The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-11-30
THE HURRY CRAZE

Every age has some special characteristics of its
own Some have been almost entirely taken up with
fighting at home and abroad, and have been chief
" and distinctly military; others have turned their
attention principally to art or literature, that
when we speak Of the age of Pericles or the Eliz-
abethan age it suggests not wars and conquests,
but the productions of works Of genius which have
been the glory and solace Of mankind The pc
Rod of the Reformation religious age when,
although there were wars and the usual activities
were carried interest centcred in the relations
of to God. future life, and in questions of re-
ligious belief and church polity. ~ -
There may be some question to how the
time we live in should be designated. BY many 1t
is regarded as above all the age Of science, in
which the secrets Of Nature are being revealed,
and her forces subdued and harnessed for the SER
vice Of man. So numerous and marvellous have
been the discoveries and inventions of scientists
in the last SO years that 1t would seem though
there should be question Of their right to claim
the age as theirs, 1t is however. disputed, and
are told that this is, far above all that have pre-
coded 1t, commercial age, and this is true. New
err in the history of the world there time
when such a variety and abundance of commodities
were produced, or when there such immense
volume Of international trade, and unquestionably
the great majority of men are more absorbed in
money getting than in any other pursuit or inter
est It Is also the that this Is peculiarly the
age of political and social change and unrest the
world over. and many would describe it the age
of the people. What 1t Is called will depend
upon ones point of view. What has indeed been
it's most distinctive feature must probably be left
to history to determine.
Meanwhile we can not be mistaken in giving
1t subtitle which few will be disposed to deny it,
and that Is tie age Of hurry. 90
We oil ~ yiot cofo bur
ry craze If any one can be said to be a victim to
a state of things which he has himself assisted to
bring about and which he appears to acquiesce in
and enjoy. The headlong rush and hot haste which
the American people as a whole exhibit in all
their activities have been comparatively slow
growth and have reached their present alarming
proportions only in recent years We brought
the water the Anglo-Saxon trait Of deliberateness,
of deciding nothing onhand and doing nothing in
hurry Life for long time mostly rural,
and, involving as it did at the outset the redeem
ing of the land from wildness and the savages,
besides the building Of homes and filling the soil
after the forest had been gotten rid Of was nee
essarily strenuous Our ancestors, male and female
had time for loafng, for in addition to their
burdens as settlers they had a great deal to
do from which the farmer of the present day is
exempt. They made and mended their imple-
ments, and spun, wove and made their own gar
mentS. nevertheless, so FAR as We can Judge from
all We can learn of them and of their success,
immediate ancestors, they were never any of them
taken possession of by the hurry devil who is driv
ing this generation, and whose presence may be
traced in almost every lineament and movement of
the men and women Of our time. Instead Of the
eisurely, comfortable journeys which they enjoyed
on horseback or by carriage stopping by the way
to visit friends and seeing the country thoroughly
we rush from state to state or from ocean to ocean
in steam motors in cloud of dust,
anxious to get on, and make record than to take
in and appreciate all that passing through,
Then men were content If at the end of long
life of industry and steady gradual gain they had
accumulated competence and able to pass
the evening of life in the quiet of home in reason
able comfort. Now every one is searching for some
get-richquick scheme, and young men plunge head
long into gambling specuations, and are discon
tented unless from the beginning of their careers
they possess all the luxuries OF wealth. Our
grandfathers who lived in cities went home for an
hour to quiet midday meal, and were as a rule
ruddy, healthy and long lived. We snatch food
from a quick lunch counter, and with the modern
inventions OF cocktails and cigarettes grow sallow
and nervous and break down early. There is no
question that there ia pace that kills and we
have been going It, and 1t would be better for us
every way to slow down. The sweet and TRANQUIL
pleasures OF home life, so much more wholesome
and satisfactory than the unendng, demoralizipg
frivolity, which young people seek in the melight
are coming to be almost unknown among us. Can
not some one make It fashionable again 70 be old
ed7-cincinnati Enquirer.
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Our contemporary says THE Bull Moose has
kept faith with the Democrats. True they have
played the role OF assistant Democrats" perfectly
With the assistance OF the Bull Moose the Demo
Gratis carried the nation and Cache County and