The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-10
SOME PROPHECIES
A Laurel Wreath for Walt Whit
mans Grave.
BOYCOTTING A NEWSPAPER
Lawmsking Run Vida Little Religions
War-A Prosperous Young Playwright
Queer Clerical Colony.

spondence of The HERALD. =" Tody :"
Hamilton, of Barnum's circus, always has
good story to relate of interest to the
public, and, as might be expected, his
stories usually have more or less bearing
on the circus itself Not the least inter
esting of his narratives relate to people who
want to join the circus, and great deal of
MIR. Hsmilton's time seems to have been
taken up by these ambitious persons. II is
very poor country town IN does not
produce at least one young man who
has been allured by the gay spangles and
trappings of the ring and is satisfied
that a circus life is the life fer him.
Not iDfrequently it is young woman
who is fascinated by the glRmor, and
wishes to become a great circus rider and
bow to the plaudidts of the multitude. To
these persons Mr.. Hamilton always has
stereotyped form of reply. He points out
the dangers and bardships of such life,
and the small remuneration that comes as
6 reward for so much effort. There is no
black spot in the picture to which
he does not call particular attention.
sometimes, says Mr.. hamilton, my
efforts to deter these people are successful,
and sometimes they are not In one very
well remembered instance they decidedly
were not,n and be went on to tell about
ii. ut was not exactly a case Of
person wanting to join a circus"
E2id he. at was . Brooklyn young
woman of good family, well educated
and exceptionally handsome, whose ambi-
ton was TO go upon the stage. She was
the stepdaughter Of a friend of mine, a
1-v~ h,, ~, I
Knowing that / had had experience with
such cases he came TO me for advice and
Rssi-sance He proceeded under my direc-
ton for a time, DuI finally reported that
sll his efforts were likely to be in vain;
that while he was doing ali he could to
dissuade the young woman from such
course she was going right ahead making
her arrangements to enter upon dramatic
career. My friend asked me as final effort
TO call upon his stepdaughter and
urge her, If possible to abandon
her intention and l took the first
opportunity to do so. l went to his
home in Brooklyn, and, as an old friend OF
the family, took the liberty to point out to
the young lady the folly of the step she
was so seriously contemplating. She had
been accustomed to the comforts of good
home, and l laid much stress upon the
hardshlps she might have 10 endure in the
event that the dramatic profession proved
disappointing in pecnniary sense. l be-
Eeve l even went so far as TO suggest to
her that it did not infrequentty happen that
actresses were obliged to pawn their
wardrobes to satisfy the demands of pinch
ing poverty, and that the chronicles of the
profession showed that the best of them
after bad season were often obliged to
count railroad ties in order to get back
home. In fact, drew narrowing picture
Of the hardship and poverty which attended
the house believing that l had saved this
young lady from life of Indebtedness and
want. To my HORROR continued Mr.
Hamilton, II soon afterward learned that.
Notwithstanding all that had been SAID and
done, she had actually gone upon the stage.
And now what DO you suppose has become
Of her!" and MIR. Hamilton's voice grew
almost husky with emotion. 'Poor child
poor child" he moaned ''She was Edith
Kingdom, and she had not been on the stage
a great while until she was the wife of
George Gould.n
Then she Is not count ting railroad ties,
as you feared?" 1 suggested.
Counting railroad ties ~ chuckled Mr.
Hamilton. "Why she is actually counting
railroads that she owns, or expects to
own"
LAwMAKING WITH A VENGEANCE.
Since the New Jersey legislature has
passed a law legelizing the Reading, Le-
high Valley and Jersey Central coal con-
amended the insurance code so as to let in
the get-rlch quick Endowment societies it
would seem that almost anything might
reasonably be expected from state legis-
lature, at least from these two state legis-
latures. In both these cases the process
may simply be characterized as passing
laws TO make fraud legal. The public
aN-aifs the next stem with
est, and will be surprised at nothing
by the time this CORRESPONDENCE
is in type, these extraordinary laws
may be repealed or vetoed. but
others equally extraordinary may have
taken their place. These endowment So
cieties, which have just been legalized bv
the New York legislature against the
earnest protest Of Superintendent Pierce
OF the state insurance department, promise
TO pay 500 for S25, and pay nothing.
Their prospectuses are always allur-
ing ana they catch gudgeons by the
thousands. 1t may be urged that anyone
who goes into a scheme where 500 is prom
lsed for SIS deserves 10 be swindled, but at
the same time state legislature should
hesitate before it passes laws to
legaliZe this sort OF thing. The
gentlemen who carry on the SCREEN
goods" business under some disadyan-
tage should come in and demand legislation
IN their behalf. The bunco men cannot al
ways depend upon the courtesy of the no.
lice and under the new order of things
should ask that their business and their
persons be hedged about with the aegis of
the law. Likewise the horsethief What
protection does the red-eyed law afford to
him. To be sure. after he gets into court
he has chance TO prove that he is not
horse thief, but simply an equine klepto-
maniac, ana has been so from birth This
of course, will acquit him, but at the same
time, is it fair, is it just, is it right be-
tween man and man, that his business
should be Disseminated against by the leg
lslaUure2 any reasonable person will yyot
not. OF course there is another view of
this matter. While many are condemning
the Legislature Tor doing these things, there
are others who take the same view that the
legislature does, namely, that every swim
die that is duly legalized and made proper
reduces the number CT swindles lust that
much. This, ii is claimed, is In the inter
est of public morals, ana should be encour-
aged alike by press and pulpit. BY legaliz-
ing all the swindles it will then become i'm
possible for anyone to be swindled. And
when there are no longer any swinGles
there will be no inducement for anyone
10 be a swlndler and we VIII all become
upright and honorable by law. This
will place all on a common level as to
honesty and the very rich man viii. bv
statute, become quite as good as a poor
man. By this means no man may be so
rich he can get through the eye of the
celestial needle. Sir Thomas Moore's
Utopian government will therefore become
a beautiful reality. Here is where the
publicist rises superior to the preacher and
moralist. While the latter is wasting his
time trying to persuade men to be honest.
the former passes a few laws making ali
crimes legal and all men respectable The
law is great thing, but 1t takes Soliti