Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-12
.Irr.RE!'' exclaimed Mrs.
g. RUSSELL throwing down her
pen with sigh Of relief.
\ rive resigned from the

russell, throwing down her
non with n sigh of relief.
\ rive resigned from the
.,,,anship of the civic section OF the.
club
~, IN, his turn the evening paper. Then
,a1' ,,ded you surely haven't done
THAT ~,
II. anytl,ng. so 1 might as we'll let some
y y on, mbe dscoura cement in her voice was
~ a,nnrent and 50 unsual that Mr.
q D pusscl sprang up and went over to
nor husr whats the trouble he asked
solicitously. -, ..e.
..ni;ed. without looking UP, and trac-
in, inv scrolls on the blotter with tho
.ns ~ one finger, there are so many
~ within wheels that when I at
,a,,,r,t tn do anything get all tangled
w IN the machinery. For instance,
W. vent on, wei should say i, for
Z inc done all the work--we tried to stop
tho bill-board nuisance. 1t is nnis-
ance,r she said, glancing up at MI.
* RUSSELL. He nodded sraVely I'VE
,,.orked for over. n year at 1t. i wanted.
ali the boards removed between here.
and Olney.,'. (This, by the way. was a
a;stance Of over 900 miles.) I've written
sGorcs and scores of letters: I've inter-
yiewed merchants assemblNIlcn ana
scnators. They one and all are very
sweet to your face. and promise all
kinds of things. but they don't do what
they agree to do. as
M Russell smiled. "The senators
and assemblyinen, my, dear, depend up
an the merchants for their votes. and
Ftbo fact Of the matter Is, as long as the
merchant thinks the billboard good
advertisins scheme he won't give it up.
You must not forget that anything that.
4 advertises his business we'll means dol.
lars in his pockets,
THAT'S Just it-you get back to the
dollars every time. 1t was the same
With the eight-hour law and everything
else attempted. There We're the chill
dren's Fairgrounds! ] couldn't even get
them, and today the boys are playing
IN the streets Just as they have been
dong and will always do. Look at
Harold. for instance: think how much
SETTER off he'd be with a nice play
ground near. his school instead OF being
eyerlastingly in the street. For three;
years I've worked night and day to in-
nroye conditions in this state, and +
haven't accomplished a thing. Women
IN other states get&what they want, but
I'm not able to. I'm heartily sick or
the whole improvement question; and
she buried her face in her hands and
sobbed.
THE HUSBAND SUGGESTS.
Mr.. Russell did what every other. hus-.
band would have done on such an oc,
casion-put his arms around her and
kissed her. There, there. little wom-
an he said soothingly, .let the world
90, and come back to your home. May
be il you try very hard" he added
banteringly. you can find something
here to improve"
The next day, and for several days.
Mrs. Russell moved disconsolately
about the house. She seemed to have
nothing to do, and the time hung heavily
upon her hands. She missed the callers
and the trips made IN the interest of
cvics. missed writing the letters and,
interviewing the big men; Il possible
she would have recalled her resigna-
ton merely for the reason that the
work served to occupy her mind. Moth
ing In the house Interested her; she had.
A good maid in the Kitchen: she scorned
cards and did not car particularly for
music; and as for sewing or reading.
she was too nervous to enjoy either OF
these for any length of time. CiNics.
had been her sole hobby. and she had
ridden 1t until she had ceased to care
for any other mount.
Her husbands words came back 2
her one day as she stood at her SUING
room window and looked down INTO the
row OF back yards below her, each win
its strings of saggng clothes lines,
%weedy grass plot and heap of rubbish.
Her own yard sad to relate, was the:
dreariest and dirtiest of them all. ITS
no wonder" she thought. that Harold
doesn't care to play III it. Why did l
never notice it's condition before?
She went downstairs and out into the
Enclosure Along one side of the fence
the boy had planted some flowers nv !,
the early spring. but like her, ne nau
grown discouraged in his battle with
the weeds. Most of them had died.
and the few that were left were stunned
and chokcd with plantain and burdock.
She was busy with her trowel when
Harold came nome from school. Inc
amazement on his face when lie saw
what she was doing made her laugh;
Harold" she asked. eff have the yard
fixed up, would YOU like to play in it??''
Sure replied the boy. Then ne
added: Can have the fellers In,
too"
"of course" answered his mother,
that's what am doing 1T for
THE HOME CHANGED.
Ten days from that time no one would
have known 1t for the same yard. The
grass plot was freshly clipped and
seed sown In the bare spots, and all
traces of the rubbish heap had disap,,
pearcd In it's place was a large sand
pile wherein forts could be builded and
cities besieged to Young Americas
hearts content. Along the fence other
flowers swelled the ranks of the few
survivors, and here and there wera
planted quck-growinG vines which In
time would hide the boards completely