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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14

TtiW YORK. Jun. 13.-A new
NJ vear certainly must be said
I'M TO have begun agrceabIy when
its FIRST day restored Grace
George and James Is. 1Iackett
the metropolis after much too long
b absence. and in each case In
~ play. The programme does not
Are to tell MS Just Ia Get Mar
|ed" was written bv a wolnan-the
lpst persistent or inspired man never
culd have seen tl,e world from such
Ewhoily feminine angle. That may
\ Just the right viewpoint wncn the
|or II so essentially Of her scN as
l'are George; II jmhues the char
|rlbr designed for her with the cor
'<e1 emotions. foiblcs and standards,
<p il sugments our srmpathv with
ter outlook by presenting the few
nm Involved In the aspect in which
ne rnaaculinc sex appears To most
<buntn If, indeed, not all of them.
HCELY HAMILTON. an English
sop,an. Is. believe. a militant
Wlrlsisi. and her pay-superfi
f21r mixture of sentimental COM
*}-1s, in fact. an unanswcrabic ar
WeIl In favor OF some change in
snrial status OF woman. The sex
#a whole is doubtless satisfied not
y eHy huld It's own. but get much
gese OF this worlds good things than
Nnbr%ise IL would hv the traditional,
<!ntle tyranny or feminine wllcs and
.neodiinC. but no one can deny That
'pe woman who Is deprived OF the
Pportinity 10 ply the old tricks
ee.onla9ly, or wh0s scorns 20 sto,op TO
ne'b is al an irSNrmountahle dlsol-
sailtagc In Tho daily hgbt for life.
2<lnt, mercy upon us. do not let me
L'knten you or bore you Into any
,.1ea That Just 10 Get Married
tufcs the innocent auditor into en-
and then hurls briefs and
tpflhc'ples al his head. On the con-
,HieIy. IL Keeps him laughing half the
,pmc- and, for the rest. ius, pleasant
y OH tnis Side OF the gentle Tear, for
eore-perDleXcd and dainty little
"nbs. and II ono occasionally jumps
~ WIN start at some unforeseen
'sep rom farce 10 comedy. or an un-
e1nnuunccd back -somersault from
,,ssmedN 10 farce. toe fault lies with
s TACT That the two schools of play
pfandcd.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14

Popular Broad way expressions:
"Have You Ben Hurt Set7S
And again, written on placard, IN
the window of cut rate theater ticket
office: >'Cut Rate Tickets for Ben
Herr. the Great Military Drama.
Twenty Horses
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14

Lady Of Lobster Square and THE
Girl with the WhoopIng Cough" Uhe
Valeska. Suratt show) quickly burst
the bubble Of glowing improprie,y.
Indeed. when Miss Suratt reappeared,
year later. she commissioned IIar-
dy b. and Robert B. Smith In write
libretto for her. which, when re-
vealed C'The Red Rose'). could not
have brought the blush OF shame To
Little Eva. Lydia Pinkhem or Aunt
Julia Torrey, In short. the Smith
brothers cured VaIeska OF the Whoop-
Ing Cought.
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ing aud brought her hands together
hard. Her gray ewes were flashing.
"Do YOU know she declared, "that
there are not words in the English Ian
guagc strong enough to express what ]
think of a useless girl! 4 useless girl
is a cruel waste Of power.
''Wbat we want TO get away from
is the useless girl. VIC want so TO ar.
range orr system Of education that
there won't be any useless girls. We
want TO teach women TO be useful. sue
cessfuI mothers, and VIC want TO begin
when they are IN their teens
Mrs, Riggs picked np the clipping
again, looked IL over. and smiled. q
have been very widely quoted in the
last few DAYS on this matter. she
remarked. ''3nd have been misquote ed
too. And vet | cannot declare too
strongly my conviction that we need
something like kindergarten course
for school giTls--not TO train them TO
be teachers but to train them to be
mothers.
81 suppose ] had better state Just
what my theories are. j can sum them
up. think. by saying that | want girls
taught TO bring sense OF responsible
ity and Il sense of beauty into vifehood,
and motherhood and the training of
children. This means that they must
bring knowledge. II means that they
must have receivedl practical training.
II means that they must have had eS-
pericuce with children. And it means
that thev must have been taught 10
realize the phases of home making.
