Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-05
SENSELESS ADJUSTMENTS.

We BELIEVE in The necessity an
BENEFITS or recreation. We rejoic
when working people take a hoIi
day. Legal holidays are not am
zoe frequent; we would not limi
them a day but would rather ado
10 the list. Amusement can no
always be highly intellectual o.
greatly instructive. Relaxation O
mind, OF body, or both, IS the ohjec
in view in taking a holiday. There
fore anything that necessitates great
eXertion, mental or physical, doe:
not accomplish the end intended.
\ little fun and nonsense is ben,
eicial to the ordinary man as well
rs the child. But it is
not the heal and end-an OF
existence, and when carried to
eXtnemes is Injurious to the indi-
vidual and to society.
Tire spirit Of the age is enc Of folly
ana pleasure seeking. Il seems Is
though many people look upon
amusement as the chief object Of ex-
is.eHce. And young folks are
drinking in OF this spirit IN c0pious
drIurhts. Lovers OF pleasure more
ihar lovers Of God, - was one OF the
apostolic descriptions Of the people
~ the latter days. Il vas true 10
the letter.
4 check ought to be pat upon
immod-rate indulgence. The wise
viii exert themselves in this direc-
ton. And vines recreation is
needed II ought to tie Of such a
character that after it is over there
viii not be = feeling that The time
has been wasted or worse than
wasted.
This carnival. - that has set all
Northern Utah agog for a week: can
anybody SEE any SENSE or benefit in
it" Why" some one will say. us
1t not 2 big advertisement for Utah
and for Ogden in particular:'' We
reply, If that i 50, IL is very cx-
peH-ivc advertisement ami one
more likely to exhibit the Territory
IN the light of folly than anything
else.
We have yet to hear from a single
individual an expression Of salts
faction, either in the thing itself or
in it, result. twas fo5lery from he
ginning to end. Ths. tournaments
was but sorry huriesque on the
name. twas mere child's play and
not even the shadow Of the real
thing that pleased the people Of the
old world centuries ago.
The mock titles, too, had not even
the IA crit Of wit or of humor. They
were only sound s!guilyinE nothing.
or soft soap Tor sJf- pates. They
were sicAeuius TO common sense.
nd time when the nation
was communicating lis entire relief
from the thrlId1m OF luouarchirsl
rad avistoeratic domination and all
the evils auI expressions o. the Ecu
,ial ays.gm.
No'sa, lu-., confusion, cr0wding
1f masses without orIe-. O.. pleasure.
DC intelligence, cs genuine amuse-
menr, driukinr. ct55l~-u-. hurry .
barry ant reckIessurss. with 2 few I
Incidents fatal and otherwise. and I
@ suicide OF - thrown in. make up
the sum Of tine sensrless carnival, - /
Who are benefited except the
n-0priet1rs OF drinking places and
low AMI vile resorts VIII it tend .
10 elevate the masses, beautify the I
town, imgart any useful infOrma- |
Ion, give new energy 20 those who !
wasted time ami money in travelling I
10 see itGnt he tlmns8 together in Z
-hs hot a'Ii noisy strse-sa II any I
other than We have named are salts !
ieI aul can show the good this |
'o-calied .elrHivai'' has effected We I
would like 90 know it. as We DO not |
wish % be too ccu-oriUus and will |
not wilfully m.>repressut anything. !
oi course II viii be said We are
behind the times. 8" or that We are /
'preEIlieei," or thIE We wish 10
prevent amusement. But n the
risk Of being unpopular with 4 Ger.
ain class, We simply tell the truth. /
AMI though some viii be angry be-
'sa-e Of this. in their hearts. the
thousands who have pronounced the
Tn0ie business a fizzle and n fraud.
will echo oursentimsnts ami endorse
very word we have said.
Let Ms have amussuenis. by all /
means IN their proper time and
e2son, aud let them be as frequent
s i consistent with Eraver matters. /
igt let them be at least rational
nd orderly. and really recreative.
nd DO not les IL encourage the
tides. folly ami aasIr.iity with no
oss.h.e good results. For our slses
nj the sake Of our children. let US
W some restraint upon this in
-elsinS rush on the wide road OF :
'uspless Inducements. falsely called ,
lcasure anil relaxalinn. I