The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-05-20

| who deliberately harbor in their bosoms so deadly
viper. quite "a different antdote than that which
you propose must be applied, if they to be saved
As well offer the nveterate opium fend or drunk
ard harmless dose of physic If there is any cure
at all for such unfortunate victims of moral de-
praviy or recklessness the remedy, to be etcacous
must be drastic one. We regret, perhaps, that our
time and space will not admit of entering into tins
problem more exhaustiyely in this connection, but
hint to the wise should be sufficient.
And now dear sir,let us assure you that, whilst
| much that we have written may unduly Sc
we're and trife ill-naturcd, it is all meant in
most kindly spirit. Our justification for the method
employed is the fond hope that it may prove all
| the more eficacous for our purpose which is to
open your eyes to the folly of preciptany rushing
into print in the role of egotistcal of the
Nestors of Catholic journalism and urging upon
them novel and a dubous-not to say a most
neutrality-suspicious. The writer does not, of
course, class himself among these, but he fatters
himself that even he is competent TO proffer you
some fatherly and wholesome counsel, basng his
presumption the strikingly Juvenile tenor of
your communication
Above all, then would we counsel you to devote
your unmistakable talents to field in which you
have really achieved a brilliant and commendable
success, namely the business end of your valuable
journal. If you should be so fortunate as to Sc
cure, from among the able editors of the
Catholic weeklies one who would undertake to sup
ply your readers with really sound and meriorious
literature, you might confer upon your 100000
readers really valuable and lasting benefit We
are convinced that your readers are entitled to the
undivided services of the best editorial ability you
ere able to command. The time might then come
whe! we should deem it safe and pcdient to urge
upon readers the exclusive merits of your pub
lection. In tho meantime we suspect-merely sus-
pect mind you-that the best interests of the
Catholic home may be positively served by the
regular advent of its local Catholic weekly and such
purely secular journal or journals that would be
esteemed for just what they profess to be- and
nothing more nor less.
And now with all due apology to our readers
i'll general permit to subscribe ourselves. as we
feel III duty bound and by nature inclined-ever |
your sincere well wisher-Even one of the obscure
and insignificant Catholic weeklies.
P. S.-1f you are determined to write augbt for
publication, why not confne yourself to topics that
DO not demand exact and logical demonstrations
process IrdugnJ with no little arduOuS application
on the part, even of the trained intellect I'm
dissertations of a superficial or of an essentially
dubious or vague tenor your admirable and scin-
liatng style must--if we are at all competent to !
udge-prove very acceptable and entertaining to
rour more or less fortunate readers.
Assuredly Mr. Baldus, publication which
Yowedly purports to typify, in an eminent degree,
he standard of excellence in Catholic literature
bought and dcton-should not be jusrly repre-
lenslble on the score of marked nferiority. in re-
pect to the one; nor, relates to the other. of
agrsnt disregard of the accepted rules of logic.
Hence our earnest solicitude in urging you to spare
10 effort nor expense in eevating the standard of
our Journa-even to the highest point attainabIe.
his is Justly demanded in the sacred interest of
he Faith, as well as by proper regard for the
atural and reasonable sensibilites of your core
glonists-although your publication is of but
character. ,