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Show timony echoes all along the line of self-sustaining self-sustaining young ladies: "There is more money in taking testimony, than in toiling over faney work." The true democratic principle of American womanhood is in the foregoing sentence. sen-tence. A Hottentot, by a stroll past Salt Lako windows, would realize that King Christmas and his aids, charity, good cheer, jolity and fun are duo here December 2iith. The army of shoppers for Xmas gifts is daily increasing and closely wrapped bundles are secretly finding shady places in many households. house-holds. This season the shopmen are showing not a few new and odd con- ; CONGLOMERATIONS, A Few Timely Topics Considered for the Intelligent Army of Times Review of Today- OF THE SELF-StSrATNIN& G"RT-S The Anproiching Holidays are Drawing N gh and the Display Made by Shopmen is Great. Carpenters should exercise care as to how they leave boards with nails lying around. To step on an upturned nail iu a piece of timber is calculated to surprise sur-prise anybody Such a wound is exceedingly ex-ceedingly dangerous and, iu many instances, in-stances, results in lockjaw. To avoid any a.videuH, let the mechanics lie careful about throwing down boards c irryi.ig nails. As the neiv thoatrr eoniiitifl is near-in;; near-in;; completion at the hands of the mechanics, me-chanics, a certain el as .f people are congratulating themselves that the prospect for a license for the playhouse is slim. Don't worry, good people, the license will ho granted in due time and ceits useful and ornamental and as each succeeding Christmas causes something novel to liob up, sightsc-rs are delighted. It will be noticed that many ot the holiday goods bear the imprint im-print of color artists, and those of the Salt Lake guild are to be congratulated on their excellent results. To know that there is an increase in numbers of young ladies who are skillful with the brush, and the public, has an opportunity opportu-nity to purchase what they have labored la-bored on, exhibits indedpendenee and a desire to possess pin money. These are traits that are worthy of commendation. commen-dation. The writer is acquainted with a ytiung lady, bright and pretty, who makes designs for one of the larsrest wall paper printing houses in the United Uni-ted States. Her salary would make a newspaper man sick with envy. She supports a family and is not married either. the house will bo a success from the Btart vitiioiit your patronage. The curtain will ha a work of art from tho brain of one of tho best scenic artists in the United Slates. The sides of the screen will carry the cards of some of the business houses of the city. From bald head row to the uppermost circle . the theater will bo mighty slick. A dainty bill of faro will appear during the holidays. tr That grand flower, chrysanthemum, which has for weeks beautified Salt Lake lawns, has about run its course for this season. The bloom hail its origin iu those very old countries, China and Japan. Tho varieties aro many, and its possibilities seem today as inexhaustible as ever, the homo and foreign florists each year introducing new and magnificent blooms. The chrysanthemum possesses a wealth of color, infinite grace, and a variation of form which attract the attention of lovers of the beautiful. Tho word chrysanthemum, by the way, is of Greek origin, from two words, chrysos and anthos in the translation "golden flower." X- w Tho average girl of today is mor self-helping :m t self-sustaining than was her sister of fifteen years i since. Why? did you ask? Not all the girls who work do so from force of circumstances. circum-stances. Many of them have caught the spirit of business life from their fathers or big brothers, and their longing long-ing to work for themselves results in their bcine found iu public and private offices in the capacity of clerks. The Irresistible fascination of uewspaoer work has drawn many girls in other cities within its magic circle, and they appear happv and do good work, too. Think of it, one of the best live stock reporters on a leading journal in Gotham Goth-am is a lady, and she is practical prac-tical enough to'eommand a handsome alary. That remark which a Salt Lake girl who masterly tickles a type writer made the other day at tho conclusion of acato iu which she recorded the tesv, |
