The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-05-19
LOOKING EARTHWARD.

One of the most interesting journey.
/ imaginable, and one which / am sure
we would all like to take, would be tC
quit this noisy, busy earth of ours 10,
a time. and view our terrestrial planet
! from afar
One bright May morning l was given
just SUCH an opportunity, in the shape
/ OF an invitation to accompany a party
J on an aerial expedition, by means of an
! alr-Shlp of the latest invention OF
! course accepted the offer and found the
| experience unique and delightful
We sailed many miles through the blue
elher, the atmosphere ever growing thin
ner and thinner, but not hindering us
from enjoying the outlook.
The view that lay stretched out before
me was indeed one of great BEAUTY |
saw our dear old earth alive with ali the
SIorles OF beautiful spring, BlossominC
trees and gay flowers could be seen
everywhere; a moss like green covered
the surface except where il was relieved
1 py barren tract or the turquoise blue of
a lake or river. The whole scene had a
vitality of its own on account of rhe
trlsking animals and the energetic move
mentS of the people
When night settled down upon the
world, the scene was not less beautiful
The shadows that seemed 20 steal across
the face of the sun and rest upon the
earth, grew darker and darker until
Inally, black night set in with all her
nigh in the heavens. and like Gods be-
nlShant eye, cast her gentle beams upon
the earth. And now we shifted our posi-
tlon 10 view the scenery offered by an
otner part of the globe.
The summer glories this time met nv
eyes. The trees that were covered with
ploSSomS before, now bent beneath their
luscious fruits; could see the great
clusters OF yellow bananas pending from
the green trees. Broad golden orange
groves and great white fields of cotton
stretched out before me; just such cotton
neIds, amagined, as Mrs. Stoves poor
l hon ~
uou upon. In another place the rosy
checked apples were peeping through the
foliage and the golden ounces hiding
among the green of their homes. The
whole scene presented an appearance of
gigantic green house
Sailing away among the clouds | next
beheld our earth in gorgeous autumn
wearing her brilliant dress of many
colorS. The leaves of the trees had
turned from green to red, gold, and
brown The grass wore a much duIler
shade Great fields of yellow grain were
the predominant feature of this scene,
and could almost imagine l heard the
harvester's song whileS he gayly reaped
the golden grain.
northward where white winter held
sceptre Of ice over vast snow fields
Every thing sDarkled with covering OF
this crystal like substance The air was
hlled with misty, falling flakes and the
naked trees wore a mantle of the same
material. Again looking downward, !
saw the great water eXpanSeS of the !
north with giant mountains of ice floating /
about in them, and sometimes ! fancied |
saw polar bear rowing over the snowy /
This barren scene though interesting,
vas indeed a contrast to our own dear |
sunny scenes of the temperate zones. and I
IS l gazed the thought occurred to me !
What "A dreary place our eorth would be |
f it were devoid of all the beauties and |
of the summer months No |
Looping valleys and rising knobs Wi their
loft covering of green. relieved by the
'lossoming trees and flowers; no lakes
With the bright sun sparkling on their
waters, nor sunbeams sitting through
,ush and tree: such a condition of things
would indeed be desolate, but happily for
is this is not the case.
And now having thoroughly enjoyed our
erial trip. and seen earth from a uniuue
'oint of view, and having verified that
veil known line of Campbells that dis
ance lends enchantment." we babe fare
veil to the glorious prospect, and steered
ur course earthward.
ETHEL MCDONALD,
Class o.