Show comais mais sphere spere by on one e of the sex lab ILL this now new department in fl v I 1 our old friend and dear com coco J panion the NEWS give as aa lluch pleasure to the larks lare circle of woman readers as it will to the writer of these words who I 1 am happy to say has been chosen to fill the chair 0 of f editor for the slaters dt d part ment meet here we want to meet on the common and yet sacred ground of sisterhood not excluding any one who has haa a love for the tha true the beautiful and the development of womankind we will be still broa broader tier and say that we will joyfully include every daughter of eve and if through misfortune she ehe has baa lost all love for the good and we will lovingly seek to show how her the upward paths of peace and virtue while we cling to her band as aa she climbs climb the stony path here io in our warm and cosy corner we will talk of all things that are of vital in to our sex of the games and plays play a of childhood of the school interests and hours of enjoyment by girlhood of the new duties and pleasures of young wifehood of the cares and needs of motherhood and we will not forget the wide aud abd far reaching reach ing labors of who have entered the field work in deed the only bound we shall set for ourselves in our weekly visits will be the bbunds termed formed by time and mortality there are so BO many topics of interest to us that we will not be able to speak of them all each week but instead hist eads we will take up our subjects in a somewhat arbitrary manner giving important things important places and speaking bac aking oftener er of our howe home labor labon than of our interest thus the he food we eat P and the clothes cloth eg we wear and the lives we live will appear often upon our pages words worde of advice ald aid comfort to the sick rick the sorrowing borrowing and the needy women amongst our people will be given oftener thao than the reports of the elegant costumes costume or the grand of the rich and well to do now I 1 shall invite you all to aid me with first and most moet important kind forbearance for mistakes made your faith in the good that will flow from this interchange of ideas and purposes aei and lastly I 1 will most moat cordially invite you to write to me upon matters of interest inte reit to us all ask aek any and all sorts aorta of questions quert lonc and we will seek to answer them with all inspiration we can obtain address all communications to MRS FRANCES RICHARDS DESERET NEWS office salt bait lake city utah THE CHILDREN the mother that Is ia too busy to tall her children a story when that of repeated abed request is in made it to be pitted pitied U if not blamed while the hands are engaged ein in molding broad bread in ironing or in putting in the tucks or plaits of the childrens new finery the mother can if hb will take her mind from the reflections which are occupying it mind nd tell the eager inquirer the story of how columbus columbu went to the king and of the jewels pawned by the good queen isabella or she can tell the j whole bible through in short abort and simply worded ato riep did you ever try to tell the book of mormon through in that way try it and you wuen willen will en joy it as well as the children then the infinite material found in history works up into delightful sto riep and you will find no end to your profit and the plea pleasure eure if you will amuse him and yourself yur self in this way the abild who has bag never been told stories is deprived of one of his most moat precious rights dont you know that the in fluence of the mother to la of paramount importance to the character of the child but I 1 am of the danid opinion that the mother who to i known only to her child as the woman who foods feeds and clothes him has ban not dot half haf the influence in the formation of his hia character that to ia pressed by the companions companion he meets in the streets and who fills filla his hie vacant and IL quiring squiring mind with material when will our B sister ibsen wake up to the fact that they have plenty of time to read and talk to their children it if they will ox 01 ly jy take it from the hours houra spent in idle KOMI gossip in useless efforts to vie with their neighbors in the matter of clothes clothe and style of living you my dear and overworked young mother just take your little child this evening anil and when you undress the weary form tell him the story of adam and d eve or gain cain and abelof solomons solomon temple and how it was waa built of nephi and his hie brethren of the good king benjamin or of the conversion of king LAM Jj amoni of Culum bup of amerigo vespucius of the pilgrim fathers or of the boston tea party if vou are a little rusty on theme things take ten minutes before yc u go to bed bad and read it yourself youra elf and then repeat it 16 to him next night in the simplest and most childlike language your reward will be given you in the rest and joy it will be to your own mind and who can measure the results in the future TH THE E GIRLS nothing can betoken the fact of the baj early ay coming of the dawn of the millennium more clearly than the tact fact that therein there is such euch a widespread interest awakened in this country on the sub feet of physical culture if our young and blooming