Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-11

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N thoughts rushed through the
brain while visiting historic
Boston. Boston Is both unique
and majestic. The old part Of town is
Just as the first calf laid out It's streets
by winding round and round. Some Of
the lanes, called streets, are so crooked
that one can meet himself coming
around the corner ! said to a friend
my guide is It safe Tor as TO go
down this alley2" II hadn't been from
the West, my escort would never have
forgiven me for such a question, lie
assured me that II was not an alley,
but to the contrary, It was one Of Bos-
toms prominent streets In the heart
the old State House, suggestive Of the
early struggles for liberty. on the
front OF the building Is the old English
emblem. the lion and the unicorn and
the atmosphere all around IL quit ENG
llsh, you know" | stood I'm the room
ON the spot against the old historic
window where the Declaration Of Inde-
pendencc was read 10 the populace for
the first time. In after years I'm his
old age John Adams, pointing 10 the
spot, said "Then and there, the child
or independence was born" I'm the
same room, John Hancock was naug.
urated governor Of Massachusetts. Old
churches old buildings antedatlng the
Revolution, are yet In good state Of
preseryatlon-mile stones Of Eye olden
times" pointing the way, though the
no oh Ill
old relics llnger and make Boston one
of the charming spots Of the world
The people are dignined, cultured, but
too close together to be neighborly, and
" one wants 10 hear a human voice.
though he may be In crowds, he has to
talk 20 himself II isn't I'm good taste
you know, TO speak 10 a stranger--not
even to say Good morning"
AGAINST THE RULES"
our friend Joe Eldredge, Jr.. was
fortunate, or unfortunate. enough to
stay over Sunday In Boston There he
sat in solemn silence from Q o'clock
Sunday morning until II o'clock Mon
day Report says that. getting des-
perate, he asked a coored man. lust for
company, to take something with him.
but the colored man said 1T is against
the rules Of the house to drink with
strangers, sahW And the only way to
get the waiter to take Something" was
10 Tip" him, and 'Jodle' was still left
alone.
The traffic In the narrow streets Is
one continuous jam and Il not for the
police force the wheels would stop and
human life be IN danger Standing on
every corner Is a big. kindly-hearted
policeman, seemingly never firing I'm his
strAt IL
and protecting life and limb | talked
TO one Of these big fellows. His name
was c. W. Rae, VINO has been on the
force many years / found him one Of
ODDS noblemen. He said the street
work was very trying on ones nerves
but long experience had made II now
comparatively easy. If the accidents
nverted or lives saved could he record
ed, II would make a very interesting
book. These men are encyclopedias OF
Information. and they give 1t with a
RraciOusness which makes a stranger
feel, after all. that fraternal love does
still exist, but II Is hidden behind the
clouds Of caste and etiquette. Bostons
policemen, though II Is their business,
make one feel as though the world is
growing better and klndller
AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
Accompanied by Rev. W. II. Fish. Jr..
late minister OF the Unitarian society
OF Salt Lake. / visited Harvard uni
Yersity--the Oldest, the largest, the
wealthiest institution Of learning I'm the
United states Mr. Fish spent seven
years within It's walls and graduated, o
scholar and q gentleman In this great
university, INCLUDING the summer school,
there are 5000 students. We first en-
tered the library, and who should be
the frst TO greet us but Prof. George
NJ. Marshall OF the University OF Utah2
Handclasps and hearty words of well
come were IN order Books and studies
were cast aside and for three hours,
piloted by Prot Marshall, we tramped
and did" Harvard university thor
oughly Every building Is a source OF
thought ana admiration, Many of
Americas greatest sons were developed
I'm this cradle Of learning My life Is
not filed up with many regrets, but
while visiting this grand institution, |
wished that I could retrace the
steps Of age, twenty-five years,
and II 80, would graduate
"shlne box" to make a living while go-
ing through | have thought many
times II | could only open the eyes OF
Utah's thoughtess boys 10 the posi-
billtes within their grasp, they would
then throw away the cigarette, the
drink, the dissipation and get out onto
the highway of Onward ana Upward"
80 that in after years, their footprints
would be indellbly imprinted on the
sands OF time, telling 10 those who
come after them, This is the way, out
Of darkness into light; out of lgnor-
Rnce into intellectually; out OF animal
life into a spiritual llfe'
ENTRANCE TO UNIVERSITY.
on tablet TO the right of the main
entrance Is the following inscription
spelled In the old fashioned way, with
the letter "a" made like a "v."
After God had carried us safe to
New England and wee had builded our
houses, provided necessaries for our
livelihood. reard convenient places for
Gods worship and settled the Civil
Government, one Of the next things we
longed Tor ard looked after, was 20
advance learning and perpetuate It 70
posterity dreading TO leave an Hitter
ate ministry to the churches when our
present ministers shall lie In the dust, |
New Engand's first fruits"
SALOONS UNKNOWN
- uHo N'ulu permit 1 Snouiu IKE !
70 give description Of each building /
with its various departments and COM |
tents There are over seventy build |
ings or halls In the university; many |
Of them over one hundred years old /
Here and there are tablets telling the |
visitor that such men as General WASH |
ington, General Putnam, Steven Page /
Cthe first printer, and other historic .
names, lived here. Harvard, OF course. |
Is at Cambridge but the two cities .
are Joined by a bridge hence one doesn't |
realize that he Is out OF Boston. Cam |
bridge however Is Cambridge; Har-
ward being It's main feature There are
no saloons, no gambling houses, nor hoe |
tells IN Cambridge and In going about, |
one feels os though he Is In the atmos- /
phere Of learning and OF goodness We |
wandered and enjoyed the living IN |