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TABLE DECORATION.

II Is most encouraging fact that the
use OF flowers IN table decoration Is
now almost universal Flowers exert
"A subtle but none the less potent in
iluence for good upon human nature.
Not every one who would be- glad to
make use Of flowers on the table can do
80. Some have no garden or green
house To furnish them, aud many can-
not afford TO buy them. for flowers, es-
pecially in winter, are rather expensive
Injuries. Most people, even those who
live IN flats, could grow few plants in
the windows of the living room for this
purpose II they would take the trou-
BILE, Fortunately the attractiveness Of
the table does not depend on the guam
tity OF it's floral decoration. 4 single
simple flower with few green leaves
VIII often prove more ornamental ar
tistlcally than great vase full of cost
ly blooms. \ very great deal depends
on arrangement. A person who has an
eye for the beautiful will produce good
results with Il small amount of material,
while a person lacking in the artistic
sense viii make sorry failure with
any amount Of expensive material TO
work with. More depends on the quail
ity of the work done than on the guam
tlty aud cost Of the material used.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-24
ETIQUETTE IN OLD SPAIN.

A Spanish womans visiting card
bears her full unmarried name, followed
by her husbands surname with the
prefix de Thus, Maria Perez de
Gonzalez" would signify that she was
nee Maria Perez and is now the wife OF
Gonzalez. a mans full name is fol-
lowed by his mothers surname with the
prefix "y'-"Juan Lopez Perez would
show that his mothers maiden name
was Perez. Many. however leave out
the ~ and the name becomes a double
one, a development which is naturally
very confusing to foreigners. Strict So
cal rules when driving in the capital
are always observed, 4 lady invited
TO accompany friend expects TO have
the seat on the right of the carriage
and would consider the neglect of this
point of etiquette deliberate insult.
A guest has invariably the place of hon
or also In a box at the theater. In
walking it is the rule to keep TO the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-24

the examiner wrote In bold printing
letters the names of various things,
one word on each card. Thus, hat
was on one card, tree on another,
fire on third. Those under exami-
nation--each was taken alone--'were
asked to utter some other word asso-
ciated with the one they saw. The
cards were suddenly shown and with
drawn, the subject of the investigation
uttered the associated word as soon as
he or she could. ON seeing the card
she touched a button which caused a
clock to register the exact time to a
fraction of second, ON uttering the
associated word she did not touch the
button, for the time was then regis
tered by the examiner. AS specimens
Of associated words we may mention
head" after hat ana leaves" after
tree.
Women proved Ear quicker than men.
II cannot be urged that the conclusions
arrived at by the fair sex are wrong
more often, taking one thing with am
other, than those OF men who take
longer to reach them.
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The teacher stops he recitation.

and strength of character certainly help
to solve problems which otherwise
would remain I'm a hopeless tangle.
No, my friends, 1t is the weak willed
person who causes both heartaches and
most unpleasant complications. lie
never can be depended on He has no
word of honor, and he says what he
doesn't mean, because he doesn't dare
to come out openly, He never arrives
at decision until forced to do so. He
always puts Oft until tomorrow and
never takes the initiative. People not
only impose on him; but, through his
weakness, they impose on those under
his protection,
1t is the people who never rise 20 the
situation who are responsible for most
OF the catastrophies in this world
II is the people who are capable of
quick, masterful thought and decision
who save the situation every time.
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ing IN foul. dark
tonemerr coming with pain and tears
only rptched food and clothing
~ Ike souls in their miserable
hodio, r. Craigie thinks bad luck
md neral Infection must go with
clothes made by women under such con-
ditions. She says
81 believe those garments carry with
them some kind of u curse"
This spirited, enthusiastic woman
would have women everywhere use all
their power to have enacted and en-
forced laws to compel employers to give
women workers pay enough TO live
honorably and decently.
Apropos Of this very subject of money
earning women, they themselves have
bettercd their own conditions both
financially and socially In Danbury.
Conn. II working womans condition
Is bettered financially, Immediately 1t
f. bettered socially, Twenty-one years
pgo the Hat Trimmers' association Of
Danbury was formed, largely through
,he efforts of Mrs. Ellen toote. The as
ISOLATION If brave women workers held
together against attempts to force down
wages or 10 lower their social condi-
ton Today they constitute the really
"best people of the place. Their homes
are comfortable, their social recreations
refined and delightful, and they them
selves are intelligent and well edu-
Gated.
Mrs. Foote herself worked at hat
trimming before her marriage; she
worked at it as an independent self
supporting woman after her marriage.
Mrs Charlotte Perkins Gilman has
lem dorlde1. even sometimes by wo-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-24

