The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-24

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drunkards, and these children love strong
drink There are others whose parents
are thieves. and they are thieves Take
them from their environment and they
overcome and eradicate these tendencies.
I'm the study of the causes of delin-
quency in children it is determined in this
state alone that 80 per cent of the jul
venile delinquents have physical failings.
There is something radically WRONG with
a 16-year-old boy who has attended
school for eight years and is only in the
third grade. The boy was partly deaf and
failed To get the benefits OF his school
that he should have received. He played
truant and joined a gang" where bad
habits were formed. If he had been able
10 hear this might have been prevented.
lie needs doctor and a special teacher
more than he does punishment.
Deficiency in Brain.
A case came to the attention of the
court few days ago. in which boy
OF Il years had the brain development
OF a enid or years. He was a bicycle
tDlef Unless this boy is given scientific
treatment his care will eventually devoive
upon the state To develop such cases
school is required especially for the
training of the backward youth
investigations by the juvenile court
eInlc nave brought out the fact that in
dSur schools of the city there are fifteen
These pupils need special attention. OF
,r1 number eight are morally delinquent.
mere are at least forty cases of this
Ai no recorded in our court files.
cases like this need doctors and enc
retormatories." am
j. c: Alter of the Monday Night club.
one or the few men belonging to the fed
Grafton direct. read a, splendid naner on
weather conditions, which appears else
where.
Teutonlc In English Literature.
Miss Margaret Wilkinson of Logan fol-
lowed with lengthy paper on THE leu
tonic Element in English Literature"
MISS Wilkinson spoke of the influence on
the language of the Teutonic ideas. and
IoIoWed the growth and development of
literature along through the past three
centuries.
A delightful vein of humor was intro
duced in the reading by Mrs. John Reed
OF the Denver Womans club. formerly a
member OF the Ladies' Literary club of
salt Lake. Mrs. Reed gave 1.-The Kitch-
en- Monologue" in her inimitable darky
fashion and the applause was so generous
that she was Obliged to respond giving
her old favorite. 1.-The Sturdy Oak and
the Clinging Vine"
One OF the most practical papers given
was that which followed on "Civic I'M
provement," by Mrs. Wilbur w. Anness,
chairman of the civic section of the La
dies Literary club. Mrs. Anness pref
dCcu her paper WITH DIlcI ldlh on the
work of the section.
Civic improvements Discussed.
Civic improvements" was the topic
presented by Mrs. Wilbur w. Anness of
the Ladies' Literary club of Salt Lake.
Mrs. Anness said in part:
Our New England grandfathers re-
HgiouSly believed with St Paul that wo-
men should keep silence in meeting. Our
grandmothers donned caps at 40 and
were expected to engage in no diversion
more youthful than sewing societies or
quilting bees. Today the grandmother of
90 may preside over the meeting TO pro-
mote civic Improvement and be the lead
ing spirit in procuring small parks or
proper garbage collection for her city.
What impressed you most in Amer
ica?' was the question asked of an Eng
lishman on the return voyage from his
first visit to this country. Why, do you
know. he said, L saw no old women IN
America. l went TO church, to the the
atre and to the largest gatherings, and
nowhere did 1 see a woman with a cap
Perhaps it Is due TO the fact that the
American woman Of today has become
a factor in the active affairs of life; that
her housekeeping and mother instincts
are not confined to four walls, but ex-
tend TO the municipality and to all forms
of endeavor for promoting the higher de-
velopment of children, that she remains
young in spirit and is a recognized power
in the most important movements Of to-
day.
Cleanliness Comes First.
THE late Lord Palmerston said that
dirt is matter in the wrong place. Need
less to say. he did not add that the right
place is a Instructor. Here comes the
need of women'S clubs 10 assist in this
great work by forming associations.
There are several hundred such organi-
cations in our country that are doing
good work. Have you such one in
your town. helping to make il more beau
tiful and sanitary? Let us lay aside for
a while our Shakespeare and encyclo-
pedias and give our attention TO the work
of cleaning up our own back yards.
"UnqueStionably the most potent single
factor in the present day movement for
civic Improvement is the influence of WO-
men. They are naturally domestic house
keepers. and what more proper than that
they should become civic hOuSekeeperS?
They abate nuisances in the household
look the fact that the price of success is
patient and persistent attention TO de-
tail Women are willing to pay this price
in domestic matters. and to an increasing
extent they are willing TO pay IL in civic
affairs. Hence the growing list OF sue
cesses to be credited TO their account.
I'm the pioneer days or civic improve
ment ii was difficult TO interest the av-
efage American citizen. 1t is a splendid
tribute to our developing spirit of ma
tional beauty that IL is now hard to find
an intelligent and progressive citizen who
is not taking more or less part in the
civic propa ganda.
Wherever women are gathered to-
gether to discuss the question, What can
we do to make our city more attractive2
the first suggestion is very generally one
of cleanliness. Clean streets are surely
not less important TO the city than clean
floors and the housekeeper and every
one can cooperate here in a small way
by treating the public thoroughfares with
the consideration he shows his home.
One of the fundamental things for us to
learn is that we haven't done all we can
to keeT our city clean when we have
thrown our own garbage into some one
elses back yard.
Benefits to Children.
In not a few OF our big cities play
grounds have been opened by the wo-
mems clubs, and il is reported that these
Fairgrounds have transformed dirty, I'M
civilized little imps into clean, well-be-
haved children. Does not that pay? Even
though it costs. people have come to re-
alize that the cost is nothing compared
NTH the results in evolving hetter cifi-