The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-04

agination we may call it the be-
ginning Of a book, the foreword,
so to speak,
A book, to be n book, must
paint life, its kernel, core and pu-
cleus. There must be marrow and
backbone.
And there are great many
people thinking that man OF
woman who mover experienced
love, never experienced anything
worth living for.
Yet love is but an ipfinltesimal
part of life. The Greeks and Ro-
mans, whose learning and civiliza-
tion we admire, didn't bother
much about love. There are no
love stories in ancient literature.
With them love didn't count.
With them love was a self evident
incident, too obvious and lns'gni-
can't to figure in book or drama,
7 appeal to the authors of Amer
lea, and the rest Of the English"
speaking world whose books are
universally read to stop talking
about the errors Of matrimonial
life. The theme is worn thread
bare with the eternal harpiug on
ii and its termination in whatever
form renders it neither more beau
tiful nor more useful.
Love as the motive power OF fic-
tion has dcgenerated into fixed
idea, which small minds can't get
rid of, it seems. And because
they cannot, the life stories most
important TO human progress and
enlightenment remain untold.
The solving Of great problems.
the narration and explanation of
unheard.of tragic conf1icts-such
constituted the life of worthy
drama in days gone by.
And the life Of our drama7
Love. nothing but love.
Whether Mrs. Smith took Mrs.
Brown S husband away, OF wheth-
er Mary captured Charles, upon
whom Violet had her eye, makes
up the sum and substance of the
majority Of books and all the dra-
matte productions OF the dav.
Yes, 7 know Of one French cou-
pie, now unhappily separated by
death, whose lifc-storv is infinitely
more interesting and more impor-
tant than that Of a million best
sellers heroes and heroines.
These two people met and All hu-
manitv is better off for their
meeting. They gave us something
new, something great; thcv revo~
lutionized, NV their combined labor
on certain branches Of science
Reflect. are not mental achieve.
ments superior TO love and the re.
production Of the species.
Is there anything in our numer~
Gus grand operas approaching in
SubIimitv AgamemnoD 3 despair"
i'm, PRAYER bv Gluck7
IF we bolievc the American
"best sellers or any other novel
in vogue, there are no passions
save those provoked hv love; no
loved ones agonics. Yet. rs
rule. loves emotions arc short
lived, its throes are soon forgotten
Love. so.called, is hut an episode
NJ best. compared with other mon
tal and physical conflicts really
ipcurable tormen!s that darken
whole life, nay, a succession Of
lives, descending from father to
son. from mother 10 daughter.
There is little in love that is
sublime: love appealing to the
svmpathics Of persons not actn-
aIIv concerned is ONO of the rarest
thincs in the world: behold, on
the other hand, ihc union of a man
and woman united To 'a,d in the
world g work. couple devoted TO
the welfare nf humans, hut failing
to accomplish It's noble ends!
What tragedy. What writings IN
mental martvrdom,
Authors Of the world 4 truce
TO the eternal sino.song or love
and loye~making. The love.novel,