Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-22
Gathered On The Battlefield OF Thought.

business. in this ttopiAn future we are
Looking D and be well paid for H.
some, Ike Ia cook, and can cook wei
These could learn the beautiful art TO
It's fullest, and cook for apprecatiye
numbers. some like to clean and
could learn the laundry business
learn II all-and provide for each group
of patrons beautiful laundry work. OF
keen the house autiscptlcally clean,
some have especial talent with babies
and children. and could undoubtedly
develop that tHlent. 10 the probable
advantage OF our sometimes mis-.
handled infancy BY such division
each woman, specializing. would i'm,
provo the quality OF her labor and add
10 It's market value; she would ser7.
more people. serve them better, and liz
paid more But here we are pulled ny
short against a blank wall. Habits as
odd as history are not TO he oVer-riddcl
I'm a day Pr4judices far older than
history cannot be blown aside like
feathers We object 10 such a change
as this We dc no want IT, We stern.
is dislpprove of it. | honestly believe
however that social progress along
,his line cannot he permanently
stopped we can hang back and dig
oul heels IA like sulky child, but
Mother Nature dracs us on relentless
ly."-Woman' Home Companion.
\ Fiery Cross Historians inform us
Seen In tie sky that the Emperor
By IL Traveller. Constantine the
Great, then a heath
en-. previous to the commencement of
he battle which gained for him hts
crown saw suspended In mid-air a
large fiery cross; and that after the
victory he became a convert TO Chris
tianity and adopted the sign of the
cross as his badge. And probably from
time to time this natural--probably
clectrlcal-phenome has been OBJ
served, though of course in these days
of education and enlightenment the
strange spectacle is not viewed with
the alarm and terror which 1t evok-
cd in the days of heathendom. or in
the dark ages of medieval supersti-
ton A beautiful instance of this
startling phenomenon, which the
writer was fortunate In witnessing, oc
Cured in the south of Ireland In the
early nineties. He was driving along
one OF those lovely coast roads which
II would he difficult to match for ma
tural beauty in any part of the world.
on each side Of the road was high
and picturesque irregular hedge; not
trimmed down in a long straight line
by the vandal hand of those who are
dcspoilins the country of It's beauty,
and robbing the landscape of its
greatet charm. but a luNuriant fes-
TONED and garlanded sylvan copse:
here tasseled. teathery spray of
travellers JOY; here wreathed chap
let OF racemes of the brilliant and
handsome scarlet berry OF the black
bryony: or here a tall bush of the
striking and somewhat rare wild
eucnymus every bough loaded with
it's lovely rosa-pinS and orange triple
berries. And now at turn of the
road the sparkling sea-scare bursts
upon the view. the road soon skirtinS
the seashore. the foam of the break
ing waves almost reaching the rock
protected border OF the road. But
far more beautiful. and far more Won
derful, suspended over the sea at an
elevation OF not more than twenty
degrees. and suddenly starting into
view, CLOVIS large and cleaning
cross. clear and distinct, though In
full noon-day; not rectangular, but
shaped somewhat like a St. Andrews
cross And there II hangs. gllsteninc
in a pale. lambcnt glow--though had
it been night IL would doubtless have
shone with brilliant. quite dazzling
fire-until soon 1t faded away, leaN-
ing memory never TO be dimmed,
never TO be forgotten or obliterated.
Ave and what does the cross mean
10 the world? An emancipation from
the crueltes and che horrors Of
heathendom: a free pardon TO all who
viii accept the great atonement mado
by the Son OF God thereon: and an
eternal Inheritance for all believers,
In a realm OF surprising JOY, never
ending pleasures. and inconceivable
glories and feicities.--A banker.