girls once learn thoroughly the lesson of health and real beauty marriage will not serve berve them as an it has ha so BO many of their mothers in tead stead of changing from the rory ropy plump sprightly laughing girl to a haggard thin scrawny sallow callow old young woman they will rest your eyes with a glimpse of young motherhood till still plump rosy roay and sprightly the laugh laughing gaiety toned down into a smiling cheerful sweetness that will charm with a deeper falness than all the sparkling charms of inexperienced girlhood it is good to know that thin work of physical culture Is ia being started in this city and that some of our most influential fluent ial young maidens and matrona are eagerly interested in the study sound healthy spirits can easily and happily dwell only in sound healthy and pure bodies THE MOTHERS it la Is to be hoped that a certain innovation in the east will speedily find its ito way out here two firms to la new york city advertise advert iee to keep all the gloves sold in their establishments in repair an ae long an aa there tire are any gloves I 1 eft to mend think of that I 1 no hunting bunting after thin the spool of black silk to find it all aji buted up and sunday at that thad no vulgar appearance of finger tips tipi through the torn ends of unsatisfactory gloved blovet I and would you believe it so popular has this tiou made these particular stores in question that the plan has been adopted by other stores and then of course the origin al firm must do something Bom ething more and so BO they are now nor advertising to keep all the stockings purchased over their counters in good repair as long as ai there to a heel and a toe tee to mend spirits of our grand motheral mot mo heitl therel what are we coming to can believe it all think of the vista vieta that opens to the delighted gazel gaze no more stocking blocking baskets ba aketo nor gaping heels heele no more the weary saturday night darning of countless be heel elless leee heels toeless toes toe and footless foot leBa lees feet and that r not all it if this thing keeps right on and who the millennium shall ahall not appear think of buying and having baring them kept in repair and daily called for to be properly blacked think of underwear dresses dree eee hats furs fun jewelry including the woman comans Is notorious watch and even dishes and tin pans pana all mended and kept in repair by the enterprising and obliging deafen I 1 are you not ready to believe the prophecies of our root reat from all labor notes on societies Soc letle or RELIEF BELIEF SOCIETY it caused a glow of happiness in every homans womans heart to hear the words worder of president woodruff on the closing day of conference inspired men yes and inspired women he said noble women by tons tens and thousands here in this church intelligent women virtuous women and their sons and daugh daughters tem have imbibed the same sam spirit such buch words from our honored president are glorious the Socio societies tie Is have begun the work of incorporation some of the bonser native ones dreaded the change changie and the burden entailed but all have gone to work in the right spirit and a largo large increase of intelligent experience willbe the result of this last move more Y M M 1 I A the classes in the Y M M MI 1 A manual are very well attended in this city and in provo colleges certainly some one to is being benefited where are the young men between the ages of a sixteen and forty years who ought to be enrolled to in theme theae clas classed clasara aea the missionaries in this field last year performed so excellent a work that names are being rapidly selected to go throughout zion in the interest of the he Y M M I 1 A Y ii M 1 I A it was understood that some sort of a manual specially special Jy adapted for the young girls was to be issued this conference by the authorities here where is itt it it is an undeniable fact that there are ten to one young girls as aa com ared with the young men who attend those various associations why to Is that there la in the same feature in the y L M 1 I A that exists I 1 la a the Y M M 1 I A few or no girls gir between the axes ages of ef fifteen or sixteen years and the officers who are usually on the other side of thirty will there always be more good women than good anent men THE PRIMARY if it were possible po gaible tor for the officers of these associations to take a course somewhere Bome where in kindergarten teaching much better results would flow from their labors labore As aa it in IB already much good is done primary speakers era presidents and officers should try always to put their teaching and preaching in the form of stories oriee at children do cio not understand indeed they are sadly bored by grown up preaching or indeed preaching of any kind the example of christ should be sufficient for us u all hl his sermons Ber mone except the grandly simple sermon flermon on the mount was waa illustrated by a story etory or a parable the primaries are in a thrifty condition and all utah can be proud of them THE SUNDAY SCHOOL I 1 beard a sunday school teacher from the country say eay who was here at the late conference CoR ference that he wished the semiannual semi annual meeting could be held in the stake tabernacle he said only about half of those