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Show $ip Woman's lphepe. I fc sBy . Orje . of . tye . 5ex. lllf III.. Wl Ilt. VL1TICS I heard a woman say the other day that the could tee that the l.ord knew what was coming to pass In this Territory, Terri-tory, uhen he n!locd the franchise to be talen frpm the women " If our omen could go and vote as they did ta)ears gone b), casting their vote for the best men for the oflices, and then to quietly home, this would be all right and quite proper. Hut Just think of the complications that would arise today, If women still held tho franchise In this Territory, "Vou know," said this mine woman, 'if I had the franchise toj-iy, I shoulj be compelled to oto against my husband, who is an ollice holder, for ny politics are not at all the same as I is, and we have some rather warm , "bates as It Is now. So I am glad tint I do not have to choose between voting the ticUt of my put), and ousting my oun husband for ollice, or voting for in) husband a ticket and outraging m own convictions " It would not nutter so much een , If all women held the same political politi-cal opinions as their husbands, and the facts of the ease arc, tint our women KrelnthlsTerrltor) arc full of such n ree Independant and altogether tin-trammeled tin-trammeled spirit, tint whenever required re-quired by circumstances to form nn opinion, they do so without consulting nod wishes, unless Indeed It Is a ma'ter of rellglpn, In which case men nd women all untie and n.ree. I now of a number of cases In which the Husband and wife or wives are of op-PMlte op-PMlte opinions, and politics Is some-thing some-thing upon which argument only deep-ens deep-ens the original Impressions, and when )ou get through talking, your opinions "e more hxed than the) were when you.ev.an One woimn I knew be-tune be-tune disgusted with the constant du-cuiilons du-cuiilons which arose in her family fcle, and sha deliberately offered to Jtlinqulshherown politics and adopt inose of her husband. Hut alas and ,,a. In nn unguarded moment, she ""Jht herself replying to some friend " political matters with her usual warmth, when, suddenly remembering ""compact she exclaimed, ' Oh I for-So', for-So', promised my husband to turn my toat." rhc husbihd who stood near f urrledly assured Iver that ho refilled to ept such allegiance, (or she must not only change her politics but her 'Pinions a, well. At this was inipoi-"We. inipoi-"We. the lady remains a silent but - none the less nrdent politician from her own point of view. In the good old days, oil those hippy ill) 3, 1'rcsldent Young once sild that when the time came In this Territory that men sought ollice instead of ofhec seeking thein, there would be a most lamentable state of allalrs among this people. I wonder If that time Is here now? Tfie tool) IS rl. DINrUKH When )ou have incit for brcakfist, and perhaps meat for supper, It is iultc a matter of study and planning to line some sort of variety In the bill of fare for dinners. Now, if people could only realize the fict, thercjs no need vtlnl-ever vtlnl-ever for meat In the morning home say they cannot go to work without their chop or steik. Hut I know belter, let me not ual!fy that in the least. Those crv people could go to work with a sliced tomilu and a slice of bread or without a tomito, or even without either one, nnd work quite com fortably until dinner time. It cin la done with a much (.rciter degree of health tharj the meat hiblt engenders. I saw a great fmilly of bo)S go to heivy farm work all through one nummer, day after diy, upon plenty of excellent breid and butter, cheese and peihaps u dish of stewed fruit for breikf ivt And dinner, did )0U ask? The) cime home to i dinner of more breid mid butter, with potitors and milk griv), and no filntcut suspicion ol meat Supper win more bread and butter, with cheese nnd home made herb beer. I never siw bigger, heilthler or stronger men. However, wo are not prepared to argue this thing out now, but will proceed to discuss brlelly what sort of dinners can be made by ordinary house-w house-w Ives Make ) our meit hill as mil ill as possible by choosing cuts that will lo the tarlhest, nnd cost the leust. bteiks nre dear meals lo bu),and especially tho be jl cuts. So aro roasts Of course,') ou must have steaks once In a while for variety, but choose other cuts for gene-riluse gene-riluse I am writing now for those wholUeln lirge towns,nml will say something for country dwellers by and by. A great man) men object to boiled meit chlelly because such meat K spoiled by miny cooks before It Is put upon tho table' Dolled meals are the cheapest and the most nutritious. So we will begin bv talking of how to select and cook such cuts 1 he shanks, llinks, shoulders, briskets nnd bits cut oil trom btciks nnd roasts, all form excellent pieces lor boiling ami stewing In