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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15

Yet again and be it observed in striking contrast
TO the snccures of the French mobiles he must nave
witnessed around him, the principle of indus
lIial enterprise, Il kind Of religions Monroe doctrine
inc abbey is TO be selfsufcing, aud everyone is to
take irrespective of birth part in the work Of the
house according to his ability: its farms and work
shops being as necessary its books and PRAYER
while anything like favoritsm was strictly To be
avoided, personal relationship to superior even be
ing sometimes disqualification for office Taking
these then as few of the principles the Bencdic'
tine rule color certainly seems lent TO the tradition
The influence Of Benedictnism upon English leg
'sation-tbe monks being the most staupch support
ers of democracy as in the of Thomas h Beckett
may have had greater il less direct ruepcc upon
the American constitution but the Tradition of the
aged and venerable Franklin discussing with the
cowlcd monks of the Faubourg Saint. JACQUES TINT
wonderful system which produced some so 900 saints
1000 bishops 2o0o arcbhishops 200 cardinals 6fv pa
trarGhs and 1orty-sx popes, as he was planning the
foundations OF a yet more wonderful BODY of men
is certainly picturesque and would make splendid
mural decoration for some such place of vantage as
library senate
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15

mime Salt Lakers of all ages and con
dltlons. And some cause me TO thinl
of the ostrich
Many stories arc told of the foolish
ness of the ostrich. Everybody ma
heard, for instance, how this bird vii
bury, ITS head in The sand and deem
itself altogether hidden There can Dt
no reasonable doubt that the specie.
goes to great lengths Of folly. And
| yet. If the testimony of reliable natural
| lists may be taken, dark ostriches ion I
! bleach themselves with peroxide of hy.
drogen IN the belief that society viii
thereupon deem them bIonds Nor do
! they resort to rats excepting to create
the popular Impressions that THEN
feathers fluff naturally
My friend plucls at nv arm and we
| move onward, So dreary is this most
verdtgrlsed of all our streets. with It's
serious procession of depressing bust
ness that even ihe words "hardware -
and 'gents furnishing strike, com
paratlvcly, a note of romantic human.
itv amid their Stygian surroundings.
My friend and do this part of our
walk IN silence lost in our own
thoughts aud the surrounding medio
gloom. We both piod wistfully forward
until with a shout of Joy we emerge
at the weather. beaten statue of Brig.
ham Young.
We continue our walk up Brigham
street. SO for some few blocks before
relraclng our path, we hathe ourselves
AS lie Gallienne says-in 'the mod.
ern Psctolus of the street. wistfullv
feignin@ ourselves a share in all its
pride of life and glory Of the world,
vicariouS millionaires. Unless one is
Of an auarchistic tendency, there really
IS no little cXhiIaration and sggrau
dlzemcnt 10 be derived from thus con
tcmplatIpg all this beautiful wealth,
and all these beautiful women. Though
but an humble boa riding house 'mca
awaits one At the end Of one s walk
one may none the less rejoice in awe
inspiring glimpses. caught through the
windows Of smart dwellings. Of Abym.
plan dinner tables, hushed and dream.
bike. and generally without sigh or
sncer, admire the spacious way Of gold
There are two WAYS for gentleman
10 live-either as a prince or as a phil |
osophcr-and princes md philosophers
of the true kind have always delighted |
in each other. II YOU cannot he a |!
philosopher. The next best thing j. TO |
he prince And certainly YOU have |
10 be orc or the other 10 be at home |
on Brigham street.
Soon we rctrace our steps aud turn
into State street and again We emerge /
into = living world Of men and women.
Within the block We plunge ioyfully
into n hurrYing tide Of happily. released
people, all streaming homeward. "to
make a golden end Of the d3y,' some
TO the sylvan silenccs of the bench, and
some 70 Waterloo.
Here l. the home of the motor ears. 4
The home. too, of l0-cent vaudeville.
motion pictures chop suey houses, chill
'on carne kitchens. and All such forms
>i innocent entertainments that ctcrD-
illv allure the heart Of man.
80 on VIC 90. till we turn INTO the
green guie, Of the County buiiling
Dark. Ny friend is usually on the look.
mt for philosopher friend Of ours
Who IS usually 10 he found at homo
here on the grass. He is "A man so
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15

