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Show I I TALKS ON TiELY TOPICS. " Kpn iLwsni.luiii l annJW.wUJrl'll""J"WUJ'''"1;aJ"i'l,"t" . IM jjy Tim M N IN A CLUB WINDOW. HBW TT t-. U li.t mi, I v of 1 0" Tho Hl 1 rt m ,1, Ing I mi of 111 tl IrlnR Ml ar rtlv ebbing a a H oil i 1 i, i , mrrlnd Mi 1 1 nn t torrci H r ! pn aim tho death nf the "1I n I K ill i r it r- Men I , oitllttlnl inin- Hf n I I nhli onilnecs throughout HH) III 1 in I rar I i I ironic "III HR 1 n ,! I it In hid farewell to the dylnf n " t wel "in. 'I.' Yn init l'n- i n llnil) lighted tliurihos t e h ,w will nt I, ami pray f ,1 g nrwmii nnl white robed U unit the nlr thrill with the H i mm i ,r ivnlti ntl-il than! nn.) 1 I, j mi, It l n ieniinii I i will, tin lor r. nib clone nnl mM f ,1 o, latlons but bright rrlth H 1 i,li(ii fit the future It VB 'oi self- xmnlnntlon nnl MH c f I art Tn tile ttllct nf tho 'VB . nlii -mi ins- iih tho twl- KJM 'Hi utii, lit ridley, nml iSrwV ( ' ' " Kith ' nriund tho !SfSf I f nkmif if mountain It '(Bfli nungc I iktIihw modltn KKV ' ' ""' ' ,h, "ri r""''" l,nJ I t'?fia ' J 'r ""' ve"" "" "mn lo t"u Sk umim nf b,on one lH2 W "' ra 18l: b''n t0 "",h on iylfla v ""'" wc f ' " '"ec'ca ' IWHl ' " "w"' " "" nx,r l,lon B 'KfifQi1 ninth agr " Whit of the dljlr; made lift Ni w Y iu' ltiy" ,KhS hey n, w mil I, w hive !JH I ktpf Valto no mw ro- iTf( i I m havi- I ikcn eobce or lit? i lil onus lluv nu dmio "jlttf i 1 ivlnnw In tin homo In tho mvt i husband parent eltlren fli i I i,J- Ha anyone suffer suf-fer ' i ir shiri prentice or be-ipHl be-ipHl f ' iifHon'!-' Hni onont lil'ti i i f 'l hardly toanl you on Mai t i ntlai uf the inr' Do you flans ' fntnllj In mtiltii while liillJ h i iTIupiuo whnn ilimrultlci ffieTi i urn are owlnar to ou? llRuK ' ' "'"nifil ami lujuroil any? lltTlJi ' ' """"on now Ilip you Hy Id i Tth a i , Ifrhltoi or nwwiHato? tBfU i r I now Bft youriolf lifht mlf I iKcr and v ir fpllowinun jhSfn I i ln nn in in tho earth How I J jiff n ii ii hnlilt of youni nhlili nftSjt' Q i nn itn and to oerrotio iRKI' ii in 1,. nil kind, nt vnllnnt Kfjk i i s" Thtit linn') nml unirrtnln aflfl t 11 ,t hinlrR towaul, lutein Bj l Indolence Irrltnlillltj ElfTiJU v n of manner aarcath MKlUJ i, i i, mninH, ntlnulnew, nml n B r - t, ind falllnc- nnd fothlea HH Mm L'nne nl nut them nil? Hl i n " loua uf onv Improvement ll , Uf or nn the contrary hnve 1) t wl hii t and tenleiulen irrnuii HJl a t ftr lull lied nlth Ineieanlnir life" HWH , u mide a mrceai of cmr f inin year not In the mere Kf " ' ni ' '"' eenae but In Llmnii ter- Xlifl 11 "it n ntnl Impmveminl uplrlt- VHJll ml i, h Are yni mitimii I lth MiMill Jnnr t "iiii are not Then renlie JEII I it Hot ulxtut It at i nee and WH m i ' ' ' IP vou tn "" el" KlllK ' ' nl " ' ' Bl " "' ,n" DllltB 1 i, l t In tllu an I honrot nud tHil fadliful In n i r lnllm of life He ffjR l in r to tin naiil nnl L' nlK Willi tlltlf rtiMlren He helpful to the poor n ' ni"1 kind to lumli nnlmtl? pi-tlent pi-tlent with the porerpc nieri Iful ni ol t ., for merr lie lirne nnl herful an I Ioiik "tirferlnK Vlntei tie itnknnnn future nti ltne In "tore rmolr In reccle It In the nplrlt of en,tnnln-ll the loj Hlthnnt eTnltntlin the errrnn ltb riirl'tlllll fo-l'till" tlnlm taken leae of the old enr It were ell tn let the dead pn'l burs It' dei I one no time In unnilllnt? re-nvtn re-nvtn hut lit nur thoimht" an l your nerlmti n upon the future And no e nwnle from our lulef r- ery nnd oon th( glad Nr Year ulth nil It' i-ntie nnd fenra nn I unKnnw n pol-Mlltleii pol-Mlltleii will ho iiimn ui The pant In ne heron l