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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-21

devotes two or three hours each day
TO visiting, while the other, herself an
invalid, provides the necessary funds.
So secretly is the work done that only
a few persons know of the good these
generous and devoted women have ac-
cOmplished.
Leaders Among Women.
Certain of the women who are
identified with the institutional chart
~ work of the city are recognized as
having great executive ability and
naturally assume the leadership in
directing the affairs of the society.
Others do their best work in soliciting
funds, while another group annually
manage the charity ball given for the
benefit of St. Marks Hospital assO-
citation. Several work among the
children, giving personal attention TO
their needs and donating time as we'll
as money to the cause.
On the board of the Orphans Home
and Day Nursery are thirteen of the
most efficient and capable women
workers in the city. As now institute
ed. the members are: Mrs. Rachel $.
Miller, president; Mrs. J. E. Oglesbyi
secretary; Mrs. Edwin Kimball, treas
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-21
five Hundred Teachers.

The number Of teachers this year will
cross the five hundred mark One new
principal, James +. WOrlton, has been
appointed, though his assignment TO a
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II UBLIC charity work in Salt Lake
4 City is largely in the hands of
the women. This statement is borne
tout by the fact that they instituted
and control the Orphans Home and
DAY Nursery that ST. Marks Hospital
association and the Free Kindergar-
item are organizations OF women, and
THAT in the work for the blind and the
Fairgrounds association they have an
Important part This is exclusive of
lchurch charity work, which is per-
lhaps more than ordinarily efficient in
This city. Nor is il confined 10 the de
voted few who find in this field of
lactivity the satisfying rewards that
tcome Of unselfishness and philan-
sthrOpy.
In Salt Lake the women who devote
a large part of their time 10 Charita-
+ bic work are in every class of society.
Rich and poor give time and money
according 10 their ability. Some who
carefully conceal their association
with any distinCuVely public move
ment are known Tor their large pri-
vate donations. one woman who
supports a crippled little creature
from her private and rather scanUy
purse. denies that she ever has
charitable instinct and apparently has
no sympathy whatever for phiian-
thropic work. That she gives little TO
organized charitable movements is
due 10 the fact that she denies herself
even necessaries in order TO carry on
her secret benevOlences.
Two women friends who do a good
work among old and sick people in
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the children to normal conditions Ex-
pert help in psychology and medicine
Will be secured 1Or such cases as may
be effectively reached
Mental Deficiency Gases.
For the past two years teachers and
principals In the schools have thor
Oughly and critically analysed cases
Of mental deficiency and have made
reports 10 the superlutendents with the.
result that il is known there are be-
tween three ana four hundred chill
dren In the city suffering from minor
physical defects Many OF them are
remedial and steps have been taken 10
effect a cure. Others viii be taken care
OF this year in the school for the sub
normal child.
From the report of Superintendent
christensen on the defective child. the
following excerpt is made "But there
is SIN announcer group small one TO
De sure-one In which the members are
ueIlclent mentally, some few bordering
on ldlOcy. Unfortunately our state has
not yet made provision Tor them. They
DO not belong in the mental hospital as
IL is at present organized under the
law and justice fOrbids that they be
permanently excluded from the benefits
of the public school until such time ar
least as the state provides for their
care and training. However most Of
these children have no place in the
regular classroom. All are a direct
hlndrance TO the progress OF the other
children and few are menace 70
the welfare OF the other pupils. For
their own sake ana Tor The sake or
their associates. they should be segre-
gated from the other children and
environment especially suited 20 their
needs. The course of lnstruc-
ton for such children should be Quite
(COntinued On Page siX.b
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Mrs. Windsor v. Rice has been
identified with charitable work I'm the
city during her entire residence here
She is one of the most active work
ers for the success of the annual
charity ball, she gave literally Of
time and money TO the work AT Can
yOn Crest ranch. and her early assoc
citation with the Infants Home board
developed into a similar connection
with the Orphans Home. In every
charitable or phiIanthr0pic work Mrs.
Rice Is q leading spirit and an ef-
fecIlVe worker.
Mrs. j. =. Oglesby and Mrs. Ferdi-
ers for the Orphans Home for many
years. Other women of the city who
have borne an important part in this
work, but are no longer connected
with it, are Mrs @. s. Zane. Mrs H.