good fathers Of Paris without it: indeed 90 sipp-
action was begun without first offering up PRAYERS OF
praise to God I'm order that all things the Lord
may ne gIorhcI as their motto put it.
- For that he deeply impressed by our mctn
ods, SAID ono of he fathers seems beyond
all question of doubt iugtanced by the similarity
~ ms own principles with For example one OF
his biographers tells that in n little notebook he
had planned out weekly meditations on the thirteen
virtues which we're according to him. temperance,
order resolution. frugay industry, sincerity Justice
moderation. cleanliness tranquility chastity and hu
llty, each one Of which conld parallel -or YOU from
the rule of st Benedict which. as YOU know =, di
vIdcd INTO points and chapters which arc our daily
obligatory meditation. In fact had Franklin tried To-
anayze the holy rule be would have maze better
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15

Il ONDON, Oct. 1t.-That the American cuusttu.
tiUn owed part of its Inspiration to the oh
il 4 servations Of of It's trainers abroad has
loag been understood What is less we'll known
s that the Benedctncs cherish the tradition thew
gave that Inspiration for Franklin was a frequent
visitor ut ono OF their abbeys during his stay in
France
With the expulsion of the monastic orders from
France this community removed TO England and il
was during visit to their home that | found
how great an Importance they attach 70 the tradition
This abode stands close to the little village OF
Northampton in Berkshire. about miles from the
discriminating town Of Reading Ii beautiful spot
Tor the religious brethren have kuack of hitting
upon the cosy of the earth for their habita
ton. For something over hundred years thev have
handed the story down from mouth to mouth of how
the great American visited their community and
though Franklin e autobiography makes no mention
Of the Influence thus derived his part in the fran
Ing OF the constitution the Benedictnes of TODAY firm
~ believe their old abbey the fount or the ideas
mat underIc the great charter which the lber-
ues oi American citizens have been established
lhIS particular monastery is that Of ST Edmund
sometime located Doua hui before The French rev
the Faubourg Saini-Jacques II was here that James
H. the last of the Catholic kings buried and ac.
corlnglv, during the whole Of the eighteenth ceptury
became the central rendezvous of the SJuarts and
favoritc burial place for English royalists
James IL Buried There
This fact alone of course would have suf6ced to
nave drawn any English visitor the place Tor then
as now, al! the world visited Paris and living upon
sGch terms Of intimacy with the court as this rela
non lmplied II was most likely that the English monks
would hc sought after bv travellers
But there was also, least as far as = man nj
rranKlln poslton was concerned, another attraction
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15

lator OF one world aud bcncfactor of two mankind in
All time Will owe to thee their homagc. and | acout
myself III these lines of the debt of all the ages >
Orders Democratic Principles
Strongly liberal in thought and action AS he was
the monarchIcal system certainly could not have ap-
Pealcd to hm while IN Paris, hut 1T is quite possible
that. Il continual visitor at the monastery for period
OF ten years. he should have imbbcd some OF those
inner workings of which he would have had admirable
opportunities of studying
Let us take few examples and point out how
striking the similarity really Is. In the first place
there Is the essential note Of equality which dominates
As II were the whole legislation of st BENEDICT the
when the Goths had already begun to invade the
Roman empire found it necessary doubt to unite all
his followers rather by of their common hu.
manity than by such artificial system as rank or
nationality.
The code he propounded-known as the Holy Rule
was consequently of a very fundamental as we'll as
of very elastic nature, for it to apply to all
races, all times and all places Just the constitution
Of America.
In the second place have the thoroughly dem.
ocratlc idea OF unity without tyranny His order was
TO be one, lus as the various states become
united: at the time in all minor details of inter
nal government all retain complete jndivid
uality, each monastery being separate entity Sc TO
speak absolutely independent of external interference
likewise parallel TO the principles of Washington
Like American President
Thirdly, there the elective and representative
prnclpe, superiors being chosen within rather
than imposed from without. ard each Office being re-
tanned subject to good behavior with a formal com
pulsory resignation at stated periods their pror or
ruler being more like American president than A
French king.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15
James II, Buried There.
MARSHALL A. BREEDEN, JR,