re, all the future I 111 l-len l-len fom our 'jen Hut let tin bo of "o d lournare nnd rein tnlier that lo I 1 awl nml etrlxe to do our duty i I, in Iih an 1 frllhfullv - belt " en i rich one i,ro'-e the pi tali or 1M1 n I ntope Into the untried artnn, let there b, h 'onir on bin line Tile nr In u"lnn l him ro Hlnp out the fnlee iIiir III the true 'ller a n lh to thoae who love in", An I i emlh to thne" who hate Hnon for uai h nnd all the eh uIdwb of ilepnrMiiR day "will ereep on and tho I flla ring fnr the final oennnR Then may wt Ha domi In peace, breathing tin nraier. Or A iloacti persona who eamc bj a violent death durlnR IMS In the .lt of Bait Lake nnd Imir dlate vl-elnlty vl-elnlty ten met this end by rorolvera, one by a ahnteiin and ftne b n raanr Miii uf the letlmn were melee nnd thin f malee In four rte the came a-ilrned a aliiiifj In three It . i iiuarul on Intiixliitlun Himeil one ,n n clinically n "to of eel f defend annthir "lua irlmlnnl ir lumncm nnd In one the came remain! re-main! I i ulete, mined One daor ne-coiinted ne-coiinted for two Mi limn the balance one apiece t'haru nere enlcrel nffiitnn eeven homicide' thiee evaded the la by commlttlnR eulcl le anl oae iHped Of the ee n ebarKed mteiel three were murder In the flrrt decree de-cree one minder In the ewond degree one murder uiirliwiined one olunlnry nnd one lnoluntnr in ui'lnuuhter Out of the whole lot airilnst whom charge nere pieferred olds one cnn-lii cnn-lii i wn' eecured and that aa a er,Hit of n nnelniiRliter where mtirdir In the I'rit iltRrec had been entered one pileoner un' ilhwliniiieil without trial although the chime lending nan vnlunMM mnnelaURhttr iinnlliir i dlerliarged wheie the fnrmil ihnrgo wne mill r but the plea of elf-de-Cinee while the rharce ngnlnt a thirl hna Juet I een dlamla'c I Three de-fendanla de-fendanla nre now nut nn ball nf whon one la ihirrcd vltli Ininliint'iry mm-elaiighler mm-elaiighler nnd two with murder 111 'be llmt degree The foregoing facta an 1 tlgurnii though drj niav furnleli ftod for thought without lomnient The clnummnnco that two pereon' charKed with liiurdtr 111 the riret degree nre it Inrge nn ball In loininended tn the re-lleitlnn re-lleitlnn of nil eeimlble law-te'pectlng ruin l, IT IS the fid if the hour, with certain cer-tain Innglnillte writer of emiirt column In enclet p ipern tn rumu out with frrleouK lamentatloiui against v lint thtj n feet to b llee l a growing tendencj toward' drinking habits on the pirt of oung women In the higher wilks of American life Sensitlonal anecdote nre toll of joung rlrls In ftifthlonable circle" going uncliapirone 1 to liottl' nnd lestaurnnte where they Indulge In wines and llquora beonl the limit of moderation, and rery often engng In unreemlj ntitlcs There I' no doubt In the worll that there In InrroTdng Impatience of leftralnt and eiieilelon to be obeeied ntnonar girl' and wiling women of the present dny, whlih would h'e been shocking in tie en of the women of a feneration ni two ago Amerlcin girls hare been flntlered bj foreign wrltem of the Max o Hell erhool who have made roni-piilon' roni-piilon' between thini nnl the girl' nf H, u ope er much In fnr or of the former Thus ve I are been toll nf the 1 onutr Intellect self- oe and nblllt) to take care of herrelf tinier all rlrimntime which rhnrn tcilrs our liniie prnliict It In true Hint In rump" ru-mp" o,iiig unmarilnl women eiijo) no suih free loin nnd Immunlls from nve'ilrht n' 1' the herltnge of Cnlum bin b iHiighters nnd tbre h mu h 'ai ier no doubt that llbtrty unrestrained unre-strained tnaj It ail In license In the me ter of conventional proprieties as well as In olhor and perhaps more rltal . 