The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-16
The Lure of the
Western Desert

The day is done. The blazing sun.
changing to Furnished red. has etched
the saw-toothed. threatening noun
tsins against the sky and now the
edges are being smOOthed with the
| coming OF the velvet night
me! ne big silence, hlled with the
rust huitering sounds OF the
around the pickering and night-perfum
ing sagebrush campfire The big com
fortlng silence, with its cool caress. Is
lifting away the toll OF the day. The
Dig, inspiring silence. filled with the
nearby stars and the kindly shadow
nlled with memories and kindly
thoughts. Is giving the comfortable re-
taxation and that strange. inspirin :
upllft that comes with the concern Cf
plain and simple things.
This Is the lure Of the desert. This
IS the lure OF that bleak and burning
bare and desolate waste. with ITS
singing insects and sticky heat; where
death stalks mercilessly underfoot and
overhead and where the bleaching
Hess desert lie white and scattered in
awful loneliness.
The lure of the desert? It is tae
lure OF aspiration; the universal age
old call to the soul urging Thoughts Of
kindness. In the stark simplici.y cf
the desert, unconfused with artificial
tiles and haste and crowds, and with
out the jostllng calls of small conflict
Ing duties, the big call is heard auI
Needed and the brotherhood Of man Is
realized Selnshness is cast avg, a.
the instinct of self-preseryation eX-
pending to the spacious and savage
environment, reacheS the broade.
truth of the need or'mutual helpfll-
Reason, no longer king, but follow
ing the leadership of the awakened
soul. is rested, although in its kingIy
he lure 70 Of tbs deseryt 1t mnsi Ges
nave the simpler term, THE lase 4 ;
got him." and to those thus honorrd
there Is given only those thoughts of
help1ulness and protection which are
bestowed with so much love on chill
dren and on wise old men.
Ana from Europe to the desert came
lady; gracious, kindly lady, who
had watched the skies above the long
brown line of boys in France through
anxious months and who speaks with
and batti eTdeiness a6 Of 6iplanes Spads
terms and words with technical exact
ness.
Just a tourist in the west; just
when, after an hour of conversation |
among the hotel guests she was asked |
for an interview for a desert newsna-
per, and | would not care to see the |
careless remarks just spoken among
friends published"
And withhold the April fashion news |
OF Paris from the local Ewes? That |
age OF WOODEN goods, approves of satin |
for the coming year, and also silk as |
ne smartest dress material? That
short and perhaps shorter than during
The last year? That skirts are decreed
by fashion to be made narrower as
wellY Withhold such news? 1t is
mpossible-better to brave the wrath
of a gracious lady than withhold such
news. And who does not wish to hear
y, MA k ing no The simple and kindly man
nony the ideals of great nation and
Who Is also quite human enough to
y iiirtit fn run away to the beach like
boy from school playing truant
When the people here know me
letter | will give an interview if they
mould really wish to see one. Yes, /
Jaw the picture last night. The com
ures most entertaining And in the
nine-yes, whenever the men say it is
~ right TO go III go---in the mine the
re RE was beautiful. Oh. on a camping
,es, ! would-if l started out from
ere I'd stay by it and stick to the An
sh. These are Just fragments of the
overheard among the
uests and they are all the remarks I
the lady from Philadelphia, and they ,
i US ate the lsni lure of the desert.
ork: where | have many good friends, ,
ut there was a stronger appeal RI {
ONE across this wonderful country
M VISIT the west again" The lure Of
Miss T. T. Potter is the visitors
anne She comes from PHILADELPHIA
no on the way home from California
ne has stopped over to see the Phoebe
ines She Is interested in the John
Stetson Company of Philadelphia /
i'd meets G. Henry Stetson, Who is
)erating mines in this district, at this
)int. Miss Potter knows the desert
she has spent months in the Grand n
.nyon section, and she is again an
'ering the call of the open spaces.