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Show ' I Washington Win , WASHINGTON has a great joke on the Utah legislature. It discovered a freak measure which the Utah session failed to uncover. It proposes pro-poses to regulate the style and covering .of the Washington school teacher. First of all the Northwestern teacher must be covered from neck to foot, except for that twelve inches nearest the ground, which is not much for a tall woman. The heels on her shoes must not be more than one and one-half inches high. This also should aid in shutting out the gaze of the curious youngster young-ster in the front seat. Then there must be no transparDLLothingsifjnyoncpuldsee. through a wman. Fearful that some scheming pedagogue ma sit up nights endeavoring to find a means of defeating the law, the Washington solons take additional precaution. The superintendent of public instruction may fix the amount of money that a Washington teacher may spend for wearing apparel. Many husbands have .wrecked their lives in efforts to enforce the same principle. Still there is a danger that the precautions will defeat the purpose pur-pose of the measure. , Fancy a teacher who exhausts ex-hausts her allowance on a fur coat meeting the faculty, or the pupils for that matter, in what's left A wave of high prices might bring complications compli-cations to the schoolroom. Certain Utah legislators must feel themselves outclassed by the originality of the Washington solon. Fancy a statesman being, satisfied with Sunday blue laws and antitobacco legislation whenhe might direct the dressing of teachers. Unless some enterprising Utahn can prevail upon the governor for an extra session, Washington will be entitled to the engraved pickle fork. |