1 stlons AorNO girl who l-ae re-id nf the rast superiority of the mrlcnn orer the Kuropean and the Asiatic In the way nf self-rollnnco, Is In dinger nf over-etlmntlng her own slnngth and iowirs of rnltnnr, she falls to lake Into account tho weakne-" of human nature and the undenlalle fait that temptation tnritrlnply iialls In the 'mint n lei it resistance and If shi pi t heree,f voluntarily In thi way o' tuinptitlon she mai rurelv reckon on the teirptr rinding her out and nt-taiklng nt-taiklng her on tin. winkvnt side fo It mar easll) come to pass that n slrl who let uf mis Inhe-lt' a lore of strong drink from some neir or re-t re-t ite nnttMor and who cnril"'rl I tlunws lure If In the rial of temptation tempta-tion tn Indulge that tendi nrj mi) bi-fnre bi-fnre she ital'xea It I eeotne i slnre to tin habit and so find 'ier fed slipping on the downward grnle Helf-mllnnce Is a splendid trait fnr nnone man or womnn boy or arlrl tn poaee" pro-r pro-r Ided It Is allied to nnl tenmered lj genuine humllltr nnd a tboroueh knowlelge of self Hut overweening innfldrnro hos mmj n time prorel the destruction of those who were unfortunately unfor-tunately Inrlini; In imlance and eelf control Ihere Is unmletikable danger dan-ger In the present day liberty, border-Inr border-Inr on llci nse, whltli N accorded to our American girl' espoclill when pniints and gunrdlnn' are wnntlns In tlrmne's or where the etnmple Is hi I or the home life unhappy At the snme time we mar well feel nsrured that the ncensloml Instances of defiance of decent restraints of which we heir nre not l any means i hnnclerl'tlc of the great 1 ulk of the joung rrominhood nf the diuntrr C VnmONI! Is acquainted nth the A-' mm of one Idea, the mm who can not nnd plice In his mind fnr more thin one notion nt n time who mnkes that one lden of hU rn pinmlnent nnl redomtnant tint he loses all seme of lioportlon, and soon becomes, to all IntentH nud purposes n monomaniac on that subject Some scientists nre of o iiilon tint ererjone Is more or less mad i n some point, meaning that, nt some period In our llres nil of us nre, llnble to allow some itucsthn to tak such complete possesion of in that we can think of nothing ele fnr the time being and ererj thing Is subordinated subordi-nated to that single Idea It mar be n perfectly legitimate line of thought, eren pralneworthr but It Is allowed to become all absorbing until It drlres out all other thought' and reduces the Mctlm of the on Idea to the position of an lll-linlanced Individual whose perspectlre Is all out of drawing and whose rlcwa of life are hopeleeslj aw 1 1 , Wlimiinil It be lore or business or f otitic or religion a preponder- . mice of thought In one direction Is nl-wnis nl-wnis dangerous. If long continued or maintained without an) counter-bal-unclng mental effort lo the man In lore It l of coursi, useless to offi r any woid of oiiu-el He 1' foi the time belnr hoj elessly n man of one I lea, and the mils reined) for bin msl-ad) msl-ad) will bo found In time nnl familiarity famil-iarity and piie'll I) disillusion. All other rlctlms of the comilalnt linn-erer, linn-erer, should mak strong i ffortB to I free themselves from the sUrer) In- I tolled In I elng helplcisly un lei the tonlrol nf one Ulea rthlih rcn lers them Incapable of r" Ing dm weight to iin other topic rrhlih come' up foi con-si con-si lerntln The man of om J lea Is In dnnger of bei oinlng n pronounced cgo-tlet cgo-tlet and from Inten'o ciilliun lo In-ennlt) In-ennlt) Is nnl) u