The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-03-09
A LAKESIDE MUsINe.
"Good day, gentlemen"

"Good day." said the horse re,
porter, looking up and discovering 9
lady in the apartment.
II would like to show you q work
which I am selling" che began. land
am sure it will prove both interesting
| and instructive.
whats it about?" asked the horse
reporter.
1.-THE book" continued the fair
cauvasser. sis by one of our best writ
ere and speakers. and ia entitled
| What Shall We Do With Our Girls?"
The question is certainly one of para
mount importance, ard -"
"Are your girls bothering you
much this season." inquired the
friend of Maud 8.
"Why. no." said thu young lady,
blushipg violently-''that is-why, OF
course 1 haven't any daughters "
'Oh, you're out on the road telling
people what to do with their girls be-
tore you're even married. let alone
the mother OF lew visions of lovli~
ness? Well. that's all right. Some
of our best cook books have been
written by people who didn't know a
gridiron from the fifteenth amend
ment."
but this question Of what shall be
done with the giils is really an i'm.
portant ope," continued the young
lady. Have you ever given it q
thought"
II can't ssy that l have" reptile J
the horse reporter. 81 suppose We
might tie 'em up in the back yard
when circus comes to town."
Il hardly think you comprehend
the question in all it bearings. What
is the legitimate sphere of a woman
in what field of action can she best
display and make use of the God
given talents, attributes OF mental
force, and physical grace with which
she is endowed? These are Lying,
burning issues, and must be fairly
met. When we SEE
"Al right" said the horse re-
porter, ''you can meet them il you
want to. Womsn's sphere, 90 far az
/ have been able to discover, is to
pe' CT ave breakfast on time. It lie
% on somewhat limited one. but
she Id gradually reaching out into the
great unknown, and will eventually
grasp with her lily.white fingers the
black demon of injustice that has
20 long oppressed her, and slrangle in
the very stronghold of it, power the
great wrong which for centuries has
baff1ed her efforts at advancement
along the great highway of pro-
gress."
'.Why, that's lovelyP' exclaimed
the young lady. You believe in
lady suffrange, don't your"
Lady ho?''
Lady suffrage bellows that ladies
should vote, and have all the political
privileges that are accorded men.
That's just what this book says. That
chapter is perfectly sweet. It's just
lovely"
Il presume go. But how about the
chapter that says women shall not
cramp and distort their bodies with
corsets and their feet with tight
shoes? The gaunt demon OF unrest
that Turks in the maternal bunion
may, in the child OF that mother,
become an evar-present monster OF
pain"
"Oh, those chapters are horrid
What the world is interested in are
the noble attributes of woman-her
soul and heart"
eyes, the eoul ard heart business is
all right, but you must remember
that the humble liver, working away
unostentatiously, is also pretty
good scheme, and without health
woman can never attain success. The
deadly clasp OF the steel-ribbed corset
and the fatal grip of the cleaning
garter are hurrying to early graves
the women of our land. The beauii-
full eyes that should sparkle go
brightly are dull and lustreless, the
cheek: whose wilderness should be
relieved by the rosy flush OF health, is
sallow and wan, and the fairest
temple ever made is rendered a
Rhastly ruin by the one who should
take the greatest pride In its
beauty"
"And will you buy booki?" asked
the young lady. "Pm sure you talk
beautifully"
mo-" said the horse reporter. 81
cannot buy 9 book, because actions
speak louder than words, and I do
not wish to disturb the domestic
critic Who Ia In The next room trying