Mrs. Riggs in advocating the estab-
llshment Of schools 10 train girls in be
ing mothers, is, by no means speaking
on imnulse, nor is she plungiug into an
agitation on the spur of moment s
feeling. She raised the question of such
school last week. But she has been
thinking il out. quietly for years. has
been observing the trend OF life about
her. has looked into homes. looked into
public schools, looked into kiudergar-
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tens and teachers colleges, looked into
dav nurseries. She rs quite armed for
the discussion. ready, not only to
back up' her theories with facts aud
figures, but to state quite clearly what
kind Of school is needed and what 1t
shall teach.
1t shall follow she suggests, the lines
of kindergarten training course,
1t shall make its pupils proficient In
the most practical and most fundamcD-
tai home making tasks. 1t shall give
them actual experience with children,
shall teach them how to feed children,
how TO dress them and how to amuse
them. IT shall lay emphasis upon the
discipline and training Of children and
their early education. 1t shall insist,
through all its teachings upon the
beautiful as well as the practical side
Of life
1t shall turn out graduates fitted. not
only TO keep house. but TO make a
home. 1t shall prepare girls not only
TO be capable nurses for their children,
if need be, but to he mothers. II shall
give to the American home enthuslas-
tie, beauty finding. conscientious and
intelligent mothers aud wives.
everyone believes in teaching girls
the rudiments of housework, Mrs.
Riggs commented upon her scheme,
81 but my idea is TO teach them the finer
possibilitios that spring from mother
hood as we'll.
81 have often said. and emphatically
believe, that the final months of n
Young woman s education should be
spcut in kindergarten training col.
lcge. or some equivalent for such AN
institution.
rAs matters are now arranged, the
responsibilities which ~hc VIII probably
assume are never so much as mentioned
in the school curriculum.
"GirIs finish their education untitled
for Motherhood
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.'lt is also assumed that tho mater
nal instinct is equal to the situation
when .the situation arises Deplurably
such is very far from being the case
"Therc is where the service of the
kindergarten school comes In-simply
in training girls for adequate mother.
hood
I'm n kindergarten training school,
the girl studies physiology and psy.
choIogy, She becomes proficient in all
sorts of small occupations which havo
been invented for the development OF
manual skill. She learns the value Of
play and It's educational function. She
becomes accustomed to choosing, ar.
ranging and adapting the proper stories
to tell 20 children. and she knows their
relationship TO the future reading
habL' of the child and his future love
Of good literature"
Mrs. Riggs suggests. of course, that
this kindergarten training course be
especially adapted to the needs of the
girls who wish TO learn, not teaching,
but motherng.
Her particular plea is for the in
curriculum of at least two wears of
mother training, to be completed by q
year or two, or three, of special educa-
ton IN special schools. II is these spe-
cial schools, intended for girls of u
and is, that shall follow most closely
the form Of the Kindergarten training
school.
Tha., these schools cannot be made
compulsory, Mrs. Riggs quite realizes.
so many girls have to 90 TO work, -
she. sighed 'and, of course, at first,
training for motherhood would seem to
many girls like foolishness. a waste
OF time. They wouldn' Z understand,
But ITS good influence would filter
through, more and more, and il would
become more and more customary for
a girl TO continue her cduco.tion until
she had learned 10 he y really useful
mother and home mixer.
Our boards of education might. it
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''Postcrity might say, in examining
tho courses Of study in our schools TO-
day. that this generation must have
been training celibates,H
The ordinary public school education
fails in fitting girls for motherhood.
Mrs. Riggs declares. and the "higher -
education fails even more lamentably.
That 30 per cent of the girls that leave
college enter unprepared upon marriage
is reason enough. she contends, TO plead
for the immediate establishment Of a
motherhood training school
81 suppose that the average college
girl. with her splendid intellectual
training, is quite fitted 80 he the in
sons she muscd '-but when she mar
RIGS she will have Just ordinary little
babies to train and teach and TO discl-
plinc She leaves college urprcparcd
for tho duties that await her"
That the theory of ordinary public
schools, high school and college cdu
cation may be all very well, Mrs.
Riggs is willing TO admit. but as q
matter of practical fact. she AYERS, 1T
docsn Z work out.
"The probable theory. she summed
it up, F'is that good broad system
of education ought TO fit any sensible
girl for practical life, which would in
cludc home making aud all the duties
of wife and mother.
