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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-13
GREAT WOMEN OF HISTORY
BY ABIGAIL ADAMS.

regularly her fathers guests, and to
whom she listened with profit.
At twenty years Miss Smith became
the wife of John Adams, then a strug-
Cling young lawyer, whose prospects
were exceedingly slim. But Adams had
within himself the making of very
useful man, and when the times that
tried mems souls came, the young law
yer was in demand.
In 1774 Adams in obedience to the
wishes OF his people, went down to be
a member Of the general Congress, at
Philadelphia.
His wife did not go with him. but,
by her letters to him. she held her nus
band firmly TO his work. When things
reached the point where it looked like
q fight, she wrote her husband, did
ever a state regain its liberty without
bloOdshed? Fighting is horrible, but
rather than submit to slavery let US
When the time for the Declaration of
independence came, the brave woman
was determined for liberty Let the
Declaration be set forth" she wrote her
husband. Let US inform the world
that We are resolved to be our own
masters.
In 1878 Adams went, as Joint com
missioner with Franklin. to the court Of
France, and it is on record that
throughout his period of offics as com
missioner he was greatly aided by the
wise suggestions of his wife.
And later when John Adams became
President of the United States, II was
his wife that he regularly appealed to
in every critical time.
She shaped more measures than
did all the members of the cabinet put
together, and made herself felt along
MANY lines of the public life.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-13
THE SECRET OF EDUCATION
BY ELBERT HUBBARD.

tons thought, for when they wanted a
woman to operate their machines they
advertised for a musician, thinking that
an alphabetical harmony could only be
expressed by one who had acquired the
piano touch"
The typewriter makers could not sell
their machines unless they supplied an
operator; and so they inaugurated 5pe-
ciaI branch Of their business to eduCat e
women in business methods and to use
typewriter.
leges all over the land began to blossom,
and their chief concern was teaching
stenOgraphy and typewTiting.
The typewriter and the typeWriust rank
in usefulness with the electric car. Rapid
methods are as necessary as quick ira ms
pOrtatiOn. Women receive In wages now
over 800, 600 year 1t is said that
the lady typewritist has at times dis
turbed domestic peace: but trolley cars,
too, have their victims. And l am told
BY a man who married his typist that
such marriages are quite sure 70 be
happy, because the man and woman are
not strangers-they know each other!
The woman who has looked after
mans correspondence is familiar with his
curves She knows the best about him
and the worst: and he knows her tastes,
habits and disposition.
This is better than the old society plan
OF getting married first and getting &C
duainted afterWard. No longer 90 you
hear men talk of making their pile ana
retiring to enjoy it. The man who fails
TO get enjoyment out Of his business VIII
never enjoy anything, and, what Is more
will not succeed in business. Good men
enjoy work, and wise men know that
there is no happiness outside OF syste-
matte, useful effort.
The introduction OF the one-pr1ce sys-
/ TEN has been a leaven that has worked
I its Influence through the whole lump.
/ Honesty as a business asset is every
where recognized. If the goods are part
cotton and look like wool you are now
frankly told that the article may De
yard wide, but IL Is not all wool.
Why should men seek TO oYerreacn each
other7 And the answer is: There Is no
! reason-the way to succeed is to keep
faith with your customer and secure nm
! as q friend We make our money olt OF
our friends-our enemies Will not 90 Dusi-
/ ness with US.
/ Thus, through the conservation or
I friendship IN business, we are gaming m
! education and evolving qualities
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-13

!" HE great women of history were
not all born in the Old World
Democratic America has had, and
still has, the great women-Women
who, from whatever viewpoint they are
considered are the peers or the most
illustriOus of the European continent
Take, for example, Abigail Adams,
the wife of one President and the
mother of another, the model house
keeper, devoted wife and mother,
charming COnversationalist, delightful
letter writer, astute. politician and un-
compromising lover OF her oountry.
If Mrs Adams had been a French
woman or even an Englishwoman, her
talents, aided by her environment,
would have made her as noted as Nine.
de Stael or Lady Wortley-M Montague.
Even as it was, her light could not be
put under a bushel," and a careful
reading of her biography is quite suf-
ficient to show her extraordinary quail
tiles Of head and heart
Born in Weymouth, Mass, November
II, 1744, the daughter of a clergyman,
Abigail Smith grew up to womanhood
Without ever having been to school
This does not mean that she grew UP
in ignorance 1t was not unusual in
those days, even in Massachusetts, for
girl to receive no regular schooling.
Very careful of the education of their
boys, the Puritans seemed to think that
the girls amounted to little, and might
just as we'll be left to pick up an edu-
cation as best they could.
Abigail Smith succeeded in picking
up a very fine education. Her father
had many good books in his library,
Harvard college, too, was close by,
where were all the books she might
need; and there, also, were refined and
educated people, many of whom were
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-13
PRESIDENTS BROTHER TALKS.

