The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22
. WAS He ECCENTRIC?
FIRST CONSIDER HIS MANS
POINT OF VIEW.
'0 q. 70 Greenland in the Winter and
10 Ecuador in the summer-LoosI '1
Color His Aim and n. 20, IA
In That Way.

1 IN always very careful about ooul
Jug man eccentric or peryerse" No.
marked the amateur philosopber $50
VI hnd out Just what idea he Co. a.
us noodle. Some fellows who ID
queer things have very plausible ro uY
sons to offer. ie'''
Ihere's an artist who eats ~
luncheon whenever he is in tow, n.
the same little restaurant on the 90 ~
sue that ! have frequented for vaars
yesterday he paused over glass ~
ltaiian redElek and looked I'm at mo
as solemn as you please.
III VIII be long time before We
Blu at the same table again, he said
III going down to Ecuador right
away CIV
The thermometer on the wall said
w degrees, and it must have been
close to 100 In the sun. 1t was the
warmest day Of the summer. so far
and his reference to a country that is
called after the equator wasn't exact
ly soothing.
Amt 1t hot enough for you here?
asked him, pulling out my handker
chief. If you take my advice you'll
put off your trip for a few months
wouldn't think of doing that he
answered. OF course, 1t will be hot
In Ecuador, but huh! that's what I'm
looking for. | suppose you'd prefer
Greenland, but what will you say wher
tell you that Greenland was the coun
try where put in a mighty interest
ing winter three years ago.? 0
Most people would have at one,
put him down as crank, but tool
the trouble to get at his motives. M,
friend Is an artist, and he was goint
| in search of local color, or atmos
phere, to use the patter Of his trade
He did not think that the tropics ar,
at their best in winter. There are ap
to be tourists around, and other in
truders who strike a Earring note. Be
sides that, the landscape itself Is les!
characteristic. The foliage Is not 81
dense, and there are fewer flowers
and fruit. Similar objections can b,
made 10 Greenland in the summer. l
one wishes to visit the far north VIII!
not go when the aurora borealis is a
its best, the snow is deepest, and thu
long arctic night makes 1t possible TO
one to enjoy a really novel expert
ence? 1t was to this effect that he ex
planned himself, and his argument
seemed mighty good to me-
ut was the same point of view tina
led this artist to fight shy of Niagara
Falls on a public holiday because h
didn't want to be mixed up with tn
sightseers, but to visit Coney Islam
en- q crowded excursion steamer an
Join personally conducted tou
through Chinatown.
when | accused him of being II
consistent, he pointed out that whe'
one visits the Falls 1t is for the pun
pose of admlring the solemn beaut
of the scenery, and the fewer distrat
lions from outside sources the better
Coney Island, on the other hand, !
the greatest amusement resort In tn
world, and exists because OF tn
crowds that go there. To get the tru
spirit of the thing, one should traVe
with the pleasure seekers VINO are
reality more interesting than any sid
show. AS for Chinatown, surely 1t
study in human nature to be with
marty of summers that can be foole
by the exhibition that the willy oriei
tai prepares nightly for their benenl
Now, put it to you was III
friend the artist, so very ecceutr'
after all?"