when YOU speak, SO your utterance will
he distinct. Pitch your voice from your
chest, not from your head or throat.
This gives steadiness. softness and
carrying power Weak excitable per-
sons always draw the breath Irregular
ly
Form your words with the tip Of your
tongue not back IN your throat Lis
ten carefully to the sound OF your own
voice and compare 1t with that of the
woman who has the sweetest. pleasant
est voice Of anybody you know, noting
your own defects American women
have keen musical ears. Speak DELHI
erately, never sputteringly, and don't
humble. Finally, learn and practice
entirely correct grammar and pronun-
citation and don't talk too much. Don't
talk at all In street and railway cars
II you can help IT, It roughens and
hurts the voice
MARY GOULD LYLE.
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bias wise and held down with tiny
rhinestone buttons.
Then there Is a smart girdle of soft
black MORE with a crossed effect in the
back, completed with four cut steel
buttons.
A number Of the belts are being made
Of pompsdour silks, with tiny pale blue,
yellow or pink flowers, and there Is one
very smart affair of peach colored satin
embelished with coral beads. This Is
TO be worn with deep cream wolfe
gown, and, by the way, you have no
idea how well the deep cream shade and
the yellowish pink combine. All together
as ! said before, belts like these ! am
describing certainly are the making of
a gown.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-24
THE SPEAKING VOICE
OF AMERICAN WOMEN

