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Show THE REVIEW. 4: The Review. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. ANNIE M. BRADLEY, Editor and Manager, 241 E. South Temple St. subscription : One Year, $1.00 .50 Six Months, For Advertising Rates apply to Lester Wallach Advertising Agency, 15 W. Second South. Entered at the Post Office at Salt Lake City as Second class matter. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1897. ' We wonder if one phase of village improvement has not deeply impressed itself upon the women of this city, and made them feel strongly that the clubs who are agitating various matters of reform, might take some steps toward creating a public sentiment that . would put a stop to the with the welfare of the schools but for the advantuge of something unan- nounced and in ambush. Let not the name of Salt Lake be outjoined to the list of cities where side influences and interests foreign to the advancement of its school s high standard destroy the chief benefits of the school tax, and cheat the pupils on the one hand and the patrons on the other. San Francisco is notable for the political interference allowed or helplessly tolerated in her school management, and her schools are notably bad. Let us avoid her example. And the first determined step should be taken now. Do not let the coming election pass without casting your vote and for the good men chosen in convention, not some independent candidate who may appear and stand for some influence we know filthy, unhealthy, dangerous habit of not what. expectorating on our sidewalks. This is not tolerated in European cities, and certainly could be stopped A suggestion was made at the meetin those of America, if the community ing of the N. Y. Household Economresented it in a determined spirit of ic Association the other day, that a opposition. We are glad to learn training class for mistresses might be that one judge in Philadelphia reas productive of good results, as those a hog for his hoggishcently fined of the maids have been. ness ten dollars, and the Board of A housekeeper who does not know Health feels that it has received a the proper way in which a house strong reinforcement in the fining of should be kept, and does not see to it the individual for spitting on the sidethat the work is done in that way, walk. lowers the standard of work as much Our sidewalks which are not swept as an inefficient, careless maid. too oftenfor their own and the citys A thoroughly equipped servant girl good, are made positively revolting must have contempt for a mistress who to either man or woman who has any may order things done in an unsciendue regard for common decency and tific manner, and on the other hand, cleanliness. Several ladies have rean untrained servant is helpless withcently slipped and fallen, and even out the guidance of a well trained though no accident occurred, the annoyance was great, and it should be placed before the Board of Health, From Feb. 14 to 19, 1898, the and some steps taken to prevent this 30th Annual Convention of the Nadisgusting habit from endangering the tional American Woman Suffrage Aslife and limbs of the community. sociation will be held in Washington, D. C. This convention will be of The general opinion in Salt Lake is special interest, as it will celebrate the that the candidates for school trustees Fiftieth anniversary of the first connow before the people form the tention ever held to demand equal strongest list of names ever suggested rights for women. An invitation, for those duties. If this is the signed by the officers, is extended to acknwledged fact why shouldnt such all citizens of the U. S. and friends candidates be elected? Clearly the from foreign countries to reason must, be one not identical in celebrating the of this great movement, which has accomplished so much for the progress of women and the nation. Miss Willard said in her address at Toronto on the subject of State regulation of vice in India, that: No good can come of legalizing the violation of two laws of God first, Thou shalt not commit adultery; second, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Whatever degrades the women of India, puts the stamp of deterioration upon all women . . . We hold that there is but one standard for men and women, and that they are equally capable of living up to it. The Review is sent this week to a number of persons who are not subscribers, in order that they may have an opportunity to become interested in its work and subscribe. to. . co-oper- semi-centenni- al ate One of the features of the Colorado Biennial next June will be the discussion of the drama and the stage by prominent actresses. It takes a man of brains to under- stand a woman, and a man of genius to guide her. Club Lifei President Gilman, at the anniversary of the Sheffield School, advanced , as the greatest triumphs of intellect during the last half century, the following five contributions to human The establishment of knowledge: the principles of evolution; the establishment of the principles of the conservation of energy; the development of mathematical science and its application to physics, mechanics, electricity, and astronomy; the development of spectrum analysis, and the consequent discoveries respecting light and electricity; and the discovery of the nature and function of bacteria, and . of their influence, for weal or woe, upon living organisms. To these may be added, perhaps, the birth of experimental psychology, a child so young that though it seems to belong to the family of Hercules, its strength has not been fairly tested. Advertise your Christmas Goods in The Review. 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