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Show H ) , 7?i! W bibb ' MBHB)'BVH9iBHil!Bi'''SB'VIHBHBHHBEHDriiiCHBi'9r .vAwSfsssss1 I : tSBT H EUGENICS IX THE HIGH SCHOOL. H Keep away from that board of edu- M cation whadda you know about eu- H genlos? H Sex othics and sex hygiene, as M taught to the girls in the high school, H have aroused the irorof ninety-six club m 'woman, moth of them mothors, and H .they aver in a potitlon to the board of B education Unit the girls are not being fl - properly taught. The subject of ou- H genios is one that we are just tardily B beginning to discuss with the frank- H nose that the subject demands tardl- B ly, because It has been a live subject M isinoo tho apple 4ncidont in Eden. The H trouble has been that moat of us ro- H garded it as a bit lndolioato for gon- H ml disouBsion and wldo roading. H Ono of ttho greatest written authori- H ties on eugenics is "Three Wooks," by H Elinor Glyn, but that is not includod H in the 'toxt books usod in the high H' school course. Tho school matron, H Mrs. Martha B. Jennings is teaching H -ougonios to tho high.sohool girls. Tho HE club women make the following Hill charge: H Believing that it Is not the func- H tlon of the ifublc schools to teach sex H hygiene or sex othics, but 1s the prov- H ince of parents exclusively, we, the un- H dersignod, respectfully ask the board JH of education to eliminate the subject H of sex oducation entirely from tho H school -OAirriouluin juul adopt tho Chi- H cago plan of loctureB to paronts by H physicians in each school building-. H The whole matter was aired before H tho board of education this week, and H tho wise old owls that compriso its H membership took the view that since H , tho study was not a, part of the school H .currioutum, no action" fscaflad for by H tho board. HI The difficulty with the pj,ea of the H club womon is that ninety per cent of H the womon want to become identified H i with tho subjoct. Only a few of them H ' take tho load, and tho rest are so H ridiculously prudish that they oven H hesitate at tho signature to a petition. H The Chicago experiment is a failuie, It has been proven, because tno few Hp parents who attend tho classes at the Hh schools neglect to carry tho massage H farther, and their children, who ' H should reap the benefit thus imparted Hj by paid instructors, go along in ignor- H ance of the vitally important subject. H Mrs. Jennings is taking the more dl- Hj rect route in Skit Lake by instructing H the girls themselves, not taking a H 'chance on tho proxy method. Tho H problems of sex hygiene may be tho H "exclusive province of the parents," Hl as the club women point out, but when m ' the paronts neglect their duty in so m important a matter, the school has a H right to take up the culture. Besides, the board of education doesn't know anything about eugenics so why go thete? t COMMERCE OP THIS MACHINES. The slot machine which for a long time has adorned tho end of tho bar or the center of the cigar counter has been a greater source of revenue than tho cash sales in the tobacco shop and nearly as groat a source of revenue over tho bar. Not only have slot machines ma-chines brought in a steady revenue, but they have stimulated sales of cigars, ci-gars, cigarettes and tobacco, not to mention tho accessories of the smoker. Many a cigar dealer has paid the rent with tho slot machine money and made it go ovon farther than that. Now that tho slot machine is a thing of the past tho tobacconist must make sales of his tobacco carry his business, busi-ness, and there is no disputing the fact that it must be on a moro legitimate legiti-mate basis than before. Within tho noxt fow wooks it is natuial to expect that some of the smaller cigar stores will dispose of their stocks and quit business. Tho banishment of the nickel-eater may also determine tho fate of somo of the saloons. Tho commerce of both classes must bo conducted on a legitimate basis. CAUGHT ON THE FLY. A well known but broken down newspaper man, who had been a power pow-er in his time, approached an old friend tho other day in tho Wilson hotel. "What do you think," ho said, "I have just received tho prize insult of my life. A papor in Ogdon ' offered mo a job." "Do you call that an'ipsult?" "Not tho job, no. But tho salary. They offer mo twolvo flpllars a week' "Well," said tho friend, "twelve dollars dol-lars a week is bettor than nothing." "Twelve a week thunder1" exclaimed ex-claimed the old scribe. "I can borrow that much each week right hero in Salt Lake." A LEMON GONE AVRONG. Tho other flay Mrs. Mary Lemon of San Diego brought suit for divorce against Rev. William Lemon, loading light of a purity league dedicated to tho business of closing red light districts. dis-tricts. From Mrs. Lemon's complaint it is to be inferred that In her philosophy philoso-phy purity is a thing that should begin be-gin at home. She-charges hor husband with being prejudiced against prostitution prosti-tution only theoretically. It appears that this good preaoher, this pious reformer, re-former, Is so profoundly in sympathy with the priestesses of humanity that een when agitating for the scatteilng of them ho contributed zealously to the business of their trade. In other wot da, the red light abater "of San Diego, according to his wife, had no conscientious scruples against visiting the brothbls of the town, not in the practico of his profession, but as a devotee of Mrs. Warren's piofession. Of course Mrs. Lemon may be wiong The Rev. Lemon may have const len-tious len-tious scruples against doing what he did. Tho hypociite is a man who pto-fessos pto-fessos what he does not believe, not a man who does not piactlce all he wishes or approv es. Bodj and soul aio alwiays pulling in opposite directions, and though the spit it may be willing tho flesh may be weak Perhaps it was because of the weakness of his flesh that the Rev. Lemon wished to closo tho haunts to which he was lurod. Perhaps this Is the explanation of tho zeal of many a good man for tho realisation re-alisation of fominino ideals. " Not Hij Regular Job. Parley Jenson, a prominent young attorney, returned to ills office this week after a siege with the smallpox, a disease ho contracted from a friend who had noglectod to take the necessary neces-sary precautions provided for such contagious diseases. Mr. Jenson is a rogular visitor to tho sulphur baths and finds koon onjoymont in tho water. Aftor tho bath comes tho rub. It was while the attornoy was strotohod out on the slab that a brawny young giant began working on him, kneading tho flesh on tho Jenson limbs with vory slight tegard for tho toolings of the victim. "Groat Caesar, man'" ptotested Jenson. "Do you think I'm made of iron? Do you always iubpeople this hard?" "Well, you see, this-is not my reg-ular reg-ular business, said the masseur. "What is ydur regular line?" asked i Jenson. "I'm a blacksmith by trade," said tho brawny ono as he began beating a tattoo on thevattbrriey's"chest. ' Liquor Fight Up Again. The oponing gun in thd spring liquor campaign has been fired in Utah CQUPty vVhlch Mjis boon dreadfully dread-fully dry for a couple of years. The law undor vvhloh liqupr is dispensed In wot districts and prohibited in dry tonrltory providos that the people may petition for an oloction two years aftor a voto has decided the matter. Utah oounty wont dry in 1911. Somo of tho people at Provo want that city to go back to tho saloon and somo in othor Utah county towns have the famo desire, tho result being that petitions pe-titions have boon circuiatod and are on file this week. Other counties in tho stato, It is said, will reopen tho agitation over temperance this summer sum-mer and there may bo a spirited campaign cam-paign before tho ond of Juno. What is known as tho "Promotion Leaguo" has taken tho load in the matter of filing petitions in Utah tounty It is argued by members of the league that tho ahsanoo of well-regulated saloons has hurt business in many of the Utah county towns. Against this ar gumont mo the assartiona of tho "dry" folk that business lifts boon (hotter and tho morals of tho community com-munity improved with prohibition. |
