| Show n comais mais sphere by one of the sex ab THE CHILDREN asked if I 1 am in favor of telling I 1 am children fairy stories I 1 think I 1 shall have to ito answer that question with a decided atno no that is is I 1 do not think it necessary to tell tel such things to or wise w children of latter day saints the is no need for thus enter there S urah y domain of what might be called e ing fancy but is in in reality the by bv some dominion of falsehood and unreality nitwit notwithstanding li standing the eloquent appeal anade for such things by the gifted ma dudley warner and many rharles charles who assert that a child child is robbed others of one of its greatest charms in in being denied the recreation of fairy stories stones them I 1 have against protest vet I 1 still yet read y many of these arguments and to IS were fu full 11 of sophistry what me if chere there they is moral in the tale of blue beard that is small excuse for making child a cowa coward rd and filling hours of every childhood with grim visions of happy horror and bloody strife if children must needs have stories stones of horror let them have seethe the story of nero and the christians for the moral is is stilt still there and there is no necessity of telling the child afterwards that it is not a true satorv abry 1 it has always seemed to me as so ot ridiculous ridicule ridi culo us for parents to tell SM their children not to tell lies and then for mothers to tell impossible oos sible stories of jack and the bean stalk jak of the giant killer and all the rest of the lot the bible the book of mormon discoveries science and literature are ui full of material with which to weave the most entertaining and moral stories then adds my questioner do you object object to fiction or stories that are the result partly of imagination that is quite a diff different erent matter our gracious savior taught most of his lessons and precepts by bv the aid of stories stones or as they were called calle A parables but mark marit the distinction I 1 A parable oia oi or a fictitious story is alwa always one of coulT probability is one that could easily be true the fairy st story ory could never by any possibility be true indeed I 1 should object to telling little children even stories that were not true let them wait until their minds are capable of fudging and measuring standards and then if fictitious stories are read see to it that they are of the right kind It RADINO FOR GIRLS if we are going to allow our older children to read fictitious stories let the reading be entirely under the control of the parents young people who attend school study hard and who are developing into manhood manha and womanhood ake c certainly mg e an L ly crave arav e some lighter food for the in mind an and d I 1 notice that in these days they get it some parents are so strict or so prejudiced on this point it that they will not let their children read anything but the papers and churco church works such parents may be sure if their children are intelligent and inclined for study that these vesy children will by some means or other get light literature and if not rea read openly eh Y irwill it will be read just the same Is s it not botter better therefore for parents to give i e such 11 light t food as the mental system craves arid d control the food supply in this way then the next question is what books shall we buy for our young sons and daughters growing up around us again comes this terrible prejudice which now takes another form sa says 9 the the too con serva tive parent a dull took book must be a moral book if sermons are moral are they necessarily dull again we find another sort of parent who reads a book himself and if the herome heroine is made to appear as a martyr to her mother I 1 ove or a mother is introduced who gives up honor wealth a decent life and even life for a worthless child this one grain of truth is deemed to leaven the whole tissue of false sentiment and the book is handed to the girls and boys to read the truth is that the whole tone of a book must be moral and virtuous must be so faithful a picture of life that the reader arises with a sense of his own duty stronger within him or it is false A book that makes girls think love is worthless unless gilded by a title or unless that love is proved by the sacrifice of honor or life such a book is false fal se at its core and is a poisonous weed to plant in the minds of our youth some of our good parents will be wanting to get presents for the holidays for their girls let me offer a few suggestions as to the selection of books if you will buy the books written by louisa M alcott miss george eliot walter scott dickens and lew wallace you need not fear to see your children read and reread re read them of course these are not the only good writers but if yo you u must have fiction they are of the best and safest MOTHERS I 1 wish mothers could be made to realize their great need for sleep women who get along with six and sometimes less hours of sleep broken oftentimes with the calls of their children dral drag themselves around day after day da an ana year after year with tired e eyes e s wrinkled faces and a general beegi feeling i that life is almost too heavy a burden to be borne such mothers live on the stimulus of tea and think they