The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-06

The newspaper man responsible for
the quotation below is certainly friend
In need TO the Nevada women. he can
have a job offering advice 20 several Of
the anti-bathing suit craSks in ,-tnis
town, too. ]. Holman Buck. the light of
the Western Nevada Miner, In COM
menting on the news that several Car
son ladies intend to appear in directoire
gowns, makes the following comment:
Take IL from me. ladies of Carson,
and leave the directoire alone. for you
are not. built for them. 1t takes form
divine. a small foot. well-turned ankle
and shapely calf of generous proper
tions as an inside filling to be viewed
through the slit to make of it bowling
success
a girl with a mudhook on her like
potato stuck on the end of a broom
handle and whose delicate hosiery
wrinkles around her calf should fight
shy OF this gay Partisan costume.
I'VE have been in Carson when she
was having her spring rains and muddy
streets, and we have been there when
she was having her windy weather, and
believe me. girls. If you are not mar
ried, and have hopes along that line,
eschew the directoire gown.
Besides, Carson is the residence of
Sam Davis. state humorist, and char
man of the state publicity commission,
and he would be so busy rubbering that
the laughter OF the state would be
hushed and from the lack of publicity
the outside world would forget that Ne
vada was on the map"
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It's somewhat of a tragedy when pre-
serves and pickles rule the very soul Of
a woman, as they sometimes do to the
exclusion of all else. The following
t.. trll Of Gttrh She went TO
friends house to dinner, and RECALLED
the company throughout with. her
housekeeping, her pickles, her pre-
serves, etc. When il came to the close
OF the dinner, the hostess served e very
fine creme de menthe. After passing
on the merits thereof the accomplished
housewife turned to her and asked
solemnly:
did you make II yourself?'
'Oh. no; YOU see I'm not so talented
in that line as you are" replied the
hostess, without a blink OF her eye.
X r.
In a iaudable effort to encourage the
arts and crafts movement, n few or the
artful and crafty members of the CnUh-
try club designed horse on themselves
in the form of the wooden article placed
in the women's locker room some two
months ago. The thing has been trans
ferred and the gift of grace returned
whence it came. but the men themselves
are said TO be kicking literally on the
proposition. have it from one of the
brightest of former members that If the
dear keepsake is placed In a certain
spot on the grounds, where 1t VIII form
the right kind of hazard, she VIII
supply a quick-growing vine TO cover
the unsightliness OF the article Don't
all speak at once, but let's see who gets
IL in place first.
II was somewhat of surprise to her
old friends to learn that the Mrs. l.. a.
Torrens of Chicago, who with her hus-
band has been visiting in the city, en-
tertained by Mr.. ard Mrs. Henry NJ.
Dinwoodey, was Miss Margaret Liddell,
a former well known Salt Lake girl,
who in years gone by had many warm
friends here. Mrs. Torrens, who was
always a close friend of Mrs. Fidelia
B. Hamilton, brings word of the coz
tinued good health and talent of the
much-loved older woman, who was
such a power in the forming of local
musical circles many years ago, and
whose personality went far toward the
shaping for good OF many of the young
er generation
Isn't it funny how shoes do fit such
odd feet? is there ever an anecdote in
tended to cover one case, or not intend
ed at all. as the case may be, that does
not find a dozen to which il Is more or
less aptly applied? Recently certain
man was pointed out in this column
apparently in Jest, and behold, there are
at least ten who have taken the matter
as personal. The best joke is. the an
ecdote said he was handsome. and GER
tainly the ten are not.
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She was a wee mite of a girl whose
devoted father was endeavoring TO
teach her the joys of holding her head
un6er the ocean waves for minute in
stead OF suffering. She bravely ducked
and stood ii as long as she could, and
then came up with great sputter, and
said:
"Oh, papa, / really don't see how
those fishes stand it,
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willy Player Cat bridge)-Partner, do
you discard from strength or weakness,
or to protect your hand?
Noyice-I think from fright, mostly.
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Hanks has some funny ideas"
$50? What does he do?"
SELLS them to the comic papers"
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