The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-15

siding, the reports of the chairmen
showed the work accomplished during
! the month of February. The reports
follow: Three hundred children were
| cared for In the day nursery, As chill
dren are enrolled in the kindergarten; /;
the two sessions daily have an average
attendance of So; 727 books were IS.
sued from the library. The Mothers
club of 20 members held two meetings
noon, when an instructive talk was
followed by refreshments, and the other
an evening session, at which the day
nursery mothers were entertained with
games, music and refreshments. Four
girls clubs met regularly each week.
The sewing class of 70 children and
the story hour were conducted each
Saturday morning. The boys club met
Monday evenings. One session was de-
voted to an informal concert. The dis
pensary. with visiting trained nurse
in attendance. Is open one hour each
morning. A Tuesday evening series of
illustrated lectures and entertainment
Is being given under Jay Stockton s
direction. Every evening the large
kindergarten room has been filled to its
capacity.
Last Wednesday was music day at the
Authors club, and an interesting talk
on folk songs was given bv Mrs. Agnes
Dahlquist Beckstrand, Miss Edith
| Kingsbury charmingly sang number of
| the folk songs of different natious in
| illustration and Mrs. Beckstrand accom-
| panied her on the piano, The speaker
said that folk songs comprise a class of
songs long popular with the people and
| created by them. They are based on
| legends, events in history or happenings
in ordinary life. Since they are the
natural outbursts of the people they
show strong racial characteristics In
the north are found the melancholy
MINOR strains while In the south the
music is more ylvacious. Because in
very early times music was not recorded
much has perished. But without doubt
| some Of the melodies have come down to
| the present time with perhaps but little
change. About the twelfth century
! musicians became accustomed to select
well known melody and use this as
a foundation or theme and weave
around it melodies OF their own creation.
As most musicians Of that time were
connected with the service of the churc h
it was most natural that sacred words
| should 20 with the music, The folk
songs of ancient Palestine were chiefly
of three kinds, the joyous bridal song,
the cheerful harvest or vintage song and
the wailing funeral song. All nations
|
their songs and careful study of some
of the great masters show that in many
| Of their best works they have been in
fiuenced by the folk songs,
The Central w. c. IT. U. held an in
teresting meeting Friday afternoon at
| the Y w. C. a. parlors. Miss Freda
DRESSED, superintendent of literature,
had charge of the programme, which
was in honor of Mrs. L. NJ. N. Stevens,
national w. G. T. u. president. whose
birthday is annually observed as Gun.
ion Signal day, Mrs. Rachel i. Davis
led the devotional exercises, The roll call
| responses showed worldwide advances
| III the prohibition movement A stir
ring and patriotic song composed by j.
G. Daley of Philadelphia, "a Saloonless
Nation IN 1920, was sung by the
union, A sketch of the life of Mrs,
Stevens was read by Mrs. S. s, Smith
! Union Signal experiences were given
by Mrs. Henry. w. Pratt and dis
followed. A beautifully solo was sung
by Mrs. Margaret Stanley Schick cnti,
| tied EAll Round the World the Ribbon
| White Is Twined,'' Renewals and new
subscriptions for the national paper,
| the Union Signal, were taken, The
hostesscs for the social hour were Mrs.
George Murdoch aud Miss Ella Phil
lips,
The ladies auxiliary of the United
Commercial Travellers held its annual
meeting Tuesday afternoon at the
Commercial club. Officers were elected
and banquet was served, with covers
for thirty. The officers are; Mrs. w.
l.. Wetherbec. president: Mrs A. l..
Steele, first vice president; Mrs. j. NJ.
Struck, second vice president; Mrs. W
Il. Williams, secretary and treasurer;
Mrs. r. F. Farrell, corresponding sec.
rotary. The executive board is com
posed OF Mrs. J, c.. Gleason, Mrs f, l..
Waters. Mrs. II. 3. Blades and Mrs. G..
c. Sloan.
Chapter ., American Institute of
Child Life, met with Mrs. j. w. Chase
on Monday, A paper on " Fatherhood -
was read by Mrs. George a, Partridge,