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Show imiiiin iiiimiiii' THE TATTLER f TELLS THINGS J nil it i li n m i ii wi ni ii Salt LsJce City always ha stood high a a rummer resort. There was an absence ab-sence of blinards and heavy storms here last winter, and now. In the springtime, we are enjoying quite the most attractive weather in the whole country. For instance, dispatches last Friday and Saturday told of . heavy snowstorms in the following cities and towns. 'among others: New York. Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Cleve- : land. Chattanooga, Tenn.; Chlckanha, I. T.: Amarillo, Tex.; Kansas City. Topeka, Dodge City, Kan.; Denver and Colorado Springs. Heavy snowfalls are not a rarityln New Tork, but from Its advertising data a stranger would think better of "Denver the Beautiful" and "City of Sunshine.' And snow in the latter part of April is likely to "put the crimps;' in Texas' boasts. On the same days also came reports of earthquake shocks in Charleston and other towns In outh Carolina. Other shocks were recorded on seismographs seismo-graphs In -Albany, N. f ., and Washington Wash-ington the day just previous. Temblors Tem-blors shook the Philippines, and a typhoon ty-phoon nearly swept one town In the Caroline islands off the map. Still other news stories told of thousands of deaths from starvation In Russia, China and India. Meanwhile Salt I,ake City Is enjoying a climate which comes very near to the Italian. On the coldest day last week .overcoats were uncomfortably warm. There Is no disturbance under our feet, and instead of suffering from famine, we are shipping provisions to the Orient. It had to come sooner or later, snd It's here now. An electric sign fixes the location of "Newhouse cafe" near the point where excavators are preparing for the new skyscrapers. Did you ever stop to think what would happen in our home town if a tax were imposed on bachelors here, as was proposed in Massachusetts, or all men In single blessedness were compelled com-pelled to marry or go to Jail, as In a certain Iowa town? What fine selections to draw from the plven tract? Then a prl7.e mljfht ie offered to the "k.hik" which kpt Ha lot In best condition through the summer. They are telling a goxl one on on of Salt Lake City's merchants, who, while he could not be considered "close." shows by his succeds In business that he is usually ahl lo take care of himself. This merchant counts among his Jewels a bright six-year-old son. who had for some days been castinjt Ionian eyps on an indelible pencil belonging to liis father. A few days ago the little fellow walked into his father's office with a beautiful beauti-ful blue pencil whicli he proffered In exchange for the Indelible one. The fond papa agreed To trade, and after the exchange had been made lv thinking of the time when this bright little son would be in business, and knowing that a young mind is nioet t open to lasting Impression, said to the boy: "1 hope whenever you make any kind of a deal in future you will get equally as good a bargain as you give.' I The child, clasping his treasured hew possession, walked away as though pondering the words of his fathnr. But the father concluded that his son was early learning how to look after himself, when he discovered that tbe pretty blue pencil was slate instead ot crayon. I girls would have If permitted to choose their own husbands In Salt I,ake City. To begin with, there are the Rev. Mr. Goshen and the Rev. Mr. Paden. Then there are such men as "Clem" Schramm, David Buriey, J. P. Gardner and Georire Eaton, besides be-sides several scores of others. Speakinr of Prof. Eaton, the boys of the high school are using the term "czar" in a sense In which ft is not often considered. They call their principal Czar Eaton,' not because he is cruel and oppressive, which he Isn't, but because they are so attracted by liis personality that they want his counsel coun-sel to be the very law of their lives. It Is by no means an ordinary thlnff to find the boys of a school holding their leader In such high regard, not through fear, but on account of sincere sin-cere admiration. Bright, new street signs at the crossings throughout the city would be' a fine Improvement. At present many of the crossings have no signs at all, and the old tin signs that stand at other places are so dimmed with age It Is almost Impossible to read them. It would not be expensive for the oitv to put new boards or tin signs on ail ' the street crossings, and they would add wonderfully to the city's appearance appear-ance when strangers see It. Visitors who were out on the residence streets early this morning may have been shocked and disgusted to see unsightly un-sightly cans and other receptacles, filled with rubbish, standing outside the curbing. But let them walk or drive through the same streets to. night or at the latest Wednesday night and their disgust will give way to admiration. The spring cleanup clean-up Is a mighty good thing; it would be still better If an entire year did not separate one spring from the next. Why not take these out-of-door "house-cleanings" at least semiannually? semi-annually? Salt Ike City has opportunities for cleanliness which few cities enjoy. It might not be a bad Idea to adopt the Plngree plan to the extent of trying try-ing to make every vacant lot sightly. Kverv neighborhood has its "gangs" of schoolboys, between which there is ken rivalry. Why not apportion lliese varant lots to separate "gangs" and hold earn collection of "kids" re-sponslble re-sponslble for the app-araiu-e of a |