In this country when we hear wo-
Il man speak In q soft. low voice, pro-
nouncing her words distinctly and
correctly, we commonly conclude she Is
an Englshwoman That fact Of itself
proves how general is tho rasping, un-
cultured voice among American wo-
men. And yet
Some OF the sweetest voices | ever
heard have been those of American wo-
men.
There is magnetic charm in re-
fined, agreeable voice that nothing else
can give, OF the two a pretty face and
"A harsh voice or "A sweet cultured voice
and a plain face, the wise girl would
choose the sweet voice every time
Were you ever In a room where num-
Der of women were talking together in
the high pitched, squeaky. jerky, rapid
utterance foreigners declare Is char
acterlstic Of the feminine American?
Perhaps in the room was a calm. self
controlled woman who was able to sit
quite still without fdgeting and who
did not gay much. Perhaps after the
rest had exhausted their sputterings
this woman who had not said much
was asked what she thought Then the
quiet woman perhaps opened her lips
and began to speak in a calm. clear
low voice. Instantly every other sound
was stilled; people around her bent for
ward to look at her and listened TO
catch every word she said They not
only caught 1t, but they remembered It.
II afterward they described TO their
friends the gathering II was the sweet
voiced, cultured woman and her re-
marks that were recalled most wildly.
II is within the power OF every
American woman to acquire musical,
pure toned speaking voice.
Begin with the breathing. The
foundation OF sweet voice and many
other desirable acquisitions Is the habit
OF calm regular breathing through the
nostrils, the lips being tightly closed.
A grand secret OF breath management
Is To make the inhalatlons and the eX-
halations OF equal length. Draw a long,
deep breath OF pure air, filling your
lungs, then exhale just as slowly as you
inhaled occupying an equal time. Prac-
tice this slow, deep inhalation followed
by the equally slow thorough exhala-
ton several times a day for from three
TO five minutes. Do It especially OF
nights and mornings. with no conhninr
clothing upon your body. Before long
you will observe that d calm, refreshed
feeling comes over you after this
breathing exercise, especially II you
keep the chest lifted.
The calm, deep breathing from the
lowest part OF the body--the inhalation
and eXhalation occupying the same
length OF time-will OF itself go far to-
ward changing a weak, excitable. hys-
terical woman, ever ready to go of her
head with some foolish emotion, into
calm, strong woman whose word and
presence have power, But the breath
ing exercise, practiced In pure air must
be kept up forever, OF untll this manner
Of inhaling and exhaling becomes ha-
bitual
For the rest, open your lips and teeth
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skirts and two or three parcels. You
signal a car In the rain. A wagon
drives between you and the car, forcing
you to splash back to the sidewalk and
lose your car
Ninth.-Your best gown is at the
cleaners and you receive a Swell in
vitation.
Tenth.-You are all laced up for the
party, you snee2e and your corset
string breaks
1t is perfectly wonderful what the eX-
ercise Of a little viii power can do.
People think they cannot do this and do
that. II they are told they must they
very soon find themselves able TO bring
things about.
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through the country as wine agents.
They dress quietly, behave themselves
In a dignihed, irreproachable manner
and sell tons Of wine for their CalIfor-
MIA employers.
The Warsaw poland) jail contains a
wholesale bgamist who is known to
have gone through the marriage cere-
mony with seventeen women, all Of
whom are alive.
When the latest census was taken In
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a clean floor while she worked Mrs.
Gilman would have instead of this a
public nursery. Mrs Foots says her
children We're we'll dressed, well fed and
well taught and that her wage earning
never interfered with her duties as wife
and mother Moreover, she declares
distinctly that her case IL only one Of
many in happy Danbury
original indeed is that plan evolved
from her inner consciousness by Miss
Fannie Partridge. an Illinois woman.
Miss Partridge suggests to the Carne-
giles. the Rockefellers. any old multi
millionaire that instead Of giving their
money to pile up bricks and mortar for
libraries they appropriate some of it
for annuities to old maids---the real old
timey old maids, who lived their work
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ing lives before the new woman came
In. These estinable old time old maids
could not in their day learn any of the
trades or professions now open to their
sex All they could do. hacking young
ones of their own to wait on, was to-
wait on their brothers and sisters and
their parents, and after these last were
passed on 10 tackle the next genera
tion and wait on their nieCes ana
nephews. They never got am wages.
not often even thanks for their disiu-
terested labors, and now they are turn
ed out superannuated IL Is not quite
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A Change In TRAINING.

Considering all these things, It is a
wonder TO me that children are not
trained more frequently to have strong
wills. So much stress is laid upon ODE.
dlence and politeness that oftentimes
the result II that the child is color
less imitation OF its elders, without a
single original thought or incentive of
It's own. This is especially the case
with little girls, and. goodness knows.
girls need to think for themselves
quite as much as boys IN this strenu-
Gus age.
| notice that in schools there IL q
greater tendency TO cultivate individual
lily Of thought and that this spirit Is
growing every day, You and can re-
member lessons learned poll parrot wise
OF which we never even understood one
word, but II the modern child succeeds
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-24

the civilized thing to gently put them
off the earth, as Is done with old horses,
so how to dispose Of them is puzzle.
why put so much money into bricks
and books? Instead OF institutions, why
not try individuals" asks Miss Fannie
Partridge. And for the purpose of
making comfortable the inhrm single
women who We're unfortunately born a
generation too early, she would have
benevolent rich men establish the aged
spinster fund. Moreover, for this pur-
pose Miss Partridge isn't a biz par
ticular whether the money is tainted
or not
The suggestion is respectfully COM
mended to the attention of that golden
spinster. Helen Gould.
DIR. Rachel $. Skidelsky of the Wo-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-24