@. Mcmillan, Mrs. Jacob Bamberger,
Mrs J. C.. ROyle and Mrs. n. T.. Put
nam.
St. Marks Association.
The board of the ST. Marks Hos
pltal association is composed as fol-
lows. Mrs. C.. r.. Pearsau. president.
Mrs. T.. ". Francis. first vice uresi-
dent; Alrs. William IgIehearL second
vice president; Mrs. =. s. Basc0m,
third vice president, Mrs Windsor ".
Rice, fourth vice president, Mrs Will
liam G.. Jennings fifth vice president,
Mrs. NJ. /. Richie, secretary Miss
Jane HOWaL treasurer executive
committee. Mrs. W. ". Armstrong.
Mrs. W. H. Childs. Mrs. Robert C..
Continued on Page six.j
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TN A WEEKS time between fifteen
and twenty thousand children will
= present themselves at the doors OF
the Salt Lake city public schools.
August 20 is the date set for the open
ing of the fall term, and teachers and
pupils who have been out OF the city
are already homeward bound. Judging
from the attendance last year, which
began with l4,2SS and increased TO
$4,000 before the end OF the year. there
will be close upon twenty thousand
children In the schools. Preparations
have been made TO care for that num-
Der and provide them with superior ed
vocational advantages.
Two large additions and the siN-rOOm
building in Sugar House ward will en-
large the seating capacity OF the
schools and the manual training build
ing al the High school prepared for
advanced technical work. This il Is
expected. viii be finished before the
close OF the year. AT the Waterloo
school a large addition OF fifteen rooms
be ready for occupancy ar the begin
ming OF the second semester 1t is pro-
posed eventually to tear down the old
eight-rOom building now on the site
and complete the structure with an
other similar in design 10 the one now
being constructed.
AT the LOngfellow school an eight
room addition Is about completed which
Will be in use at the beginning OF the
school year. The building in Sugar
House ward was acquired by the school
board when that section became a city
addition. In all, there are now "a pub
lie schools in the city.
Five Hundred Teachers.
The number Of teachers this year viii
cross the five hundred mark. One new
principal, James r. WOrltOn, has been
appointed, though his assignment to a
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have been added to the High school
faculty, which now numbers SO, and
there have been sc new appointments
to the teaching force Of the lower
grades.
In expending 100000 for a manual
training building on the old High school
grounds at this time, when it is pro-
posed to erect new High school, the
board OF education and Superintendent
Christensen have in mind the founding
of a great industrial school, which viii
prepare children for the trades in the
same manner that the academic High
school fits them for the professions.
This movement for an industrial High
and it will include advanced technical
courses and commercial college. Boys
naturally inclined to manual work have
up 10 this time left school on cOmplat-
ing the eighth grade, and with that
limited education the work open to
them is only in the lower salaried Oceu-
pattOns. Since there are hundreds OF
Intelligent. capable boys who want to
fit themselves for the higher kinds OF
technical work it is the duty and the
purpose OF the schools to give them the
necessary training. In Ohio, where in
dustrial schools have reached the high.
est degree OF perfection, they have
done much to develop The latent nat
ural resources of the state.
The manual training building, which
viii cost about 500 600. will be 20 by
20 rect and two stories in height in
the main part. A study room on the
second floor will be 35 by So feet. 9th
er rooms will be the foundry. machine
shop. carpenter shop, forge room. wood
turning room. pattern shop. carving,
drafting and exhibit rooms. 1t has ex-
cellent modern features, which win
make 1t an invaluable part of the equip
ment of the school.
Good Sanitary Condition.
During the summer all school build
ings have been put in d first-class sani-
tary condition and they have been thor
oughly cleaned and renovated. The
Union building. which is at length en-
tirely given over to High school pur-
poses, has been calcimined throughout
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and the athletic field is in good condi-
ton for the fall sports.
In the school stOre-room, twenty-five
tons OF material exclusive OF text
books, are ready for distri button. rms
must all be accounted for to the last
pen and pencil and as handled under
the present efficient management,
there is little delay and no loss in plac-
ing il in the hands of the teachers.