Charles p. Taft, the Presidents brother,
was talking TO Cincinnati reporter the
other day about art fakes:
I'VE all laugh at art fakes. he said,
when it is our neighbor that is taken in.
But when we are taken in ourselves, then
we realize what heinOus business art
taking is. and we see how necessary 1t IS
for the faker to be punished. In fact, it
is a good deal like the case of Deacon
Broadbent.
Deacon Broadbent, a very honest and
pious man, was conducting Christmas
revival with great success. In word, his
powerful exhOrtatiOns had brought Cal
houn White. the towns worst sinner,
weeping to the mOurner's bench.
THE deacon, gratified by this proof Of
his evangelical prowess, FASTENED TO Cal
Deacon sobbed. Calhoun, "tain't no
use in nah comm up. Use sinned away
de day O grace.
No, yo' haint, Brudder CAL said the
deacon. All you got to do is to glib up
sin an all will be forgibben.
" Use done glib it up, deacon, but dat
hain't no salvation fo' me.
" Yes, dey is, hon. Dey haint no sin
SO black dat 1t kin be washed whitern n
de snow.
But done stole 70 young turkeys
last week said the penitent.
OATS ali forbiggen. Cal
" An free de week befo'.'
:: OATS forgibben, too
." An six fat Christmas geese
1.-THE deacon suddenly frowned and stiff
feneu.
=" Six fat Christmas geese outer yore
own yard, deacOn-dem fat geese wot yo'
lowed to set so much store by
" 'WOt's dat you say? the deacon Kissed
furiously.
cit was me wot stole yo' Christmas
geese, sah.'
90 L reckon, Calhoun. he said slowly; !
reckon Use spoken too hasty. Dis case
o. yourn needs advise ment. / amt sho
dat Yves justified in clutterin' up de aking-
dom O. hehen wild chicken thieves st
Louis Globe-D Democrat
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and you've reached the point OF wisdom
where YOU know that the smiling face of
a good woman across the table is the
browning blessing that ever comes TO
man. and the voices of little children have
in them a thrill that beggars all other ex-
citement and gaiety that the world holds.
You are a fresh. clean young fellow, son,
and l take'i it that your crop of wild oats
is of the common, or garden. variety
Nevertheless, do not marry until you are
sick and weary of the labors of the prodi-
gal agriculturist
The French have proverb to the effect
that the reformed rake makes the best
husband. This does not gibe with our
American ideas, but all the same there is
a grain of truth in it. Each of us at some
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-13
CHEAP FARES IN BELGIUM.

Passenger traffic on Belgian railways
ice is generally very good. 1t is not
as rapid as the French service, but 1t
is cheaper These rates show the in
nuence of the politicians,
For instance. tickets are or sale
which for very small price give the
right TO ride anywhere as often as yod
like for five days on. any of the state
lines. \ third class ticket Of that sort,
good anywhere any time for five days,
costs only II francs confines, which
is just a frat ton under 1920 in Amer1-
car money.
Eighty-eight per cent of all the pas
sengers' tickets issued are sold at one
sort or another OF reduced rates.
Among other curious instances show
ing the fine hand of the small poiiti-
clan we find that tickets are sold to
electors to go to their voting places ar
less than half price.--Moody' Maya
zine.
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Their Love of Helped Him Hold His LOBBY Kenne Harris

