Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-20
S o m e t hi ing to
Learn, But Much
to Teach ADJ
Dire SIS by the
Rev. Clark Of
Boston.

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anyone. eliminates the element Of per-
sonal profit and furnishes with the
profits many cheap and good restaur-
ants, reading rooms. etc. But IL puts
the seal OF responsibility ana govern
lnent sanction upon the business. ana
does not diminish the consumption 0f
liquor beyond a certain point. though II
Is vastly better than the American ga
loon system with It's treating, its ca
| rouslng and its unspeakably bad poll
teal Influence
| When we come to social evils, Amer
| lea has reason 10 be proud that the
new world mas advanced so fan be,
You'd the Old world.
In many European capitals vice Is
not only Winked at, but IL Is condoned
as necessary adjunct OF modern Ciyili-
cation. IN Vienna and many OF the
German cities the cafes are often dens
OF iniquity. In Great Britain the senti-
ment about these things Is very much
! the same as In America though I'M
! doubleday London is more brazenly
wicked than any city on the continent
There vice Is driven upon the street.
! But In Britain, as in America, the
heart Of the people Is not corrupt Pure
womanh0od Is reyered. and an lnnO-
cent girl could go from Lands End
to John o Groats as she could travel
from Portland, Me-, to Portland Ore,
without being insulted
Far otherwise Is IL In many CONT
mental cities. The twilight hour must
see every decent woman housed IL she
has no escort. and even In broad day
light girl walking alone Is subject to
the amatory insults OF the gorgeous
officer In gold lace or the dude who
has as little brains as the head OF the
cane he sucks.
| 1t must be said, however, that con-
tnental cities are improving In decen-
| cy' There is not by any means the
same number OF indecent pictures or
suggestive articles staring one In the
race from the shop windows that used
TO be seen dozen or 20 years ago.
| While Europe has been improving,
America has been retrograding, 4 fear.
Our theoter posters have been growing
more broad and vulgar and our penny
dreadfuls more dreadfully unclean.
There Is no European watering place
that would tolerate today such indie
cencies as / have seen in Niagara with
in year, and, unless the city fathers
OF that famous resort bestir themselves.
| they will have the unenyiable reputa-
tion OF governing the most vulgar town
| on earth.
To the shame Of Christian civlllza-
uon II must be said that in the out
ward manifestation OF decency. some
heather nations far surpass u.s. Many
/ advertisements which we regard as en-
tirely innocent shock the Chinese con-
vert; and IL theater poster or sug-
| npotipp tho nnHa In ~ Ia
celestial empire, the average Chinaman
regards II az not only extremely bad
taste but shockingly immoral
In the matter Of gambling, the third
In the trio with intemperance and r.
centiousness. II can be said without
| qualification that America IL decidedly
superior to many OF her neighbors, De-
spite the inroads OF the bookmaker. the
race track " not so all-absorbing
thing as In England or Australia
| do not forget the excited thousands
that throng the college football matches
| In America, or the ''rooters" that roost
| on the "bleachers" In the football sea-
son. but you do not find with us many
who eat, drink and sleep for races and
matches as in Great Britain; and our
presidents and national leaders have
never exhibited more interest In fast
trotters than In the affairs OF state.
As to the continent OF Europe. the
trail Fl lottery octopus and the gam
bling den Is over It all. The lottery,
which has been driven out even from
our mail bags, is not only legalized. but
used as source OF revenue In many
European capitals. The poorest are en-
couraged to risk their centimes on the
chance of winning napoleons.
ca.ItntF n.
between the old world AHA the new, tne
interesting questions arise. Why, after
all does the United States exert such
pull on the rest OF the world? Why do
emgrants flock 10 our shores by the
ten thousand everv weel? Why, In the
month Of May last. were more than o.
900 registered as seeking new home In
the new world-a record breaking emf
gration2
| do not pose as a thick and thin
braggart about America and Ameri-
cans. In keeping my eyes open In for
cign lands IL has not been difficult to
discover that In some respects We are
surpassed by other nations. We have
not conferred all the best and most,
beautiful In our empire between the
seas, though some OF us are inclined to
think so. In manners. IL not in morals.
we have something to learn from ou-
transatlantic neighbors. and In some
countries OF the old world the common
people are as happy and prosperous
as In our own land; yet America con-
tinues to be the lodestone OF the ma
TONS and by the hundred thousand
other peoples seek our shores.
America, against the will Of peoples
and potentates, compels. by her own
ma a4fe
men from every land. who flock 10 our
shores and very soon become sturdy
and thoroughgoing American citizens.
The power which draws the earth to
the sun and the moon to the earth
seems to draw the east over 10 the west.
There Is one adequate explanation,
the drawing power is In our free insti-
tutlons and The chance which Ameri-
ca gives every boy to carve out his own
future. And u Is the chance to climb.
after all. that the ambitious man
wants; and this Is the magnet that has
drawn the aspiring and eager youth OF
all lands TO our shores. Not the gold
mines OF California, or the wheat fields
OF Minnesota. or the factories Of Mas
saohuetts. constitute the real magnet.
but the spirit OF democracy that Judges
men on their merits. and gives the best
chance to the best man.
In every old world country the low
born youth is at disadvantage as
compared with the high-born. In the
frcest OF them all the accidents Of BIRTH
and station have their effect. and be-
numbng effect. upon invention, initia-
tive and enterprise. In America alone
Of all the nations OF the world, unless
II be little Switzerland (and even there
traditions and ancient customs hinder
progress 20 some EXTENT. what a man
may be is not determined largely by
what his father was. and his grand
father before him. In America a man
may plant his own family tree, and is
more concerned with what his decen-
dants shall be than what his ancestors
were
The motive to exertion and enterprise
held out TO the American boy. You
may be the president OF the United
States some day" is often derided. and
elaborate calculations are Sometimes
made to show how many millions to
one are the chances against any mar