Eighty thousand books must also De
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MftS &C. G0RHAM.
Capable Chairman Of the Building
Committee Of the Orphans Home and
Day Nursery, and Of the Charity COM
mittee Of the ~. Marks Hospital Asso-
citation.
a quiet way have combined their re-
sources effectively. One of them, who
has absolutely no personal income,
The Washington herald., 1910-04-22
One Happy Senator.

II would be hard to locate a happier
Senator nowadays than the Hon. Alex
ander Stephens Clay.
He is happy because he Is gradually but
surely rounding into fine physical form
again. because the Democratic outlook is
constantly Frightening, and because no. re-
tirement microbe has bitten him yet or
seems likely 10 soon.
But the compelling secret OF his cheer
fulness and abundant buoyancy dwells
not In all Of that. The thing that really
brings surprising JOY to Mr. Clay's heart
is that once more he has passed his an
nual-and. until recently, truly terrifying
-suffragette hearing, and is alive and
able to tell the tale!
Mr.. Clay is chairman Of the Senate
Committee on Woman Suffrage. He has
a choice suite of Offices in the new Senate
Annex. and a delightful single room in
the Capitol. Also he has some extraordi-
narily nice stationery that properly goes
along with his committee paraphernaIia
The Senator's committee IS not the busiest
one in Congressional is to say. at least,
it is not continuously busy. When It is
busy. it is the busiest thing that ever
happened. maybe-but that is not often.
This year. however, despite the grand.
gloomy, and peculiar things OF late at
trbuted to the sufragettes. nothing what
ever Of a sensational or untoward per-
suasion happened at the regular spring
hearing. Wonderful and weird were the
stories that came TO Senatorial ears about
what might happen, and probably would
happen. Grotesque and intimidating were
the pictures drawn for Senatorial inspec-
ton. But when the great day arrived
and the show was put on-why. it was so
peaceful Il was almost tame!
Now Senator Clay wonders that he
should have trembled in his chivalric |
Southern boots, anyway. he feels some |
what chagrined that he should ever have /
doubted a ladys-or an aggregation of /
iadies'-perfect ability and determination /
10 behave herself in any and all circum- |
stances. no matter how trying. He IS re-
solved never to doubt again. The suffra-
yettes have quite won his Senatorial /
heart. and future hearings will find him
III and only smiles
Altogether, tremendous weight has
been lifted from Mr.. Clay's big heart. !!
And that is why-and sufficiently why-he
S so happy nowadays!
The Washington herald., 1910-04-22
Enforcing Blue Laws.

Mayor Billiard. OF Topeka, has views OF
his own regarding Sunday observance.
Elected three weeks ago under the com
mission plan Of government, he has be-
gun the enforcement OF the Sunday laws
TO such an extent as 10 insist that no
paid preacher work on Sunday, no sal
aried choir sing, no papers be printed
or sold. no street cars run, and no serv-
ice at the hotels be paid for. Idiotic
as such things may sound. there never
theless are found on the statute books
such stringent laws as to bar every vo-
cation in which money is earned.
1t is Mayor Billiards. intention pri-
marily to have a liberal Interpretation, of
the law, and he hopes soon 10 make his
meaning clear. During the campaign
he was attacked as a candidate for the
''wide-open' element, but Immediately
upon taking Office he suspended all the
blind tigers in the city.
He is now seeking a more liberal inter-
probation for the benefit Of the working
man. who heretofore has been, il mis- esti-
nation. denied the necessary recreation
and amusement. Mayor Billiard is in favor
Of Sunday baseball and Sunday theaters.
BY making the blue laws so obnoxious
as quickly 20 result in their repeal. the
mayor hopez 20 attain his point His OBJ
ponents, on the other hand. threaten TO
take advantage OF the recall" provision
Of the charter and hold an election in
which they viii attempt 60 Gust him from
Office. The mayor welcomes this issue
and is willing to go before HIS constituents
on platform such as they outline for
him. He has asked for a special election
on the question Of the observance-law
repeal. and it is probable that at this
time his official head will be demanded by
his enemies.
With insurgency rife throughout the
country, with an awakening OF the public
with desire for liberal inter-
probation OF the law, and with break
Ing down of party lines. Topeka may
offer an interesting specimen for the
political laboratory Of the present day.
