The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-15

number of their friends listened
on Friday last TO pro
rramme of unusual interest pre-
sented by a few of the women who
have for the past few years worked
in the worthy cause Of tho blind peo
pie Of the city. The programme was
in charge of Miss Joanna Spraguc, the
chief Librarian of the public library
who has been instrumental, in provid
ing the reading room for the blind
and in other lines of work for them
Miss Sprague read we'll prepared
paper on "The Literary Achievements
Of the Blind dwelling at some
length on the heights to which tai
ented men and women have risen de-
spite their affliction. She pointed out
tho quality of their work and showed
that literature has long line of such
people TO whom blindness was not an
insurmountable obstacle. Mrs Ar
thur Bird followed Miss Sprngue and
showed some Of the wonderfully beau
tiful work done by blind people in the
east where the arts. and crafts move.
ment has been of great value to them.
Mrs. c. L. Allen advocated teaching
special vocations to the blind people,
naming tho various lines along which
they have been found TO be MOST
skillful, and urging that blind chill
dren be taught in the same schools as
others. rather than in institutions.
Miss Daisy Raybould gave brief talk
on the music Of the blind and what
music means to them. She named. a.
long list Of composers who havo done
excellent work. Mrs. Russell Schulder
talked on the athletics for tho blind,
which are made OF especial benefit to
them in the largo gymnasiums of the
east, by reason of the fact that ath'
letic training gives confidence to
those who can not see which is at
tained In no other way. The music
Of the afternoon was furnished by
Mrs. Jack Taylor and Mrs. A. T.
Stone.
With the present week begins in ear
nest the sale Of the little Red Cross
seals, which were 30 familiar to all OF
us few Ohristmases ago when the
health committee of the state federation
sold them. This year through the
agency Of the Non-Sectarian league the
seals are TO be given groat local
boost, although for days past they have
been sold by individuals. The word
from the Red Cross headquarters
comes that the sale is flourishing this
year beyond the expectations of any
Of the leaders. One publication says:
With the exception of Florida,
Oklahoma. Idaho and Nevada, Red
Cross seals are on sale In one or
more cities Of every state in the
Union and also in Porto Rico, Ha-
waii and the canal zone. In most
of the states the sale has been or
ganized in every city, village and
hamlet. Every conceivable method
Of conveyance is being employed in
shipping the seals from the various
state headquarters to local agents,
from the OK team in Alabama and
Mississippi and the pack burro in
Colorado, to the express train and
the automobile in New York. These
holiday seals are even being sold
IN mountain hamlets, where the
snow will prevent the receipt of
returns for months after the first
Of the year.
The formation Of the "Pareut.
Teacher associations, which has been
going on diligently during the past few
busy weeks, Is matter Of moro than
usual interest to the club women who
have tried for years to foster and
encourage such societies as make for
the good of the schools. Flourishing
societies, clubs or associations fog the
purpose Of harmonizing the work of
the home and the school have been
formed in several of the city schools,
the Webster. the Grant, the Oquirrh
and others, and one is now in process
Of formation at the Wasatch school,
where a particularly interesting meet
perfecting of the organization, how,
ever, will be left till early in the new
year, a wise move at this particularly
busy time. The association will be a
real Parent.Teaeher association affili.
ated with the nationwide society of
that nature.
The Spirit Of Liberty chapter,
Daughters OF the American Revolution
held the December meeting last Thurs
day as guests at the Tracy home on
Second avenue, Mrs. Seth ". Morrison
WIS in charge of the programme ano
had provided for the afternoon a talk
on "Furniture and Furnishings of the
Colonial PERIOD" by Mr.. Livingston
who is here from New York. The talk
was illustrated with stereopticon We've
and was most entertaining. Following
this Miss ErDestine Littlejohn sang a
group of Colonial songs, with Mrs. A