The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-01
A WEEK In SOCIETY
A Californian Tells Where He
roeS Are Made.
SAD STORY OF A DISAPPOINTMENT
The Kvsnts Of the Last Seven Days-The TaJ
lorLett and the Woodruh-Kim-
ball Weddings.

In California one day, as l sat beneath
the shade of San Bernardino's olive and
orange trees, listening to the soft breezes,
Mr. Pearee told me story. 1t was good
enough to reproduce. ! had told him that
was society "editress" with some ire
pidation, but instead of the anticipa ted
Ehrug OF the shoulders, she beamed on me
quite kindly and said:
al have great regard for society after
81, madam, although l do confine myself
TO my ranch so closely. know that it is a
fad with q certain set 70 decry society, cali
the men dudes, the women bundles of
Rffectation, and even worse, but have seen;
pardon me, society youths who could put
up their dukes and even be heroes on oc-
casions, and as to the women, why, they
are all good some a little better than
others. Take a society man from the soft,
subtle environments of his every day life
and place him on his metal ana he
will hold his own against any
element he may be thrown with.
II he has been properly trained
he will generally master circumstances
Cupid points him to woman, and woman
teaches him ch:valry and courtesy, and be
becomes brave by association, If he is not
naturally so. The rough diamond is very
valuable article, but. please you, the jewel
er's profit on the polished article frequently
mskes his fortune.
Il am practical old Californian myself
ana 1 do not pretend to excuse the 'fritter-
Jug that the society youth does, but that
there is no good in him, that there is not
heroism in him, l am prepared to deny. He
viii do things that are so magnanimous,
and so brave that the undercurrent can't
l.
chances in life to defend woman's honor,
and give his life at odds sometimes to what
seems the vainest of chimeras, the uphold
ing of principle founded on a mere senti
ment
Have you ever been TO San Diego,
MADAME
~ never have" l replied.
a was there last year and stopped al
Coronado. IL is wonderful place, the
great hotel, with the ocean tapping It's
foundation stones, the surge of the water
the beautiful moonlight and the glorious
sunshine, and the summer and winter
bathing, TO which there is but one draw
back, the undertow. 1t is fearful thini
81 times, that undertow. II taught NE
lesson, showed me what heroes society car
produce, and gave me glimpse into life
OF which l fain would have seen more.
at was beautiful day; the sea was a.
calm as il could be, but a strong undercur-
rent wss running out and the bathers KEEP
pretty close TO the shore and the ropes.
stood on the shore watching them and Civ
ing good zeal OF my attention to younl
man who sat close by me making all sort
o. characters IN the sand with his cane. II
was q handsome fellow despite the saddles
face i ever saw. Tall and sneWy, witt
large, dark eyes. 1 won't tell you biz
Eame, because you may write up the storl
acme day when you get back home, ant
in Soil ok
MIN we'll.
lie told me a bit of his life story once
He had loved a woman very devotedly il
the east and some misunderstanding came
They separated and he came west, settlet
down in this state and lived as much q
nlsEsef as any hermit. / think l was th'
nrst person ne ever allowed TO get close L
him 40 made something, only little, o
confdant OF me. / really think that tn
thought of the woman lie had loved file
bis whole being. he certainly did no
care for anything or anybody else and We
saw him sacrifice his lie to a merel.
hopeless effort TO save q man whom he di
Iot know.
ssWe we're sitting on the beach at Cor
onado as ! said, aud a young man names
Adams vas caught by the undertow an
swept out 10 sea. His screams wer
something pllfnl and carried terror t
everyone who heard them. My friend, tn
'society man, the dude, jumped upas quic
as light when he saw what had occurre
and threw Of his clothes before could eve
prevent him. Over the crest Of the gres
waves he went like q gull, making grea
efforts 10 reach the drowning man. 1t WE
too late, Adams was exhausted, and whe
my friend was within almost arms reac
ne sank 10 rise no more.
"Then came the real struggle, my'hero, ,
call him, fought his way back against Ii
breakers and fought IS only brave ma
eau, but it was a giants work to land, an
re was utterly exhausted by the effort. ]
fact he would never have reache
The shore but we launched
boat almost mirsculously and got him I'M
il. he was nearly done for when we RET
cued him and by the time we had effecte
u landing down opposite Point Iona /
was liz raging fever. | took him to IN
college just opposite the big hotel and ser
Tor a doctor. That night he had a har
colgestive chill and the doctors said /