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Show 1 THE SPECTATOR 1 1 TT it said that one hundred million dollars worth of building plans are in the handB of New York architects waiting permission of the War Industries Indus-tries Board to be put in the form of specifications and proposals for bids. To a degree, the same situation ob-. ob-. tains in every other thriving business center of the country until the figures reach a colossal sum. These contracts will call for steel, stone, concrete, timber, tim-ber, glass, and every conceivable form y of building material. This situation ic typical of other lines of Industry. For at least a year and a half the machinery of production which in normal nor-mal times met the demands of peace j, has been serving the requirements of war, during which period a constant stream of business and orders has been pouring into a great reservoir and there stored until the war supplies sup-plies have ceased to take precedence. The national stock of everything from a peanut to a palace has been depleted; deplet-ed; meanwhile the wantB of not only the nation but the world have been increasing in-creasing at more than a normal ratio. A mining man who visited Salt Lake the other day is authority for the statement that on an order for machinery the contract for which was not closed, before the termination of the war was now offered to them eagerly eag-erly at a reduction of 30 per cent in price. The costs of the mining industry, in-dustry, in common with other things, are likely to experience a great reduction. reduc-tion. Judging by the (nnumerable reduced prices for high class goods in the many stores of Salt Lake City, the woman who has deferred -buying her winter outfit can easily save enough to pay the installment on her Liberty bonds. It will go down as a matter of history his-tory that the fighting in the great World War stopped at the elevanth hour on the eleventh day of the elev-. elev-. enth month of the year. The flu has laid a heavy hand on many of the homes throughout the country, and Salt Lake has experienced experi-enced its share of sorrow. Whether people were attacked by contagion or through fear will never be known, and our health officers are safe in saying that it is contagion, for there is no opportunity to prove it otherwise. To read somq of the newspapers on v the necessity for the continued saving & of food, one is apt to believe that the American people contemplate inaugur- ating an era of excessive over-eating. These writers seem to forget that the wings of extravagance have been pretty well clipped by the High Cott of Living and subscriptions to Liberty Bonds, so much so that the American people will have to live economically for years to come. The French theatre in New York, the only one now in the United States, has takon the place of the old French opera house in New Orleans, which appears to have gone the way of so many revered institutions since the war undid so many of our customs as the home of French art in this country. coun-try. The New York play house, while primarily devoted to the drama, is to introduce a number of musical afternoons, after-noons, the artists including many and of wide variety. A little chap who had been chided time and again by his parents for being be-ing lazy, on the morning of the day of the peace celebration got up at 6 o'clock and lit the fire and later made about a dollar selling special editions. Walking down town with his father to see the celebration that evening, he told the parent that this day would always al-ways be. memorable in his life for two things the day peace was signed and the day he said good-bye to his laziness. lazi-ness. The initiative, energy and activity of the American people was what brought about the termination of the war. Surely it must be apparent to the Democratic administration at Washington that a people of such characteristics can safely depend upon their own efforts to accomplish great things rather than the socialistic paternalism pa-ternalism which the government at Washington apparently are endeavoring endeavor-ing to bring about. It would not surpise ub if some Democratic representative in Washington Wash-ington moves the appointment of a commission to investigate as to why there were not more jobs for "deserving "deserv-ing Democrats." Where! and O! Where is William Jenings Bryan? Echo answers Where? THEY TELL ME 'p HAT the majority of girls who are - well developed across the chest, forget to fasten a few of the top buttons but-tons on their waist. THAT no man's land is a corset fitting fit-ting room. THAT Christmas is only a few weeks off. It's time to start shouting Shop early and save the sales lady's displsition. THAT It is better to let your wife have the last word than to have her so angry she won't speak to you at all. THAT the fellow who said he would join the church if it wasn't so full of hypocrites, need not hesitate on that account. There is always room for one more. THAT if wool keeps on climbing we will soon be compelled to wear kilts. THAT you can't fool nature. That's why so many prohibitionists have red noses. THAT a man with a shady character charac-ter doesn't always keep cool. THAT it is a hard task to please everybody and no sane man over makes the effort. THAT when a man's creditors corner him, he should be compelled to begin settlement work. THAT the Germans will never get that Christmas dinner in Paris. THAT the W. S. S. are still on sale. THAT some of us are going to have a lot of spending money in 1923. THAT the only thing that we would want that was made in Germany is a perforated helmet. THAT Holland doesn't seem to like German invasion, either. THAT with the white flag at the front and the red flag at the rear, Germany is getting what is coming to THAT a trade paper says that the bottom has fallen out of the hide and leather market. The top stays on in the retail shoe shops, however. THAT what makes most pretty women wo-men "wrinkle early" Is trying to look intelligent. THAT an exchange headline says "Alcohol users are many and varied." You spilled a kegful. THAT the same chap who covered the various assassinations of Villa seems to have been writing about the death of the Clown Prince. THAT judging by the sporting pages it looks as though they had also saved the world for baseball. THAT the fellow who digs a hole for another only to fall into it himself generally does very little explaining. |