India 1t was found that over quarter
Of a million girls five years old and
under We're married.
Opals are so soft when first taken
from the mines that pieces can be
picked off with the fingers.
AZ recent meeting of the French
Womens Rights league In Paris q reso-
tuition was passed unanimously calling
for the wiping out of all laws which
relegate the wife to legal inferiority. A
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men themselves, because she asserts
boldly that for the sake OF their own
liberty and individuality married wo-
men should be money earners. With
out arguing at all OF the question, Mrs.
Ellen Foote has quietly illustrated I'm
actual practice Mrs. Gllman's doctrine
When her babies were little, Mrs
Foote tended them and mcautime did
hat trimming by pecework that was
sent to her at home by her employers.
Later she went TO the factory and took
the little ones with her They slept
upon comfortable bed or played about
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York city, sixteen years ago. Recently
she resigned her place because Of III
health. She met with an accident and
was injured some years ago while taxi
ing little lost child home To It's par
ents and never entirely recovered. She
is highly esteemed by all who know her
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie has given $40 =
600 toward the building OF fresh air
home for consumptive children.
Three women are now travelling
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phere to the amount Of three times their
own weight I'm a day la this way the
atmosphere Of a room can be made OF
the greatest bopcat. The only danger
Gus plants are those which give OFT UNI
however. not to keep cut flowers In the
rooms at night, The chief cause OF
colds Is found In the habit of going
from heated buildings into the cold
street. II people could only be pre-
vailed upon to maintain an equable
temperature and humidity by having
plants growing in their homes, the dam
ger of taking cold would be lessened
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ADVANCED scientists OF the male
persuasion begin to admit that
~ woman is capable OF thinking.
n II is certain. too, that the ma
.ornv of women think they think
wbether they do or not.
:, Is significant that the meditations
:, vomen who really do think are d.
Sacted largely toward ameliorating the
,rdnstrlal condition of their own sex.
Iohn oliver Hobbies, in private life
49, Pearl Craigie, most admirably
s, s IN with all her soul for whatever
sss does 90 in for. Her conclusions on
lndustrial questions are worth some
ling for she herself is money Garner
,nhn oliver Hobbies has no words too
sd for the aristocracy which POUNDS
,,self upon money and uselessness, see
Inc II has nothing else to build on. She
,nints out TO us that "the best people"
s,5 useful work in early times. Homer
,elis us that kings daughter went
',nt "a wash the linen and seek hus-
md" In Rome before the days of its
ssgeneracy the patricians themselves
Sso tradespeople and workers and
deemed It honorable. The signs OF
praut nntipn'S fall
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A SILK COAT.

in making a little word machine Of her
self II is IN spite Of the teachers watch
fuIness. for the latter stops the recita-
ton az any moment to inquire the
meaning Of this and That, and then aft
erward there Is apt to be discussion
OF the subject, giving the why and
wherefore and also drawing out as
much as possible The chld's personal
views.
III obedience Is 10 be gained by
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-24

mortal window representing st. Paul
preaching.
New York has a public school ath-
letic league, with a girls branch Prizes
have been offered 10 the girls Of the
league for excellence In basket ball,
dancing and running games. Miss ElIz-
abeth Burchenal is director OF the girls
athletic sports
Mrs. Kate Kalbach was the first POI
lice matron 10 be appointed In New
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-24

commission has been appointed recently
to revise the civil code. and there was
a strong expression on the unfairness
Of excluding women from this body
so she's engaged eh? That merely
goes TO prove the truth Of what | have
always contendod-that, no matter
how plain looking a girl may be. there
Is mate for her somewhere IN the
wide world Whom is she going TO
marry ?" "Me!"
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Australia in 1854. She has the fig
ure and carriage OF young girl in
spite OF her age. She is now playing
the part of the mother In the "Redemp-
ton of David Corson" ut Is the heart
that must stay young" she says.
Miss Mary Tillnghast, the artist in
stained glass, has recently finished for
church In Yonkers N. u, a noble me-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-24
Some OF Those Belts.

