Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-18

| charge of 1t, says that the novel Is at
/ present the most important form OF
| literary art, and the best literary
thought of the day Is going into H.
The course is tho most popular one
In the college, 25S students being en-
rolled.
The prospectus Of the Improve
/ meut Era is out Ever since the sus-
pension of "Thp Contributor the
Young Mems Mutual Improvement as
sociations have not had a representa-
tive magazine. The Era promises to
be n fine thing for the associations.
The first number will be issued No
/ vember LIST 1897. It win consist Of 81
| pages, a little smaller than those OF
4 "'rhe Contributor" and Of but one
/ column. The era Is published ~
/ the general superintendeucy of the y.
| NJ NJ. |. A. The editors are Joseph f.
Smith and Il. II. Roberts
o. We poets, listen TO this song from
| "Droch" CRobert Bridyies) in Lie:
| Poetry. az at present practiced IN
| this country. has several important
| functions that are not put down In the
| books. 1t is very good gymnastics toi
] Il young writer. giving him exercise IN
| tho choice of words with precision and
| In their molodic value and significance.
| This is invaluable when the young
wrl ter has few ideas, but abundant
energy. Moreover, poetry is very
safe outlet for youthful sentiment
| You can say almost anything 10
young woman In rhyme. without en-
| tangling yourself In n promise OF mat
rimony. 1t Is as safe present as a
| box OF candy. Then, too, in the mod
| ern magazine poetry is an indispth-
sable gup-filler. II is just as usetul as
mud in filling up the chinks in a log
house"
The July oath number Of the Illus
| trated American, devoted much of Its
| space to Utah Senator Cannons ar
| ticlp on "New Utah Is illustrated by
| a fun page photo OF the writer. II.
| l.. Denis writes on Utah and it's peo-
| pie in an unusually fair manner. The
| editorial gracefully acknowledges the
| patriotism of New Utah." whatever
| might have been the feeling among the
| "Pioneer Mormons."
| 1t Is not often the author of SUCH a
| book as Looking Backward lets nine
| yenrs elapse between books. Edward
| Bellpmy did not take advantage of
the Immense popularity Of his former
| hook to flood the market with works
| by the author OF Looking Backward.
| He was satisfied with the 100000 copies
sold; but meanwhile was not ldle.
| He has recently issued another vol
| ume called Equality. This book Is n
I
| same characters and scenes being
used. The work deals with those high
| ideals of socialism which so charmed
the reader in Looking Backward. MT
| Bellamy's book came as sort OF reNe-
| latiOn to the world. Yet over titty
| wears before the law of conservation
was revealed TO the Church of Jesus
| Christ of Latter-day Saints. by the
| Prophet Joseph Smith, and the world
has had ample opportunity to know
about 1t. Mr., Bellamy's man made
scheme following somewhat the re-
vealed law ON the same subject, re
ceived the wonder and applause OF
the world. the heaven revealed order
| makes no stir, receives no attention
What a strange order of things!
The possibilities Of the future are
subjects of interest upon which Il
speculate. Mr.. G.. p. Lathrop gives II
recent number OF an English maya.
zine what he claims are Mr.. Edison,
Views on this theme. The writer ha.
followed Mr.. Bellamy's plan in pre-
senting his ideas, in that he introduces
| them in the form OF Il narrative, o
which this is the substance:
The art of preserving life in stat
Of suspended animation Is discovered
A man is treated" and laid away
After three hundred years he Is re
| stored to life and finds some wonder
!
means of locomotlon. He takes
journey to Wisconsin and from theme
to Mars. The train from New Yorl
| travels at the rate of one hundred AM
nifty miles an hour. 1t never stops
but passengers are shot on board witt
some spring contrlvance. Horses ar
out of use. some few being kept a
pets. All sorts OF flying machines ar
| I'm use. The whole country Is heauti
fully laid out In small towns with per
feet roads leading from one to an
| other Every acre of farming land
Vegetables are produced that contai
| sustenanCe like that OF meat. Apple
and peaches are foot in diameter!
To those who like to read ticuo
e | with purpose" | recommend a stor
| by Amelie Il. Barr, entitled Prison
piece of fiction. and the evident pun
| poses Is to show the hideousuess {
\ | the "Old confessions of faith" and II
| ligiOus teachings which have mad
| hopeless prisoners Of SO many peopl
The characters Of the story are fisht
folk on the Shetland islands, Mann
Sinclair Is young woman who Is maj
ried TO a goud-fur- nothing HUSBAND
The husband comes home from the Sc
4 | and dies of a fever Mammals cousi
a | and friend, David Borson, has befrient
: ed her In her troubles. After the deaf
of her child the young woman become
u | more than ever overwhelmed VII
y | sorrow She seems to lead a life
4 | despair. David questions her and 81
- | reveals the fact that little Nala M
" never been baptized, and therefore, "a
= Cordiug to their accepted religion
i Views, was n lost soul. Their COME
| sious Of faith, which these simple chi
dren know from their childhood. read
: Some men and angels are predestin'
unto everlasting life, and others for
q ordained to everlasting death al
their number IL so certain and deiini
that it cannot be either increased
diminished" The minister confirm
this doctrine, and the poor mother
!, ! made to understand that her child
~ | among those "fOreordaucd to eve
, lasting death" The mother mourn
| and refuses to be comforted. a stroG
love at lasts springs up between Ma
ma and David, and he asks her to
his Wife a scene is the result 81
acknowledges that she loves him, b
refuses to marry him She fears I
Being pressed for reason,hcr answ
is; "Thls is what I fear: II we we
&c married David, l might have nuoth
r l child. l might have many childre
N ] can YOU can the minister, can ar
human being give me assurance tn
win be elect children? II you can
| viii be your wife tomorrow IL y,
! cannot as the God of my father liv
1 will not bring sons and daughte
into life for sin and SORROW here al
N for perditlon hereafter, The devil shl
t. not so use my body. To people hel
e. No; Twin not-oyen FOR your 10y
NJ : David" David cannot answer HI
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