step The moral I", therefon that frer)nn should cultl-vnle cultl-vnle many and diverse Interesta In life, art 1 1 rnttlnr Into a. rut and stilre eermstl) lgiln't narrowne's of rlew nnd ati tendi no to magnlf) tho trltles which enter so largi 1) Into tho dally life, OM! of the things which no fellow can make out Is r hj lire drill Isn't more pr icllted In tho Ity achooly It Is bard to think of an exel lie moro netded and more utt to make a valu able icturn wine da) when least , pected, rrerjone who hit ever seen n big lire In a building where hundred of human bolnta were consregate 1 know what an ar ful state of panic ueually prernll l hethcr It be a theater the-ater or hotel or factors one of the most dlffliult cf nil thing' I to lndiioi the nssmble I ore ids to keep their heads and pa's out In nn nrderU fa'hlon NInet) nlm tlmea out cf a hundred tho gnat lot of life In modern Ores Is owing to the Inablllts of people to keep cool In emergenc) tinier the) hare been trnlne I earl) In life It 1 the eierlene of lire chiefs crirywhere that It Is duo to the wild eontnblo of half insert t eoile to scape with no attempt at nn orde'ls retreat, that "o man? fatal cisualtlei occur Now lnblt' nre caslls formed In )outh, but It I' fir from en) In nnttire age ind If )ou see 1 man or w om in cool In dm ger It Is safe to n'umo that the habit of keeping cool was formed In school das' Tor or en brare people nhoti taken unawares sometimes lose their heads, though the) recover them again In time to do good serrlce A cilm nnd deliberate frame of mln 1 ma) be allied to quick action but panic nlwn)8 Imiede clear thought nnl rnrll movement IT MATl'Iin men nnd women are so often remlered half Insane In tho presence of sud len dinger, tho liability la tenfold greater In the ciso of little children There hare been mm) dls-nsttous dls-nsttous school flren In this vountr), and mans henrt-rendlng Instances liar e occurred oc-curred o' loss of life which might onpll) hare been avoided had there bein a regular habit of disciplined, united action to fall back upon when the alarm wn' sounded There ought to be In erery ncliool building In tin land private as wed a public, and in cvei) orphans' home, a regular s)stem of fire drill In whkh all children and teachers alike would participate nl frequent Intertills That dull 'nnu', aim to make the Inmates cool and ten-controlled ten-controlled acting In unison In response to well-understood signals and tnus capable should actual dangei arise of esi aping- without panic anl confusion In the event of an nlaim of lire tnc teacher should have tie punll' so wen drilled that the) would quietly rise at the i ord of nunminl firm In'n or derl) rank' mil fllentl) march out In thl way nny orllniry school buIldliiK could le emptlel In n few moment without ciondlnr nnd squeeitini nnd miuh dnngei to life and limb bo avoid ed A lap or two on the bell or a few ihnnl on tho plnnn would bo an ef fecllro slgml Tien In the case of a fire tusking rapid heidwiy on order y method of racatlne thi building woull do much to reduie the dnnger In nnlei to keep up the eflclenc) of the I s "tern frequent I ractlce U es'cnt ai so th-it all the pupils big and ll'tle not to speak of the t sellers them-eites them-eites mi) be bo ac, UBtomed to trompt and orderly ectlon that Ii the evmt uf nn a-tunl fir no one would suffer from lou of r-s nee of mind Tlin scarclt) of coal continue" to b" a eilou' fa, tor In ihe housekeeping housekeep-ing I roblem In I'astern families How I to wnrm the heme and cook meal' with I bins empty half the time nud i chronlo