Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-12

children Work Twenty-Five thou
Thousands IN sand children between
various MILLS. fourteen and sixteen
years OF age IN the
state " Massachusetts aro not 40
school" was the statement in the cap-
ton OF the charts made from The rec
port OF the commission for the Indus
trial exhibit in Boston. TO every one
that goes into an occupation which Is
worth while more than four enter
cotton min, or don "a messenger suit, or
wear cash girls uniform. They sell
dom receive over five dollars before
they are seventeen and they reach the
height OF their power before they are
twenty. with an Income possibly OF
eight 20 ten dollars. Were we to study
for few moments the wages OF these
juvenile oarnors We should ind that
those who receive over eight dollars at
seventeen or eighteen are very few in
comparison with those who receive FIVE
90 eight dollars. IL such cmployments
meant development and apprentice
ship, no cause for CONSERVATION would
exist, but the time a. past when one rs
required TO urge upon the public tho
evil effects or the Immature worker or
mill life, OF er1and ruD-lng, OF messon-
ger ana 81 cash service. That the true
apprenticeship ln skilled industries for
the child who has completed the gram-
mar grades would not be better than
the technical school training IS not 50
easily proved, but that the low grade
industries are schools Of vice and dis
honesty rather than for virtue and
honor, and for retrogression rather than
for development needs no longer be arr
gued.-Susan NJ. Kingsbury IN Charities
and the Commons.
The Femininity Victor Hugo. I'm his
OF the Modern preface 70 Ruy Bias,
Great Dramas. divides the theater au-
dience into three class-
es--the thinkers. who demand cha1ct-
erizatlon. the women, who demand
passion. and the mob. who demand
Rction--and insists that every great
play must appeal 10 all three classes
Rt once. Certainly Ruy Bias itself full
hls this deHideratum, and Is great IN the
breadth Of it's appeal Yet although
an three OF the necessary elements APP
pear in the play SC has more action
than passion and more passion than
charac terlzation. And this fact leads
us 20 the statement omitted by Victor
Hugo from hts preface that the mob Is
more important than the women and
the women more important than the
thinkers. iu the average theater au-
dleuce. Indeed. a deeper consideration
Of the subject almost leads us 10 DIS
card the thinkers as psychologist
force and 90 obliterate the distinction
between the women and the mob. IL
is to am uuthinking and over-feminine
mob that the dramatist must first OF
AN appeal. and this leads us TO be-
lieve that action with passion for It's
motive Is the prime essential for
play. For. nowadays az least, 10 is
most essential that the drama should
appeal 20 mob OF women. Probably
speaking our matinee audiences are
composed entirely Of women. and our
evening audiences are composed chief
ly OF women and men that they have
brought with them. Very few men go
10 the theater unattached; and these
Few are not important enough. from
the theoretic standpoint. 20 alter the
psychologist aspect Of the audience.
The influence OF this fact upon the
dramatist ls very potent. First OF
an, as I have said. lt forces him 10 deal
chiefly in action with passion for its
motive And this necessity accounts for
the preponderance OF female characters
over male IN the large majority Of the
greatest modern plays. Notice Nora
Helmer, Mrs. AlvinR Hedda Gabler,
Hilda Waugeli notice Magda and
Camille, notice Mrs. TanQueray Mrs.
Ebbsmith. Iu3. and Letty-to cite only
"a few eXamples-Claytou Hamilton in
the Forum.
The selection Because It r.
OF q Husband the duty OF ev-
Good Advice. cry woman to
marry som e
man, IL by no means follows that she
rs deprived OF the privilege Of maxi
Ing acute discrimination: on the con-
trary. to fulhu her mission as COM
pletely as possible. she should eNer-
else the greatest care I'm selecting a
mate Time was when she had no say
In the matter, and I'm some countries
she has little or none today; but In
this happily civilized land she still
possesses. and will undoubtedly hold
for all time, the right first 10 choose
and then ensnare. II f. a noble pre-
rogative-one, In our judgment that
should be appreciated and cherished
above all others. And vet. as we
have observed, IL should be exercised
with caution Let nothing be left TO
chance, as Plato would have had Il
when he decreed that pairing should
be done bv lot. while not 0ver-nice.
be at least particular, ln order that
the one chosen may feel hOuorcd by
the distinction conferred upon him
and so be- the more readily induced
90 show his undying rratefulness.
Much that was thought and written
years ago on how to choose a wife
was good enough for the time. but
the recent reversal Of the relative at
titudes Of seeker and sought renders
10 yalueless. Nevertheless despite
the fact that. IN considering the points
10 be needed and the precautions 20
be observed by wOmankind. we find
ourselves In a fallOw field. certain
general principles may be regarded as
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