Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-12
FROM THE BATTLEGRo UND OF THOUGHT

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Tho One OF the starting iei,-
Homeless. lures OF the last census III
b 49,, New York City WAS the
great nu,nbcr OF persp,ix who declared
themselves without d home. One OF the
most perploxing trials or the census
enutnera .3rS was ths troiindiiisyup nf
the park loafers UNI Howcry lodging .,
house :d!Grs and those iieer.1o weils
who spend their days doins nobody
knows what and sleep at night nobody
knows where From that dnY wien
the first faint hint Of spring Is felt,
throughout the burning mlasummer
heat, until the snow falls. park l'eneli-
es are constantly occupied, street cor
ners hnrbor shifting crowds, all out
of-doors sc ems precnpted BY the va
grant idlers. Perhaps no city is more
charitable to It's lonfers. perhaps no
city Is more lenicnt: yet 1t ls the char
.ity and lcpiency OF indifference, the
laissez- fairc doctrine In perfection; so
long as they disturb no one, let them
alone Organization administer chari-
table assista nee; indivlduals Ignore INC
existence OF the unfortunate.
The Evargelistlo Committee OF New
York City has for ak successive SUM
mers gone with q message Of loving
sympathy and brotherhood. Tents have
been erected with special view to reach
Ing the homeless, tho heartlcss the
hopeless, the drunknrd, the dissolute
tho down sand -out, az well as the re-
spectacle man or woman who has rcr-
gotten God.
5.In one corner OF the downtown sec
ton OF the city. aptly descri:isl MS the.
{dunping-hole of the world. tent pas
been located each summer, into when
wrecks of humanity diff fro:n al parts
orJthe world. This past season a letter
was received from IMAM In Costa l'lc;.
who had been put on his feet anu
started on a. better lie three years ase
to where he might purchase religious
literature for distribution Sal'ois 1uAt
ashore stop on their way frott' neal by
docks 10 the nearest saloon. liesltn.inS
between the brilliant opportunities OF
fered ut each street corner; ntHhctea
by the sound OF music they siance III
through the open flap Of the tent, see
comfortable seats. bright stcreoptlcon
pictures, and. finding 1t to be Tree
show decide to enter: men IN the pnt KS
or streets are first drawn tc a grour5
who with cornet and speaker are mold
ing a meeting outdoors, and the list
eners are frequently persuaded to fol-
low tho speaker to tho tent only Few
blocks away; whoever they are, wher-
ever they come from, however they
happen to Join the tent audience, they
are soon listening eagerly ttp.tnea sweet
songs which remind them Oh honG
mother. wife, sweetheart. and aHbet-
ter life somewhere behind them !ln the
past; then in a few strong, wnll-chosen
words comes the message that there
may be better things In their life yet,
both in this world and the next.
Bronzcd men OF tho sea, blusterlng
longshoremen from the docAS bleary
men from the saloons dusty men from
the highways dirty men from every
where: those on whose faces vice mas
set It's mark. those whose trembling
hands and faltcrlng eyes testify 70
continued dissipation. those who from
ono cause or another have lost money.
health, family. and position and fiWl
themselves In the ranks OF the lowest
1rcgs OF tho city: one after another
come forward for prayer. for some word
OF sympathy and cncoura cement ana
Christian counsel When they sign
cards FOR Identification, that they may
receive personal visits. again is repeat
cd the sad address No Home. MARY
Kendall Hyde. in New York Observer.
Moaning Life" said courageous
OF Life. soul, nearing the end of II
, beautiful icarcer--"life re-
solves ltSelI llIldlly lIllO guSl Wlldt Sou
can make OF yourself. II has really
very little to do with conditions or
events" This saying carried the more
weight with those who heard 1t because
1t came from one who, despite continual
outer thwartinga, spread sunshine and
courage incalculnhlc wherever she
came. Not what she could get out Of
life, but what she could put into It,
concerned her--and the measure of
what she found to add to mere living
brimmed over. There Is yet another
rule of great value to apply to life
when 1t gems most difficult. 1t is to
give good measure of all desirable
things, and demand but little. Modest
dcmnnds--soclal, financial, domestic
help to solve the problem of content.
Do you chance to remember the final
paragraph In Tolstois Anna Kare-
nina?" Lovin. who records It. had
found 1t difficult to supply himself with
study and experience he gives US this
solution: MY inner life has won its
liberty; 1t Will no longer be at the
mercy OF events. and every minute OF
my existence Will have meaning sure
and profound, which It will be in my
one of my actions-that of being good.
II these words set down here sound
trite and childish, read In connection
with tho whole great novcl--one of tho
last century-they have profound value.
i--Harpcr's Weekly. az MIA
The Universal There Is something cx-
Races ceed1nGly nttractlSc IN
Congress-. the plan for n Universal
Races Congress to be
held in London next July. Its purpose
is ITO discuss In the light of modern
knowledge and the modern conscience
the general relations existing between
the peoples of tho west and those Of
the east, between so-called white and
80 called colored people," and, of
course, the result hoped for Is a friend
lier feeling. n leartier cooperation, and
NJ better understanding What could
be more natural, what more desirable,
than such give and take ?,. The
phrase, mastery OF the Pacific con-
ceals a struggle. some tell US. that win
true, ii would only prove this to be
eminently the time for all the peoples