The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-31

puts on a greener hue, the trees
assume a steadier and statelier
attitude, as if they were no longer ex-
pected TO rush ahead in frolicsome
mood there is feathery summerness
the clouds, there is a summary haze
in the air, whereas yesterday all was
May, smiling, bright and ftful.
Every season of the year has
its peculiar atmosphere, differing
from every other season, the whole
combining and weaving themselves to-
gether in a system that is. perfect as it
is grand but the change from spring to
summer is the most delightful of the
transitions that nature has prescribed for
dear old earth in her annual charges.
The generosity of the natural beauty,
the freshness of the early summer,
make its coming the more welcome
than any other season. Spring spends
itself in thaWing out the cold
winter; it is charming at times, but SO
fitful as to shake confidence and des-
troy trust; it has hard work to get
start, and only reaches smooth sailing
when summer comes, and spring has
gomez almost before we realized
that the bright fresh maiden has
been with us. Summer does not
coquette with frost and sunshine; she
does not drive us shiverIng to the stove
or tempt us into throwing off top coats
to be half frozen when the sun hides be-
hind cloud bank. Summer comes
tripplngly, her arms full of flowers and
joy and sunlight, and while singing
with the birds, she buries as with her
precious gifts, and promises that her
welcome shall not be tinged with frosts
and storms and the unpleasant con-
ditions and circumstances that so often
mar the beauty of her variable young
sister.
The early summer gives to out-of-
door life a fascination that cannot be
described. To be abroad of a June
morning is a JOY and pleasure that
can be had in no other way. All the
fragrance of the grateful earth greets
one, and the air has softness, a sweet
ness and a freshness that it possesses
at no other time. The suns mellow
light softens the jagged outlines and
blends the landscape into a smooth,
unmarried picture; the birds sing their
sweetest notes; everything is fresh and
glad, and life seems dearer and sweeter
than at any other time. June is the
loVelier and better because of the pre-
monition that she will be followed by
July and August, with their excessive
heat bringing langour and Iassitude to
the system, and parching the beauteous
face which June has spread over nature.
Americans love nature, but they
do not enjoy her beauties
and blessings as they might and should
They are too busy or think they must
be too busy to get out of their stores
and counting rooms and offices to get
their full share of the healthful breezes
of June, and see the bright pictures that
are spread out in every direction for the
admiration of all who Will look. Our
girls and women are too generally the
little canaries content with singing life
away in cage, and our men are
machines adjusted for collecting money
that they cannot enjoy. 1t would be |
better for us morally, Intellectually |
and physically if we would do as
it was intended we should do
get out of doors and love and |
admire and enjoy nature. The
love of nature will drive out the coarse,
the selfish and the sordld that the love
of money instils in our hearts and will |
make us better, brighter and happier
men and women.
We welcome summer. 1t is ever
new and valuable lesson, and its study I
is so fascinating thatit can be read over
and over again, and its meaning grows |
broader and broader as we learn more
of it.