III HIKE Is . friend Of mine with
an office near Fourth South. +
4 should like to describe him. but
suppose that wouldabe scarcely
iaIr- And yet tho temptation is bard
10 resist. and | think | viii succumb
10 ~ suhlcientiy to say that he is very
iaIl aud has very long, swift Ices that
love TO walk.
Nv friend makes it his habit some
times OF spring or summer afternoon
10 waik about town before going 70
ms homo. as ! understand other salt
Lake professional men are in the habit
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15

with the trees and throw crumbs to the
sparrows.
And here our walk ends. All the way
along our lmaginatioDs have been
thrilled with succession of effects.
each one OF which has been on great
scale all filed with fine astonishmeut
making together an inspiring paradox
of the elemental and the sophisticated
a strangely modern com mbination OF
power and luxury and youth.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15
Jefferson and Dominicans.

Besides these superficial resemblances there are
many technical points similarity in the government
Of the United States and the administration of the
Benedictnes, making this legend not without its sig
nifcance, especially it is remembered there is a
similar about Jefferson and the Dominicans a
copy of whose constitution was found among his pa
pcrs after death
Even Franklin's appeal at Philadelphia for the
opening of the sessions with prayer is claimed thc
Bencdctines echo of his experiences with their
order, for he very likely remembered how no chapter
the council of the mouks-was ever opened bv the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15
Points of Similarity
Explained--F Franklin a
Frequent Visitor at
Frugal Board Of the
Brotherhood-- d--General
Wolfe $ Punchbowl
an Abbey Relic

Did the Benedctines, through Franklin, the
Dominicans, through jefferson. bring the prin-
ciples of monastic rule into the framing Of the
American constitution?
In this article, specally written for The Trib-
une, L. G. Redmond Howard nephew of John Red
mond, the famous Irish leader puts Forward the
claim OF the Benedctines to having had their
share in the founding Of the liberties Of the citi
xcns Of the United States.
IL also tells how the descendants OF the com
m,nity often visited by Franklin in Paris, are now
located in little village of England safe from
the anti-clericsls of France.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15

The safety deposit boxes in the Utah
Savings Trust companv's fire and
burglar proof vaults arc the safest, the
cheapest and the handcst--235 Main
street-ip the business heart
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15

laor OF one world aud bcnefactor of two mankind in
All time Will to thee their homagc. and acouit
myself III these lines of the debt of all the ages >
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07

Impossible He. ] don't know much about up-to-date journalism, but it strikes me that wouldn't be a bad idea
 Not at all.'' I rejoined, greatly pleased at the suggestion, but is there such a being alive as the The Quite Impossible He? I've heard it said of old that there isn't a man alive that can't find some woman to marry him. You think these are men who are impossible?"
 Do I?" snapped the Pretty Girl 'I should say so I have just returned from visit to my sister in Texas, and I want to tell you what she married A food crank if you please. He drinks iced tea for breakfast. Now, to my mind. he is The Quite Impossible He. Think of being tied with , an 'Until-Death Do- Us-Par knot to man who would call for iced tea at o'clock in the morning."
 In less time than 1t takes to tell 1t, after this little conversation, I was back on the job, collecting statistics for my story.
 I wrote letters and mentioned the sub ject 10 every woman I met the early part of the week, and the things I did hear.
 One thing l found out and that is that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07

