The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22

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griS3 in those Biblical days It TT was u
seld OF Mesopotamia that "a handful
u Nheat would produce a barnful OF
gram The children Of Israel paused
IN IN lhelr Journeyings to plant and rather
harVests. lie referred to tho sanitary
ana civil laws that governed the poo
PIE: Ihcy became a great nation. he
sald, and accomplished wonderful
WORKS Great nations are never iso-
iateu, put coDtempcraneous. Whenever
you get one great nation you are sure
TO get other great nations as friends
or as rivals. He spoke Of the oppress-
ors OF Israel and the long and bitter
struggles of the people, Great proph.
cts arose Mt different times whose proph.
esles were absolutely fulfilled, and
s,Snlncant point is, they all foretold
tho fall Of the cities and peoples OF
the .oppresssors of Israel The Bible
furnishes the most splendid fundamcn-
tai thought for study. There arc found
the highest moral and intellectual con
ceptions. The prophets not only fore
told events, but they we're. historians
OF their times and many Of their Mt
terances were characterized by dramat-
10 hre and intensity and poetic imag-
cry. Chapter 27 Of Ezekiel is said to
pc tne greatest chapter on economics
IN the Bible. f'The sixth chapter of
Hosea is a poem" he declared.
Invitations were sent out during the
week for Lcnten series Of readings on
sor Maud May Babcock. These read
lngs VIII be given at the Hotel Utah
on Thursday evenings during the Len
ten period. Miss Babcock is authority
on the modern drama, and is consid-
cred one of the most capable interpre-
ters of these literary masterpieces. On
March 5 she will read "Caesar and Gle.
opatra >, by Bernard Shaw; March IL,
The Blue Bird" by Maurice Maeter.
linek; March 10, "T6e School for Scan
dal,' by Richard Brinsley Sheridan;
March 26,. "The Scarecrow.'' by Perceyy
Mackaye, and April Q, "The Pretend
ers," by Henrik Ibsen.
An. unusually interesting programme
Will be presented at the Ladies Lit
erary club next Friday afternoon. 1t
will be Longfellow day, since it is the
anniversary of the famous poet 3 birth.
90 An Appreciation will be given by
Mrs. A, r. Parsons. A dramatic read
en- by Mrs. Beulah Storrs Lewis.
TableauI from scenes in Longfellow'
poems Will be presented under the di-
rection Of Mrs 7. T. Marcy and Mrs.
z. B. Palmer. A group of songs will
be sung by Mrs. W. T. Adams
Daughters Of the Utah Pioneers will
meet in the Bishops building Tuesday
at o'clock, President Joseph Merrill
presiding. The Daughters of the Hand
cart company will furnish the pro-
gramme. Levi Edgar Young will give
an address on the "Handcart Pho
neers''; remarks will be delivered by
Mrs. Lewis; a violin solo will be rem
dered BY Professor Carless; O handcart
song will be given by Thomas Doddson;
three solos will be sung by Alvin Ked
dington, R. Il. Sidoway and Della VOL
stenholm.
The Monday Night club Will meet
Helen Roate and Miss Mather, in the
Meredith apartments on First avenue.
Mrs. j. Cecil Alter will read a paper
on @ Under the Equator in South Amer
ica.' Miss Mather will speak on the
best plays of tho year, At the last
meeting OF the club Mrs. Gould b
Blakely gave an interesting talk on
the civic training of children, while
Miss Youngberg spoke on the Montes-
sori system.
Wednesday afternoon instead of the
regular meeting day, which is Monday.
The meeting will be with Mrs. r.. D.
Lewis, 90 Eighth East street. The
lesson viii bo presented by section 8
under the direction of Mrs. Ira d.
Wines. A paper on "Famous Rhine
Castles" viii be given by Mrs Lafay.
cite Hanchett A Rhine legend will be
read by Mrs. Thomas Carmichael
The American Institute Of Child Life,
chapter No. l., met with Mrs. j., l.. Sim
mons. Current events were given. The
question box was opened and the an
swers read and discussed by the mem
bers present The next meeting will be
held Wednesday evening at the resi-
dence of Mrs. ". H. Naisbitt, 373
Eighth avenue. The topic for discus
sion will be "Social Facts and In
huenceg. It will be gwen by Mrs.
Susanna Hawes.
The American Institute of Child
Life, chapter ., met with Mrs. W D.
Hawkes. last week. 4 paper on Truth
Telling and the Problem of Children IS
Lies was read by Mrs. George a,
Smith. The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Leyland Graham, 900 Ninth East
street, Monday evening, March z, at
7;30 o'clOCk. 'Ine GoVeInment VI
Young Children will be discussed by
Mrs. David A. Smith.
The Parent Teachers association of
the Salt Lake high school will meet at
the high school Mt o'clock Tuesday
night The subject for confederation
will be "Training for Good Citizenship
in the School, in the Home and in the
Community Mrs, A. V. Taylor Will
speak for tho home, Professor Eaton
for for the school and B. T. Grant for the
community
The dancing party TO be given by tho
music section Of the Ladies Literary
club at the clubhouse tomorrow evening
promises to be one Of the most success
ful of the pre-. Lenten functions. Twenty
prominent club members and society
women are the committee on arrange
ments. Punch will be served by, Mrs.
], B. McEnany and Mrs. L' Wattls-
The Frances Willard ". G, T. q: will
meet Wednesday afternoon at tho Infd
Presbyterian church, Eleventh South
and Eleventh East streets 1t Wlll ne