The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17

Thcn- when he goes back to his toll and
has a hard time killing the evening dull
hess. we laugh at the comic pictures
showing him enjoying himself as though
no domestic ties bound him 10 duty and
TO solitude.
There are exceptions in ali cases. and
there are married men and fathers who
sometimes sit at small tables opposite
smiling females who have no right 70 be
exceptions that prove the rule Of MS
fidelity in every walk of life
II is no eNaggcratton TO say that the
American father represents the highest
and best type of manhood that the world
has ever seen.
There is in his character an element of
unselfishness which shows the magnifi-
cent courage Of his soul
1t has, of course. its more drama tic
manifestations IN the crises of life. We
read almost daily of husbands who gave
theirs who made the supreme sacrifice Tor
the rescue Of their children.
The other day there was news item
i'm the papers telling Of father who. al
though weak from a recent illness. went
into a burning house three times unul
he brought forth his wife and two child
rem. only TO succumb when an were S 5,le
and TO struggle few hours longer ~ the
hospital There was no particular praise
for his heroism Many regarded II as a
matter of course; he would nave oeeh
coward not to have done n. NeNertneles's
he was as genuine hero as ever Hgured
on the battlefield
That kind Of fidelity. however. is not
his greater heroism. The constant strug-
gle with life makes more demands upon
his bravery than sudden catastrophes ana
occasional perils. II means the steady
grind; the fight with the elements OF
business OF competition. of social per-
pleNitv. of increasing responsibility. and,
as rule. of the most Inadequate appre-
citation Of that which is due to him for
what he does and the way ne does Il.
With the American father. his wife and
his children come first. and he thinks OF
I himself last I'm almost every situation
He works oV-rtime TO make them COM
/ Portable. He strives for wealth that they
may dress well. He plans years ahead.
/ so that his children may have the best
/ educational advantages He slaves TO
I build home. not so much Tor his own
I ing it occupied by those nearest and
dearest to him.
one OF the solid facts. about American
| development is the increase Of homes.
I When a-family has its own home il be-
comes a very safe factor in the affairs
/ of government, as well as material part
I Of a nation & prosperity. Every year there
are more homes in proportion To the pop
ulation than. there were the year before.
and the standard of these homes is being
raised at wonderful rate In all this
elevation. dad is at work at the lever.
and his good right arm never tires and his
line old heart never wearieS so long as
he is. raising his family TO better things
There is another point about dad which
no mere words Of eulogy can Oyer-esti-
mate. That is his splendid common sense.
He has a level head. He is not led astray
by fashions foibles and he surrenders to
them only when the conflict in the fam
! ily becomes too great a strain on his at
You do not find dad encouraging his
! daughters to buy foreign titles by marry
| ing bankrupt noblemen. We have IN dad
mortal enemy to cigarettes and dude
ism and idleness Dad sometimes has 70
lag miserably behind a wife who wants
| TO give everything TO society. but il is
I because he has TO and not because he
wishes to.
a philosopher has said. Maids want
nothing but husbands and when they
have them they want everything Dad
does his best to supply everything. and
in his indulgence in the whims of his fam
lily there IS an obliteration of self which
is sometimes pathetic.
Then. there is dads love. We hear
much of tho mother and every beautiful
tnlng said about her SIS deserved. Great
men have left the credit of their great
ness To her. Pope Leo. who died tho other
/ day. said that he owed all that he was TO
through columns
Just here is wher,, dad shows his metal
again. He not only acknowledges the SUI
periority of the mother but he demands
that IL shall be recognized He will be
faithful to her In every thought. in every
word. and i'm every deed and with this
fidelity he fOrgetS himself and he claims
for his children all he can get for them.
/ He Is prouder Of anything they do than
I he is Of tho best he has ever done. And
] thus he remembers them all while forget
ting himself. and he keeps on his way
with a stout heart and an undiminished
soul
And. somehow. as We look through the
years and see the old fellow working
away and smiling at fortune. whichever
way II turns, we are very proud of him.
and are sorry that he is not able TO take
a longer vacation when the hot days
blister the earth
Ladies' Day at Saltair.
All ladies will be given free trans
pOrta ton to Salfair TODAY