denounced. Yet rousing exhortaton to men appeared recently in a weekly paper urging bachelors by all they hold sacred to make themselyes familiar with the use of needle and thread to initiate themselves into the mysteries to gusset and seams, of dusting and bed-making
 Such advice comes too late. The modern bachelor is already domesti- cated person. He no longer pretends not to know which end of the needle should be projected into the cloth Thimbles and thread are often con- cealed about his person. He has not like Sylvester Daggerwood, a "soul above buttons He is on the contrary a tidy methodieal orderly person, with pas- sion for preciseness that a pedagogue might envy. Sew my own buttons on?' said young man about town the other day. Rather; and darn my own socks, love sewing. It's so soothin'-eh, what?"
 What has brought about this domes- ticating of bachelordom it Is difficult to say. As it has grown by leaps and bounds during the past two or three years one might be justified in ascribing it in some measure to the women's suf- frage movement. When wives, mothers, and sisters and daughters are all pre- occupied with the "Vote,' who are to look after the poor bachelors buttons? Nobody but himself, and nobly has he risen to the occasion. He has not sat down helplessly in the midst of chaos, but has patiently set himself the task of becoming a good needeman. The consequence is that he is less dependent oh woman than ever before, which is distinct disadvantage from the feminine point of view. It lessens her power considerably.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07
"Women's Minds Clearest"

The veteran savant, Professor Ernst Haeckel-hale, hearty, and as active as ever, his 76 years notwithstandng-h announced the forthcoming publication of volumn entitled 'Weltratselbrefe." These Letters on the Riddle of the Universe" of which over ten thousand have been received during the past II years from unknown readers and ad- mirers of Haeckels masterpiece, have been collated and edited by Fraulein Marie Holgers, one of the most enthu- siastie diciples.
 Addressing a meeting at Jena, Pro- lessor Haeckel remarked in the course of his lecture that the majority of these letters are from different groups of cultured people-teachers, medical men, engineers and kindred representa- tives of the natural sciences. Another group comprises communications from women interested in the knowledge of nature. They show us that in this case, as in many others, women think more clearly and recognize the truth more directly and easily than many a cul- tured man, in whom, partly owing to his high school education, and partly to other limited causes, contorted and erro- neous ideas have been engendered'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07
Home for Four Million
 Books

David Gray, in Harper's Magazine.
 The building of New Yorlxs new public library is approximately rectangular with two interior courts and four main stories besides the cellar. The building proper is S90 feet long on Fifth avenue and 270 feet deep. It covers an area of 115,0OO square feet, exclusive of the included court on the Fortieth street side, with a contents of 10000, ,3s0000 cubic feet; it cost a little over $s,000, GOO ex- elusive of the site. It is divided into more than 200 rooms and halls, and the main reading room, overlooking Bryant park on the west, is the largest read ing room in the world The room is 295 feet long, " feet wide and 50 feet high. Beneath it is the main stack room, divided into seven stories and fitted with 6 miles of shelves, with a capacity for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07
The Latest Shop Talk

An attractive collar pin is composed of finely cut rhinestones and two black pearls in the form of small bowknot.
 Collar supports, adjusted without sew ing, are sold in sets of four
 "One dollar a pound, Si pair is the rather catchy way of advertising a good grade cotton and wool blanket
 Most useful to the busy houseworker are the double service dresses, which can be changed from left to right Neatly made in checked ginghams, they are are quite desirable.
 Rubber lined pockets in sets of three for the travelling bag are novel and con- yenient
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07

"men were divided into just two classes. The strong and the weak. Those that I'd run to, if a bear got after me, and those I wouldn't"
 I've just come from lunchng with the Billy Buntngs,' said a girl, when l stopped her in the street and asked her opinion of the Ideal Man.
 'I1l VOW I wouldn't marry any man earth who'd come home to lunch"
 Why if you really loved him it would be supreme happiness to lunch with him." protested.
 You know you don't think that she added. After you've seen man at breakfast and gotten him off to the of- flee. you're seldom in love with him until dinner time. You have time from break fast until dinner 10 forget what an ord- nary sort of person he really is and sort of get back your illusions and"
 Now, who ever put that idea into your, hcad?' l asked.
 Mrs. Billy Bunting. with whom I've just been lunching,' she replied. "Sbe said While she was crazy about Billy and all that. she did wish he wouldn't como
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07

