The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-10
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Solomon, although indeed the
wealthiest and most luxurious Of al
the kings of Israel. never lived as
comfortably as the average man OF
today In Il $50 fiat. For many gen
erations the traditions of the splendor.
of his life have held the fancy OF
romancers and poets. Workmen We're
thirteen years building his famous
palace, called The House of the For.
est of Lebanon" because of the lib.
eral use of cedar wood in its con.
struction.
1t was $50 feet long and 10 fee,
broad. standing As feet high, With
four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar
beams above the pillars.
1t was ceiled with cedar, and there
was a porch 10 Feet long and 40 fee,
broad in front Of the palace. He had
a great porch of Judgment" IN
which stood til" great ivory throne,
oNerlHid with gold. with six steps
iootstool. II twelve lions of molten
gold on the steps.
All of Solomon's drinking vessels
We're of gold. and all the dishes and
plates from which he ate-but was
he as comfortable as the man of mod
crate means who lives today in n mod.
ern fiat In a great city:
IL is rue mat KING Solomon had
slaves by the hundreds. even by the
thousands. To await his beck and call
nut all of these could not really give
him the ordinary comforts which the
m"d"r householder or fiat dweller
enjoys without n special considera.
ton.
The House of the Forest of Lee
Damon was very cold when winter
came. and though doubtless theirs
We're f1replaccs in it, the king might
be roasted on II side and almost
frozen on the other.
III the king wanted TO take a BATH
1t meant heating the water and bring
ing IT up i'll pals, ever though these
utensils were of gold. II. had no
slch thing as a porcelain tub in which
ne merely turned the faucets and had
water at tn" temperature he desired.
Nothing was known of electric or
gas lighting i'll that day. so all of th.,
teasts of Solomon when h..
Ghterfalned the Queen of Sheha could
re illuminated only by smoking. FLAIR
ing torches. for Kerosene and the
modern brilliant lamps were unknown
IN ina lime Reading by such light,
ana from the cumbersome scrolls that
served as books in his day, was far
from comfortable.
Fhe sanitary conditions of the nal
&C" and the city of Jerusalem were
Tar heioW those of even the most un-
progressive of modern cities. The
c~ohNenlences of the bathroom We're
altogether. There were no
sewers to carry off the waste, and eye,,
the carriage laid in the streets until
the dogs dcvoured what they could.
as they did in Constantinople until thn
last Year.
When the king went out. if he wish
cd 10 walk. as he seldom did, he had
To pass through the filthy city. and
streets if it had rained. or
dusty streets If ii was dry. If he rode.
II was IN a very magnificent chariot.
IL is true. but it had no springs. and
Joted MIN sorely over the stones and
powders of the streets or roads. If
You nave seen the springless chariots
IN n circus and noticed their tolting.
even on h smooth tan bark, imagine
now unpleasant 1t was to ride in q
conveyance / k this owe rough roads
II there was a plague in Jerusalem.
the KING was ill protected from i'll
ness, for nothing was understood of
quarantine with the exception of
the lepers being SEM out to
separate settlements beyond the civ.
Wy!
The ordinary man Of modest means
IN our a can know what the world
IS ding as he .glances over his paper.
out what he needs. whether il he food
ana drink. or clothing or Jewels. al
a moments notice, keep warm he
clean n healthy-and all without
great effort on his part. All is
ready at hand. and he has comforts
OF which Solomon. with all his far>
tanned wisdom. could no. dream.