So it migh,,, in theory-if all girls
were sensible,
1T might. if tho girls were careful
TO do. for themselves out OF school
what the teachers do for them bet wecu
the hours Of and !. But these condi-
tions are not fulfilled, YOU see
The kindergarten course of training,
or course that approximates il. VIII
do, Mrs. Riggs believes, ono great
thing: 1t viii supply Young mothers
with the CORRECTIONS that babies un-
fortuuo.cly do not bring with them.
.'It il commonly supposed, - she rc.
Elected. THAT bs bies bring their iii.
rcetions with them
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-11

was & necessity the spring walk is a
luxury.
If YOU walked mile in the winter,
walk two miles in the spring. If you
walked one hour day in tho winter,
walk two hours day in the spring.
The pentler air of the spring Will
make this easy Besides the body re.
quires it's annual house-cleauing. and
the sweet air Of spring will aid in this
work by sweeping the lung cells clean.
II YOU are not an babltusl walker
begin with short walk and increase
il little every day. Always stop
before you are tired.
Walk regularly, wearing stout boots,
rubber overshoes when it is damp or
raining, AMI being well wrapped TO
fortify yourself again.. sudden chang
es of weather. and small close hat
securely pinned so that you viii not
add to your apparent age by making
the frowu wrinkles that always fol.
low wearing . wobbly hat. a few
Young women walk bare-hcaded to
improve their hair.
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Let Schools Educate Girls Be Wives and Mothers Woman

am not advocating a school into
which girl shall he hustled as soon
rs she announces her engagement. Per.
Sonallv think that sounds silly Ny
idea is broader than that.
My idea is for course Of train.
ing in which all school girls shall take
part. Then when marriage comes they
will he ready for it.
1.-The school should teach girls TO be
capable. useful. home making mothers
not just housekecpcrs and nurses
but mothers, That s what We need. -
Mrs, Riggs understands tho needs Of
girls aud the needs of children.
And II is TO meet the demands of
the home OF today, TO lessen tho evils
hat exist in our social life. To place
Inc American home and the American
family upon hrnCr basis Of practical
knowledge. intcrdcpcndcDcc and spirit.
usl well being that she suggests the
establishment Of training schools TO
educate girls IN the profession of
motherhood.
- believe most heartily in teaching
girls to sew and cook. bake and sweep
and keep house, she said But be,
lIcve IN teaching them lots moro than
that. Why that isu I a scintilla Of what
think our girls ought TO hc taught
before they marry
Il think thcy should he taught not
only TO feed and cloihe their children,
but 10 bring them up; not only TO make
home comfortable. but TO make
| II stand for the very best there is in
| hfc Girls ought to learn how 10 DO
hose things: and il is perfectly por-
| sihlc TO teach them.
~ think that girls should bc so edu.
Gated that they viii take hold Of the
| humber tasks of life with real ar.
| dor
And first they must he taught TO take
hold Of ibc humber tasks capably.'
Mrs. Riggs suddenly laid down the
newspaper clipping she had been hold
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-11
By Mime. Lima Cavalieri.

" 0 look and feel young. walk, |
the youth of the year prolong
your own youth by daily walks.
If YOU have the habit OF riding
everywhere break il, for it is bad
one, and walk everywhere within the
bounds of convenience or semi-con-
venience.
If YOU are shopping, walk TO and
from the store or from one 10 the
other which YOU visit. If you are max
ing informal calls, walk. You will
make far better impression by the
brightness OF your eyes and the ra-
dance Of the vitality YOU exude
than by the greater elegance Of toilet
10 preserve which YOU must drive or
take a car. If YOU have some neigh
borhood errands don t climb into the
stuffy cars TO save time. Walk brisk
w to Your destination, When YOU must
go anywhere don L think instantly OF A
car that Will carry YOU a few blocks.
