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Show -- l W Itliiit , secii-mtr- ia Salt lale Uiy, tirse, $2.50 per month, regular advertisers. ... Exfoxtxt Office,AqL.ljric.k -- Ctaa JsSjsOperect 5 p. m. every day, 'of nonpareil-- 6 00. A liberal disooi ' . bniIdisg.nh:ofCIv 10 a. m. to , eicepScLnday, rrrzj'T Address all business commnnlcations to - ' PnbliEher Womah's Expohbst, Salt Lake City Utah. - 15, IBS: WHAT THEY SAY. We publieh iu this issue cf our paper some extracts from the "Cincinnati Enquirer" about "Mormon women," as given in a lecture by Mrs, Augie F. Newman, also a few items from jibe lecture ty another Gentile woman who was in the audience, and whocomment3 on the sub'. ;":'.-;..., ject as well. The papers of Cincinnati announced that - Mrs. Newman, of Nebraska, 'was in the city, and had spent much time in Utah and clost ly studied the problem of Mtrmonism as it relates to women, and so forth, and ihat it had bee n "proposed to call a meeting of the Jadies of all denominations to hear her epeak. Mormon women are fast becoming a popular subject for lectures, and by euch mean the Gospel is being proclaimed fcecause it makes honest people anxious to know " whether these things be sol" It is very annoying to ba thus cruelly misrepre- tented, hut the- women of this Church know that the words of the Savior aro true: "He ld be godly ia Christ Jeaus muatsuffer The "Enquirer" eald Mrs. Newman was prepared to give much intelligent and reliable information on the sulject of Mormon women. Let us see. SLe tells her audience "he has held' argumentative conversations with EUzi 11: Snow and other la'dieayj Ve would be glad to know who they are, for Slater Eliza K. Sno w had never heard of her, nor any other Mormon woman so far as we can learn. How ever, as Mrs. Newman has told . the larfi nf Cincinuati so much about UUh. we feel called upon to speak in defense of these women she condemns, and the homes she represents as so degraded. ' Milton said: "So Truth ba in the field, let her and Falsehood grapple," but as regards the. ; -- - - that-wou- per-ficcutio- n." ' ' ; , -Jie- - I,mitn f yliiarahe-- - how Falsehood has been L'l Wanting her banner in the wind of public opln ion. I h time Trnth carao forward to the res-- , . cue and threw down the gauntlet in defense of he? own honor. It has been said that there is r a time when forbearance ceases to b a vlrtn. it seems to ui there is now a time when silence on the part of the women of Utah would be an ignominious reproach. According to Mrs. Newman IheWralrThere are not fook, and it is highly proper for them to express themselves on what is most emphatically their own question, and as the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong, it may yet follow that Mormon' women can maintain their own ground and vanquish the enemy. For Truth will eventually prevail. Quoting the speaker's word. iD a house of prostitution ! How any sane woman uaremaejucnjin asaertlorrnstems incredible I ld,-conaiderfng all !,.. N KN T. 0 i fof Jiuiie .time in A. . - meuiaieiyr Q0 J 11 Bate J." - a t 3 tute and homeleia in thtlr own proud city, or if Foreign Minions are their grand ambition there UiU-- Jmg . .' - Mrs. Newnnn'd asertion that ('a man may or take for his wives hU mother, slater" is as fake as it la cruel. To sptak so positive one ehould have the statement well au- possibly ftunr some JhecaiedJuujBheJieard-iwickedjdesigningjmallcicuiperEoajSomecrje pfeT pared lo say anything false to Id jure the Mor-mbns. Our Savior said:..!BIessed are ye when ;; men shall revile you and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you, falsely, for my name's sake, fbr great is your reward in heaven, re . for so persecuted they the saints that were r, fce-fo- you." " - . - Mormon women are not only virtuous, but cliaste. The principle of plural marriage itaelf tends to the otric.test chastity, and children born, in this order of marriage will, from ante-nata- l inflaencep, be purer, in character. To enter upon an explanation of this principle and its consequent results was not our object and would make this article too lengthy, however briefly dealt with, but suffice it to say, nowhere on the earth exist purer women than right here in Utah, these who have embraced this sacred order of marriage the world Is so ready to condemn. Mrs. Newman with all her pretensions evidently knows nothing cf Mormon women, ': their homes or aesociaticna. She esys "there is" no love, care or tenderness," nothing could be more untrue. There are no stronger ties of affection existing upon the earth than those - which bind together the families who live in the oider of celestial marriage. This Infeniity or afJection helps them to bear the scoffs and reproach s heaped upon them by those who can-- " not understand the position they occupy, nor the motives which infiaenca them, and they find comfort and solace . in the society of each other which unites them in the strongest bonds of human sympathy, and strengthens the strata that the Gentiles such as Mr. Xw. man her class'are trying to break aown ana destroy. "Money," ehe says, "is what is needed,' and needed at once." For what, pray? Not