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Show Now that Mayor Morris has secured for a numbor of his friends reward for their political services, it Is presumed that ho will give his attention to tho labor of consuming tho smoko nuisance. He might keep good his pledgo to secure se-cure for tho people bettor light service, too, and thereby get himself into public favor. If he will attend to theso two little promises It is probable that nothing noth-ing will be said for a tlmo about tho Mayor's offer to drlvo tho newsboys, under tho age of ton, out of business. Salt Lako cortalnly may boast of como fine horse-flesh. It would bo hard to find more fine drivers than aro now beginning to appear on tho Improved streets during the balmy hours. Since somo of tho Internal affairs of the State havo become somewhat muddled, mud-dled, it will not be safe for tho Utah Press association to attempt to carry out its original plan to have tho editors double up In tho sleepers on their way hatchots In tho sleeves of the strenuous Utahahs than there havo been for many a day. Because nothing has been said lately about the proposal of tho Y. M. C. A. to establish a night school in Salt Lake City, it must not be inferred that the matter has been dropped. Ono of tho prominent local members has told mo that It will not be long until definite action will be takon. Prof. Hodge's recent re-cent visit and his timely lectures had good effect, and it is said that a school will bo opened as soon as the necessary arrangements may be made. Dan M. Pelrce, a prominent Chicago telephone man, who has been spending several days In the city, said ho was especially convinced while hero of the groat possibilities of Salt Lake. "It Is now an overgrown town," said he, "but thore aro assurances of development in time that will make tho city ono of tho very best In the country. Tho troublo Is that tho people of Salt Lake do not seem to realize what a good thing they could havo if they wouldjoin hands In pushing public Improvements and advertising ad-vertising the town. There ought to bo a dozen big factories located hero within with-in eighteen months. The old fossils should bo pushed to tho rear. The young men of Salt Lake, regardless of party or churoh views, should get" together. to-gether. Their success depends on It. And tho sooner the wrangling Is endod and the good work of developing the olty is begun, the sooner everyone will enjoy tho fruits of a greater prosperity. Salt Lako City Is admirably located. It Is'bound to respond to earnest effort. Dollars spent now will bring good results re-sults as certainly as they are expended for the upbuilding of tho town." Superintendent of Streets Condie was rewarded for his bolt last fall by getting get-ting his dischargo papers tho first opportunity op-portunity the Mayor, whom he deserted desert-ed his party to serve, had tho power to issuo them. It Ib reportod that ho will go onto a sheep ranch and dabble in mutton. He doubtlessly fcelB at this time that he has been "wolfed." It Is reported that Count Tolstoy haB written a book that Is not to be given to the publishers until tho author is dead. The-critics must bo terrors to him In his declining years. It will not be long until the summer visitors will begin to swoop down onto tho town, and as there are to be more distinguished ones here this year than usual, it Is hoped that the weatherman will get a hump on himself and assist tho street force and the gardeners in putting the streets and lawns Into good condition. , "I want to tell you that I do not believe be-lieve yu have given the women a fair deal in claiming that they arc ungrateful ungrate-ful when men surrender their seats in crowded cars," remarked a womanly friend of women, "i know that some of them do seem indifferent, out tno rule is that a woman thus favored appreciates ap-preciates the favor. The trouble with some men Is that they expect too great an acknowledgment. 'I thank you, spoken In a womanly manner, Is not a sufficient compensation. So many want to engage the recipient of the favor In conversation, and the rebuff that should follow such intrusion is permitted to overshadow the lady-like acknowledgment acknowledg-ment of the favor. Not all men arc rude. Neither arc tho general run of women ungrateful for favors in the crowded car." e Another lady has assured mo that she believes that "woman Is tho superior of man In most every particular." When I told her that I waB confident that sho was right, but asked her to specify, she began with "because," and there she stuck. But a friend was not so easily stampeded. She said, "Let me tell you what I think about It. Woman has not had a chance to develop ''horsalf until during the past fifty years, and now she Is ablo to enter Into a contest with men in tho business affairs of Ilfo and prove to be his equal If not his superior in almost every avenuo. Her development develop-ment in a business way has been wonderful, won-derful, but you men will hardly over acknowledge It. Think of the thousands thou-sands of women who are holding situations situa-tions of Importance n'hd profit theso times and then consider that her development de-velopment has been made within a few decades, while man has boon working up to his present stale of mental development de-velopment since tho days of Adam I You give us women another fifty years and thero will bo nothing In which tho men will excel but what you call 'booze-fightlng' and raising disturbances. disturb-ances. Now, that's my Idea about it. What's yours?" I wasn't certain whether sho wanted to be a trifle personal In her remarks or not, and the question was so sudden that I promised to think about It. It is reported that all of the interested interest-ed parties and companies but one arc now In lino with the Government's proposition to Improve Utah lake and Jordun river. It Is sincerely hoped that this groat irrigation project will soon be under way and that nothing further will hinder tho effort of the promoters to utilize these waters to the very beat possiblc'advantage. Everybody Interested In Intellectual development has appreciated tho visit and lectures of Professor Clark. That gentleman-scholar has left an impress on the life of Salt Lako that will be appreciated ap-preciated in years to come. The local courts aro soon to bo called on to decide how quickly a "college" may turn out a full-fledged barber. The "college" sayB eight weeks Is amplo time If the applicant be a man of nerve and have the necessary forty-flvo dollars. dol-lars. Local barbers aro to be put on tho stand, It is reported, to show that a fair barber cannot bo made In as many months. So thero you arc. The theory versus the practice. Tho degenerate youths who are said to be burning with a desire to becomo bandits had bettor not let our Police court poet focus his eagle eye on them or there will bo something doing. |