The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23
MANY DELEGATES
ARE ENTERTAINED
Salt Lake Club Women Greet
Sisters From Other
States.
MRS. DECKER A VISITOR
Famous Colorado Woman
Gives Impressions of City
and Convention.
MRS. DECKER A VISITOR

Among the distinguished DELEGATES tc
the biennial meeting Of the National Fed
Grafton Of Womens clubs. who were
guests Of the club women OF Salt Lake
city yesterday, was Mrs. Sarah Platt
Decker OF Denver, one OF the most noted
ciub women OF the nation and former
president OF the federation. Mrs, Decker
arrived on the Ohio biennial special over
The rOeson Short Line at 10 o'clock yes
terday morning and left at o'clock yes
terday afternoon by way OF the Southern
Pacific.
Mrs. Decker was given quite an ova-
ton at the Hotel Utah by her hosts OF
friends and admirers in Salt Lake She
was the guest OF Mrs. c. w, E. Dorsey
at luncheon. Other members of the
luncheon party were Mrs. Frederick II.
reform committee OF the general fedora
tion and president Of the Nebraska fed
Grafton; Mrs. E. B. Palmer. Mrs. II. II
Dorsey and Mrs. Herbert Cassidy of
Salt Lake.
am so much Impressed with the
wonderful Improvement in Salt Lake,
said Mrs Decker to representative
of The Tribune. since my last visit
belong to Salt Lake and am so proud
Of its growth and development. L
want you to say. too. that I never
saw more beautiful lot Of women
train this morning. had to stop
and gaze upon them in admiration,
and the entire reception committee
matches those we saw first.
Pleasant Recollections.
! have pleasant recollection OF the
gallantry OF tho husband OF n Salt
Lake club woman when / was ma
rooned In Ogden on account OF a
storm when ! was on my way TO a
fade a ri
some years ago, 1t was the very day
OF the opening OF the convention and
/ was due TO speak that night. and
awoke to find that there was no train
10 Park City that day on account OF
the storm putting the trains out of
commission. Just as 1 was wonder
poked his head In the door of the car
and asked II ] was Mrs. Decker,
When replied that I was, he said:
'T am federated husband and have
you to Park CITY, And he did so on
little stub train. Ny trunk was
checked to Salt Lake, but my res
cuer scrummaged around among the
various baggage cars and II was
taken on the dunly train with us, We
had luncheon on board and altogether
q lovely time.
When asked Just how much part she
would take in the federation programme.
Mrs, Decker said that while her leading
address was on Tuesday evening, July 2,
on 'Jne status OF the Otner woman,
in distinction from "The Woman in IN
dustry and the Home" the subject OF a
previous address, that she would address
several OF the department conferences
and was likely to be called upon to fill
in most anywhere
'If anyone else fails the programme
committee at the last minute, 1 am usu-
ally asked to fill the place and am ex-
pected to talk on any subject from the
"Sanctity OF Motherhood" to tho "Privi-
leges OF the Ballot"
Asked which she considered the strong
est candidate for the presidency of the
federation, Mrs Decker said:
Personally prefer Mrs. Penny
packer and will vote for her. but both
OF the candidates are pretty equally
matched az to qualifications and IT IS
hard TO tell which will win. Mrs.
Pennypacker is more ma gnetic and a
better speaker; in fact she Is an ora
tor She was on my board Of direc-
tors when I was president and Is one
OF the most capable club women 1
have ever known. Mrs. Carpenter
also Is a strong woman and the dele
gates will md It hard to choose be-
tween them. I Am glad the two can
dtdates are showing each other such
courtesy and consideration. for I
would hate TO see repetition Of the
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