Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-16
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GERMAN CAPTAIN VIEW OF
SALT LAKE AND THE MORMONS


SbuuuIuu OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Lake City IL the square Temple block
which ~ laid out according 10 the points
Of the compass The contiguous streets
are called East, South, West and North
Temple. All others running parallel 70
these and cutting NJ right angles, are
called First and Second North, First
and Second South, etc Thus one
knows Immediately where Fifteenth
East street lies.
Now 10 the public buildings, These
are truly splenddly built. The large
Temple, whose interior gentlles (Which
means nom" Mormons') are not per-
mitted TO see, Ia a stupendous structure.
Ii is made OF white granite, has six
towers the highest "a meters high, and
cost 81 100000. Adjoining stands the
lawn-girt Tabernacle. n place for meet
ing and worship, which carries, without
support, an nrched roof OF elliptlcal
form. This building IL 70 meters long,
40 meters wide and q meters high. II Is
snid TO be one Of the largest arch-roofed
buildings In the world. The room con-
tains an immense organ, 5000 seats ana
can accommodate 1900 people.
The other buildings Of the city are
however, and grand Is the recently
erected City and County building, This
imposing edlfce, with It's singular style
and It's high clock tower, Is built OF
guarded gray sandstone and adorned
on the inside with costly onyx.
In one OF the parks IN the suburbs OF
the city Is a kind OF Copenhagen TT
voll' whose main building IL Of huge
OH o. Nla ntraar
things is brilliantly lighted by cleo
tricity. saw there among other things
several variety exhibitions and the
dancing Of n Mexican girl, The whole
thing could not have been carried on
with more proprlety. One sees that the
''Mormons" know how to live.
However, the center OF attraction
among the pleasures Of Salt Lake City
Is a bath In Salt Lake. A special train
runs out to the bathing resort OF Salt
air II takes an hour 10 go there
About 800 meters from the shore has
been erected a pavilion after the order
OF the Jete promenade In Nlzzl, only
on much larger scale. The whole
building, which In the different stories
contains an immense dancing hall, ~
freshment rooms, nine pin halls, play
grounds, etc, and also 1000 bath rooms,
rests on pilework Both men and wo-
men descend into the lake, whose
smooth bottom permits one TO go out
hundreds OF meters and tumble around
In the clear fresh waves, while over
head an excellent orchestra plays lively
melodies. But, ugh a drop OF water
In the eyes or mouth causes q most dis
agreeable sensation The lake, which
has no outlet, and whose surplus water
escapes only through evaporation, con-
tains % per cent salt Tin proportion to
the ocean 3ls per cent, TO the Dead
Sea "a per cent? Therefore II Is almost
az impossible for fish TO live here as II
Is IN the Dead Sea. The water Is very
buoyant; 10 sink Is impossible. On the
contrary In a depth OF water up to
mans breast his legs are simply
pressed upward and he swims In the
clear pillows. whether lying. sitting, or
I had already learned this
popularity from bath In the Dead Sea.
took care that did not get any water
In my mouth and eyes, and through the
bath felt very much refreshed. especial
~ since the good shower bath easily
washed away all particles OF salt
My short sojorrn in Salt Lake City
taught me TO lJok upon "MormOnism"
with other eyes than heretofore, as !
knew very little Of II and this only
from hearsay. II is almost inoompre-
hensible how such confusedly gath
cred company, led thousands OF miles
through a wilderness OF mountains and
rivers by a man who was chosen by
them, and who served without compen-
sation, could In the course of fifty years
achieve their aims, convert the salty
wilderness, which one notices all
around, into a fruitful land and found
one OF the most beautiful cities Of
America II took a firm and mistaken
In their leader, a high moral
earnestness. an iron will and lncessant
industry. All this Is characteristic OF
the "Mormons," They have proved
themselves and are now harvesting
their reward, as Utah is one Of the
most prosperous States In the Union
polysamy, on account of which they
have been malgned so much, has not
officially existed for a long time; and
even then II was, as IN Turkey more
uncommon than Il certainly Is In a
hidden way among the higher classes
OF Europe today. Only here In Utah
the people have openly acknowledged
II and have not hypocrtically lied as In
the Orient, and this the Pharlsee world
OF Europe and America cannot stand.
Hence the hatred and hostility toward
the repeatedly oppressed, but absolute
ly peaceahle "Mornons," or the NOR
ality OF the Americans cannot speak,
as / know two little OF them; but sure
Iy among the "Mormons" one sees, with
probably few exceptions only respect