there's sech a many of 'em''-he further
4 see said the girl, shortly. 'I think
perhaps you'd better row back now. It's
getting cold
II hope you amt miffed," said the
young man, when he had taken about a
dozen strokes. You was asking me,
you know, and I told you the truth.
Course it's the business to take the
bOarders buggy ridin' or boat ridin' If
they want to go, an you'll ind that
mothers charges for me are mod'rlt
when you come to settle the bill; but I'd
be sorry to see you go anyway.
81 like you first rate. 1 owned up 10
Hubby that 1 did. But shucksp says
/. You amt got no call to get mad
about it. I like hog and hominy,' 1
says, an as far as takin' her out l
says, the only thing a lady bOardeTs
got to do here is to break my country
heart for pastime afore they go to
town, but as long as I make thirty
cents a hour, b'sides boat hire an ker-
ridge hire, you Oughtn't to object, 1
says"
His vigorous strokes had by this time
brought the boat to its little pile-borne
pier. He skillfully laid alongside and
Jumped out and offered his hand to the
girl, who had been listening to him
with q peculiar smile on her face.
She disdained his assistance. however,
and leaped lightly TO the landing. The
boat shot back so that the young man
had TO make a quick snatch to secure
the painter. He was bending over to
pull it in when the girl, who was walk
ing off, turned and saw him.
= sudden impulse came upon her, And
in the same instant a sudden impulse
came upon the young man. In his case
it was furnished By the dainty sole Of q
shoe that certainly numbered no more
than a narrow five, and its force was
sufficient to send him with a mighty
splash into the four feet Of mud ano
water.
There said the girl.
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THE BILL CLERKS Wall
HE HAS HIS BOARD RAISED A DOLLAR A WEEK

waves mountain high are dashing
AGAINST my fraiI bark while the tor
nado shrieks in demoniac fury ana
fOcs Uncomfortable are. wrapping me
from stem to stern, / don't abandon
hone by any means. 1 say to myself
peach crop and don't even feel sea
sick" -
I'm other words, even If my forces
seemed opposed by the most fearful
odds, my courage is undated" pur-
sued the cashier Though cannon are
numbering and volleying to the right
of me and the left or me ana DetiilI
me. though serried phalanXes attack
me in flank and rear and my Dase OF
s3Ipplies is amputa ted and my bridges
burned, though night comes ana sun
Butcher is not near, while the cutters
run blood and defeat seems inevitable,
the failure Of the peach crop comes 10
my mind and / send back the enemy
flag of truce with a naughty rejection
of his terms for my surrender
You naturally would, commented
the bill clerk You are just that kind
of q rummy.
Remember the Peach Crop.
when the desert swims in a SHIN
mering heat and the caravan staggers
on with lolling tongues and glazed
ewes. 1 am ever the last to lay down
in DESPAIR the cashier declared. The
sun may be a ball Of blasting IRE IN
the vault of blue, and the mirage may
mock the tortured vision with unat-
tainable cases, hot sand may choke
the throat and the water keg may have
collapsed into bundle of dry slaves
but when fond recollection turns TO
the peach crop, feel assured that be
fore long l shall he up TO my chin IN
a porcelain bathtub with iced drinks
within reach of my hand.
why, Johnny, eggs are coming
down right now and butter is slowly
| sinking to its normal level Mark my
words, within six months if your board
is not reduced in price, ii may be i'm
/ proved in quality. Remember the
peach crop. johnny
"Oh, to thunder with your peach
cropr' said the bill clerk. What am
! going to do while the peaches are
greenw
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-13
CBY KENNETH HARRIs)