Form the habit Of thinking Of the
walk and how it will Immediately i'm
prove your appearance,
There is no means of freshenine up
and reawakening beauty instantly like
tue walk. "How well YOU look!' I
have heard several excIaim at once az
woman entered the room. her head
lifted, her ewes and cheeks glowing, a
smile of enjoyment upon her lips, the
atmosphere of satisfaction with life
about her. Almost invariably | have
heard her reply: ''G walked here, or
II have Just had the most delightful
walk
The walk is cheaper and its effects
Thousand times more lasting than
any cosmetic. it throws of the en-
veloped cloak of lassitude that hides
beauty. No woman is so attractive
when she is listless az when she is
thoroughly and happily alive. The
walk awskens the sleeping or sub
merged self. 1t makes life under any
circumstances seem worth while And
a woman. to keep ber beauty, must al
ways think life worth while
I have seen a woman start on her
walk pale. dull eyed, with the droop-
ing lips that give the appearance of
greater age, and have seen her return
from that walk an hour later. her sal.
lowness replaced by n cloar pink
skin. her eyes youthfully bright. her
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habits If you have a sluggish
temperament it reveals itself in
slow and slouching wark. That
was a keenly observant man who
once said to another: You
could borrow money on your
walk. - The man to whom he ad-
dressed this compliment had
strong, erect 6eure. and light,
quick step with a long, powerful
stride. 1t was walk that begot
confidence. The walk would give
TO a money lender reasonable Sc
curity of the long life and ability
of the pedestrian.
So make ready for your spring
walks. If you have walked much
in tho winter, walk some more in
the spring. If you have taken
one walk a day in tho winter,
go out twice, in the afternoon
also, in the spring. If you haven It
formed the habit Of walking, this
is q good time 10 begin. Spring
presents more objects of interest
than ANY other season. No soul
slumbers so deeply that it does
not awake in response to the
sight of growing things in the
spring. While the winter walk
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! lips curling upward, the sign Of con.
tent, her step springy. BY the magic
of the walk she seemed at least five
venrs Younger Most OF the famous
pedestrians live TO an old age. In q
small town in America lives a man of
seventydve who recently took a two
hundred mile walk in three days, stop
ping only for short rests Of few
hours. He returned home, having rid
himself OF bilious attack.
Another seventy ive-year. old youth
walked Off the rheumatism in ramble
from San Francisco to New York.
Therein lies one Of the greatest
values of the walk. 1t eliminates
lingering, self-made poisons from the
system
An excess Of uric acid is Just now
the fashionable affiiction. No one
suffers from il who is an babitual
walker, Rheumatism and gout are
caused by the settling of deposits
about the joints. Those deposits of
form if there is thorough elimination
drinking.
Indigestion in its various forms can
be corrected. especially in the earlier
stages. by walking. in connection with
careful diet. Indigestion is physical
failing. especially peculiar to women
Walking, bv bringing into PLAY unused
muscles and by making deep breathing
necessary. as walk always docs, re
lieves this condition. Whatever clears
the internal organs clears the com
plexion. Whatever naturally clears the
internal organs hrighteus the eyes.
Whatever promotes deep breathing
lays in a new stock of vigor, as we fill
our cellars with coal in the winter.
But the youth renewing power OF
walking consists chiefly in its rcplcn
ishing the tissues, making new cells
and muscles from new and fresh blood
material, Walking is like tearing down
the shutters aud doors and loose old
boards of building and rebuilding it
with fresh material
The daily walk or walks are boon
TO the nervous woman. know no
women who so require the tonic Of
walking for the nerves as American
women, and 7 know few who take so
llttle Of il. \ bad state of nerves is
not only de- -bautifvlng, but is aging.
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T HAT several Years OF education
for motherhood bc included in
the regular curriculum of tho
public schools and that this
course be completed by training. that
shall approximate the work of the kin
dergarteD training college, is the scheme
advocated by Kate Douglas Wiggin,
known in private life AS Mrs George
&. Riggs, the we'll known writer who
has so many affiliations with New Eng.
land Mrs. Riggs has lived in Boston
enough TO know what is necdful among
young women of that part of the
world in tho WAY Of training for
motherhood. Mrs. Riggs received her
education AT Abbott aradcmy. And.
over, of which she is q graduate.
She has been herself kindcrgarten
teacher. and she has worked among
children Of all ages aud Of all classes.
She knows. too, the needs Of tho Amer
lean home.
Her home at Hollis. Maine. "ChiiI.
cote, Is as attractive house. II is said.
IS is owned by an anthnr in America.
Here she spends al her summers and
her family has INST given the town of
Hollis n public library.
Some OF Mrs Riggs well-known
stories are thc "Story of Patsy, -
1.-The Birds Christmas Carol, Re.
beccs Of Sunnybrook Farm. The lat.
ter has been dramatilcd and had a
year S run OF triumph AT David BcIus-
cos theatcr. New York city. and will
be seen in Salt Lake soon.