fnmlne prerulllng among dealeis la the question which eterelei rich and poor alike The poor with Ih.lr slender slen-der means, cannot la) In a eto'k of fuel, eren If It weie plentiful and heap and when It I both scarce an 1 diar It means prtratlon much of tlu time The rich and moderotely well-lo well-lo do (annot got their ordure fillet even with money In band ti pay, and complaints loud i rd bitter i nne from this class Meanwhile the mine' are working it in mild to their full capacity ca-pacity an I tin railroads claim that the) aie doing their tttmo't to dlstttb-ute dlstttb-ute tho coal to consumer If the mine-owners mine-owners and r illroads are a tine Ii root fatth and doing their best ti relieve the strlngeno) the state of famine should not InM much longer It I' e lonlltion of affairs calling for unuusl merge and will no doubt lav the executive ex-ecutive nblllt) of those In chaige of nioluctlon md distribution but If tleic lie an enrn-ot desire to tin J n wa) nut no doubt the way can and will ho found OMl thing Is certnln, people cannot be permitted to suffer from cold when nns kind nf fuel I' ovnllnble Anthracite An-thracite conl Is used In New )ork anl tho 1 ast genenll) beenus" It I' clean-l) clean-l) anl free from smoke while the ordinances or-dinances foi bid the Issinnie nf smoke As the pennlty for tlolnllnj the smoke ordinance I henry and strict!) in-forced in-forced the liw Is In c feet an enactment enact-ment compelling the people to use ono kind of toal to the exclusion of others, unless lnonni cm bo foun 1 to obviate tlie smoke nuisance At the same tlmo, rather than permit widespread Buffering Buffer-ing tho ordinances will haro to be relaxed re-laxed sufTlcl ntly to allow tho use. If only temporal y, of various kind' of bltuminou' coal until the scarclt) of nnthraclto I rellerel A It has nlways 1 een found th'it necessity Is truly tho mother of Inrentlon, It may be expected expect-ed that some Inexpensive contrlrnnce t ultnble for small consumer' will be devise de-vise 1, which will haro tho effect of dolnr array with Ihe smoke, and so en- nbllng the public to make use of eoft toal Hrcn then, the change from hard to toft coal stores nnd furnaces would be nn expensive Item, but would doubt-lets doubt-lets pay for Itself In one or two season' sea-son' It the difficult) In procuring an-throclte an-throclte should continue and the people peo-ple became accustomed to tho general use of bituminous coal i TIIKItn aro two wnss In which the scarcity of coal will probably havo ' an Influenco on tho lives of Lastorn I neople One is economic, the other Is o-Inl There will hare to be le waste In tho uso of fuel, and what hna hither- I o been reje ted as waste will hare to bo utilised The fact Is that the perfect per-fect ssetem of consuming coal, hard and eoft hi' not jet been Inr ented Sereril tines more heat goes up the thlmney under the most farm able cli- ' cum'tancen than Is nrnllable fo-wnrmtli fo-wnrmtli 'n tlio liouc Home means mint b planned to con'orre all tin ' heat In the fuel nnd turn It to practical aicount. Ihen pooplo must learn to le less wasteful In tho usn of fuol There Is no doubt that n grout cloal of goo I coal Ii thrown out on tlm ilndir reap which I' perfect!) At foi use I'eo. pie in thl' country could lenrn a ' ion f'om the thrift nurnnean hojsekeep-er hojsekeep-er who mike a prnitlre of carefully lftlng the clndern hs the) arc re-morel re-morel from the (.rate Moure n also nee 1 to 1 o built tlchter, bo n to bn more ensll) heited aad better cnlcu-Intel cnlcu-Intel to retain warmth What 1' I norm