Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-25
The Lives We Live.


There Is condition Of affairs arising
in our three largest towns, including
Salt Lake City, which may well cause
thoughtful people to ask what is the
cause thereof, and what is the remedy
for the evil
speak OF the vast importance that is
being given to social doings, and the
greedy way in which the young are
learning these lessons Of caste" aud
Glass" from their somewhat Indifferent
elders. We have all, perhaps, our
various ideas as to the causes which are
bringing this about, but beg 10 submit
that there is no one more powerful
cause than that Of the manner In which
the public press have undertaken TO
manage this matter for themselves and
all the rest of the people. This matter
OF Introducing, for Sabbath reading
think of the consistency of that, my
iricnd--the doings OF all the so-called
society peoplc into the columns Of the
papers is not a refining nor elevating
practice. The good sense Of the best
class OF intelligent as well rs wealthy
and scurn TO allow the use OF names or
influence TO reporters who seek for this
sort OF vicious pabAum for the public
NAV. Who ever hears Of the old
KnickeTbockers OF New York or OF the
residents Of Bacon street IN Boston hav-
ing their social doings published In a
paper They are as class, too refined
and modest to desire public notoriety,
or the Haunting forth of their intimate
Affairs TO the vulgar curiosity of the
vulgar people who lind pleasure In such
reports. II does seem as II a person
could refuse to allow his name and that
OF his family to appear in such reports
as are found in some OF our Sunday
papers; but, my dear country friend,
want to tell you that in many instances,
the reporter boldly tells his victims that
he or she will pullsh all that can be
found out about certain party, and
they can help themselves as best they
may. No one likes to come Quit q paper
and say that such and such re-
port OF a social party was not furnished
by themselves and family, but that il
was obtained by quiz2ing aud curious
reporter from some one who had enjoy.
ed the hospitality Of the host. What is
TO be done in these casesp ! think
dose OF such sarcasm as Essay Caigh
gives us once In while in the NEWS
would help to kill this growing evil, but
It needs, also. that the parents shall
wake up TO the fact that they are taci,ly
encouraging a very marked separation
Of our people into classes, OF the rich
and the poor not Of the good and the
bad. Whose names do YOU see oftenest
in the social columns That Of the
earnest worker lor Zion and her cause,
or that OF the friyilous dude II no, the
rakel Who are the women who run
after the society reporter TO tell them of
this or that evenil Is Il the woman who
looks well TO the ways OF her HOUSEHOLD
IN spiritual things, or the woman who
lives only for pleasure and irivolityp
Heaven deliver me and my family from
ever having our names appear in the
society columns OF newspaper or In
the police reports. have no desire to
pose as a leader OF society, or as a
woman OF fashion. The black silk dress
have worn for several years is neither
new enough nor stylish enough to be
described by the society editress, thank
heavenl And whose business Is II what
dress ! wearl This society column is
the freedom OF the press carried into
uihilism and anarchy. out upon III