Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-21

secthing. surging mass Of humanity
men. women and children some clad
IN costly apparel others with scarcely
sufficient to cover their nnkcdncsa. 1
move among them and am hailed BY
n wee lasaio selling vestaa; another
bnirn offers the Evening News. the Dis
patch ana contemporaries for "a half
penny each; atlll another has ahualurrH
while along the curb "a blind man soil.
cita attention and offers q song Tor
penny All these are scenes OF % second.
In my haste I push through the lhf1ng
In zig-zar fashion. and am about 10 en-.
let now thuruughfnre when suddenly
woman arrests my attention She
reels, atumhlcs about az though dazcd.
and vocifcrously yclls, I'm hla mithcr.
I'm his nliher, I'm bis mlthcr" 1
glance downward. AZ her feet knooiH "a
ragged urchln. cap beside him. picking
~ bis papers atrcwn over the pathway.
He IL "rreetin'." His tears m0istou tho
sheets that DC gathers The woman
raves ana rants By hia side. a crowd a..
ecmhlcs. The lnddlo riscs 10 explain
but between aobs he " caught by the
shoulders and. held In the grasp u his
stupchcd "mither," Is bundled up the
street 20 place more convenient for an
exchange Of bin hnrd-curued pennies
with which the mother seeks 10 crafty
her inaaunblc greed for HroR.
wander on. The streets are lined
ged. AZ each step r. public house stnrcn
me In the face. Ita doors are Wide open
back and front. Inside. the Jingle OF
HlAasca o. heard lnterninglcd with the
songs OF Bonnie Scotland, note horo
ana there being an that IL audible. 1
pause Tor moment and witness the
precision iaes, II consists for the
fhcy crowd the thoruughfnre uncon.
fortably. In ana out of tho public house
they gp-mon and womcn-with no MI.
tempt ~ secrecy. but with the hravndo
a. "a General Funston IN Filipino war
,mo. Inc men ataFger na they walk.
the women, too, while here and there.
one carries q jug filled 10 inc brim win
an bedtime. '''' vi"
And 20 the Kaleidoscope continues 1
become Interested ana venture further
fandemonlum rcigna on every hand.
, ls thrown open; BARNS greet Tor
thclr 'mithcrH." who have deserted
them for the flowing bowl PRESENT..
hnoihcr picture presents Itself II is a
pawn Hhup, doing n land office business.
one woman buslly redcomn her hed
clothes, while another N handed q pair
or shoes ana stu another her sunday
Sg-to-mccting skirt. tu say nothing of
other raiment that she has reen M 10
hypothccate during the week for "a Few
"hawbces' with which to get her nc-
customcd supply Of ale. porter or ia
Scotch. In each ease the husband stands
by. conscious N an. and when mo pawn
charges are satisfied, together they
move on up the street. and are soon lost
10 view In the mighty thrunr. Nov
am startled Flat on the walk IN the
PROSTATE from Of man. drunk az
hncchun. He appears dead. but the next
moment his case IN looked after By the
police, and he " aumnnrily carried away
I 10 IA
themselves In comparatively few mo.
ments, and are repeated with almost
every step as I wander on In dumb na.
constituent I take note Of them fnr
some time, ana finally am myself again
sitting IN my lodgings with not wills,
per to disturb me.
"Romember the sabbath day 10 keen
/ u holy; six days shalt thou labor and
/ do all thy work. but the seventh day d
the sabbath Of the Lord thy God In II
| thou shalt not do any work: thou MOI
thy son, nor thy daughter. thy man.
I servant nor thy maidseryunt. nor thS
| cattle, nor the stranger that is within
| thy gates; Tor IN six days the Lord ma d,
] Heaven and earth, the sea aud ali thai
/ IN them u.s., and rested the sabbath
I day; wherefYv the Lord blessed IN,
sabbath day Nnd hallowed iL'-EXodui
/ 20. S-ii.
sunday. morning comes Not
/ sound ~ heard. not "a funeral note" Oh
/ Il ~ quiet. Presently the church bell
/ begin 10 peal. They tell tho hour vi
| meeting, and soon the public PROCESSION
/ slowly wenda lts way 90 "Hirk." 10 De-
| votlonal services. Broadcloth sults nnt
"lum" hats dictate the fashion. The,
! arc worn prpfusely Men and women
/ prayer books in hand, Join the nov
/ swelling thrung, until u would seen
] the entire p0pulnce was alive. yea nnt
] kicking, 10 "a sense of religious dltl
/ and devotion, one church is here. an
other there, and each gets It's quota u
attention, humanity meanderlng Ia
manner compared only 60 the course o
a mighty river ana Its numerous trhu
taries. Soon strains 0f music are hear,
and all the city II worshlpplng.
| Contrast Il with the picture OF thi
| night before. prestol What q change
Even those then engaged IN worshipplnl
ut the shrine OF Bacchus arr now De
/ vout. pinus. prayer makers. Hark
/ They confess theiE SINS Lord. We hay,
left undone thoaAkhlngH that we ough
| 60 have done, ma have done thug,
| things We ought not to have done.
/ Then another hymn and service Is over
The sabbath daY IL on. The word
| OF God 20 His people concerning ita con
Hccratlon are held sacred No unnecoa
aary stir r. occasloned. Whistling IL re-
| garded noNt 90 a crime Songs no
sacred are an ahomiuatlon. Trains an
/ stopped. Street cars are tied up.
l ls day or rest. No sports, no naatlmol
on tho Sabbath. Al are RELOCATED (,
/ the back ground. Religion IL the all
important consideration. Devotion "a
/ God o. the theme. His name ls praised
/ HIS goodness II sung In strains Of olo
l QucncO by the pastor. The TroE shop
| are hcrmoticHllv scaled, and their de-
[ vote now drink in the droppingH Of tn
sanctuary They sing and pray alter
nntoly pay homage 20 their Mnkor nnt
/ rohuke those who would even essay L
I nmll-,
such "a Saturday night In Scotland
Such II sunday In Scotland.
a TRAVELLER.