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Show the review, Utah Woman's Press Club. The Utah Press Club held its regular session Saturday evening, Oct. 29. As in the wise economy of the kitchen the skillful caterer for culinary triumphs varies his bill of fare so as to present a new and unexpected menu to his delighted guests, so the Press Club realizes that intellectual stimulus can be gained only by variety in intellectual viands. Essays and orations and poems, reviews, and profound disquisitions upon ethical themes, are the staple articles, the solid meats and garnishings with which we spread our regular board. It is well, at times, to rejoice in a literary symposium with garlands of conceit drenched in the wine of fancy. Therefore the meeting of the 29th was a species of literary seance, in which were materialized characters, quaint or witty, pathetic or wise, as each member chose her favorite representation. Dressed in garb that more or less accurately figured the selected character, each member recited or read n some pithy saying or quotations, from which the audience guessed the impersonation intended. The evening was a delightful success and stimulated the ingenuity at the same time that it refreshed the memory of the guessers. It is impossible, in the narrow limits granted me as reporter, to particularize the details of so many choice and curious selections. well-know- As critic, I would say, that some most excellently well done characterizations made the mistake that the book, poem or character represented could be only known to literary connoisseurs. In order to make a thoroughly enjoyable success, the reproduction should be of some creation known familiarly not merely to the learned literateurs, but to the general reading world. I will illude briefly to a few of the materializations presented, as samples of others of no less merit. As fresh in beauty as when she lectured in Alexandria, Hypatia discoursed again of philosophy and was happy in that no hostile Cyrill stirred the wrath of her hearers. Harriet Martineau, the earliest priestess of hypnotism, the avant 3 courier of woman in the field of political economy, the friend of the labourer, and the teacher of a broader liberality than the world then knew, seemed no less real than in the days Mrs. Sigourof the Crofton Boys. ney and the mournful Mrs. Hemans were graceful companions to Lady Montague who came in her usual sparkling guise and inoculated us all with a new admiration of England's bright-te- wit and wisdom, the Queen of Sheba came, and averred, the half had not articles on educational subjects. There is no magazine published which has come to our notice so completely in touch with outside and inside educational forces as the Northwestern. Every teacher and parent should read this most valuable magazine if they are at all interested in the proper training of children. The November number has a fine table of contents. A department is conducted with especial reference to child study and education as pursued by womens clubs with most excellent suggestions for these departments. Published in Lin- been told her. coln, Neb., $1.50 per year. st letter-write- r. Of course where there was so much No one of all the people there delighted us more than brave and beautiful Dolly Madison rescuing the Declaration of Independence at the time of the burning of the Capitol While the Scarlet Letter recalled the stern realism of Puritan New England, Louisa M. Alcott shed her genial sunshine as a counteracting force. Sartor Resartus, with tailors goose and conspicuous patches, was possibly, the most apt and witty representation there. Was it because we were all in awe of the formidable Carlyle that none of us called the right name to an illustration at once happy and suggestive? From this brief outline, I hope dear editor, some of the sister clubs may be able to glean a thought that will be clothed in equally pleasant personation. Certainly the evening was pleasant and no doubt it was also profitable. BE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN By Using Gold Balm Madame La Sells and Silver Cream. Beautifies the Complexion, making it soft, white and transparent; removing wrinkles, tree kies, pimples, blackheads, moth patches, eto. For Sale by Druggists. Invoices of Crepe Paper and Holiday Goods coming every lay. Going almost as fast as they come, undftr thfi 9 Viiv Iff SinflfTPIllCllt. i 28c STORE, 260 MAIN. UTAH GOAL. and CASTLE CATE WINTER QUARTERS. D. . SHARP, Agt., 73 Main 8t. Telephone 420. FIRE INSURANCE STRONG COMPANIES. Book tevieoas. 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