El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-24
Mt. Franklin Speaks When
Man Leaves Turmoil Behind;
Miniature World Lies Below

! drink and because the prodigal hand
I of Nature has speWed them here 10
90 through their struggles to death
Home Il Aim.
In the larger city the home Is the
chiefest aim Homes feature the city
Each has some distinctive touch OF
architecture. some tender vine climb
! ing over the lattice some distinctive
Wisp OF smoke. curling upward from
its hearth And around these hearths
are held the holy councils OF the fam
lily like they were held around the
wood fires or SaNony before the days
Of Caesar
AT night I look down at my little
wards and bless the one and pity the
other. I hear ascending from the
smaller city the hoarse screams OF
painted women; the gruff outlaws OF
drunken men; the clilking OF coins.
waEered on a chance. that isn't half
chance Then withdraw my
thought 70 the larger, finer settle
ment and ponder on the tots that are
kneeling at their mothers knees, lisp
ing their trusting petitions up TO the
starry canopy that covers US all alike
] see the mothers kiss their babies
between the passionate movements OF
lullabies older in sentiment than the
rites OF druids. I hear aged fathers
reading from the sacred book 20
white haired mothers who have shared
with them their years and who when
thoughts their children. spread over
Earth's broad bosom. I see men. tail,
straight. blue eyed. netting in public
assemblaEes and planning for the fu-
ture. I hear the ministers in their
pulpits. eNhOrtinE their flocks TO
cleaner, nobler lives Could I but
put IL into the minds OF these folk 70
see the coming and going Of the years
and the rising and falling Of causes
and effects as I have seen them here
nd
learn to survive"
But there was more. I climbed to
the highest peak OF the far flung
range. And Il was here that I re-
ceived full initiation into the mys-
terles that can be had only at great
heights above the plain. Far TO the
north, FAR to the east, far 10 the
west and the south there was an ex-
panse OF blue and green and brown.
challenging description, even credi-
billty.
sIaz Builds Higher.
Here" said the mountain. do you
see why men live and love and sacri-
flee. Below you see IN miniature the
world Impelled by forces they do
not understand, but fed by the re-
wards Of service and patience and /
abnegation they continue 10 build. !
And mark you, they build toward the |
sun. Animals bore down or in for
their habitations. but man builds up, Z
higher and higher 10 get perspective. l
In Just little while those people ]
you see In yonder habitatiOns viii be /
gone While remain az long as the I
stars shine and the moon beams, men /
pass before me in a constant, but /
always changing stream Speech /
changes. modes OF dress and religious i
forms At times It seems a senseless ]
parade. riggmarole pageant OF /
for the gods TO review. But
yet, through It all is one outstanding
thing. that constant striving for i'm
provement that led Caesar. across the i
huoicon. Hannibal across the Alps.
christ 70 the Cross. And do these
mines and puppets profit after death? D
are all their pains and acquisitions
1lssipated In an oblivion at the end
of their little span? All, that I can
nor Know any more than you. I can
lnlE say Hope sees a star and love
hears the rustic OF an sngeFs wing
But there Is this: when you 20
lack down among men be kind 70
mem. You are all together, fmpris-
'ned IN your own day and generation
md shackled by your own conven-
ions. So why should you quarrel or
iatet Love Lowell Love them fn
pite OF their faults, Tor they krow
lot what they do"
The old mountain was stfH. II
vas getting dusk and came down 10 | {
ny place again. beside my fellows. /
ma ] have dedicated myself to trudee
yitn them, for we are all part OF I
me thing.