Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-24
FANCY PRAYER BOOKS.

FANCY PRAYER BOOKS.
Archdeacon Diggles statement that
many OF London fashionable women
make pietysO Tar subserylent 20 pride
that when going TO and from
church they ostentatlously carry
prayer books In bindings 70 matcn
their dresses, has led 10 the dis
covery that paternoster Row, sacred
10 prayer emp0rlumS and Bible
warehouses, caters TO this taste instead
OF seeking 20 check II. Az these shops,
many Of which are supposed to be run
IN the interests OF the various religious
societies, prayer.books, Bibles and
hymnas are displayed for sale In every
shade Of binding from austere black
to Hight pink u Ia not openly an
nounccd that they are designed to
match any color Of dress but to fem
mime eyes that Is superliuous At one
warehouse. II was eacertained that an
Anglican bishop had recently ordered
FOR his daughter cream bound
prayer-book with silver clasps and her
monogram IN the same metal. This can
hardly be regarded as setting an exam
pie Of devotional humility. II Is no UNI
common thing at these shops for So
oiety woman 10 take from her reticule a
piece Of cloth and tell the salesman
that she wants a prayer-book 10 match
IT, The salesman instead Of being
shocked like the good archdeacon,
smilingly proceeds to execute her COM
mission. Or if he has not prayer-book
IN stock with binding Of the desired
hue. he will undertake to have il made
up for her Many smart women have
several prayer books Of different bind
ings to match their various dresses.
The fashion began with the introduce
ton OF prayer-books bound In white In
tended specially for brides and brides
maids. From the white prayer-bo
TO the deliCatelyltlnted prayer book
was an easy transition. and hues more
pronounced naturally followed AT
present prayer-books bound IN light
gray suede arc most In demand with
The up-to-date society woman, because
the neutral shade harmonlzes with a
great variety OF colors.
ARIsTocRATIc MARY AIMS.
The success attained by the Arachne
cluD N training young women OF gentle |
DlI1 TOT domestic service. and obtain |
ing situations for them where they are
guaranteed good pay and good treat !
ment has led TO still more ambitious
eHort 70 solve the eternal servant girl !
problem. TWO unions have been
formed, one known as the National |
Union OF Domestic Servants and the |
othef styled the National Union OF |
businesses These are quite lndepend- |
ent OF each other, with separate COM |
mlttees OF management. but these com |
mlttees VIII meet In conference and |
form sort OF Cancellation board. where |
differences can be settled. The dual |
scheme is the idea Of Miss Agatha |
Henslow, the secretary OF the Arachne |
club Its purpose is to bring together
on the one hand body OF competent |
servants capable OF doing good work |
ana pledged to do II. and on the other |
an organization OF employers willing TO |
pay fair wages for such service, while |
according servants opportunities for a |
reasonable amount OF leisure and en- |
1oyment. An attempt WIN be made TO |
afaw up a set of rules which shall de-
hne the relative duties aud obligations
OF both maids and mlstresses.
AS yet says Miss Henslow. "the |
rules are under discussion, but one |
point we shall emphasize very strongly |
that mistfesses should have some do. |
nestle training themselves. II they |
know by experience what household |
work Is, they will not exact unreason-
able tasks OF servants Fully half the
dlfncultles OF domestic servants are
caused by the ignorance OF mlstresses.
! am convinced that domestic service
VIII remain In It's present unpopular
position until the servants themselves
combine TO raise IT, but II all good |
servants banded together and excluded !
the bad ones they could raise t. In |
The case OF the ladies trained AT the |
Arachne club, they get places with bet. |
ter conditions, better pay and more |
freedom than any other servants. IN
the club can, by proper training. and |
the adoption OF business methods. do |
so much for ladies whom mlstresses are
naturally shy Of employing, union OF |
bona fide servants should certainly be |
able TO accomplish as much for them |
selves"