The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-12

beauty of it; everybody is on common
ground"
Il see" said John, but what's the
point of it? What does it do to your
'fWhy-er-it gives you broader
outlook" said Mrs. Thompson. 1
tflnk that's the way he put it. Yes, I'm
sure he said that. 1t teaches people to
be serene and to mediate. Esoterici
That's part of it. And it helps us to
be interpretive, too. He's an awfully
handsome man. joan, ana very much
wrapped up in his work, and i just
know our season is going to be grand
success, for all the women are so earn
est about 1t. He wears a long gown,
just like the brotherhood In India, and
it short of makes you feel mysterious
And-oh, l forgot. Next week were
/ going to get his book and after that
| it'll be lots easier-some OF the words
are so hard to remember if you haven't
seen them printed. He's a very intel
lectual man, John; he seems to be
apart from the world. You know what
/ Hindoos are like.
yes" said John BEST Hindoo l
ever saw had a whole bagful of snakes,
and he played on a little piccolo and
they all stood up in a row and wig
gled-"
This is not q vaudeville act" said
Mrs. Thompson with dignity.
| Does he get paid for it,? asked Mr..
! Thompson.
! why. of course, he has to be paid"
replied his wife but the money is for
the brotherhood, to help spread the
| teachings. And there's so much to
teach that We're going to meet once a
week this season. which doubles the
| dues of course, but you just know that
| it is well spent"
And then the book" added John.
"Of course, the book is extra. He
couldn't afford to give it away, John"
"Of course not" said John.
Anyhow, it's awfully absorbing, and
/ it really improves our minds" con-
/ cluded Mrs. Thompson.
| IF he can make any improvements
| On you he's a regular lily painter"
said Mr.. Thompson admiringly.
Now you're silly again." said Mrs.
1 Thompson, but she kissed him. all the
same, and trotted up stairs to put on a
house gown.
The Study club of Gardendale had
taken up it's greatest work. Always it
had been an earnest organization, but
now the work of the three past seasons
seemed like kindergarten play. At best,
| 1t was a preparation. The first season
had been somewhat desultory; il took a
| good while to get acquainted. In the
! second season the club found itself"
A winter of sociology and tea and pa
pers" came to a successful close. After
j that came the early poets, and then the
debt that literature owed to them was
| adequately recognized. if not paid. Up
| to this year there had been no teacher.
/ Occasional lecturers there were, but the
rule was papers and discussions. 1t re-
manned for Mrs. Winfield to discover es-
oteric philosophy and Brother Rama
| kanda. If the culture of Gardendaie
was to keep pace with the culture of
| the city of which it was a pleasant
! suburb, it was time to take UP more
serious work; TO do it Systematically,
thoroughly, and under the guidance of a
teacher. Many women with many plans
was so busy getting the uplift that she
after Mrs. Winfield told hers no others
were presented. Everybody knew in a
minute that hers was the best
So came Brother Ramakanda. The
influence of his philosophy was appar-
ent after two meetings, and after the
third you could scarcely notice anything
/ else. It did everything but change the
/ landscape Even Mrs. Thompson show
ed il, and some of the older members
had been known to remark, i'm a kindly
! way, of cOurse-they were always kind
went to the preliminary meeting, but
/ trifie frivolous at times. Mrs. Gates,
/ ly-that Mrs. Thompson was just a
the city, spoke of ii as being an up
lift" Mrs. Wilson, a bride expressed it
| as being an elevation of the soul above
materialism, but she was only a year
out of college THE broader view
| point" was Mrs. Fanshawe's way of
/ looking at it. Mrs. Harrow and her
daughter agreed that it promoted seren-
/ ity and led to higher thought. Mrs.
Dexter always sighed as she said it
whose husband dealt in stocks down in
made all knowledge seem Is vanity.
/ Others thought it was nice without go
/ ing into details.
| The matrons of Gardendale were seen
/ less upon the streets, even during the
| sunny afternoons. There were hours
for meditation and introspection that
| had to be kept. Mrs. Thompson usually
/ tried to have hers in the forenoon. but
/ household duties frequently interrupted
/ her, which made 1t often necessary to
| sacrifice the afternoon.
There was an ethereal atmosphere in
! Gardendale. 1t radiated from pretty
cottages and quiet homes. The nus
bands began to breathe it as soon as
they stepped off the train. The trades