=, NoIle OF the vide belts the girls of
'n' literary club have made are wen
"or'n description. There is one pale blue
wue'a affair meant to wear with snowy
"'''e gowns, and this has double row
" 'oSetIes both back and front
" snow white creation Is finished off
o"eN and front with three tabs placed
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ALL SORTS OF ITEMS FOR WOMEN.

- oleVer woman has inventes hat,
:, 'l ana skirt hanger all in one piece.
a., adapted also for keeping skirts
aoul becoming wrinkled when packed
"T W., ana carried about In trunks.
etc., quest actress on the American
80 80 Is now Mrs. Samuel Charles, who
.t- the war played Little Eva In
0"''o Toms Cabin" She played In
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crushing the will, why let obedience go
bang" ] once heard testy old gentle
man eXcaim.
agree with him and also feel like
adding that II well bred children are
10 be obtained at the cost of originality
and individuality let every mother hest
tate to furnish the world with any more
nonentlties than are already IN g.
KATE CLYDE.
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Some pisaereeable Possibilities.

mind has framed list OF the most dis.
agreeable things that can happen to a
woman. | quote from II
Frst--You buy something in a shop
for s495 and then read In the papers
next day that 1t is reduced to s2.19.
Second,--A passing wagon sends a
lump Of mud in your eye.
Thlrd-You think you have made q
killing impression because every one
was looking at you. You come home
and find that your hat was on crooked
and that there was big dab of pow :
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-24
EFFECT OF PLANTS ON lNvALlos

Growing plants, and especially odor-
ferrous towering plants. declares a med
zeal authority are of the greatest value
In the treatment Of inyalids As long as
the plants are kept well watered they
viii dlffuse moisture, and they undoubt-
eddy have the power to produce ozone
Some plants win Naporize the atmos-
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~ T'7'FIN VVW WHFF WUUt A. o,ll .I,.l 4 :.
q killing Impression. .,,.
back and down IN the front looks
Easy TO make; but alas, 1t is mott 1t
enn never be manufactured properly
ou' OF straight ribbon, let me tell you.
Inc very best material is soft messaline
VI cnllton taffeta cut on the bias.
Know of literary club which meets
uurihg Lent, and while one member
reads aloud the others sew vigorously
VI, glrales for their summer wardrobe.
inns Is a very good idea. too, for Il
mere Is any accessory of dress which Is
expensive when bought ready made in
.',e shops 1t is the girde. As much as
~ or 80 is charged for attractive de-
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A SPRING FRock OF WOLFE.

The frock Illustrated is of Alice blue
wolfe, The skirt has bias strappings at
the foot and simulated revers turning
back from plain, front panel. En-
broldered buttons add finishing touch.
The pretty little coat has a cross over
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lazlness among
d r essmak ers.
The latter are
apt to be "a little
careless about
the tit of their
blouse waists,
and II you OBJ
ject TO the bag
giness the ma
dame will reply,
"Ah, but eet ees
meant to go wiz
the wide belt
sol" tholding the
pouchiness fiat
halfway up your
back with her
hand.)
T h e wild q
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der across your
left cheek.
! Fourth. That
rich Mrs. Jones
W hite Angora
cat jumps into
your lap and
scatters hairs all
over your black
velvet suit.
Fifth..--A man
has been paying
you very flatter-
ing attention for
a month and
YOU find II Is
only because
your rival * out
Of town and that
he has been en-
4
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SPRING COSTUME.

right. An elderly lady walking with
two younger people is placed in the
middle, and a great lack of respect
would be shown II this point were not
obsprvpd
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-
come when those
whose wealth has
been accumulated for
them by others be-
gin to complain that
their dignity suffers
unless they waste
their time, says the
lively author.
Mrs. Craigie has
also much at heart
the terrible condi-
tons under which
hundreds of thou
sands of women
workers labor, dwell
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gagged to her all a conan sitp' on your
the time,
Sixth.--A woman steps on your skirt
and rips the gathers off the binding.
Seventh Somebody catches an UNI
brella In your hair
Eighth-You are holding a nun, your