-HE bin clerk arrived at tn Of
flee with an unusually gloomy
- expression of countenance
something fierce the way thlhgs al.
going" ne remarked TO the snier,
when he had assumed ms lnh-Seaineu
work coat and mounted his stool.
Positively ferocious, agreed Ihe
cashier What's the latest instance
of shocking savagery?"
1--WE had my board raised on me,
replied the DILL clerk. "A dollar a Week
more, and it's a fright the way they We
lbeen feeding US AT that .,
ssSav. do YOU know what's going 10
hsppen If prices get much higher; a
man on a small salary won't be aoie 70
eat more than one meal day. mat
what it's coming 10 an Tlshl,
Say not So" pleaded the cashler.
"It'S So" maintained the bill clerk
Il was reading in magazine the otner
.sT-hat the fuel supply of the world
- steadily diminishing" interrupted
l9he cashier. Yes, Z know. And the
-population is slowly but surely increas-
1ne and the cattle ranges are Delhs
oVsrwheImed by the ceaseless tide OF
cntoratton- and wooden clothing viii
soon be beyond the reach of any put
80 enormously rich, and not only mat
TIE peach crop is going to be killed; -,
How do you know?" asked the Dill
TT always is" answered the cashier.
.eIt's early vet, of course, but IN
couple of months. just after you've hau
your hair eat short and the soIt south
wind is caressing your cheek, ana theE
- the tissue paper off the spouts OF
the soda fountains, you VIII see the
5atefuI dispatch from 81. Joseph, MiCn..
announcing that the cruel ohghtlhg
@inf erg of the frost fiend have nipped
IIa tender blossoms of the peach trees
and blighted the hopes OF the grow
ers. .. .o,a +bo+
no f1
and cream In the season, and shortcdke
* another weakness of mine; but Dy
The first of October or Whereabouts
1hey'd be offering them for so cents
nall bushel basket, Just as II the crop
hadn't completely failed
1--WE noticed the same thing with
oranges when the blizzard howls
around Miami and when the bugerinus
groves of the san Diego valley and
ir-etrievably ruin the lemon crop; and
1-et will YOU name a year that we ran
short of oranges or lemonsY
II can say that l generally have
plenty Of lemons handed to me-" adj
mitted the bill clerk, and generally
manage to cop out a peach or twoT'
u think You might reverse the order
of that statement. remarked the cash-
Ter But the failure of the peach crop
Is a great solace to me in time OK trou-
ME" he continued. when the SKY Is
overcast with dark clouds no bigger
than a mans hand. when the horizon
Is lowering with ominous rumbles and
when forked lightnings are ouiverine
with lurid flashes athwart the murky
heavens. think of the peach crop anc
laugh at the elemental strife.
II suppose you would even. go Dach
for your umbrella" suggested the bill
clerk .,,..,
olained the cashier Il mean 10 say
that If / see financial rocks ahead and
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INKLINGS AND THINKLINGS

cost of living is offered namely. the craze
of housewives to buy foods ready cooked.
AS 1t costs money TO cook raw foods, it
seems that women could best economic
by purchasing raw cooked foods.
The baseball boys are training. oh, far
away from here,
But we have signs of spring with us, for
now comes on book beer.
Now the government is wrestling with
the question: What is ice cream?
Kentucky having settled the other great
problem, What is whisky?' President
Taft should have this one decided by
committee OF High school girls.
Music. a New Jersey genius has dis
covered. is the greatest thing in the world
for making hens lay. A piano in every
hen-house, and all viii be Well In the
meantime the woman who stopped bur
glar by throwing eggs at him must nave
recovered several diamond rings to COM
pensate for the expense of her ammuni-
ton.
German sportsmen complain that aero
planes brighten away game. we rear
however. that the aeropianes viii Keep
right on flying.
No. gentle reader, the Chicago butter
inc" you read about is not the feminine
Of ''butter~in."
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-13
THELEssER EVIL.

A duck hunter who has Just returned
from the Maine shores tells story
typical of the hardy men who i've
there. On one Of the islands near where
he went lived a man who acted as
pOstman for the few scattering houses
On the island. and who would row to
the mainland every day and bring back
the mail, for which he received 50 cents.
Ore morning during a terrific storm
the hunter saw the pOstman pull over
several times during the trip the boat
was nearly swamped, and the man IN
danger Of his life
why in the world did you make that
trip" asked the hunter; surely not
for the 80 cents?"
well, yor see, replied the postman.
'if miss a trip have TO write con
founded long letter to Washington ex-
planning why. and so I thought ] had
rather pull the boat. Boston Record
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RANsoM's REFORMATION.

