Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-14
MAXIM G0RKY'S BOOK.

Maxim Gorky is about to publish a
volume containing his impressions on
American life, II will appear first IN
Italian and then In German.
Gorky II will be remembered, came
10 this country, hoping TO make money
here for the cause OF the rev
olution In Russia, or, perhaps
for himself principally. but his
domestic affairs not being strict
ly correct, he was ostraclzed I'm
New York and, finally. deemed 1t pru.
dent to leave the country, His volume
on American life is. naturally. written
from the point of view of one who con-
siders himself the victim of prejudices
and Jealous rivalry.
Some extracts obtained In advance
are given by the London Chronicle.
Speaking of New York. NJ. Gorky says;
over all its buildings broods the
spirit OF pride in Its own ugliness and
altitude. Yet IN its heights liberty f.
lacking; its skyscrapers are the product
OF the dear price Of the soil, and of
vulgarity OF taste. one feels that in
those enormous prisons puny dead men
live. No flowers nor children are seen
at the windows.
I'm the distance the city Is like to a
huge mouth with blackened, irregular
teeth, putting clouds Of smoke towards
heaven. AS one enters there one feels
that one Is penetrating into a stomach
OF stone and iron which has engaged,
assimilated, and digested millions Of
men, and is eyerlastingly expecting
greedily the advent Of more"
When the Russian revolutionlst first
reached America. he was elated
by the thought that he had at last
reached the land Of liberty, where every
one is free, But he soon changed his
views and in his new book he main
tains that this is the land of serfdom.
Even the light OF New York, be It from
the sun or the electric lamps is the
emblem Of tyranny, He says
"Tremulous, exciting roaring trlum-
| plant lights all around blind the ewes
| aud transform countenances with theu
| chilling reflection. They call the work
| er5 to cheap amusements and offer
| them 1ocund hour AT the first blush
| these infinite lights seem gracious. they
conlound stimulate, eniiven; the fire
Is free element, offspring OF the sun.
! When It has free course its germs
| crackle and are llvellcr and more beau
tiful than all the flowers OF earth. Fire
purihes life, and Is enabled to destroy
al that is old. dead, decayed. But when
/ one peers again into the Ere OF the city.
| shut pp In transparent prisons Of cry
stal, when one sees this fire, this light.
as II vs., smothered and oppressive, one
| realizes that here In New York fire
| Hike everything else, II the servant OF
| money. IL lives for money: 1t Is hos.
| tile, and threatens man IL conspires
against him, as do the Iron, stone and
| wood, and whilst t dazes bin and cries
Come hither. It whispers to him. Give
me your purse And men obey this
demand, and, yielding, buy worthless
things, and see spectacular shows that
weary them, after which they return
speechlosa aud deluded to their dwell
ings.'
The workmen are, Of course, only au-
donations. OF them he says:
when work is finished there is MOTH
Ing else 10 think about. All think only
i't NA'ti NNN NAAIlVfNi W. themselves
It does no. occur 10 them to think. So
long az they have work, bread, and the
eniOyments Of u frugal life. there Is
nothing more 10 care about In tho City
OF the yellow Demon
There Is an ancient story that illus
trates how different the same thing, OF
event. can appear to persons looking
at Il from different standpoints, Ac-
cordiug TO the story, two Rabbis, stand.
ing before the desoate temple site Of
Zion, noticed fox running over the
ruins Of the sacred city. AT that sight
Rabbi Joshua wept, but Rabbi ElIezei
laughed Wherefore iost thou laugh 2
said he who wept, Nay wherefor,
dost thou weep?' asked Ellezer ~
weep replied Rabbi Joshua, "becaus,
| see that what is written IN the Boob
OF Lamentations IS fulalled because
the Mountain OF Zion Is desolnte ana
because the foxes walk over IT," AN,
therefore, said Rabbi Eliezcr. "do
laugh. for when see with mine owl
eyes that God has FULFILLED his threat
enlngs TO the very letter. have there
, by pledge that not one Of Hts prom
ICES OF blessings shall fall
Z Thus two men contemplating tn