Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-11

OF nntenatal growth known to scian,'
ISIS as the senile period. embrnviN,
INC fourth and fifth months of prennigi
existence. 1t has been found ,bet '''
slight arrest of development nj b,tl
period Is characteristic OF the class S
beings known as degeneratcs. ana ,ro
cocity ia recognized as one of tho nv,
pressions of this development defec,
Keller de la Bretonne who composea ~
fourteen poem on his first twelve
loves. Is remarkable precocitv. az
wit Of five is a fool of TWENTY l. "a
adage founded upon the populn, a., .u
probation of this unpleasant truth
w, n. Newman Dorland's "rhe A. 80
Mental Virility" in the April Centlir,
Human Brait The human brain 10 80.
Marvellous most marvellous naobln-
ContriNnnce' in the world. IT occu.
pies less space in pro.
portion to its capabilities than any ma
chine 1t ever invented. 1t sends a ste
cial nerve to every ultimate fiber a,
some five hundred muscles. to rn,,,
thousand branching twigs OF al-eri"s
to every pinhead area of the numero,,,
glands which keep the machine proner
~ olled, heated, or cooled; to soma
sixteen square feet OF skin. whicb ~
the outpost guard of its castle ,,itt'
such completeness that the point of
PIN cannot find an area uuguarded ~
possesses special quarters for the w.
ception and translation OF a constop,
stream of vibrations that are the nroJ,
uct of all things movable or stnl in III,
outer world. On the retina OF evcr
open eye is picture of the outer ,.io,y
a focused imprint of every ray of llrb,
and color: and In the visual chamber
of the mental palace stands n ,,ibre
scope, magic lantern that recelvos
the retinal picture In its billion speed.
ing series of light waves and throes
them upon its mental screen as a. lIvibv
moving picture of light and shade ana
color. In the chamber of sound is n
vibrarhone. over whose active uIro|
passes every wave of sound from tba
dripping of the dew to the orchestral
fortissimo, from the raucous screeeb
of the locomotive to the signing of ira
wind through the meadow grass. In
the chambers set apart for scent and
taste and touch are the secret ser,,j,a
guards to report upon The air aud food
which give sustenance to the palacs
and upon the solid qualities of the lar.
tile world. And wonder of all wonders
this complex human brain can thin
in all languages or in no language, ana
oven conceive its own physical nor
tality.-Edward A. Ayres, in Harperis
Magazine for April.
City OF mar1ation between Tho
Contracts. immovable east and Tho
advancing west can be
observed with greater clearness at that
city of contrasts, Cairo than at any
| other place in the world. For, within
Ave minutes walk of each other, on tho
one side is the squalid, unclean native
quarter, reeklng in garbage, and crowd
ed with a motley throng of turbaned
Arabs, negroes from the Soudan, and
orientnls of all shades OF brown and
black: on tho other side a splendid city
OF handsome buildings, thronged with
Il fashionable crowd, many driving IN
| fine motor cars or private carriages
many walking along the crowded
trans, motor omnibuses, or public pair
| horse victorias. Visiting first the ma
tive quarter the visitor is struck by the
fiery OSCILLATIONS and wild aspect OF
tho untameable Arab. If one buys Il
| half paistre worth of some unsavorv
| compound or another a very war of
words lasting perhaps quarter OF an
hour may ensue, resulting possibly in
reduction of the price by mil
| lieme," about the value Of a fartblng.
| Or il an overloaded camel or ass passes
along the marrow street, blocking ii up
sometimes almost compile tely-for the
I streets are only a few feet Mde-vo-
| leys of objurgations, couched doubtless
| In anything but polite and refined
phTasealogy. greet the camel or ass
a, driver. Their vocal cords much be
| formed of gutta-percha TO Withstand
| the strain of all this profuse and siren
uous verbosity from morning until
| night. And what a contrast, too, be-
| tween the shops of the Europeans and
| those of the Arab quarter. The former
| like the best OF those in London or
Paris; the latter, dingy, dismal cabins
| displaying for sale oily looking garbage
which few Europeans could touch with.
out shudder, or chopped up offal, or
sleeps tails (Which in this part of the
world grow to an enormous size) or
perhaps the primitive requirements ot
an Arabs house, consisting of not much
more than a pail or two u few wooden
stools and an iron cooking tripod. Blu!
happily since the British protectorate
over Egypt the condition of the natives
is rapidly improving, the fertile country
is rapidly becoming more and more cu-
tivated, and the natives protected from
the rapacity of the usurious taX-gath-
erer, are acquiring wealth and living
in greater comfort Unhappily, now
ever. the blight of Islam still presses
heavily upon them. May the time
speedily arrive when they VIII ac-
knowledge as their Mediator and Re-
doemer Him who as n young child was
taken into Egypt for II time to escape
the ferocity of Herod, but who was
the Son of Cod who In order 20 nulliiy
the effects of mankind's fall. made
atonement ON the Cross OF Calvary for
the transgrcssions of all who Will come
to Him for eternal life-A Banker.
Why Women But, If. both for Their
Should Cast own salses and for tho
Their Votes. good OF the republic,
women Of property ana
women of education should be enfian-
chsed. far more is the power OF the BAL
lot needed by the working wonan'
whose stake IN the country is represent
cd by her life. her health, her virtue
and the safety and happiness OF per
children. The ballot IL not demanded
for her because she IL good or wise OK
because she Will make no mistakes IN
its use. Neither goodness or wisdom
is the sole possession of one class, ana
freedom from mistakes Is the privilege
Of none. Working women need the pal
lot because they must possess some
control over tho conditions OF their
lives and those of their children anu
In this twentieth-century world ING
ballot box offers the only ehanhe
through which they can give expression
to such legitimate control.-Jane AZ
dams in the April Woman's Homo CONF