for the "Mormons," they are abund-antlable to feed, clothe and educate their own children, and are in no need whatever of neci- uiary nerp. vvnsn tnis people were driven from :zthelr homes, desUtute pilgrims, without shelter. by mobs who threatened the lives of even aged mcu uuuwenBeieas women and children, no one offered them aid or protection, though many hundreds perished in consequence or the priva-Io. eo-ci- and-others- al of y n and suffering they' were compelled to from the persecutions of their fellow citizens in this boasted land of liberty. Now the "Mormons" are presperoiis, and they would scorn the idea of receiving form the people of the United money gathered States to their children. What about the masseseducate of children growing up in the eastern cltsea and towns without homes, without proper theB33t0Q "Woman's Jour- S?tM evening, that Chicago has 30,000 Cincinnati has no doubt a ml portion and salt Lake City has dies who contributed o hkd,. en-du- un-educat- MormoU8' wb "'ready well M tanght, would do half-starv- ed , work that one can Just how fcrthe Latter-da- y 'jcarceJv take un a magazine or newspaper with- cut seeing some extrav gnt article on the Mor- -' '' . mon prcblem, as it is very generally. termed. Dio Lewis' Monthly for November contains . H. 1 ft it one or me geeagwnt-"".tempsi riuictiioua.-we-ua-ve byJDoraj5 TA XI 111 l.l. xawu, iu oau r tnuvievo. uaiucu jy euiior or iue n.l in the summer, of here The lady paeeed through have seen one of her articlespublished LlL-W- e In a New York paper. , She wants "aw army cf ' moral, Indnstriousintelllgent young ncenV tent here to marry the blight Mormon girls. Now, as there are many hundred a of bright Mormonboys expecting to marry these Mormon" girls what will Dora Darmore do with them?; They will certainly be in the way of her pat scheme being carried out, for Mormon boys are not only very bright, but physically strong and steadfast in purpose, and they assuredly will not be interfered with in this way, bo her solution of the problem will fail. The lady has credited the writer with eome things she did not say, but on $ he whole it was so long ago she" has probably forgotten what sort of language was used on,tbat counteoccasion. She alludes to the care-wor- n nances of the faces of women in the Tabernacle, but forgets to tell us there are any unhappy women in the world outside of Utah, but as moat Mormon women know plenty of unhappy marriages outside the pale of the Church they know how much her word a are worth. Mrs. Boyer"8tayed a few days in Utah, and she had very little opportunity of, seeing or Judging the character or motives of Mormon menjorwomen. She says, "God help and pity the unhappy women of Utah, for the men who own them, body and nou), have no pity." Now, if there are anywhere women more happy in their home life, in their domestic relations, more satisfied with their surroundings than these women she m a 111 it pniea hu, wuere are ineyr vior- - ine neip 01 Saints have it, and expect God, the Latter-da- y to while they are faithful in keeping His com- mindmenb.- - At for mn nvnlnor wnmen. ?.vu.wu, it women are not free and independent here, they are not anywhere, for there is more freedom for women in the Gospel than in the laws of wou. uiuiuuwuiuu are noc assmg ror puy - 9 n 1 m TT1-- --!- - . ' 1 "" m m . mm want justice, no :from"ayswr(71Tiey thing more. We do not expect the world to believe in celestial marriage, but to respect our religious belief and accord us the right the Constitution of the United States guarantees to all ita citizens, the freedom of religious liberty. re ed JZ wll M .Z hou'e(,. children are pleuty of barefooted, In IreUnd, and in .other" lamia acrois the tea, who need thqlr benevolence; as for the Latter-da- y Saints they spurn such offerings. The treasures of the earth aud the riches of heaven are for the Saints in the due' time of the Lord, and : ' grand-mothe- -;- SALT LAKE CITY, NOVEMBER V T.tirtid""6r'"iri1quity.",':aBd a- p'tat trany other 'lit utile ni&n'ti&e t) exltti among the uMor- nionf.V and to thrive and grow rich and exceedingly prosperous. They viait in rMormou" house?, but they probably don't know that they are such dens cf Infamy. Now that Mrs. Newman has given such "reliable information' 'on the subject all the Gentiles will run away J - H X iwxi ittnrntttvSere Terzi3: Ore copy ee.yt?ar, Si ose copy six moiiUs $L&) Tea copies for tie price of nice. Adi rites: Eich frjuire, tea lines M A N ' S P Thy if tx. much! Mn. Newman fromJher L,3Yelltof the miiJKspto - THE WOMAN'S EXPONENT. " 0 HOME AFFAIRS. ; In the last number of the in the article entitled, "Scenea andExponent, incidents in Nau-voo- ," where Mrs. Whitney speaks of her husband and herself as being proud and it la a mistake, and should read, ." high-minde- d, "llght-minded- - . : Aleiter from Bister Mary Ann Hyde, of Spring City, Sanpete Co., states that the Be- Ilef Society of Sanpete Stake will hold their Quarterly Conference at Moroni, Satuaday,' December 15. commenciriD' nt in a m eiaf vxAtJu Wends will be pleased to learn that she has from her injuries so far as to be abte to nivuuu now wita one cratch, re-core- red |