The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-07
TAT ANDAMERE will be the mecca
NM of Salt Lake society the COM
WV ing week to witness the pro-
A.Ai.- nE lt1,ha MIkad0. ~

WV ing week to witness the pre-
sentation of "The Mikado,
by local talent for the benefit of the
Free kindergarten and Neighborhood
House association. The initial per.
formance will be given Monday night
and the opera will continue through the
week. The cast is composed OF we'll"
known society people, under the cap
able direction Of Mrs. w. II. Cunning.
ham.
Al of the boxes for the opening night
have been engaged and parties will be
given all during the week. Those who
have engaged boxes for tomorrow even
ing are: Mrs. Frank Knox. Mrs. James
A. Irons, Mrs. II. A. Prosser, Mrs Rob-
ert Gemmell, Tod Goodwin, Mrs. w.
p. Kiser, Mrs. Edwin f. Holmes, Mrs
Mrs. Russell Tracy. Mrs, A. D. Cleve' a
land. Mrs Robert Glendinning. Mrs.
Adolph Simon, Mrs. Ernest Bambercer.
Mrs. j. G. Cutler. Mrs Lee Greene
Richards. Miss Ida Hanauer, Miss
Georgia Webber, Mrs. j. r. Gallagher
and Mrs. John Dern.
A final full dress rehearsal was held
Saturday night and the prospects are
for finished production The three
little maids, who are Miss Winifred
Smith as Yum Yum, Miss Virginia
Shannon as Pitti-Sing and Miss Vir-
ginia Duncan, as Pecp-Bo, three popu-
lar young society women, promise to be
particularly clever, The chorus is com.
posed of leading young society girls,
In their Japanese costumes, the char
acters of "The Mikado' will look like
NATIVES OF the country, which win be
reproduced in artistic stage setting. A
japanese pagoda will command view
OF 'fuJiyama in the distance. The
costumes are all new and are especially
graceful.
The eleventh biennial meeting of the
General Federation Of Women's clubs
closed Friday in San Francisco and has
passed into history. The resolutions
passed at the closing session were along
the lines Of child welfare, the better
ment Of industrial conditions, the con-
servatlon of natural resources. the pre-
sorvation Of natural wonders, the study
OF economics and the furthcrnnce of
high ideals for the drama, showing
that the club women of the country be-
IIeve IN wholesome sentiment as well as
practical aids for the uplifting of hu.
manity.
Some Of the members of the Utah
delegation will return this week, but
a number will remain for time in
California. Mrs. G, H. Mcmahon, the
newly elected auditor Of the federation
and Mrs. A. j. Gorham. president of
the Utah. federation, will spend Sun.
day IA San Jose with friends. Mrs.
Mcmahon will remain in Southern Cali
IornIa a month and Mrs. Gorham prob.
ably VIII stay with her for two weeks.
Mrs. J. T. Beless. of Salt Lake. state
organizer for Utah and one of the
delegates from the state at large, was
.Iolned by her husband last week and
VIII make trip with him through the
northwest going by steamer to Port
land. They will return home in about
two weeks
In commenting upon the fact that
tns MAJORITY of the presidents of state
tederatlons represented in the biennial
meeting were born in the country. Lady
Teazle in the San Francisco Chronicle
says:
Out OF fifty states and territories
N winch there are state fedcratIons
uneinding the District of Columbia
sn,oc,nS ,ag canal zonel, only eight have
the metropolis OF the state
Portland (Oregonl boasts of the
sie1,'on ssTa q lone one Of n her own: Mrs.
OF Mrs. a. J. Gorham
Commenting further on the. biennial.
Lady Teazle saws:
The eleventh biennial OF the Ma
uohsi Federation OF Womens clubs
nas as lis personnel the cream OF
American womanhood
ihe delegates and their guests rem
resent the wealth. culture and re-
hnement Of our land more definitely
than they could be represented by an
equal number of women gathered TO-
gether for any other cause or from
clubs 'aH
They arc. as rule women who
arc me heads Of homes and in0uen
ilai III their own localities with I'M
portant duties TO perform and respon-
sioliit,es to carry, and 1t Is reasonable
20 believe that those duties and re-
sponsioilltias are not neglected dur
ing the ten days that the conven-
ton is in session
That such an arrangement is nos
slole To so large number of women
sisnihes remarkable advance in
clTllizatlon. and sounds 2 new note
oi feminine progression, mental abiI-
lty. general independence and trust
worthincss.
Echoes of this idea have been heard
n some OF the convention speeches.
Other orators more In sympathy with
mere man have given him credit for