Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-21

I oil the United States are eminently prac
teal" and mentally I said to myself
True; but the people Of Utah arc pre-
eminenlly practical" Still coming and
turning over page after page, to my de.
light the soul-stirnng strains Of a native
born Utonian, the oulburst Of a soul
that was the recipient OF the divine
aiilatus, amongst all this practical wis
dom, shone out like the Star Of Belhle.
hem. Chatting with the folks on mat
tiers hstriOnic, we soon learned that the
memory Of Shakespeare was not oblii-
Grated ~ the practical; and sitting one
Sabbath afternoon In that wonderful "
constructed Tabernacle, two or three
hundred sweet voices in the choir be-
tfayed the devotees Of Euberpe and
POlyhymnia.
In the Chamber at the State conven.
ton, while debating the State common.
place, everyday humdfum, constitu-
tional subjects, men brainy and muscu.
larry well.deyeloped, couehed their
thoughts with the precision and Ian.
guage Of Bacon or Webster, and
with gigantic earnestness and eloquence
OF DemOsthenes, poured volley after
volley Of gfape'shot and canister into
the midst OF the opposing forces. The
very building In which they spoke was a
solid witness Of the pre- eminent prac.
ticability-blended with the artistie-oi
the citizens. City and county had Joined
hands; had amalgamated; and with their
joint resources, had erected a magnih.
cent structure, practically solid, and
both inside and outside artistically beau
tiiul and ornate.
Even amid The hum aud din Of the
city itself the practical and the artistic
stood boldly out. The practical was
demonstrated directly the city map was
studied. All the streets at nghtangles
and the Temple, the star from which to
take the bearings, while, as you stood
on the cufb-stone, watching electric
cars speeding along, the musical waters
travelling In crystalline brightness along
on both sides Of the streets sang sweet.
ly OF the blending Of the practical and
the poctical.
For such a splendid effect there must
have been more tnan a chance cause,
nor was II long before the gigantic, pic.
tufesque snow.clad mountains, meath
whose beautiful wings the city Of Salt
Lake nestIcs, heralded forth In their SUI
pendous grandeur that they were the
Parnassas OF America, that filled the souls
OF the citizens with love OF music,
poetry and ant, and relieved the mono.
tony OF the intensely practical. In the
bowels OF the mountains, where the
miners delye for riches that ere but as
grass is the practical; but above them
ALL, towering towards that ever beauti.
fully blue SKY. Is the poctical and arts.
tic. The miner, with his pick. strikes
the aurilcrous rock a telling blow and
the sould thereof travels along through
space until Il finds a resting place
among the mountain fora, where In
silent sweetness Il remains until dis
ciple Of Eralo strays that way, and
capturing the prize, transforms It into
sweet, light musical verse, which reach.
es even the soul OF the horny.handed
miner. who is ignorant that the first
sweet strains were fashioned by his
blow
II Is because Of the harmonious blend.
Ing Of the practical the poetic and the
artistic, OF Drawn and brain, that Utah
will prove herself the most beautifully
and iascina,ingly brilliant OF all her SIS.
ter states,
/ had not intended tripping along at
such pace, but Utah Is my pet State.
Yours faithfully,
CHARLES ST.. MORRIS.