Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-20

mani Inc potency OF ller power
is universally acknowledged. One
could cite irinumerabie instances of men
here who owe their present comfortable
circumstances to the encouragement,
the cheerfulness, and the frugality of
their wives. not only during the days
OF adversely, but always
Again. there have been those noble
women who have not only found, but
made "a way whereby they have
helped to refill an almost depleted ex-
chequer; at the same thine managing
SO cleverely that the home was never
neglected.
In the eastern part of this city lives a
summing example of this latter type, A
cpmpietc story of her life would make
several volumes of interesting reading.
from earliest childhood her days have
neen rich IN action, in endeavor, in the
vital things, and she has evidently real
ized TO Its fullest extent that "a great
part of the strength of life consists in
the degree with which we get into har-
mony with our appointed environment"
and that II she had been at ''war with
her town, her relatives, her family. her
surroundings. the force of her life would
nave been spent uselessly aimlessly"
She was mere child of l6 when she
came to Salt Lake, having traversed
the great distance from Denmark,
worse than alone. as she was blrdened
with the responsibility of the care OF
her baby brother. for whom she faith
fully discharged the duties of mother
until thir own mother arrived. more
than year later
Shortly afterward the young girl mar
ried, and lived for awhile in Port
land. Oregon. In that city her husband
Kept a restaurant, and she occupied the
cashiers desk and assisted with the
books paid the help and so on. The
help question was, by the way no
more ideal than it is here, and again
and again she was Obliged TO go into
the kitchen and do cooking on a large
scale.
They later moved to San Francisco,
and while there, wishing to gain a
thorough knowledge of the preserving
of fruits, she entered a canning factory
commencing at the very bottom of the
business and not leaving until she had
mastered all the technicalities con-
nected With 1t. She said proudly, few
days age, There is nothing In the way
of fruit cannot put up. / went into
that factory to learn all the knacks'
of fruit / cannot put up. / went into
known what II Is to have a bottle OF
fruit SPOIL"
A ranch up north was tho next
venture. Thare Is a chicken story con-
nected with the life up there that is
worth telling. An old friend had
given Mrs. n pair OF fine fowl,
and not long after the Christmas holt
days she purchased setting of 13
eggs for her hen. although those who
knew OF her intention thought 1t II
foolhardy procedure. She was cor
rect in her surmise that the hen wish
ed to set; the Is eggs were hatched.
and all the little chicks thrived de-
spite the wintry weather. A barn was
their abiding place. As soon as they
had reached an edible size, she found
ready market for those she chose
to sell spring chickens at that time
OF year being n luxury undreamed of.
Through that little Investment exact
ly 100 chickens were raised that sum
mer. Not bad record for n girl
who had been born and bred In
large busting city. and who had never
before been on farm.
BY and by they returned ia Salt
Lake They were In comfortable cir
oumstances now, both husband and
wife having met with financial sue
cess In their various ventures, and In
one or two Investments The husband
WAS soon satisfactorily launched in
the real estate business, having form
cd partnership with man who
later became a member OF the univer-
atty faculty. During the first part of
the boom here they made considerable
money, and SO sailed on the sea OF
prosperity for awhile. Then the tide
turned, and all their little barks cap
sized. Mr.. sinking more than
$4,000 In an incredibly short space
OF time. This calamity left them al
most penniless. although to quote the
wife, they never wanted for ANYTHING