Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-29
From The Battle-Ground of Thought

New York Nine, ModJcska recalls her
Seen by chapters of her Memoirs"
ModjeslSa. In the February Century
Impressions OF New York on
nrst view: The following extracts
from a letter to Stanislaus Witkiewicz
give some idea of my first Impressions
on land.
July 10. 1s76-New York.
Dear Mr.. Stanlslaus-It is Sunday
tooay' and so quiet! The whole city
seems plunged into deep slumber.
We shall stay here n few weeks on
account OF the Centennial exposition.
then we intend to start for California
on the steamer Colon, across Panama.
ana we probably shall settle in Califor-
MD There are yet many miles before
US, and much anxiety as to our future
prospects. New York Is a monstrous.
urhidy bazar. Tho buildings arc large,
nut without style. Brick or chocolate
houses (the latter called here brown
stone). with green window shades. look
simply awful. The whole city Ia as
ugly as can be. But what makes tho
streets look stin more unnttructive are
tne solos OF mems boots in the win
dows Imagine that men here have the
singular custom OF sitting in rocking
chairs and putting their feet on the
window sills You can SEQ and admire
the size of their shoes in the hotel
loobies. the barber shops. the clubs and
even In some private residences. Wher-
ever you turn. these soles stare at YOU
A few days ago We went to Central
park. with the desire to take q walk
and breathe some cooler. frcsher air:
out, oh, what a disappointment! Most
OF the trees are too young vet to give
any shade. and the roads and paths
are asphalted. Tho asphalt melts under
the scorchlng sun, and poisons the air
we returned as soon as we found a
conveyance, There is. however, one
thing that like quite we'll In the eve
ming We go to watch the ferries. There
are large boats on the two rivers that
enclrclc New York and carry PAS
sensers to and from tho different sub
urban towns When all these boats arc
III inside. they make q pretty sight,
and as there arc many. many OF those
moving, small palaces. tho whole river
looks as though 1t were on fire Mime.
Mod5eska in the February Century.
Looking The highest which man
Into the can comprehend is man.
Future. One step only may he go
beyond. and say that
what is beyond may be different, but
1t cannot be less perfect than tho
present, the future cannot be worse
than the past Evolution, IL II teaches
US anything, teaches US a firm belief
In better future. and in a higher
perfection which man Is destined to
reach. Ono wonders indeed how kin
dred souls become separated, and one
feels startled and repelled at the
thought that. such as they were on
earth. they can never meet again.
And yet there ls continuity in the
world, there is no flaw. no break any
whore. and what has boon will surely
be again. though how It will bo we
cannot know; and II only we trust in
the wisdom that pervades and over
looks the whole universe. We need not
know.-Max Muller.
Success Hard conditions, desperate
Through circumstances, great power.
Rebuffs. ty and hardships have ever
developed the giants of the
race. The resources. the powerful re-
serves lie too deep in many people to be
aroused, awakened by any ordinary
conditions or circumstances. These
people are like the great Maximite
shells that can be thrown about with
1mpunity that children may play with,
but which require tho terrific impact
caused by being fired through the steel
a1nor of warship to explode them 1t
takes great crisis. a tremendous
emergency to explode tho giant powder
In many people Some natures mover
come to themselves. never discover
their strength until they meet with op-
position or failure. Their reserve of
power lios so deep within them that
any ordinary stimulus does not arouse
1t. But when they are ridiculed. sat
down upon" or when they are abused,
insulted, now force seems to be born
in them. and they do things which be-
fore would have seemed impossible
Orison SWEET Marden In Success Maga-
zinc.
Evolution When Brennan made his
OF the carly models. he found
GyroscoDe. that. while the little cars
would remain upright and
run along straight RAIL- they left the
track at the first curve The gyro-
scope governed their direction as we'll
as their equilibrium, 1t was the first
check in the evolution OF the perfect