A few years ago there was shiftless
colored boy named Ransom Blake, who,
after being caught In a number Of petty
.delinquencies, was at last sentenced 10 a
short term in the penitentiary, where he
was sent to learn trade. On the day OF
his return home he met friendly white
acquaintance. who asked;
'tWell, what did they put you at In the
prison, Ranse?'
s'Dey started in to make an honest boy
out'n me, sah-'
succeeded2"
''They did, sah."
And how did they teach you to be
honest?
"Dey done put me in the shoe shop.
sab. nailin' pasteboard onter shoes fo'
leather soles, sah.'
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newspapers. are almost always self-made
men, whose youths were hard and pow
erty-stricken and strained and overworked
and barren of all pleasure.
We laugh at these rich old men who are
the easy marks of designing women, but
the truth is they are merely sowing their
wild oat crop in the fall instead of the
spring and the autumn sowing brings in
the heaviest harvest Of shame and re
morse.
So son, if you must go through the time
when your idea of enjoyment Is to drink
more than is good for you, or TO sit up all
night ia a poker game, or To kiss painted
lips, be sure that these ignoble pleasures
have palled upon you; that they weary,
sicken and disgust you before you ask
any woman to marry you.
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No. let's drift" she said. Lets drift
a little longer"
Just as you say" Then, as some
thing splashed If I'd brung a rod
along I'd get him.
The girl was touched by his brave eff
fort at nonchalance, but a perverse
demon possessed her. THAT is not all
l have to tell you" she said. MY IA
Their is going to take me to Europe, and
I may be gone for years" Under her
lashes she watched him keenly- Per
haps I may never return. I may-fa-
Their may wish me to marry there.
The FeIIer'II Be in Luck.
1.-THE feller'I be in luck" said the
young man, CALAMITY. No one would
have guessed that a storm of emotion
was raging within him. Yet perhaps
the girl guessed.
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tfme-men and women-must have our lit
tie fling, our little hour with the cap
and bells, our playtime. and if we do
not get il in our youth we take it later
on, when it's mighty liable to make
trouble.
the married women who are flirts and
frantic for the admiration of men are
almost invariably women who had no
beaUx In their girlhOods, and that, on the
contrary there is no woman who is so
utterly and completely married as she who
has been a belle and satiated with flat
terry and adulation before marriage
You will also observe that the gay Lo-
tharios, whose affairs with adventuresses
furnish interesting reading in our daily
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Go Slow, Son, and Consider.

TT HE twe-weeks-old moon had just
i heaved itself above the line of
woods that belted the lake, and shOne
along the ripping surface of the water
in path like molten silver. The young
man in the boat drew in his oars and
rested their dripping blades on the gun
vale, well away from his companions
light summer frock.
Mighty pretty, ain't it?" he re-
marked, smiling amiably.
It's divine." breathed the girl, and
turned her face so that the moonlight
fell full upon it. enhancing its delicate
beauty TO an ethereal loneliness. Then
she sighed. And to think that l must
leave all this
Hove" said the young man in tone
of surprise.
Her dark eyes rested upon his splen-
did athletic form in book of profound
sadness. ITO think that l must leave
all thisr' she repeated.
You amt going? Not going?"
Did her heart fail her for a moment
before she dealt the cruel blow? At
least she paused, and her heavily
fringed lids dropped over the sombre
gIories of her eyes. Il must" she said
I fear that l have stayed all too long.
Yes. 1 so tomorrow, my friend
One Slim Hand in the Water.
He made no comment, only he looked
at her as she leaned gracefully back IN
her seat, one slim hand dabbling in the
water in a fashion he had learned TO
know well. The fragrance of the bunch
of purple lilacs at her belt reached him
as he bent forward. his muscular hands
still gripping the oars. His face seemed
almost stern and the girl fancied that
il had whitened beneath its tan OF vino
and sun.
u suppose l should have told you De-
fore" she said. but II hated to-
/ The young man raised the oars pu'
/ she checked him with quick gesture
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TT doesn't make any difference to
you, my going,' she goaded him.
1T makes a sight o. difference" he
said, quietly.
You aren't sorry?'
Don't you never think / amt sorry"
81 am sorry, too" said the girl, in
softened tone. 1T has been a happy
two weeks for me-Jasper. I shall
think of the time 1 have spent here
with you and your dear
mother often. When ! am an old wom-
an, perhaps
"Oh. no. you won't" said the young
man, bitterly.
you think I am insincere," said the
girl, quickly. you are blaming me.
But do not, please. I may have been
thoughtless. but I have never meant
any harm
Course you haven't" said the young
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Her Revenge Was Prompt When He Spoiled Her Romance

man. You just meant to have little
sport and don't begrudge it to
you. Why should I?''
"Oh, herOr' said the girl to herself in
a glow of admiration. If you were not
what you are Aloud she said, well.
you'll forget. And you'll marry that
nice little girl-Huldah, isn't her
name?"
"What Do You Mean7" She Asked
Hubby the young man corrected.
Eyes, I s'pose So" he went on, refiec-
lively. Il s'pOse so. 1t don't hardly
seem likely but there's quite few I've
forgot-plJsm forgot. I can't even think
| of their Names
| The girl sat erect. What are you
/ talking about?" she cried, in amaze
ment.
1.-THE lady boarders," replied the
young man, calmly. you see. when