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Show THE BEE 4 ent way, and mooting its own different problems, can count upon tin samo help and independence from its women tho help will bo not only to Salt Lake but to the whole country. It will be a statement on tho suffrago question worthy of quotation marks; in will bo an. argument that cannot DEPARTMENT! V be met. If you wern a (iibiiun jrirl, Ami I Heron Iai man. I y oiuivo look, You'd nit with a aortal of course our tho ran, Whlc Hiulaliiful of all hut my florlou aelf, For 1 ahmild he teen foot tall. Hut lM marry your little khl sister at last, Who wu not to come out till the fall. -- William Wallace Whltelock. far-nwu- EVANGELINR S. POK ERS, EDITOR. AWrts nil rouiinuriicutlous for the Woman DUTIES TO NEW HONORS. Tho women in tlio.so 'Western States that have been first to adopt equal suff frage, have much depending upon the and ability witli which thoy exorcise The tendering or their new privilege's. withholding of the ballot to women in other states will turn to a great extent, just as it should, upon the action of these' women. The salutatoriaifs position is a conspicuous one and when tho salutatory takes the form of an innovation it is also ' dig-nit3- a precedent. One of tho favorite assertions of plead- ers for equal suffrage lias always been that Women women would purify politics. themselves have put forth tho same plea. Thoy have scorned the idea that they could bo bought, or ignobly influenced, or that thoy would bo tied down to party. Wo have made our promises and here, at least, thoy have been accepted at full val ue, and other states are now watch mg to see how if at all wo redeem our pledges. For this reason, the causo of women in general, if for no other, wo cannot afford to bo trivial, or partisan, or politic, or unworthy. We cannot afford, for a moment, to bo no better than the men. Nor can wo afford to expend our now power and influence upon anything less than the crying need of the hour. We cannot afford to be swayed by irrelevant personal matters and here is tho danger we might as well face, for we are likely to be. Finally, too, it is quite probable that we cannot afford Our to enter the ranks of duty, our plain duty, is first to do what has been said we would do( if given the the honest, intelopportunity, ligent voters. So for our own sake, and for the sake of our example, wTe are called upon to be as worthy our new privileges as possible. This cannot be done by sitting at home on election day, nor by going to the polls and ballot. The citicrossing off a zen, man or woman, who does not express an opinion, his opinion, by vote, is an obHe has no ject of governmental charity. proprietary right in the government by which he is being protected or the laws by which he is being shielded. He is a man without a country. But the special field needing the aid of women as voters, of honest voters, is in the government of cities. It is more important to the inhabitants of a city, to Denver or Salt Lake, that its council is office-seeker- re-enfor- hit-or-mi- ce ss s. I)ijuritnrnt to Mrs. Iowrr. !. O. Ilox fiX made up of wise, staunch men than that those samo qualities mark tho man elected President at Washington. it is acknowledged that municipal affairs is tin point whero America has mado her desperate, her conspicuous failuro in government. Let women in tho few places whore privileged bo true to their task and help Yet better these conditions. It will bo no great drain of time to learn to understand the duties of city officials, and the qualifications of candidates offering themselves for consideration, while such a study would be broadening and helpful. Then our club work, our charity movements, and ourspocial interests would not run tho risk of being untimely and unrelated a point touched upon in the following quotation: It is believed that if the citizen knew what vital interests depended upon the yearly elections; if ho were alive to the uselessness of devoting his time to charitable and philanthropic societies so long as the administration of our public charities, of our public schools, and of our public prisons was in tho hands of ignorant and . politicians; if he appreciated that it was idle to spend his money on private charities so long as the money of the city was being squandered in manufacturing the very paupers and criminals which it was his aim to succor; if, in a word, he efforts understood that his have only had the effect to trim the luxuriance of vice, and by trimming to promote its growth, it is believed that the energy that now dissipates itself ininfructuous effect would be concentrated in better-directechannels. Denver women in the affairs of their They city have made themselves felt. have and are not only accomplishing the most enviable, praiseworthy achievements through their clubs and unions but in matters pertaining to the every-dawelfare of the schools and city in general. Mrs. Platt told us last May of the influence the women throughout their organizations wield there of the army of voters they could bring to the support of a good candidate of the times they had been the one immovable bar that shielded an office from a bad mans possession until now, party leaders dare not put forward unfit, indifferent material because they have learned that through party allegiance alone they cannot hold the woman vote. This speaks plain and it rings true; and if Salt Lake City going its own differ self-seekin- g well-intention- ed d y BORROWED ITEMS ABOUT AUTHORS. Mirk Twain, it is said, is going to make play?, not from his own books, but from tho German. Miss Corelli has brought suit agoinst the aufor classing her thor of Literary London and among authors 1 cannot take seriously comparing her with Mme. Tussand, iu educational influence. Madelou Miss Mary Wilkins new novel has been dramatized by the Hon. Stephen Col- eridge. Mrs. Humphry Wards new novel, Helbeck of Bannisdale will be published early in June by the Macmillan company. The same house announces The Hope of Immortality, by the Rev. J. E. C. Welldon, Head Master of Harrow. Jules Verne, at seventy, is living on a diet of eggs and herbs at Amiens, France, in robust health aud spirits. He has written seventy-sibooks and is still at it. He tells a friend that the hardest work he ever had to do wras to read up the stories of travelers in order to write his own stories, for he himself has traveled very little. x Richard Harding Davis has a stunning new picture, taken this time in his army dress. We clip the following notices : Cincinnati Commer cial He has hod hio picter tooken in all his , new togs, including a high laced boots, two pairs of one for the Spaniards and one for the Americans a pistol, a blouse that doesnt fit, trousers ditto and a double turndown collar. He is filled with determination and courage, too, so there is no room for bullets. The Memphis Commercial Appeal says: When our grateful eyes fell upon it, our joy was complete. In this picture Dick is as impressive as a golf hero and as haughty as Emperor Bill. He wears a bicycle cap and is armed with a field glass and a quiver of Fabers. Leather-covereflasks are attached to his belt, to encourage his descriptive powers when his adjectives run low and facts are scarce. It seems to us that copies of this picture ought to be presented to all the volunteers before they leave for the front, in order that Valor may be inspired to break its own record. In our humble judgment, it is worth an army with banners. galf-cap- spy-glasse- s d Subscribers and all readers of The Bee will remember to patronize our advertisers and help those who help you. |