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Show I j THE SPECTATOR I I I .. l 00 RAY for 111 1" Hi Mayor Ferry! Ill I P 111 Hes got llIs ! -X HI back bowed at i HI last, That was Pkj i'-sssg-rJI a beautiful package h e handed the Buttermilk League," said a level-headed citizen the other day. ' "Yes, I feel like shouting myself," I replied, "for in company with the entire en-tire community I had just about given the Mayor up as a bad job. Mont isn't a bad fellow at heart and he takes his office quite seriously, but he ' seems to have the unhappy faculty of too frequently spoiling the soup. However, How-ever, he is on the right track at last, and if he just keeps steam up he ought to pick up lost ground and come under the wire with colors flying. 'All's well that ends well,' sang the immortal bard; which Is the classic way of saying that a poor start sometimes irakt s u good finish." "I suppose the Mayor's resolution will put a quietus on the Betterment League," the level-headed citizen continued. con-tinued. "That all depends. It remains to bo seen whether he means what he says, or whether he is simply talking to hear himself talk." "I'm sorry to hear you express a doubt. I had high hopes that the city fathers finally had this outfit on the run." "One of the reformers is on the run all right, but Steve Newman is responsible respon-sible for that." "Is that so? I supposed that the Mayor was leading the charge." I "Oh, no. Steve is a poor hand at 1 J4 advertising himself, but when it comes to big gunning and straight shooting he's got all the other fellows backed, off the boards." "What's he doing?" "Well, when Brother Evans of the Betterment League made his recent charges of law violation in the city, Newman called his bluff. He abruptly asked him why, if he knew of such violations, he didn't swear out a warrant war-rant himself. Evans leplled that ho hadn't the time. Newman told him that it was his duty as a good citizen to take the time. He also assured him that if he really couldn't afford the time to do this, that he (Newman) would take it upon himself to press the prosecution of the alleged cases if Evans would only furnish him with the evidence." "Has Evans come through with the information?" "Not to date. But the chances are that he will either have to cough up or eat his own words. Newman has taken him at his word and is hot on his trail." "What can he do to him?" "I don't know. I do know, however, that he has already made an attempt to X have Evans arrested on the grounds that he is a party to the alleged crime, in that he professes personal knowledge knowl-edge of the crime, but persists in concealing con-cealing information necessary to its prosecution." "What is your opinion of the outcome out-come of the controversy?" "That Newman will brand Evans as a bare-faced liar and that the whole community will endorse the verdict." "Who is this fellow Evans, anyway?" any-way?" "Oh, he Is a professor in one of the local educational institutions, with a hobby for reforming other people. He revels in notoriety and is unquestionably unquestion-ably a disgrace to the decent-minded people with whom he associates. He's no good and ought to be drummed out of town." "That's a pretty broad statement. Aren't you liable to give him a comeback?" come-back?" "Not In the least. I would welcome the opportynlty of proving to the public pub-lic just what sort of a four-flusher he really is. He is one of the fellows who can't afford to throw stones at others. He lives in a glass house himself and if I were in his fix I would stay on my own reservation and keep close watch so that no one uncovered the skeleton." skele-ton." "You have aroused my curiosity. Tell me what you know." "Never mind. It will all come out in the wash and become public property prop-erty soon enough, unless Brother Evans Ev-ans promptly puts on the soft pedal." tjHILE on the subject, if the Bet-) Bet-) terment Leaguers really want something to do, it might be a good idea for them to keep an eye on The Lodge. On the way home from Pan-tages Pan-tages Saturday night my wife and I dropped into the place to get a bite to eat. It was our first visit; also, it was the last. We went there on the supposition sup-position that the cafe was 'exclusive,' and catering to the better class (see advertisement's.) Heaven help us if that Saturday night crowd was a fair representation of Salt Lake's better class. There was a big crowd present and business was good. Also there was noise galore and at times the affair reminded one very much of a riot. In many respects the place is no improvement improve-ment upon the notorious joint that Sutton used to run. The wise ones say that if you know how to order, you can get a drink with a kick In it. I can't swear to this, because be-cause the flunkey took me for a stranger and I didn't know the high-sign. high-sign. We were fortunate to find an unoccupied table in a corner out of reach of the mob. In all fairness to the waiter, I must admit that ho yery politely took our order sandwiches, cake and coffee; then he promptly' for- got it or the cook did for that was the last we heard of it. After an interminable in-terminable wait I became impatient and caught hold of the waiter's coat-tail coat-tail as he was rushing by tho table with a tray loadened with the 25c slop that is being foisted on the public under un-der a fancy label, and inquired after my order. It was "coming up, sir," ho assured me. This must have happened half a dozen times, if not more. Finally, Fin-ally, after a wait of forty-five minutes, we left tho madhouse and went to a respectable place where we wero promptly served. Never again! In this connection, I would not say that the management of The Lodge is flirting with the law, for such statements state-ments are hard to prove. But things looked a little suspicious, and sometimes some-times smoke is a good indication of fire. They say that there is a little bootlegging going on all round the town and we doubt that the police or anybody else can put a stop to it. But if we are "going to have boot-legging, let's be fair about it. It isn't right to let one fellow hog it all and a rank outsider at that. Give them all a show; especially our fellow townsmen towns-men who have stuck to the ship through fair weather and foul, and who are doing their best to be decent and to keep within the law. I understand under-stand that my friend Bill Newton is a candidate for city commissioner, and respectfully suggest to him the advisability ad-visability of incorporating this idea into his platform. QND speaking of cafes, it isn't good policy to boost for any particular par-ticular place, but I like the policy that "Mine Host" Le Maire has adopted over at the Wilson Grill. In line with national food conservation, this enterprising enter-prising caterer is observing one meatless meat-less day each week. The Friday menus contain no meats whatever. Fish, sea foods and ferinaceous dishes are featured, and if these dishes do not appeal to the diner it is perfectly all right with tho management for him H to go elsewhere. The idea is a good H one and I look to see all the patriotic H places in the city follow suit. If they do we will boost for them likewise, and so will all the other papers re- H gardless of whether they advertise or H not. It is a plan that should be en- H couraged, not only by the papers, but H by the people themselves. H jnriHOEVER is responsible for the M JL issuing of the order at Fort H Douglas prohibiting, under penalty of H arrest, the presence of young girls H after seven o'clock in the evening H unless properly chaperoned deserves H a ,y voto of thanks. I suspect H lu. jvernor Bamberger and Mayor H I had a hand in the proposition H along with Colonel Hasbrouck, and it H is to their everlasting credit that H they took this commendable course. H Now that the movement has been H started in the right direction, let us H extend the order by enacting a city H ordinance, providing for a curfew at H an early hour and punishing the par- H ents of young girls who stray upon H the streets after that hour. This will H do more to conserve the morals of the H city than all other constraints com- H bined. It can be done, and if the Bet- H terment League or the Women's clubs H or anybody else will press tho move- H ment, we will give them our unquali- H fled support. H M "You're under arrest," exclaimed H the officer with chin whiskers, as he H stopped tho automobile. H "What for?" inquired Mr. Chugglns. H "I haven't made up my mind yet. H I'll just look over your lights, an' your jH license, an' your numbers, an' so forth. H I know I can get you for somethln.' H M Germany is learning rapidly that it H doesn't pay to assume that mankind is H divided into classes Germans and H |