The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15
Like American President.

eye for character which notbipo os
cdpeS, aud with an eve for our oloriou,
evening sky as well He and 7 are onf
IN loving Salt Lake. and that bcanty
oi ~ which so many seem TO miss and
winch as with all beauty it is hardly
worm while explaining; for auv ono
wno WI needs explanations is Just as well
on without them.
we take varied routes, divereinp here
and there into side streets. but rs y
rule we walk, at first, straight IN Main
street., stopping for a moment at Third
south, for we both are still childish
enough TO love TO contemplate the
changes wrought by man and brick and
mortar at this spot. And how STRANGE
IL mas been TO me to think that on
the ground where all these strange new
buildings are. ANA where the silence of
tnc corner Is broken by the faltorinp
VOICE OF the blind newspaper vender,
Brigham Young once spoke with his
clarion legendary voice; bow strange
as one stands on the corner, with the
Panent wind signing all about one.
as lonely IN the sound of it as though
1t were playing on some unyisited
promoutory. that lonely sonnd that the
western mind can never lose. however
near II may come 10 the worn habita.
tions OF men: how strange 10 think
that here, where the great BUILDINGS
rear their cOrnlced SUBMITS and the
broken news man sits, with mis- sad
heart and his SCARED face. ou his in
nospltable chair. not so many years ago
was the haunt Of the coyote and the
Snn-bronzod Indian; and sagebrush and
grcaseweed once rustled where vou.
der man, in his auto, sleeps.
Main street has been called boule
ward so often that it is hardly worth
while calling It q "boulcvard again.
People must ind new fanciful de-
scrIptiou for this strong. wide, straight
street. that looks rs if it were made
OF stone, but is really made of iron
The beauty. of all things is mainly
in their truth, their character salt
Lake buildings. | am glad To say. do
not initiate Westminster. They prefer
10 be themselves. London is England
and Salt Lake is Utah; neither would
wish 10 initiate tho other. and vet the
new IS no less real than the old
My long legged friend and pass
ia" great dry goods stores somewhat
lisdainGully as some poor bur proud
icqualntancc Of the great and affect
not TO observe them ~ we sweep or
wager by. Alas. my friend and I
nave no Interests in Main strcct-cx-
W. "'''' W. iupsS ponf. ndfb working !
street swcepers FROM Sweden and Den.
mark and all tho countries Of the
world. cleaning the pavement. buried. |
pathetic, storm tossed figures, alter. |
1ately frightened by he changing street !
ar bells or hustled into the curb by |
peeding motor cars
There are many merchants in Main |
treet. but most my friend and | love |
nc itInerant newsboy merchants whose
'laces OF business are apt TO be moved |
hihcr hurriediN from moment 70 mo-
uent, forlorn. fantastic figures. with
heir little bundles Of papers flung un.
Icr their puny arms, selling their goods
IS best thcv can.
As VIC arrive at the busy corner, -
ny friend bids me look westward down
wide parti-colorcl street of old build.
nCs leaning crazily against one an
'ther and almost treadinc upon one an.