The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24

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The statement that the slot machines /
are paying licenses is not exact. Those I
who go against the machines know bet
ter.
It would be interesting to know just
what influence the promoters Of The +
bull fight brought to bear upon the I
mayor to induce him to forbid the ex-
hi6ition.
It IS not true that President SMITH /
condemns round dancing because he is |
unable 10 dance anything but square
dances himself.
The fact that NJ. Thiebaud of France
advises Colombia TO go 70 war WITH the
United States should not lead Colombia
to think 81. Thiebaud is its friend. -
Probably President Smith knew when
he suggested that participation in
round dancing be limited to a mans
dancing with his wife that there would
not be excessive indulgence in the pas
time.
Before everybody agrees 10 '1et well
enough alone" it might be a good idea
To ascertain Il everything is well
enough.
Colombia win have no difficulty in
main tanning cordial relations with this
country so long as Colombia submits
quietly TO every thing.
Whatever may be said of Liant x.
Salisbury Of Grand Rapids. it must be
admitted that all his accusations were
not false.
If Prince Eui VIVA Of Korea looks
anything like his name, the Korean
minister at Washington need not take
so much trouble to conceal the youths
whereabouts. Nobody will steal him.
The Republicans OF Florida have
declared for Roosevelt, making nine
teen votes in al pledged to the presi-
dent
Japan will DO nothing until reply is
received from Russia, so if the car
really wishes for peace he viii simply
neglect TO answer.
Contributed by Kind Friends.
Several we'll known bards of Salt
Lake, feeling that the poetry furnished
the public through the medium Of this
column is not sufficiently thrilling,
/ have kindly consented to furnish a
few samples OF the poetry they think
should be written for Herald readers.
Manifestly, il would be impossible for
one man to produce in one year such
a bundle of magnificent poetry as that
given below, so the opportunity to pre-
sent 10 the public at one fell swoop
four handsome poems by four noted
poets was eagerly grasped. Tt should
not be understood that these poems
are, in any measure, personal reminis-
eences. It is with a feeling of rare sat
| isfaction that the contributions are pre-
+ scented:
Dear heart why may we no more
Enjoy a stroll concise.
Our path nlumined, now and then,
BY the red light in your eyes2
Is this the end? Then why the end2
Let's face the other way,
Then the other end viii be this end.
Nay, Eay2 oh, dear heart. listen pray!
Oh. eruel-kind. You throw me down?
Beware. bewarel Be where you viii,
Let this thought bide with you:
Another life you've wrecked. wrecked
bad.
And another ten-s9ot blewl
Oh, the rose is red and the booze IS red
And red IS the lip OF youth;
The first hides the thorn. the second the
And the third hides many a tooth.
You scorn me now! You send ME forth.
The path to the Kelley choose
Each day, hope, win the thorn pierce
While each night pierce the boozet
u. T. Goodwin.
IN winter time
II is bad biz
To get q touch
OF rheumatic.
j. 5. Critchlow.
I Oh the longings of desirel
Oh the liquid. melting fire.
How it seizes knight and squire,
/ Truthful bard and shameless liar,
/ Jocund youth and grizzled sire,
| II the town and In the shire;
How they one and ell aspire
! To mount up and upward higher
From their lOwly, soFdid mire.
See them piling in pyre!
See the awful carnage dtret
/ All, the weak ones! They expire!
! All, the strong onesi They perspirei
Nothing to it! They require
/ Stimulants TO fight the fire.
The ineffably fierce fire
/ OF the lOngings Of desired
r. W. Sloan.
I took a stroll one winters night
About the middle OF June;
7 spent two weeks III Omaha
One autumn afternoon
"A. K. Nicholson.