The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-07

ment is sha1ed by sIsst uiany oNei
the United Kingdom, and this class re-
gret that Mr.. Gladstone has SO iar iost
the fire of youth that he fails 10 lake
decisive stand, and once 1or az nlee.
the issue that has been growing Tor
wears and vich must be met sooner or
later. For this reason Gladstone Is con.
sidered to be yielding to the pressure OF
age and that he lives not on the states-
manship he can boast to-day, but on .ne
prestige of the past. "a
Belfast is in the heat of a political de-
hate and on the eve of an election. a
Mr.. O'Neal and Mr.. Sinclair are the
opposing parties and the way the
journals favorlng one side abuse the
supporters and the candidate Oh Tue
other is so refreshing that it sounds IKE
America, where every man who goes
into politics is a liar and thief by
reputation-and the reputation seldom
does Injustice to the man. The issues,
however, are not as all-absorbing here
as in America. as there are fewer voters,
and fewer newspaper readers. lHs
whitening sarcasm which each journal
hurls at the head of the oppositlon
candidate reminds one of the lnvecsiVes
of boy-debating societies; but 1t pleases
their supporters and rifles their oppo-
nents and that is all the best OF as can
do. and it ought therefore to be enough.
The Irish people are lovers OF run;
The proportion of persons not attacneu
to one religious body or anotner Is
small; and as the priests and MINISTER'S
and the ministers especially - nate
theatres and refer to them as adluncts
of the devil, few of the middle classes
attend them. 1t is little entertaining
l.
theatres and at the end OF sermon an
nounce that an entertainment will be
given in the church that week in which
songs, selections from dramas and
Rotations will be given. The object Is
always associated with church work and
the pious soul will urge his goody flock
to do that which he tells them not to do
to patronize or in any way support these
vain things which are the aids OF the
devil. o, consistency, thou art neither
minister nor priest The most enter
tanning thing, though, is the way In
which the ministers and the lawmakers
manage to keep in "kahoots." You
must not drink before meeting IN the
morning, but you may between meeting
hours. Thus saloons may be open from
2 o'clock until o'clock Sunday after
noon, and the good soul may get as full
as a goose during that time; but he
must leave the saloon at meeting time
| in the evening, and if he has no place
else to go he may attend church, and
there, under the sopori6c influence OF
the firstly, secondly and thirdly ser
mon, he may snooze off part OF his
booze. How nice! How considerate
How Godlike! No wonder that the reign
of the minister-and see little choice
between minister here and priest else
where's coming to an end and that
Perfectionists, salvation armies, brethren
plymouth brethren, loose brethren
and exclusive brethren = Worcesters,
Derbyites, and other spasmodic organ1-
cations abound and flood the country
with saving -made-easy tracts and doc
much abuse as the saloon. They dare
not preach against saloons, so the
theatre gets it all. Well, the drama has
broad back and good men and all the
chickering's of Satan's imps, though
called ministers, will never rob it of its
power to elevate and to degrade man,
az man chooses to make use of it.
l see placarded all over the town, in
which is to be produced at one of the
theatres here soon. The Private
Secretary" by an English company
save US heaven, from a second dos has
departed.
Barry Sullivan has Just finished very
successful engagement here, playing
heavy characters, such as Richard the
Third. tar
Rob Maccabe, who-many years age
was very clever man in the lightning
change and Lingard style of variety
show, gives a very weak exhibition OF
his former self from night to night.
remember him in Salt Lake when he
did meritoriously poor business. One
man is not enough for show in these
days, unless he is in the pulpit, in which
place more that one would prove toe
great a burden for human endurance.
An American variety company holds
the boards in a cheap theatre on Nortf
street. | must send you sample of the
announcement bill. Compared with tn,
American poster, having the same enc
in view, 1t Is quite curiosity.
Falka, with fine printing and an ex
celIent display of legs-on the walls-is
coming attraction at the Roya
Theatre, vi
Lion exhibitions at the Botanical
Gardens. parading German brass an(
tstring bands, plenitude of meetings
very, very few lectures, and som,
charity sermons constitute the remain
ing public amusements for Belfast
History tells US what vices people resor
to who are taught that recreations are
sinful, no matter how innocent ant
harmless be the result; and you may
guess what the pious expounders o.
Belfast are doing for the people.
By-the-by: Can anybody explain wha1
kind of a sermon charity sermon
is Fl have seen the walls covered with the
announcements, from Sunday to Sunday
of charity sermons" but have not yet
seen anybody who could explain theil
nature. gr-c.sv-aiG gr'-r
The spring is unusually late here, anG
the cold weather fingers surprisingly
but the whole country is beautiful. i
is pleasant to stroll along the country
roads, so clean, so level, SO well kept, sc
winding, and see the endless varieties o.
country residences and the magnificent
grounds; it is entertaining to see the
kind of vehicles they use here-the car
and the jaunting garland, with rare ex
ceptions, nothing but two-wheeled ar.
rangements, while the higher you gel
from the ground the more fashionable
is the turnout; and it is most amusing
to note the manner in which familiar
acouaintances salute each other here