Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-03-01 | Page 11 | The Lure of Distance

y 0 1 Th The e L Lure ure of Distance I rr 5 MOVIE craze is sweeping the Far North f. f Picture theatres in Alaska i- i are doing a 2 breaking t r busin business s. s Audiences Audiences' up there J ri t re not keen fer snow country pictures show- show i. i and struggles with nature They o much of that in daily life tife The Alas- Alas pr prefer fer warm tropical scenes and ballroom d other spectacles portraying comfort and I Here re in civilization life tife is soft Ve We VeI as every day comforts many services services and I t that at t would be classed as luxuries i Jn p. p Far North The nat natural ral reaction is that ve lo k to pictures portraying hardships of 1 Th North or the burning desert In a life of r hardships people yearn for for- forc c comforts In Ina l' l a life of comforts they are entranced by On a showdown wn few fe would actually actu actu- ally tl tr tra trade e places with the other er kind of life tife The lure of the distant is as strong as P the early explorers early explorers sailed daringly into wn seas Romance and adventure are scarce arc s so we assoc associate fe them with the places No far away matter how attractive things rn may y l q be most folks imagine better things ti lie if f the other side of the hill Climbing to th ih the to top of the mountain they look down into alley much the same as the one they've j just jit st left On then across other J fh The ThC same same spirit makes the radio more bug more interested in interested in- in f r sted in long distance reception than in wd concerts h restlessness r st a and aid diss dissatisfaction his his' 7 5 i. i Iy t J J r o t N Jk t g It 1 J 1 t lJ V 1 t r T- T Y l. l Ik craving to to venture into to the unknown unknown these these are are the f forces that have ha brought all pr progress gress that thai have evolved the cave dwelling brute into the comparatively high type of f mentality of modern times Contentment breeds tion Dissatisfaction generates progress Curiosity leads fo fg new discoveries Accordingly Accordingly Accord Accord- the fact t that at so many Americans are dissatisfied is a certain indication that rapid progress lies ahead I