The unrest which is evident in all sec
tons OF the country seems not to have
missed Topeka. and Mayor Billiard may
nave a political future beyond his present
hopes or ambitions.
The Washington herald., 1910-04-22
Taft and the RooseYeltians.

Heretofore the political situation has
puzzled US somewhat. It is unprecedent-
edly mixed and confusing. everybody ad-
mits. Phases Of Il have seemed to battle
all understanding. It has been quite i'm
possible 10 account for the sudden and
almost universal loss OF confidence in
the Republican party and the apparent
disposition. all at once. to put implicit
faith and trust in the Democratic party.
But all is clear. The Washington cor
respondent Of the Philadelphia Inquirer
has been sleuthing around a bit and illu-
inmates the muddle-lays bare the inner
most secret Of it all.
Summed up, II amounts to this: The
Rooseveltians Of the land are systematic
ally engaged in a devlish. far-reach-
ing plot 10 put one over on Taft They
have been sowing the seeds Of discon-
tent promoting the feeling Of unrest.
adroitly stirring up antagonism against the
new tariff, covertly giving aid and COM
fort 70 the enemy, and generally putting
the administration to the bed
And the plot thickens as It develops.
The real purpose Of these Nfachiavellian
stunts is 10 ill Taft with disgust. tire
him Of his job weary him beyond endur-
ance with politics, if not mankind. and
then-why. the rest is as plain as the nose
on your face. He Will amiabIy throw
up the sponge. surrender. clear the track
and make way for Theodore Roosevelt to
return TO the White House in 1913.
As a part of the play. but OF only minor
consequence, Chief Justice Fuller. OF the
United states Supreme Court. long mast
the retiring age. is to continue on the
bench for just three years more. when.
with Roosevelt installed in the White
House again, Taft will be made Chief
Justice--the position he has ever crayed
above all others-and all will be well
once more
Here we have destiny mapped out to a
nicely, and the political future discounted
until 1913, at least.
After all. how easy it is to find out
what is happening and going to hap ,
pen if you only go sleuthing about, !
But how singular it was not discovered !
before,
We have an idea what Mr.. Taft did
when this wonderful tale was unfolded to !
him. lie just laughed.
The Washington herald., 1910-04-22
TO-DAY IN HISTORY,
Birthday of the French BastiIle -April o.

The famous French prison known as
the Bastille was started to-day in 1856 by
order Of Charles V. The Bastiue turned
out to be an important structure IN his
tory and its fall on July Is. -7S9. marked
the beginning OF the French revolution
II was originally intended by Charles as
a defense against the English. When il
came 10 be used as a state prison It was
provided with vast bulwarks and bitches.
The BastiIe had four towers. Of five
stories each. on each Of its larger sides.
and II was partly in these towers and
partly in underground cellars that the
prisoners were situated. It was capable
of containing from seventy TO eighty pris-
oners. a number frequently reached dur
Ing the reisns of Louis XIV and Louis
XIV. the majority Of them being persons
OF the higher ranks On its site now
stands the Column Of July. erected in
memory Of the patriots of 17S9 and 1890.
The name Of Bastille. or Bastel. in an
cient times was given 10 any kind OF
structure calculated TO withstand a mill
tary force, and thus, formerly in Eng
land and on the borders of Scotland. the
term Bastel-house was usually aprlied
to places Of strength and fancied secur-
!ty. The French Bastille was originally
called the Bastille St. Antoine.
stephen Marcel. provost Of the mer-
chants. undertook the erection Of the
French Bastille. The building was en-
larged in 1863 by Hugh Aubriot. provost
Of Paris under Charles V. He added two
towers. which. being placed opposite to
those already existing on each side Of the
gate, made of the Bastille a square fort
with tower at each of the four angles
After the death OF Charles V, Aubriot
who had many enemies, was prosecuted
Tor alleged crimes and was condemned
10 perpetual confinement and was pIaced
n the Bastille. OF which. accordins IN
some historians, he was the first pris-
)ner. After some time he was removed
hence TO Fort lEveque, another prison
rom which he was liberated in 1881 bv
he insurrection Of the Manlotins.
