done by the Young Women 8 Chris
tian association, Mrs. j. r. Bowdle is