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Show THE REVIEW. Attorneys and mens labor, but rather, childrens Counselors-at-La- w. BALT LAKE CITY. 0. F. & F. 0. Loofboubow, No. 70 Commercial Block. Eugene Lewis, Office 102 and W. SI. 103 Commercial Block. Hodges. DEflTIST -- Booms 1 k i Commercial Bit, Salt Lake City Afe Women WageHapnePs Displacing ilen. The somewhat hackneyed assertion that the opening up of many occupations to women necessarily crowds male out and renders many deserving men unable to get employment that every woman employed means one man pushed to the wall, receives a new answer in an interesting paper by Col. Carroll D. Wright, the federal commissioner of ' The labor, in the Chautauquan. question is one which can hardly be settled by any statistics, but it is gratifying to learn from Col. Wright that those statistics which are obtainable certainly do not tend to prove that men are being crowded out by women. In certain classes of employments, such as bookkeeping and stenography, women have undoubtedly invaded effectually the precincts of what has until comparatively recently wage-earne- rs been mans exclusive work. But it must be borne in mind that as men are forced out of these old employments they branch out into new ones, previously not available, now rendered so by the rapid extension of established industries and inventions in new fields. And when we consider the whole number of persons engaged g in occupations, the encroachment of women has not been considerable. For example, the marvelous development in elec trical construction and application has opened, within a comparatively short time, avenues of labor, both mental and manual, into which the competition has hardly entered. But the most noticeable statement of Col. Wright is to the effect that womans labor has displaced, not wage-earnin- 7 so-call- ed labor. That child labor is an anomaly none can dispute, and any change in the industrial situation which can in any degree tend to eliminate this form of labor from the field must be welcomed with enthusiasm. Both through the action of the laws and through the operation of economic factors, the number of children employed in various industries is constantly decreasing. In 1870 the percentage of children in the whole number of persons employed in manufacturing was 5.58; in 1890 it was but 2.68. Since then the decrease has been at the same rate at least. If, then, the labor of women is to displace the labor of children the result must meet the approbation of all. And when it is stated that women are crowding men out, it is well to consider the matter with coolness and careful thought rather than accept it in hot tion and with unreasoning protest. Springfield Republican. not proceed with the physical education as we do with the mental? No definite way has been provided by nature for the mind to come into a complete and harmonious development without any effort being made in that direction. No, we send our children to school, we keep them there year after year, but pay no attention whatever to the delicate machinery which supplies the brain with vitality and energy. Forgetting that we cannot have a perfectly sound mind in an unsound body. Impure blood flowing sluggishly through the brain, interferes with our mental processes, and he who might have been of service to humanity and have gotten a little of comfort himself drags on through life a bitter disappointment to himself and friends, because his development was not harmonious; the mental sapped the physical, and yet we do not heed the warning. We do not seem to realize that we must build a strong foundation if we would erect a e that shall endure. As the mental nature is thus bene-fitte- d by healthful exercise, so is the moral nature purified. It is not nearly so easy for the person with pure blood leaping through his veins and a harmoniously developed body, to commit an immoral act, such a person is not inclined to be pessimistic but is rather on the qui vive for an opportunity to help some one less fortunate, rather than sneaking around trying to get what does not belong to him. We have at last come to realize that a bad physical condition is the cause of many evils, whereas people were wont to think that it was the unhealthy person who was best fitted to meditate upon serious subjects, to dispense the gospel of the tidings of Great Joy. super-structur- The fieeessity fot? Physical Training. We readily see that a person whose muscular system is comparatively soft and flexible can summon not only strength and sometimes, if occasion require great strength, but has great powers of endurance. He does not need a superabundance of heavy exercise to keep in good condition. A proper amount of exercise will keep such one in condition to respond to the demand of the moment. Another important result of physical training is the increased accuracy with which cultivated muscles will work in comparison with the uncultivated. Just as the trained mind works with more ease and accuracy than the undisciplined mind, so the cultivated body performs its work easier and better, and with less wear and tear, than the body kept in bondage by inflexible ligaments, and muscles not trained to obey the will of the master-minWhat a delight to behold the man or woman whose body is trained in harmony with the mind. I here will say a word upon a subject which has always puzzled me not a little, and that is, Why do we d. - In some cases this may have been true, but now w;e know that it is the . people with properly developed bodies and minds that are best fitted to point out the way to better and higher things and they are the ones who will be found strong enough to not only point out the way, but to march bravely at the front, and share the heavy burdens of the weak. Cora McCullum Smith, in Club Life. r 1 t j |