The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-18

seen by each other. These two celeb
rites are Yvette Guilbert and Dwight
L. Moody, It was a master mind in
Journalism that conceived the idaa
placing the views of these opposites in
tuxtaposition. Yvette the charming.
Yvette the only. says, in part:
1 have attended one of Mr. Moody's
meetings at the Cooper Union II is
curious, it is amazingl oh. a man who
can hold an audience like his with
such artlessness as this is powerful,
What marvels could he not accom-
olish
l do not know what the state of mind
of this country is. and l cannot tell.
therefore. how much it may be neces-
sary to work in order TO make it better.
but Mr. MoodS. because he addresses
himself to all, has the chance of adj
dressing usefully men and women who
need his light.
If hearts be dry and without kind
ness, Mr.. Mood does an act of ten
dernesS. an act of generosity, in crying
at them the word of Christ: Love one
another and forgive the sins of those
who have Sinned against you, in order
that you also may be forgiven.
Men are only big children.
Mr.. Moody impresses me as a vigor-
Gus husbandman sowing the good and
healthy grain which can only produce
in time an efficacious intellectual nour-
ishment.
Let an apostle assume the mission of
revealing to us our constant betrayalS
of our neighbors and of ourselves.
Let him teach us how to direct our
hearts toward all that is beautiful,
noble. generous and good. and there
shall come an era of Dacifying sweet
ness.
At the same time. let our souls be
cared for in the religious regard: let
our beings be analyzed and made
better.
Let all our sentiments. all our vices
be exposed, and let US be rescued from
them.
One never knows really how to swim
before one has been drowned a little.
1t is that last line that is Guilbert-
esque to the core. "One never knows
really how to swim before one has
been drowned a little" No one but a
French woman, a Parisienne, could
say that. Drowned a littlel Just
enough to give piquancy to the hum
drum Of life.
And how does Mr.. Moody see La
Guilbert? Not in pleasing light, by
any means. He says, in part:
You have asked me for an opinion
regarding the performances of the
French woman who soon begins an en-
gagement in New York. 1 have before
me the official translation of a song
that she sung at the press rehearsal
today. A woman is supposed to say
to a lad:
Thy mothers heart for my dogs meat"
1t seems to me that the devil him
self could not devise a more corrupting
message to send to this city. 1t is hell
let loose.
l am informed that some of the first
families of New York-many of them
church members-take their children
to these performances. The fifth COM
mandment is. Honor thy father and
thy mother" 1 would like to know
how children whose minds are polluted
with such stuff can have any respect
and honor for parents who take them
there.
If there is one thing human that de-
serves to be held sacred. it is a moth
er's love. And here we have French
woman coming among US with her
damning and demoralizing perform
ances, and she receives the applause
or some or our leading citizens.
Can it be wondered that family has
a skeleton in its midst when the par
ents allow their children to become
smeared with such Ubiquitous filth2
There is a grace of manner and
charm of style about what Mademoi-
selle Guilbert says of Mr.. Moody that
is lacking in what he says of her. Her
are equally as good as his, but
with her they are pleasing manner
isms of speech thrown off as easily and
as lightly as the songs she sings. What
Mr.. Moody says comes from deeply
religious heart and are the utterances
of a sincere soul.
The world is gayer for such a woman
as Mademoiselle Guilbert; it is better
for such men as Mr.. Moody.