the Genius speaks her mind and says:
 ''I never see a genius that I don't won- der what poor woman is paying the price of his POSE. Paying the price of un- happiness while he struts about holding himself finer that the ordinary clay
 "If you have an atom of vanity" says one girl who knows, don't marry a good looking man. He will monopoliZe the mirror entirely and you never will be able to see whether the rouge is on straight or how your skirt hangs
 This seems to be a popular object, be- cause several answers have come con corning the Apollo "naris' type.
 "If you marry a man who is hand some" writes one, ''all your life you will have to be trying to keep him from knowing it, else he'll be in demand at summer hotels, seaside germans and all such places where men are taken at their face value, irrespective of whose hus- bands they are. This is very unfortunate for once he gets the idea he is an Adonis he's forever hopeless as far as. domestic happiness is concerned"
 When l was a child" said an impet- uous girl who regaled me with her ideas,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07
A Dissertation On "The Quite Impossible He
 Subect-An A to He A Pessms srvatns An Then Again

We've been hearing since the year one,' said Pretty Girl the other day, about The Ideal Woman Why don't you write something about the Ideal Man? He Eiust exist-in some degree of perfection-to keep on demanding that woman must be perfect, don't you think?''
 How on earth would I start such a story?" I asked seriously. I'd be crazy about writing it if I only knew how to begin"
 Last Sunday you had a story about The Not Impossible She" the Pretty Girl reminded. You didn't seem to have any trouble beginning that. You gathered the opinions of some few men on that question, and they didn't seem slow in expressing their views, so why not ask few women what they think about The Ideal Man. Do a story along the same lines and take for your text The Quite
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07
Mademoiselle Frou-Frou

Blue is tremendously popular in all its shades, but the smartest is the vivid cahard blue. Paris is quite enthusiastic over the velvet bags and America promises to take up the fashion. Afternoon gowns are neither long nor short and they are an even length all the way around
 Persian effects have made their appear ance in the form of colored chenille dots in black veilings.
 
 In evening gowns the sleeves are very short indeed, and some dresses are practically sleeveless.
  The kmono sleeve has been so gen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07

housing 2,700,0oo volumes. Other book rooms have a capacity of about S00,00O- making the library, as it stands today, the potential home for 3,500,00O books. We are informed that the total length of its shelves. would reach from New York to Philadelphia; and those who digest statistics may be further inter- ested to know that there are 375, cubic feet of white marble In the building The whole is as fire proof as metal and stone can make it. Even the book shelves are of bronze, In fact, the only wood used is the oak and French wal nut of the wainscoting in some of the rooms.
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"I married a man to reform him. Ye Gods! I wish some one had started the good work before I met Jack. A wife can do less reforming than any one else. There may be-there must be-such thing as an Ideal Man, but be sure he is reformed character before you consider him as a wedding ring proposition
 A clever college girl-one whose father and grandfather and all her brothers ana '.in-laws' have been professors and ped- agogues and things like that, says
 Excuse me from High Brow as a life partner. All I ask of the man I marry is that he shall be a Human Being
 And I believe she is right about the genus proposition
 Don't you recall the clever play we saw this season in which that notable speech was delivered when the wife of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07

But why pursue the subject further?
 The joke of the whole thing is that with or without all these objections women continue to marry '"The Quite Impossible Hes" and 1t seems never to be the brave nor the true nor yet the Greek God va riety who get the Real Queens" for life partners, but some little scrap of a man with face like mud pie and legs like a piano.
 That kind must have winning ways.
 And the funny part is women go on low ing them to the very end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07
Age-Herald's 1911 Cuisine
TAPIoCA CREAM.


 Soak a scant cupful of tapioca in a pint of milk over night In the morning add a quart of milk and put into double boiler. Stir in the beaten yolks of three eggs, sweeten to taste and cook until smooth, like boiled custard. Beat the whites thoroughly and pour the GUS tard over them, beating constantly. Serve very cold. A delicious favoring for this vanilla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07

My Ideal Man. declares a woman of &, is not one that is clever and noble, but rather one that has a good digestion and is not afflicted with corns, nor cu- riosity, nor enlargement of the "ego," nor with acute contraction of the pocket book"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07

''''''''''''''''''''.'"'" eraily adopted that it is practically the only sleeves of the year
 In the new satins and crepes many of She delicate intricate designs of the old Indian shawls are given in contrasting eones by the weave of the material.