present in the big tabernacle could hear any way he was waa vexed to think he could not catch six words spoken by brother maeser for he was waa anxious to got get all the help he could he wondered if a smaller meeting just for officers of the sunday school could not be held in a place where all could hear and enjoy the valuable instructions given here at conference times the rho clothes we wear says the new york recorder do bo not wear a small flat hit bat if you are short abort and stout A high narrow hat bat if bourre tall and thin very coarse net veils when the fine light ones are so BO much prettier A gown that ham haa been male for you without a careful study of your figure A jacket simply because it is ia fashion able if it Is ie not becoming to you gloves of brilliant colors they make the hands look large and they are not in good taste soiled white slippers they look untidy to say the least from the matt mail and Ax express press women are beginning to turn their attention to cloth gowac no more light dresses r es will be ordered sud tailor made ade garments are consequently in the while it is early at to speak confidently of the incoming modes mode pila I 1 r is safe to tell that we are threatened with a complete change of stylea style a regular revolution in our oos cos fume it seems that we are to return to the fashona of the first empire and materials are being prepared with this view all the dressmakers both great and small email the milliners and fashion journals are looking up the albums and collections of engravings engra vinga of napoleon I 1 era and costumes are being made up on these lines let us hope that they will be modified and then it remains remaina to see bee whether the ele elegan gantes tea will accept and adopt the change of course bonnets bonneta and outer garments will follow suit euit and we must expect polor pelerina pel erlna inTs and long pe pelisses pelia lisses eee it la Is even hinted that bare arms arma and low necked dresses will come in again for dressy wear but with winter before us the idea is too propos berous to dwell upon it Is ia also alao toll told that with all this white stockings atoo kings ings will be in vogue again and are being manufactured to meet the expected demand we shall have to change our style of hairdressing to suit however with these on aits there in ie one very comforting assurance and that Is ie come what will walking dresses are to be short the train has been found really absurd for the street and it is to be reserved for home or evening wear which to is decidedly a rational move tailor made gowns already to be seen are maje made mostly with short codices bodices and are either belted at the waist or finished with a pointed baud band juat below MABY gowns are still made with eton and zouave coats boston daify traveller the dress of americans and of ef north europeans is oftener of a hue bus than it is of black or white but nevert heleas it cannot be said aid that we apply color to dress for color technically speaking means a mi mingling of pure hues which enrich each other and form by their effect upon each other of contrast and relation an agreeable anil and harmonious whole of the art of thus combining colon we have neither a knowledge nor an inherited instinct how many women isk in a thousand thou tand can say for example what to la the effect of mingling a light tone of a dark color with a dark tone of a light color or knew in what proportions of area the primaries balance each other or even know what the are arc and yet these are the mere mare alphabet of the a sub j eject oct we know so BO little about color that bocan we cant attell tell a harmony from aldis adib cord and our eyes are so go unused to it that a bit of pure tone like an italian womans comans neckerchief in a costume fairly frightens us ui as red does coee a turk turkey ty it we venture to indulge alge the inclination for color which we all have by nature we are more likely than not to produce a crude motley the best beet educated of UP therefore take refuge in negation following in this particular at least Melie Mo lieres couepel to leave dress dras to the tailor while the ignorant flaunt crudi crudities tiei and bring color into disrepute we have taught ourselves to believe that color is not desirable deel rable we think we dont donit like it we sa say that it la is not refined this is IP of course nonsense na turea colors of sky and landscape cannot be surpassed for splendor art uses color pure and the most moat beautiful fabrics ana garments in the world are such largely because of splendid color the most gorgeous hues bus royalty has in all ages appropriated to its own cos tume and woo who shall say that the purple 01 of rome borne and the colors of the sun of the chinese emperor are vulgar no is not the reason we eschew color in our dress and it would be a contradiction of terms to say aay that it is an excuse for our uncertain taste some people attribute our disinclination for color to the cloudy skies of the north but though we may have inherited A tendency from this cause it to ie hardly operative in america where nature is ie as ai brilliant as anywhere iu in the world goethe suggests that it may be due to weakness of eight but this thia will not explain our ignorance of harmonies harmon |