The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1920-07-10

The Easter Lily Club held its sew
enth annual thanksgiving services at
Bethel Church, Sunday afternoon and
the church was filed to its fullest
capacity, every seat on the main floor
was occupied by the members Of the
club, as well as many seats in the
galleries, each and every member at
tending the services wore spOtless
white dresses and white shoes, present
ing a grand or inspiring scene or pic
ture to behold and their neat or at
traetive appearance was more than
sufficient to convince the most narrow
minded person in the world, that the
eolored women in America viii com
pare more than favorably in every way
with the women belonging to any other
race Of people on the face Of the earth.
The program rendered to the great
delight Of al who attended the ser
vices was as follows:
Overture, Miss NJ. Gertrude Jackson,
Direetress and Organist; Selection,
Easter Lily Choir; Invocation, Mrs.
MOIlie Price (Chaplain); Introduction
of Mistress Of Ceremonies, BY Mrs.
Maggie T. Pryor, V. P; Solo, "That
What God Made Mother For" Miss
Wayne Carter; Introductions and Re
marks, by the President, Mrs. Emma
Smith; Solo, "In the Garden of Ny
Heart, /" Miss Gertrude johnson; Paper,
"Ths Key to Our Success" Mrs. Mary
J. Harsh, LIST Fin. See'y; Solo, "AlOne
With God, " Mrs. Lizzie Mckay; Selee-
ton, Easter Lily Choir; ofertOry;
Sermon, Mrs. Nora F. Taylor, Evan
gelist; Song; Presentations, Mrs. Emma
De COurlander; Benedietion; Mrs. Ella
G. Berry, Mistress Of Ceremonies.
Before proceeding further it might
be well to state that the singing by
the Easter Lily Choir was simply very
fine and it caused most anyone to feel
that they were ready to wing their
way right on through the pearIly gates
Of heaven.
Mrs. Ella G. Berry as the mistress
Of ceremonies, who is witty and very
brilliant at all times made an ideal pre-
siding officer and at no time did she
attempt to do all of the talking her
self, like 50 many others who have
been selected to serve in that capacity,
and it can be truthfully said that Mrs.
Berry is pas. mistress in the high art
of mistress Of ceremonies.
The remarks of Mrs. Emma Smith,
President of the Easter Lily Club,
were very timely and right to the point
and were eagerly drank in by the al
most 1000 people who sat under
the sound Of her voice, in many ways
Mrs. Smith is a remarkable woman,
being plain and simple, seemingly she
exerts a most wonderful influence over
the minds Of the more than three thou
sand members Of the Easter Lily Club,
without the slightest effort on her part
and each and every member of the club
has implicit faith in honesty and good
intentions to do the right things at all
times, while labOring in behalf Of its
members and looking after their best
or welfare and it is her I'M
selfish spirit and free Of narrow
which compels all Of its
members to love and adore her.
Mrs. Nora F. Taylor preached an
and highly instructive sermon
which left a lasting impression upon
the minds Of all those who had crowded
into Bethel and if they adhered to the
sound advice which she impaired to
them they win not only lead better
and happier lives in this world, refrain
from back biting, shake of their dead
weights and cease from dragging them