Her idea has been spoken Of as 4
Municipal school for bridcs.to. he.
hut Mrs. Riggs docs not like that title.
She suys it is 20 be mach moro than
that. ''it may or NAV not bc mani
cirsl. she explained. " suppose il
would be. But it would not he Just
for. hridfsto be, it would bc for all
girls"
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seems to me. arrange
without great difficulty !.
owe already teach coys ''s I,
manual training. and the n,s .,,,,
have some cooking and ~, '.,
sons The motherhood tral'l4
is only a step beyond in1 led,
Trade schools, which We
for boys. ,.,,r 4
',Eycp though 3 girl 's,', n
tho knowledge, insIgnt nj
gained can never DC "' ,,s "a
est use TO which she cOo,a ,..t,l 4,
trained powers would unaIss. ss.,,
in the making of her M JSA h =
failing that, she "o"''
anywhere. ,- vomeu's
T%erc 1Tv.r al arc tho public ,,Isss
There arc The social ,cr Of v
ters. There is no cGlnOl lave
WINE wherf knows sV,bG Children, ,, who rs IS
how TO win them, diIv'' 0o 'eolf
cnce them fer ccod-Sss SsssoerF q
~ woman is mol e's
Appreciated, aII beloved ,D,, nyt,
study Of a 5hiId trsipli.1Is ~ saos
Mrs. Riggs went on, ,s Of m
three years teaching ~ tril,
dpe" 5peT' and my three yts,aa,Jesi, p
kindergarten normal '''
fiuenceJ my lifc. o,,r Nfe
which | have not O''' M
by that experience If brf
frequently has plenty n OF ssps,
teal participation he m dos
f@e in,o 1dG'G' Ssr duties s''1 with The e, fss
gonce and enthusiasm d
ggo"seioas ge"sti "s' of the graz gTas'i1o 10 81
and had been train''
mand
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plain that they have STOPPING, unde-
veloped figures would take daily walks
they would sec rapid Improvement IN
the figures. For walking teaches an up
right carriage. with chest forward chin
up and shoulders and abdomen back,
A good carriage apparently subtracts
many. years from those who have before
lacked if.
Walking further renews youth by Civ
ing a light, springy step. The walk is
not only a betrayer Of age. but of
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-11
Almond oil
Rose water
Spernlaceti
White wax

Melt tho spermaceti and NtI!s
together IN vessel sci lnlo
water. When they arc melted =
slowly the almond oil, Ta@ i d
fire while the mixture is san
while it is cooling stir into 1t, lH
little, the rose water kcep 70
place. /,
j. T.. y. writes me: =" vr5t
10 know OF n rouge for day "
would like a rouge that Is lI'
ture s pink in the checks u
sirous of getting 1t. no ma''a
the expense. 7 am a bru'Ti
have a light skin and geOenl'v
no color. But when ! bsV,
which is "a deep blood red my Y,
say if makes Il great impro".s
me. Send answer in 4 pam ~
because my husband objects y
So, dear i. F.. ~. do !. !, ~ 4
use rouge at any time afola y !.
the dsv. Day light is q efue Il
out OF cosmetics, Ia
NJ. Nee. asks me 10 . nv
formula for removing sup'f'"s
from the arms and face.
Before attempting any mu.
full remedies, wash the mEM
oe ann3I u2rtE VI y
and hydrogen and water ,,s y
This Will bleach the asa III u
them less noticeable, and .s,.a %,n
them so that in tiips they spV-
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coddle her nerves. For nerves are an
other name for moods, AMI moodiness
stamps the imprint of years before they
arrive.
Walking is a youth renewcr IN the
matter of developing the figure If the
aenemic girls who write me asking for
cosmetics for the skin would make it
an invariab bic habit TO walk every day
they would have little need of the
cosmetics, and if she girls who COM
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Beauty Questions Answered

few months ago, ] will greatly apprc.
| wish YOU had told me whether you
are in your usual health. The vigorous
constitution usually grows strong hair.
I would begin upbuilding the general
constitution by eating more nourishing
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Dorothy writes: "My hair is
falling out in handsful. | have tried
several hair tonics without the slight
est Improvement.
"As it grieves me greatly to find
| have lust oneh half the hair | had a