The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-16
ON THE QUIET
Individual and other opini0ns9

1t is said "a man is judged by the
number of cigars he gives to his
friends" If that be trueaa Well-known
nightwatchman ought to be in Jail.
1T will cost you fifteen cents just
the same" are the reported words of
New York druggist when he was told
that the use of his telephone was de-
sired in a case of life or death. OF
course the fifteen cents was paid.-East-
ern Exchange.
1.-The Lady and the Servant" is the
title of new book. 1t has no connec-
| ton, however, with THE Lady and the
Tiger although the two volumes
might possibly be confused by one who
+, has had an experience with the ortho-
dox servant girl.
do Dogs understand Words?' is
the caption of an article now going
the rounds. For an answer L beg to
refer all inquiries to Rock Savage, who
will remember. some twenty years ago,
of being in a certain strawberry patch
at the witching hour OF 10, and hear
ing the words, "Sic EN-, Tiger
The following does not hardly jlbe
with the ideas of the country at largo
just now-as witness the recent vote
in Colorado whereby woman was given
equal suffrage with man, but there arc
some ideas in it that will bear think
ling over: "a foreign journal devoted
| to the interests of women protests
against the congresses, councils, meet.
ings and conferences which progress
sive women are holding, and suggests
| that society be formed and meet to
advance the progress of woman as a
home woman; a congress of mothers
wives and sisters, emancipated from
the bondage of ignorance and helpless
ness, but proud of the privileges du-
ties and loneliness of woman in her
natural sphere. That is timely and
wise suggestion. The world does NOT
need hybrids-we mean mannish
women-the progressive woman in
boomers who is in the zenith of her
glory when she can stand on the ros-
| trum and give her views on the won
ders of dress reform, what she knows
about hygiene, the care of children and
all that sort of thing, when, perhaps.
her baby that she left at home is threat
ened with cholera infantum from nurs-
ing the deadly bottle of soured milk
to satisfy the cravings of his little
stomach, while mamma is out looking
after the general progress of human
| ity. From that style of woman,
heaven defend us. We need and adj
mire the gentlewoman whose presence
and influence is felt in the sacred pre-
cincts of home, and whose chief charm
| is her true womanliness. When that
is lost or when it has never existed,
she is as a rose that has lost it's frag-
rance"
| \
1t does not necessarily follow, I
take it, that woman can't be all that
is lovely as detailed above, and yet
be able to cast a ballot.
'In woman suffrage" said lady to
me yesterday. and she was not of the
bloomer stripe, either, depends to a
great extent the purity of the ballot
box"
ooh, stuffr' was my rather inelegant
expression, but she was not to be put
off in that way.
why, take our last city election for
a sample" she said. wasn't the
whole issue on reform and abuses of
power? Is it not a fact that the pre-
cincts that were carried by the party
you sought to depose, were brought
to that end by the votes of tramps,
and men who have merely a transient
interest in the city? A majority OF
the male home owners voted for the
Citizens ticket, did they not? Most
assuredly. Then I want to ask you
now whether if the wives and daugh-
tiers of the homeowners had. been al
flowed to vote whether the Lib
eral party would not have been COM
pletely buried. The floating vote such
as you have insisted all along is fos-
tered and nurtured at such resorts as
Hegney's offsets the votes of an equal
number of good citizens. But with wo-
man suffrage the homeowners would
have two votes as against one for the
foaters. With this fact it would be
impossible, in such a condition as the
one that lately confronted you, for the
transient voters to have any effect at
al"
DIR. FELL.