Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-05

Apollo to get job as Alderman. What
chance would plain or garden variety
of citizen have against Mr.. John Drew ?
Every public office will be converted
into a beauty show"
BAH FOR BEAUTY, SHE SAYS.
Beauty! Bah!' exclaimed Miss Ell
iott. swapping her fingers contemptu-
ousy.
'All right for you to say that be-
cause you were in the front row when
Ut was passed out"
And more than once I have wished
l had been In the gallery. Beauty car
ries Its own punishment But we're
drifting upon the subject, Women could
be relied upon to pick the right sort
of men for public office. A woman's
instinct is never wrong AS they are
taking their places in the front rank
of most of the professions 30 they Will
be found capable when called upon to
serve the city. state or nation. 1t mat
tiers not In what capacity. woman never
Will be found wanting"
You wouldn't have them on the po-
lice force?"
II don't think that will be necessary.
but IL the occasion arises they would not
shirk their duty. Woman is only just
developing. We have had a humble
start, and now that the dawn of our
emancipation Is breaking we will show
the other half that we are capable of
reaching the highest places"
such as steeple climbing?"
Even that" laughed Miss Elliott.
Then it's your opinion that mere
| man is not holding his own?"
I'm many instances he is holding
more than his own. don't mean what
| you mean. ] am not speaking In a IL
quld sense. Tho subject is far too Sc
| rious for jest, ] refer to the unequal
| distribution of wealth and all the good
| things that go with II. These things
| will be remedied when we get the bal
| lot"
You must have q lot Of time on your
hands to keep so well informed on pub
| lie questions" -.-i
NOME WORKS HARDER THAN SHE
Me have 4 lot of time" came In a
little scream. There isn't a woman in
| America works harder than 1 do
have given the suffrage question LOT
of thought and read the papers when
/ get a chance. But as for spare, time,
do you know that haven't been out of
the theater from 10 o'clock IN the morn
ing until midnight each day since the
middle of last October? It's been moth
ing but rehearse. rehearse, rehearsc.
Oh, yes. 1 have a fine time. In ad-
ditlon to playing in The Chaperon' 1
produced two other plays before l
staged The Inferior Sex But l love
to work"
How do you manage to retain your
good healths and good looks?'
Hard work must be the secret. When
! In not rehearSing on the road I'm
travelling. II I'm lucky enough to get
| a Sunday to myself wash my hair.
eat nothing but the plainest foods and
manage to get about eight hours
sleep every night. 1 am up at half
past s o'clock every morning"
And you don't live on prepared
beauty food?"
Such questions as that are the bane
of my life l am grateful for such good
looks as I have. but you don't know
how annoying 1t Is after an enervating
days work to have some one drop In
and say; It's nice to be pretty on the
stage. You don't have to work SC
hard, Now that 1 am home l expect
to have 1t easier for a while, but II
seems as II / hadn't eaten anything but
railroad sandwiches and linoeum pies
since last October With food prices
where they are l suppose I shouldn't
complain"
Have you noticed the difference?"
Mercy, yes. 1t costs me a fortune
now to stage a little piece of roas
beef II 1t keeps on I'll have to carr,
! | all my savings when go to market"
IF you do, be sure you put YOU
, purse in n safe place"
, What do you suppose that man wa:
doing with $4,000 in his pocket2" asked
, Miss Elliott with a laugh.
, , He was saving up to buy laml
/ ! chop"