After this instruction, in 1852 the
7oung King. Charles VI, stIn further en-
The Washington herald., 1910-04-22
COnquering the Fog

The wreck Of the Minnehaha vividl,, m
minds US Of one phase OF nature wherein
man has not been able to assume the as
tendency. The mysteries Of the fog have
been a subject Of study for many wears
and numerous plans have been evolved
such as submarine bells, electrically SEN
si'ized plates TO warn Of danger. and Of
course, the well-known fog horn. These
instruments are precautionary measures
but none has been found effective in an
cases. Hidden rocks give no warning NJ
their presence and no human device has
yet been found for guarding against them
Wireless biography is a factor when
two boats in proximity are each equipped.
and the danger Of collision IS lessenod
out the lookout is helpless in a dense foe.
and the shoals give no warning some
day there may be developed a theory ~
mist sounds which viii avoid such acct
dents as that this week on the sciuv
Islands.
Capt Layland. Of the Minnehaha. sought
for three days to take an ASTRONOMICAL
observation to determine his nositjon
more accurately than was feasible bv
dead reckoning alone but an overcast
sky by day and starless night mada
this impossible. So when the Atlantic
liner was approaching the Lizard" the
captain knew he was in danger. and the
big ship was making but few knots m
hour Nos doubt captain and crew were
alert. and probably every foe horn A.
the various scilly Island stations was
giving out blasts Put one Of those acnus.
tic freaks prevented these signals from
reaching the Minnehaha, and the wrecl,
was the result.
Foreign governments are coming 10 rec
ognize the advantages Of the submarine
bell system, and It is well that each Of
the great powers should devote money 70
such experiments. for the loss Of one
transatlantic liner would pay for many
years Of experimental work. England
with its immense shipping. would nav well
any inventor who coul9 show results. and
the English Channel would promptly he
made safer for navigation. Our Pacific
coast and several points along the At
lantic need such protection, and this gov
eminent, no doubt, would gladly CO. /
operate with others in equipping the dan
gerous points should a practicable device
be found
The Washington herald., 1910-04-22
A KITE TOURNAMENT. 4
Los Angeles Children Exhibit Va
riety of Winged Birds.

VI "AhEcu DlEuN.
Prom the Los Angeles He-a,d.
Very plain kites. exceedingly grotesoup
ki-es. dainty little flyers, and great IN
w;eldly ones. kites Of all colors. kites
that scared almost out OF sight. and
G:tes that would not only fy al all were
seen recently at the fourth annual kite
tournament OF the Los Angeles CITY
schools. Between 5000 and 400 children
ran over the big field and delighted
themselves in the kitecarnivaL
TIE crowd gather az o'clock with
kites II every imaginable shape. but lack
Of breeze prevented the start OF the car
test Until 800 o'clock
A number Of odd conceptions were In
evidence which showed their relation 10
some OF the craft OF the Los Angeles
aviation meet. Many new ideas were
brought to light, ideas from which ,Le
Oldest ayiatoTs miEht profit At ( O'Clock
the sky was filled with hundreds Of the
silk and paper winged birds.
Los Angeles IS probably the first kite
city in America. For four years she has
been famous for her tournaments. The
new impetus lent 10 the amusement by
the city's recent aviation meet has pro-
duced among the children kite makers.
who are not outclassed by the children
n any nation OF me world
The Washington herald., 1910-04-22
How to BE Popular.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
The way 10 be popular has been ex-
planned by one OF the rnarshmallow maya
zines which initiates itself With the Idea
that II Is directing modern lie. when
you shake hands with a man." runs the
recipe. grasp The hand as though you
were glad 10 see the owner. look him in
the eve, and give him a smile from your
heart" This IS sure-enough recipe Il
has been used a million times from
Alcibiades down 20 day before yesterday.
Il has been worked BY some OF the
greatest frauds IN Christendom 70 sub
serve their own ends. The man who IS
seeking popularity. posing for It. angling
for Il, usually doesn't deserve g. Keep
your admiration for men who show you
their real selves. who, when they are
bothered, or worried, or mad. or glad.
make It manifest by appropriate facial
expression, and who are not constantly
standing themselves before the mirror.