e wiste will also hare to bo utlllted, rrl ether la the form cf brlqui ttes, or I some other form not jet thought of There Is waste material enough nround the mine rmuths now to .furnish fuel to mm) thousand' for yc irs to lome, If onlv lome nntlfartor) mode nf making It convenlentls imillablo i nuld b lilt upon Tlin wiclil Influ-tue exerted bs tho fuel famine will be found In the eMcnsInn cf tho co operative ey'tem of housol.eeiln'i walch I becoming more opulir erer) )enr. TI que-tlon que-tlon of expense It becoming morn mil more th pioblem ninonr peopli llrlnr on ealnrlea In the line cltlc how to make ta Income go fnitluHt, nnd comiel the dollar to jleld every poi-elble poi-elble adrnntnre to the breadwinner One wa) of faring moner Is by enm-1 enm-1 Inlng In the matter of rent, nnd so whole families resile ill flat In one largo bullllnr un ler ono sheltering roof The) pa) a ortaln sum for rent in leturn for which the) iccelro not oul) the bare shelter, but nl'O many other things which under the old )-tern )-tern the) would have to prnrllo them-scire' them-scire' as oxtris Thus licit I' Includes In-cludes also gas for c loklng often the gas rmgo Is ln"tn!led n" pnit of tho permanent flxtu-" bometlnvR light Is fu-nl'hrd nt n Ilxcd rate There I' the whole s)stem of com enleiuea In the form of hells nnd speaking-tubes and elevators nnd dumb-w liter nut to mention Jinltor serrlce nnd telephono serrlce. All these mntters and many others thrown In together ml pall for In tho rental nro nt tho disposal uf people of mo lerate menns residing In the 1 iree cities, but of all i f those named fuel probably cuts the most Important Im-portant figure It la the fuel bill which adds so hcarlly to expenee. and It I' the handling of fuel r hlch l such n laborious addition to tho work of tho house Time wns when Americana scoffed ot the Idea of rregarlou housekeeping house-keeping a' carried out In tho large apnrtment houses but the times haro become so strenuous, In their demands and constant pressure, that wo nro fast more thing. In lifeChfia' u more)-grubbing trn, n which can be done to ..."" fti out ay and to dlmlnl.h T,,1,',et I borloumees of llrn i. '" hrf 11 for. and that lnvTnt?rt bring about that end .?.' UW earn money enough to Z '"" debt for rent- and cost, y5' husband fie Brit ihJ,niurlt S rested Itself to Zn hl a "" the woman must have h.il"8 high-strung notion,V'0,hJ1?'H " nbllrallons Was she wtr ' nit ii.ro, h tj nnmc0.to iin related on the inen III "' ' not fret io 1 are th. llani)' ,., tor which t e . rwX1"1'" i 1 exacted, and "c ai h' '. ' a homo e sen he fn? M" ,hi '. dren t It seems str nw ,"." e ? hate continued t m ''.Jke ,,,,, hut. and to u e the n,Vn "" "' ro pieesriouslv In IXZZ,ht Just claim Vas lTrlln -" law or merely force of ir,n 'y' habit, or was it T, of ,'0, b-ii of w hat s, emed ff tf or) of h r late huhna $l nted her to so long endu,. A of arduous worl rvi10,r ?." r tlon if receiving the frci,,b! "' and her family . abS of h'f this was no ordinary'' , Oft wns clthe more stunlcl ..,n ' nl loth m the orerugi7l7k IntlicrUit and be ome .Sl'M the rUMcl sen e nf j,,,,," rails among t ipic Sy Western cole h, vi0i,BM have held othef ,j,u" J" rleirsnfllfe It Is not ,K 5" that such a state o ! th ?. ?P vail out here but If it K' woman would submit to 11 ?n. inent Know 1ns that th, f" w'd and that It ow., ., "' woiklnr widow a llvlns h? naturall) defy th siirkl. $L strike out for a homo aid .SS? . Lew her The habit of ,uJ2l' Indeed have an enervatlni i7 upon tho wills of Its tlctlmi!,. will not eren make anVff?rtlb freo g D |