bu)lng Shanks mid flanks be sure thitjoii get fresh meat, not that which his hung in the shop until it is dark nnd dried up It U also better to get. l shank with a Hank, as the flank Is stringy nnd notjiilc). I'm your meat on the stuvo with boiUng water poured over it, and then let it cook slowly on the back rvr of the stov e for six or eight hours. If the beef Is young, less time will be needed to cook it Carefully skim oil' every pirllclc of grease is it rises, ond set tills awiy In )our grcise Jir for shortening and cooking When the meat is perfectly tender and yet not cooked to pieces, it should hive n pint or a pint and i hilf of juice, and this must he thickened with flour and witer Servo the meat on n plitlcr, nnd put the gravy in a bowl or gruy bait "lhcvcgenbles to be served with this dinner should bu boiled potatoes, cab hagc, or tonntocs, or any vrgetable that cm be dressed with vinegar. The rich men nnd griv) seem to demand something some-thing sour to make them p datable Shmksnrc very good for soups, cs pcclall) noodle and vermicelli soups. Old fishloned dumplings are likewise good in plain soups Next week I will give some recipes for dumplings and n oodles The brisket Is tho piece that calls for the good old I'lighsh boiled dinner. How many housewives to this di) get up on wash morning, put on the pot with its piece of nice, fat brisket, and let it boil deliberately on the back of the stove while the fust processes of the wash Are being cirried on? About ten o'elock, some pieces of cibbage are Cut 111 with the brisket, and then the oiling proceeds as usuil, Another hour and n hilf goes b),nnd Into the pot go severil smallish putntoes nnd, perhaps, n cirrot or parsnip. Ihese are left to slowly boll until noon, when the whole is read) for dinner, and the washing has not been Interfered with at all. If the meit is corned, so much the nicer. Hrisket can be treitcd in several wi)s, but 1 want to say It is not nearly so cheipn cut ni the others I have men-tinned, men-tinned, as there. Is so much bone In It If brisket be done In a ' pot roast" it is very good I et It slowly boll for several hours until well done, having skimmed nil the greiseolT for cooking purposes, then when )ou are about to serve dinner, din-ner, the meat should be ncirly dry. Indeed, the secret of a pot roast Is to keep as little witer in the pot us will keep the grease from burning In the bottom ol the pot. When ready to dish, there should be perhaps n half a teicup of w iter In the pot which Is to be thickened with Hour and the meit Ii ready to serve. Another v ay to serve this cut Is to boll it as usual, until dona well, then tike It out, put on a bit ol salt, butter, pepper ond a mere dust of flour on It, put It in thu oven, nnd bake It for about twent) minutes I his can be served ns a rojst with roist potatoes Address Mrs I KANcrs M. Richards Caro DhhiRtT Nnvs, Silt lake Cit), Utah. Uaiii.n In I'rosriti. Kato I ield s tt'aslminloii ' Oh. how imny torments He In the small circle of a wedding ring," wrote Collcy Cibbcc, about the year i6G Thue linvs probably prob-ably owe their excuse lo thj fact their author vv is at the time trying to support a luxuriously reared wlfu on his salary ol twenty shillings a week Hut where do all the other'thousnnd nndoneprovcibs on wives and women find their apology? Slnco the diys when Ovid wrote, 'Strife is tho dowry of a wifu" and he certainly ought to know, f it ho c ist off tw o before; ho nnnled his third at the age of twent)-nlne such epigrammatic productions seem lo have been written rhlcll) by that unformnile class of men who have proved niirrlaLC n failure, and aohccil themselves In bitter, witty sayings against, the other sex. It seems a little strange that the nation which has least to si) of the evil In wo inn nnd most to si) In her nralsc, is Hie Hebrew. The llifile Is full of exquisite ex-quisite si)lngs about her 'Whoso lindeth a wife lindclh n good thing, and obtalneth fivorof the Lord," wrote an inspired sage nges aeo, and man, after centuries of distrust, Is at last beginning to ncrcc with him 0hcr Hebrew writings arc full of chirming idiges "A ni in cm onl) find real delight In n wif-, ' one writer tells us, and lint the Jew docs not share his Gentile brother s lcir of attractive wives Is evidenced by their poet, who sings, "Happy the man who hull a beautiful wife, hlsdi)sshill be Increased " Another saving of exquisite ex-quisite tenderness, which will be npprc-clued npprc-clued by minv a llltlei wife, who Ins almos broken her heart tr) Ing In climb up to her husband's height, is, ' II your wife is little, stoop to her." there is one comfort In all this for womankind, however, ind it is found In the fict tint as clvllliitlon advances, min's words become kindlier toward woman. The degree ol a countrv & civilization cm be told bv rcidfng Its proverbs on