would die without it and they certainly live a death in life as it is do you know mothers who pride themselves on petting their children on not having a good nights sleep in twelve years who all allow ow their Ir children to sap every nerve and fiber of their beings and glory glory in their martyrdom oh if such mothers could be made to love the immortal souls of their children as well as their mortal bodies could quietly impress upon the little ones that night might was made for sleep not for innumerable drinks and even bits to eat if they could sleep every night at least nine long unbroken hours you will find them in the morning cheerful bright hopeful and good tempered I 1 know one woman whose chil children drin are all glad to let mother sleep in the morning for she is so much easier to live with wil through the day mothers if you would keep the word of wisdom slee sleep P nine hours a night and open your win windows to breathe fresh air you will nee need small doctoring in your families and would bear your burdens with glad hearts OUR HUSBANDS HUSBAND SAND i AND FATHERS have begot we got anything to say to them thein yes one thing let us have fresh air to breathe we go to meeting to hear you preach and after you have a few hundreds of us shut up in a stove heated room you carefully close all the windows and leave us to breathe poison over and over again until we return home sick and with a most dismal headache I 1 heard a wise physician say the other day that he was asked why he did not attend his meetings he replied he should when houses were built in which he could sit for two hours without ing his life and health if the air in our close houses could only be colored when it becomes poison olson what a mass of color would float about I 1 and bedrooms bedroom si let the colds catarrh and various diseases of the winter testify to the need of fresh air in bedrooms and one inch of lift for a window let me tell you will not supply enough air for one le human uman being let alone six or eight be generous with that which god gives so freely and when we have caught poison from foul air let us call it poison not colds COLDS AND CATARRH this certain physician of my acquaint anceis a most peculiar man and his greatest peculiarity is that he dares to tell the truth he saw me buying some heavy winter underclothing the other day and laughin laughingly gil said that I 1 was laying plans to give him im plenty of work his family he said never wore heavy clothing but he was always delighted to see other people put on heaps of woolens it made business for him he did not care to doctor his own family he said sarcastically but of course others well I 1 knew his business I 1 did not buy the woolens A gentleman who stood near was speaking about cold the doctor remarked that one of our leading men sent for him some time ago who was very ill indeed with a heavy cough and cold when the doctor was asked what should be done he offered to cure the invalid in forty eight hours oh yes said the invalid you will feed me on opium no I 1 wont answered the doctor 1 I wont give ive you anything you must fast and pray for forty eight hours and as you are in the country and nd get et fresh air air you will get well imm immediately e gd ia tely P the man took the advice and was completely cured in the time specified the gentleman by my side listened to that story and then said unbelievingly well doctor what would you do for me I 1 have the catarrh exceedingly bad what can I 1 do to cure care it the doctor laughed cynically cynic aUy and answered 1 I know of only two things that will cure catarrh and those two things are death and fresh air people are about as afraid of one as the other address MRS FRANCKS FRANCES M RICHARDS care NEWS salt lake city utah the clubs clab we W wear says a london letter in the new york recorder dw present fashions in feminine attire are more graceful and attractive than those of any other period in the c century en tury inasmuch as these are the words which alma tadema uttered only a few days go ago we must all accept the verdict as a foregone conclusion and which I 1 am quite willing illin to do on the strength of my owal own julig judgment ment as a well for the grace and elegant simplicity of this seasons gowns and garments appealed to me long before the great artist gave me his pleasant opinion on the subject there never was a time moreover when so little material was required to make a gown skirts being so sharply gored and bodices so short that only four yards of double width material are required and eight or nine of single width one of the most striking characteristics in the cut of new gowns is the wonderful width that is produced across the shoulders and which is exceeding exceed exceedingly in g I 1 becoming to tall slim figures but wh which ick should be somewhat modified for stout people all the paris models are made with immensely large sleeves tightening from the wrist to several inches above the elbow a and ad very large above this point the full fullness riess falling away from the shoulders in grace graceful tul fol folds s over the elbow these are made in the iric richest best colored velvets velvety vel vets and in all kinds of soft silky materials large full capes axe are worn with both morning coming and evening eve