Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02
Gathered On The Battlefield Of Though,,-

TO Socialism was that It promotes pro
inlsouity. NSoclalism." said DR. Adler,
is very nearly the bad In democracy,
existing today, generallzed and en-
larged, Fifteen. years ago, had II been
asked In a public gathering What shall
we think of Socialism, the police would
probably have been called In, or else
the militia. In those days 1t would
nave been az wise TO ask, What do we
think of highway robbery2' nut the
public mood has changed. is more re-
ceptive, and recognizes that there arc
such glaring imperfeotions In the socins
organism that he who runs not onl-
may, but cannot help. reading. The rich
have taken up Socialism IN some meas
ure, have made It their fad, to END the
ennui OF their lives. They toy with
Socialism, us the French arstocracy
did with the doctrines of Rousseau and
Voltaire before the French revolution.
The type Is not to be taken seriously.
Great moral objections stand against
the Socialist ropaganda.' said the
speaker. and ! have come here today
TO say so. take exception to the
moral standard of Socialism, and do
not believe in the sort of moral equality
and fraternity that Socialism produces.
New York Times
Can Women Can women be friends?
Friends? of love of man and on
spring are recorded
without number, but female Davids and
Damons are not readily discovered in
either history or legend. Professors of
platonic affection continue to evoke
jeers of incredulity, and the traditional
disingenuousness OF dearest friends"
still plays well its part In caricature.
| The changeab leness of woman's nature
| has become automatic. Can Ii be that
| throughout the ages even to- these en-
| lightened days, II has retained consis-
tency In this respect alone? IT suffices
for us to raise the question. TO others
of more certain mind we relinquish
the hazardous privilege of addueing evil
| dence and passing judgment-Harper' $
| Bazaar
| History Play Lord Dunboyne the
In English kings remembrance,
| Courts. In his robes and full
hottomed wig. sat in
! his canopied chair and received for
| his majesty the mock rents for GER
| tain properties the very existence or
| which Is almost a matter of myth
| ology. 1t seems that In the reign. or
| King John the corporation of London
| became possessed of a certain forge
in the then village of st. Clement
| Danes, and certain lands in the coun-
| ty of Salop (now Shropshire), to be
1 held under the crown. payment TO be
| made in a yearly tribute of horse
| shoes and fuel. No man knows today
where that land in Salop may have
been, and the old forge was demol-
ished some time in the days of Rich
ard H.; but still when the yearly rent
day comes around certain shamefaced
dignitaries must go through the farce
of receiving the rents.
"Oyez. oyez!'' rings through the
court room. and then they cry, Ten
ants and occupiers of a piece of waste
ground called The Moor in this
county of Salop. come forth and do
your servicel OF old a gorgeous AL
derman in scarlet and fur used Il
answer that call. and the king him
self was pleased to attend. Now, how
ever. mere city remembrance step.
forward with the tribute of fuel--twt
small bundles of twigs-lays them OF
the table and, with what gravity hi
can command, proceeds to chop then
in accordance with law. This done
he pays down the rent of the forge
six great clanking horse shoes, In us,
every rent day these hundreds O.