this subject. Tor example, one breathes the perfumed nlr of a lux urlous, send civilized, lurklsh harrm in rea Ing, ' Woiiiin, like good wine, Is a sweet poison" Contrast this with Lowell's strain, "l'arth's noblest thing, a womin perfected" And cant one guess without being told, it was n fierce old Norlhmm who wrote, ' Woman s counsels arc alwijs cruel " ? See whit a picture of the medieval aec, of chlv airy, of agilculture, of sudden alarms and c ills tu arms, lie In these three lines 'He who Ins u Inndsome wife, n castle on the frontier, or a vine-virdonthc vine-virdonthc roadside, need never want for trouble." I Isleu to the fcuilj Kus-tl Kus-tl ill's glow I In the olden time. "A worn urn hair 1 long, her sense is short" How much higher ring the words of thesplrlluil Milton ' Women, filrcst of creation, last nnd best ; Whit (icrntan cf the present diy would diresa) ns his cnlcil ancestor did, "l.very woman would rather be Inndsome than good ? Contr ist ngahi the old sa) Ing, Age and wedlock we all desire ond repent of," with Lord lyttlctons, 'How much the wife Is dearer thin the bride I ' or Knonles' tender line, wlm.li Ins found n warm response re-sponse in tli nmnds of men's hearts, "A world of comfoit lies In the one word, wife" I'crlnps women lnvo Improved these litlerdavs Surely it must line been mine bitter experience whlc'i cillcd forth the cr) fioni that stern Konian, which has come ringing down the nges, ' When n womin thinks by herself, she Is thlnllng of mUihlef i cry which Wordsworth his stilled by sending on, fur future men to rcid, thu nineteenth century nun's Idea uf womans secret thoughts Ileirglil that mLesi wilh me here, If ttimt nar it unto iclied Ijy lo1mn thougl t lliy nat limit n I II rrbri 1M divine llio i licit In At Mil 1 1 1 atom all l year, And wort! ipp tl u thf tunnl. . Inner slinne, God I ng uiUi the. I en w. know It rot lllillit. ur llm His, "JackStnw," a bachelor, writes in this wi) lo the fvcw Nolle AtCorJir I believe In woman s lights myself, I bellcvusheis entitled to the best of everything tint imn can provide, and ns much of It as he can get hold of for her. I believe in her right to her own wa in her own dominion, I believe in her right lo be protected from trouble ami shielded from base neks ami bad weather. I believe In her rljjht to be consulted Iln all things concerning her, to be tender-I) tender-I) circd lor when she Is III, and to be I praised when she has done well I believe In ever) womans right toi home of her own, 1 man of her own and three or lour children to rise up and call her blessed , I believe In her right to IK c to a green old age, with ns Utile ph) steal nnd menial men-ial sutferlng as a consistent regard for the laws ol nature will permit I And my creed Is founded un peace on I earth nnd good will tow ird women. George William Curtis once said I hnveno superstition nbout the ballot I do not suppose it wuuld Immediate!) rie.ht nil the wrongs of women, an more than It has lighted all things at men Hut what political agency Ins Jlr-hted so many' Mere are thousands of miserable men all around us; but they have ever) path open to them. The) bavo their advocates, they have their otcs the) mike the laws, and list nnd at worst, they have their strong right hands for defense And here nrc thousands of miserable women pricking back death and dishonor with a little I needle, nnd now the sly hand of science is stealing that little rcedle aw.i). The ballot does not make those men happy nor respectable nor noble, but they guard It for themselves with sleepless jealousy, because they know It Is the golden gate to every opportunity, and precisely the kind of ndv Ullage It gives to one sex It would give to the otlnr. It would ami It with the- most pnuerlul weapon known lo political society, it would maintain the natural b dance of the sexes in human allairs, and secure falrpU) within its sphere. Hi. IlimtrUrrpliic liullon. Marv llennnn Abel, author of the I'rlze I ssay on Sanitar) and I conomlc Looking, discusses the matter as lol lows During the last winter In n western rltyn club of tell women met weekl) fur the discussion of purely domestic topics. The number was made up largely by accident, n method to b highly recommended for bringing lo bi-ar on n subject the greatest vniety of opinion. 