The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-25
MIR. AUERBAGH's VIEWS.
Not What We Wanted, but Yet
Very Readable.

In an unguarded moment, during 8
rush of business, a promise was given
to representative of THE HERALD that
l would write an article for its Christ
mas issue.
Before 1 knew it my name appeared,
as the prospectus has it. among an array
of names prominent in business, social
and literary circles"
Ever since, this article has acted
like nightmare on me, and robbed me
of part of that sleep so necessary to a
man who is engaged in buying and
selling articles. instead of writing them.
When demonstrating with the
HERALD man that never wrote an ar
tlcle before in ali my life and why in
Caesa r's name he pitched on to me when
there are so many men who would
gladly write articles much longer and
nicer tnan mine will prove. l was met
with:
You are an old resident; you have,
ETC., etc )" and finally, if you have DO
time to spare, Mr.. Al" The should have
SAID ability to compose, VI will send
you in something which, after glancing
over, you can cnango to suit Yourself,
t zen sign, and I'll send for it,
| This | thought was an easy way out
of the dilemma, and l took the bait. In
due time the article came, covering
nearly three sheets of nice typewriting.
1t was daisy"
Sentences Senator EVarts might easily
father, and word painting Rider Hag-
gard never approached in She" al
most beguiled me into putting IF. Il.
a > at the bottom.
But the thought struck me that, hav-
ing lived twenty five years land, the
climate holding out, willing TO live
twice twenty-five years longer) in the
coming boss city OF the West, and that
Tor an old resident who has seen the
sood old times when wheat or pump
zlns brought admission to perform snces
at the Theatre, the like of which have
arely enjoyed since; when umbrellas
we're an unknown ARTICLE of luxury"
nd the stove pipe was hailed with
oloot that bat . it would not do to
make fool of myself by appearing be-
fore old friends WEARING q plumage
o'lght and beautiful. but not my own.
Inc more | thought of it, the less I
thought of it.
In my minds eveI saw the wide and
% IN to be paved streets of Salt Lake
CITY getting too narrow for me, when
meeting friends, nudgiDg each other
dad whispering, never thought Fred
mad that sort of a weakness
Aud now for that
ARTICLE.
Never before having written one, l
promise the kind readers of THE
HERALD that if they will forgive me
this first offence, l shall never never do
Sd again. FRED II. AUERBACH.
Mr.. Auerbach is undeniabIy correct
IN his statement as to the offer of THE
HERALD S representative. He is not the
Oulv man to whom the same proposal
was made, and in each case the result
was the same and the object sought to
be accomplished was attained-an orr
glnal article followed. A very poorly
written article was handed to the
tardy contributor. He read it, saving
ne would look it over carefully, and
then returned it with an original arti-
Gle, stating that the article furnished
by HE HERALD representative was so
well written he would not dare to
ia her it, and preferred substituting
the one enclosed herewith" etc
We have but two complaints to make
against Mr.. Auerbach: First, he did
not tell US what he thought of business
conditions, and that was what we
wanted; and second, he has BETRAYED
our copyrighted trick