The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-17

bly, If at the close CT life we could al
add up correctly we should find that
the balance OF happiness was rather
on the side of tbs poor. If their SOY
rows are sharper their joys are keener.
and their power Of endurance greater
, They never experience that safety Of
living which comes from safety of
pleasure. They could not understand
the pangs OF poverty III the breast of
that luxurious Roman who committed
suicide because he had only 100000 left.
Simple habits and natural tastes are
far more conducive to enjoyment than
many are aware Of. Every day duty
gives a zest for harmless recreation.
and many a. good-natured father. who
takes his little ones of a Sunday for a.
quiet stroll in country lane, when the
hawthorn or the honeysuckle is in
nloom. derives more solid happiness
from this than if he were prince and
played al Monte Carlo.
It is tire custom nowadays to f1atter
the working classes by ascribing to
them all the virtues But those are
not their true friends who do this
Every class has its own virtues and
vices, and the working class has its.
They would do well to remember that
political suffrage does not give political
wisdom, and that a restricted educa-
ton must produce restricted intelli-
gence. Their improved condition will
depend not on extraneous assistance.
nor on acts of parliament, nor the ros-
trums of economical and political
quacks. but on themselves. They must
set themselves a higher standard Of
education and a higher code of neral
ity before they can make any consid-
cradle advance. ONLY those who live
in a FOOLS paradise believe in the power
OF parliamentS to effect a great social
reformation, which, like that of an
Individual, must proceed from within
Drink. for instance, is the greatest
hindrance TO their prosperity. and
the happiness Of their married lives
Many think that if all the public houses
! were closed by act of parliament
England would be changed from a
dfunNen 10 SOBER ma ton. This is a
pure delusion. The fanatics of the state
OF Maine caused it TO be tried there
oy law. But Mr. Justin Mccarthy has
given US his experience of the Workin 2
of this act. People drank as much as
before and Mr. Mccarthy found no
dlf1culty in getting his native whisky
anywhere, even of a Sunday We de-
plore lntoxica ton as much as Sir Will
fred Lawson does. but we do not think
,Engbshmen and Irishmen will ever
suffer themselves to be ragooned into
becoming teetotallers or anything else.
Although the poor frequently underso
many unavoidable privations, the
I necessaries of life are cheap and wages
higher than on the continent There
they find no difficulty in marrying.
This seems to require some explana tiol.
for those concerned. Can it be true. as
Mons. Paul Bhouet (MaX O'ReID author
of John Bull and His Island" said in
4 mis- lecture at WeStbourne Park a few
days ago that much harm arises from
! the desire of the poor to ape the class
above them This, he said. prevails in
England much more than on the conti-
nent. There poor man is not ashamed
! to go TO church in his blouse. and ser
/ want girls do not attempt 10 VIE WIN
their mistreSses in airs and dress as
! they do here. We regret the loss of
| that modest humility which was once
the grace of the poor-that honesty of
! department which preserved them from
! affecting to be other than they were.
Even in these revolutionary times there
are some things worth preserving.
i Should poor people marry? AS we'll
| ask should the course of labor stand
still? Should the-grass- grow in our
| streets and the cobwebs rot on our
walls? Should the land lie untitled and
the seas Improved? Should the shuttle
| cease and the anvil be silent? In a
word should famine and pestilence,
| hunger and fury, desolation and death
! sway as of old? For all these would
ihappen were the sons and daughters