1 spcciilly was Ihls advantage advan-tage srui when it cime to the discussion discus-sion of I he average income 1 he method at work in lliia club was very simple that each member should present pre-sent one uf the ten subjects chosen, either by n paper or a t ilk, and lead the discussion afterward, Among the subjects sub-jects discussed were the following, they being such ns met the present Interests and needs ol the members, I ho service question. Co opcrntive cooking House buil ling ns compared with house renting. The food bill of the fimilv, Including practical bills of fare to be furnished at tl 5nnd Jjoo i we'k nplccii for tho food Material, one of the members h iv Ing experimental on n patient famll) to test the acccptahilliy of the means. The expenditure of tho famll) Income that of the working linn, ef urn clerk, nnd of the moderately well to do fund How the wnik to be done in the averape family should bo kept apportioned appor-tioned lo the working days of the week and the best method of performing It, ' What u as the practical outcome of these discussions?" I Irst, a clear Idea of what these questions ques-tions meant in other families and what were other wavs than the questioner's own of meeting them Again, the root ilie and Importance cf certain questions becamn evident by discussion and access lo the literature Btti3j "flit 1 nrjftM""' on this subject 1 or instance, If any member of the club hid u posrd there w is n short nnd eisy answer lo her dilli cully In linding inpible assistance in doing the work of her house she soon came to rcnlize that she and her sister housekeeper nrc confronted with n problem hiving mnril and social factors as well as economic ones, and this pro blem is full) as important as Inter state comnerce, trade unions ur nn) other of the questions that thu modern economist puzzles his brains over ! nch member cf this club became convinced Ui it while working with one hand nt the service question as it now presents itself she must make ready with the other for a change more radical than anv thing lint housekeeping has known lor centuries Is the future form to be co operation That seems uncertain Hut Hie members mem-bers ii this club know .at least the history his-tory ol sm.li cooperative experiments as have been made In this rountrj and the probable causes of their failure nl.-o this iiiuih has become certain that the true experimental spirit Ins not )ct been put to work nt housekeeping ques tions tint spirt ns It is known in the laborntorls of patient observation, of trail cf new wi.sona small scale ond careful record nf results on which tu base fresh experiments What we hope to see Is the house-! house-! eeper who has mastered that which is confessed!) her business, who can settle and dismiss much that is now done with painful ellorr, one who understands what isnurltable nnd what enn be remedied, and who will turn with n good conscience con-science not bu linn now, but more, to all that delights nnd refines .,!.. On her cheeks Iheri were roses, roses, Hut now, nlis! the) re not there The- gaslight but dimly discloses They rubbed oiron the parlor arm-chair. Miss Kate 1 Ield, though a business woman, does not like to work at u desk Much of her w riling she does on a tablet In an easy ch sir There Is afemnleleperln Philadelphia. Her Identity is kept u secret, hut she is said to he of c,od family I he seclusion which she must enter will be for life. Ootmn Christina the Queen Regent of Spain, Is thirl) -four sears old wlilch Is, younger than she looks. She is a blonde. Miss Ilerlle Cimpbell.of Allentown, 1 a bet mone) that she could make a pumpkin pie in five minutes She nude a ,ood one hi four minutes. Mrs. I vans the wife of n law)er nnd the mother ot five children, is a student In the Iowa State University She proposes pro-poses to practise law and expects to get two briefs tu her husband's one. Gentlemen who arc in the Inblt of toing lo flirt with telephone girls will be In a painful dilemma It that new telephone tele-phone Invention is u success. It may bo possible to Ihrt witli an automatic switch, but It isn t thrilling. Among thehcwoik exhibits nt thu Chicago filr there Is to bo n roll bearing bear-ing the names of all the meritorious liiernry women of the I ni.ilre state Unly aoo nani-s ure yet on the hit, but the says it is prepared lo guess that, if all the uanies are procured, there will be as many as 4 ooo or jj es of llurn More than nine tenths of the public school teachers 111 .New York are women and more than half tho pupils are girls It Is plain common sense and common Justice, iherelore, which prompted u petition In circulation nsklng Mayor j'"1)' to reappoint Mrs Clara M. uilfams as a school commlssionci 1 ind to Incteisc tho number of women ' In the Hoird of Tducatlon. There was once a woman who was the despair of all the other women ol t her acquaintance Her house was at preli) as possible andalwa)Sin perfect order. She kept It on n very small Income In-come and kept it t cautifully , she made 11 I her own clothes and those of her children, she trimmed hats for herself nnd all her sisters , she did fancy w ork , she painted chairs, thereby saving sometimes some-times as much ns 75 cents , si e taught n class Inn mission sewing school; she 1 took lessons in cooking, she belonged ' lo several charitable organizations and the end of that woman was nervous prostration and a sanitarium. " |