ning dresses and as a wrap for evening or a cloak for walking or driving it is most effective it must be well made madar I 1 and should fit closely over the shoulders the fullness below being secured by a pleat introduced into the centre of the back the cape fastens with a chain chainao nat at the neck in front but bu t should be so cut as to td fall back over the shoulders dem thus div giving ing i full effect to any color or smartness that may be introduced into the dress bodice the dress waist belt is I 1 arna anglad glad to say going out though the generall effect of this Ns fashion is sull still Teta retained ined as the trimming of the bodices follows the form of the corselet the result of which it is far fair priore satisfactory seeing that the t trimming nm i is laid on knaell vt well fitting bodice and that the line of the kelt has not to be kept by soft folds of bf silk which may or may not retain their original position skirts are made madeko to come up over the th e edge of the short round bodices in front and being li headed abed with braid or of some sort it is impossible to see where the skirt ends or the bodice begins only the he skilled modiste can produce perfect results the same care in in the lit t of the skirt as well as the bodice is required equi red many women are very clever in in renovating renova ting last fast seasons season 4 gowns and by b a careful study y of the fashion ion books they t ey can show their maids and ad little drews dress makers how to conto convert ert last years dresses into fashionable modern costumes bullet tift them in beware of arran arranging gink last years skirts over last years bodices bo dices better let the skirt and bodice tonti continue nue in their relative positions unaffected by the mode of the day tilt till ibid age at last steps in to debar them from participating any longer in social life and just a few words right I 1 describe any of thern them there are no trains on street towns gowns every skirt fashioned for street wear by leading mo bistes airtes cleats clears the ground and the much discussed train appears only on frocks fashioned expressly for ampe wear arrangement OF TRE THE VEIL the bag veil that is the one dipped under the chin continues to be liked but in arranging it one must be pre ure to fasten thi the end smoothly at the back so that a lump of lace which is alwa always awkward looking does not result writes writ e mrs mallon inobe in the small belongings s of dress in the november ladies adine Jou journal enal women of good taste prefer quieter veils than many of those shown I 1 A ROSEBUD COSTUME the material used for this pale is is a rose colored delaine the skirt which fits rather smoothly in front having just sul sufficient r fullness in the back to make it graceful writes mrs Mal mallon mallonen lonIn in an article upon dainty evening costumes in the november ladies home journal at the lower edge is a kilted gilted flounce of pink chiffon and over this are arranged loops and knots of pink ribbon of a deeper shade the bodice is high fits the figure gracefully and has for its decoration plaited frill of chiffon each group of plaits being caught with a knot of ribbon the whole strip being worn as a fichu might be and draped in at the waist where it is caught by the waist ribbon of pink the full sleeves are of the chiffon tied at the elbows with a band and knots of ribbon k long gloves of pale rose colored undressed kid coming up to meet them the lives we live joe howard in the N Y recorder remarks the bible says somewhere the way of a man with a woman is finding out I 1 dont know how that ise is hut but I 1 certainly think the ways of women with men of certain grades aud and description i n are past understanding precisely why this man inah should choose this woman and that woman consent to bee be chosen hosen why oftentimes as between two the woman selects 2 the one hat everybody else would reject why certain men who are am ignorant coarse brutish indeed find favor with women who have opportunity to consort with men of high degree these are things which puzzle human nature ev every ery day servants consider themselves a much abused race As a matter of fact they own the earth the girl grown to womanhood is to be likened to the bud changed to a full blown flower there will be a time lime when she must fade and when her petals of beauty will fall but it is possible to delay this period of decadence to a very considerable extent A young woman fully matured and t tatting starting on her most essential period of life has in her own hands the power to lengthen or shorten the duration of her journey to old age looking about one occasionally sees seeg a hale old lady with white hair some few wrinkles ib and other minor evId evidencia encis of dt the P progress to bresg I 1 of bf vrn time but with noih a comparatively parati ively vT good 6 completion and spright liness and general vigor nich art are not in in keeli keeping bg with her years in contrast you will find a score or of abre of women of the taime same ageana age and in in the same came at atmosphere mos of life who are faded and I 1 pinched devoid of energy eneta and either grossly obese ese or decrepit the one has taken proper care of hei herself self durin during the early years of her maturity while |
