Year: 1867

courteous to point Of etiquette not often
witnessed among the ladies Of the beet society
here.n


One of the ladies asked Il their pollteness was
not the result of despair--lf they we're not 80
"subdued" that acqulescence to everything or
anything was natural. She replied that they all
entered the state of mstrimony knowlngy; that
no force or persuasion, beyond what lovers were
wont to employ all the world over, was ever
brought to bear on any one; that the demeanor
of women was about the same after that 1t was
before marriages If it was subdued first, it, as
rule, continued so, il the woman remained
without children; If she became mother, she
was very likely to assert herself-that life
in a community Of industry like theirs was
Lot Just the one calculated for sentimental
moodiness and saint-like subdued airs. Tney
were too practical for that; and besides the
only women who might at all feel themselves
injured were the first wives Of converts, to whom
the thing was strange, and who, preparatory to
leaving their own country, made their husbands
promise that they would never take unto
themselves any other wives. These men, under
increased light, and sustained by public senti-
ment and led on by public example, often in
sisted en- their rights, and so convinced their
wives as 10 make them willing; but It was but
natural to suppose that, among such diversity OF
people and Of nations, some of them, not so well
grounded in the faith, would afterwards regret
having given their consent but even their regret
wore of in time. On the whole, take the Nor
mon settlements through and through, they pre-.
sented a greater amount of happiness than did



tages. The cause of this was doubtless threefold;
first, that the people we're united religiouslY;
secondly, the households were indiVl1u-
ally so united; thirdly, the public
opportunities for amusement, recreation,
and exercise are SO great, and are
made so prominent The theatre is place of
nightly resort. The schools occupy a good deal
of the time and attention of the people, for
children are Feature" of the place. The
bathing, horse-racing, and social visiting comes
in, and attending lectures, going to church,
boating, anu hunting buffalo and deer, all con-
sumo much time and leave their moral and
physical influence. All the ladies in Utah
ride; the weather. ones sport on the avenue
with four in hand; some even manage tandem
team. Every man of means keeps horse and
carriage, or curriage and pair, and saddle
horse for the benefit of his wives, who own it
day about.


Concerning herself, the lady said-and she
was so modest we could not get her to speak OF
herself half enough-but she did say that she
was just on her way home after FIVE years. stay
in Europe, during which time her two youngest
children were born, and where she had her hus.
band all to herself-but she counted the daVs
that must elapse before she could get to her
beautiful home beyond the mountains. Yet ON
her very arrival, other wives would run to her
husband for love, would clamor playfullY but
pertinaciously and eagerly for attention. and
that he could not be bit more glad to see them
than she will be.


Then we went to see the babies-one two years
and half DID, the other but few months; there
they lay like twin lilies sleeping, the happy
mother bent above them blessing them. Pro-
missing to call again before she left the city, we
departed. She lett to-day with company five
hundred strong to cross the plains to her ultra
montane home. We did not see her again, hut
send her this tribute of our appreciation.-N
Y World.