Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-02

blasts, and no booming strldor caused
by these outbursts from the safety
valve OF nature the scene is go welru
and mystic that an uncanny, uneadthiy
SMELL appears to pcrvade the place forc-
ibly reminding the visitor of GustilVe
Dore's terrible picture of the neither re-
gions In his illustrations OF faTauiso
Lost The great crater-it is about
mile IN circumference. and unlike other
volcanoes, Is not at the summit OF
mountain but on almost level ground
nppoars TO be q vast chldron OF poillns
water upon which floats crust OF SOL
idined mud about three feet In thick
ness. Here 81 a small lake OF water
furiously boiling here nm isianu on
white heather is blooming luxuriantly'
Notwithstanding the sulphur fumes
lowing, however. probably to these
fumes thc aowers decay very soon aftef
being plucked) here rift from wnlcn
issues u stream of noXious gas ana
steam: while the mud floor, many acres
IN extent, upon which tho Visitor Is eau
tjollsly walking Invertebrates with
hollow sound II stamped upon. In fact
if regiment Of soldiers We're 10 march
across the crater, in all probability the
ernst would collapse and they would
all be plunged into the huge catdron
beneath. And perhaps this strange sui
phureotis earth-vent may remind some
OF the flgirstive "fire and birthstone
which is the fate OF those shut out from
the glory But the fires of remorse
implied by this metaphor need not be
the fate of any For by making the
reparation demanded by Eternal JUS
tice by undergoing, on the transgns-
sors' behalf, the chastisement due by
them, the Savior of the world has pro-
vided "a means by which all, without
any exception, may. If they Will but
come to Him in contrition and peni-
tenoa attain to that realm of glory
a Banker.
The Faults France is often mis-
And Merits Judged abroad because
or France. she takes an unhealthy
pleasure OF fouling her
own nest. We Frenchmen sometimes
carry so far our hatred of hypocrisy
that we are apt TO boast of our vices
/ am well aware of our national weak
ness. Too much Importance is orten
given to our interior quarrels. The dir
ferent political parties hurt the coun-
try by thcir excuses. The larger In
terests of the nation are sacrificed TO
the lesser. Some Frenchmen, however
hold that. II faults do really exist, they
should not be dwelt upon. This means
living continually in a FOOLS paradise
which Is as bad for nations rs for IN
dividuals. The country which Is told
and accepts that famous remark: Not
q gaiter-button Is missing is apt TO
wake up some fine-morning in Sedan!
Let II be admitted that contemporary
France has her faults, but let it be add
ed that she also has her merits. And
among these merits is surely this diplo-
matte achievement, whose principal
outlines and essential features 1 have
just given, and whose chelf creators
have been the ten or more Ministers OF
Foreign affairs OF the past fifteen or
sixteen years.--Andre Tardieu in lie
Temps
Prohibition The liquor interests
Now Alarms have taken alarm at
The Saloon. the outlook of prohibit
ton In the South, and
are starting tardy movements Of re-
form In the hope of averting further
disaster. One of their organs candid
ly remarks that various forms Of
Nlcinusness seem to fasten to the liquor
traffic with the tenacity Of barnacles."
Why have these various forms of VIC
iousness escaped attention hitherto 2
Why has the liquor trade as II whole
presented solid front to every move
ment for thier elimination? 1t is the
cid story:
when the devil was sick,
The devil a monk would be
When the devil got WELL
Tho devil a monk was he.
Just now tho devil liz sick; and the
remedy which suggests itself to him
Is tho reform of some of his evil WAYS.
The organ already quoted makes this
quite clear when it goes on to say:
The reform of tho sasoon and tho
elimination of thu dive and such like
efforts may not head off the wave OF
prohibition now spreading over this
republic, but these steps can certain
ly help some" The Wholesale
Liquor Dealers Association of New
York has adopted a resolution urging
changes in the laws "to the end that
the retail business may be ultimately
conducted by man of recognized char
aoter and standing In tho community.
Frank FoXcroft, in the May Attain
tic.
Shadow plays Richard Strauss has
Are Success discovered what some
In Germany. might call a fourth di-
menson of music.
While music thus extends its bound
aries, ii is not impossible that her sis
ter art of the theater may, in the flu
ture contract herself into bi-dimen-
sional space. Startling az this state
ment may at first appear, there are in
the world several divergent currents,
not generally discussed under one head
ing, which lend plausibility TO this
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