Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-20 | Page 16 | As Others See Us

ser . a..sai.. aaaawwaiii a-- j Ai Other See U. ' j hrHERE is . something depressing ' a'Bout the , I old friend who has not prospered in the Jneasure of his intelligence ,and ability. 'If Jou have ever returned to the old home town, fcfter an absence of several years, you know Jhe visit carries a measure of . regret You inay find ambitions curbed and hopes soured among those who gave the greatest promise In youth. Tfiere is no explaining U for there 2s no way of determining the deficiency wMch Sometimes bars intelligence and ability from - Success. I When Samuel' Newhouse left Salt Lake jome five years ago be experienced loihe of ' he regrets of the boy leaving his home town Jo i make his way in another clime. In his . return he finds some of the regrets that the foy must find on returning to his old haunts, jrtr. Newhouse finds a deficiency here that he jannot explain. He is mildly critical of the Impressing spirit he meets. The town hasn't Jived up to his hopes of a few years ago. ; Mr. JMewhouse doesn't return with a ham-Jner ham-Jner for an old friend as some might mis-Jnterpret mis-Jnterpret his criticisms. Rather, he returns as friend who sees something lacking and is frank enough and big enough to be honest. 7t. Newhouse still has a strong faith In Utah and her future, as Is evidenced in these femarks: . ,' . ' . " ; , t I cannot sea how Salt Lake can aacapa its predestined greatness. 1 I cannot belierey'that tha attar fy people of Utah will not yet btnUI bare a city I that will exceed tha wildest dreams of tha oc4nrasL I cannot wderstand how $ it can ha possible for the abundant re- sources of tha state, its mines v end fields of coal and other great mineral fwsoTsTces, its fertile YaOejrs, its great j stock interests and its wonderful at. tractions, to not conspire tsnder tha T energy of its people, when that energy, . now dormant, is awakened, to tha end ; of baring this not only tha most beau-i beau-i tiful, but tha most prosperoae of all I tha cities of tha Western slope. I jhil is not the spirit of the knocker, but - Jhe love of one vho -would have the deficiency iJestroyed. It Is not the resignation of the Jvoy .'who returned home and leaves his old companions in the letharry in which he has found them. It Is the helplnr hand of cheer, Jhe foundation of rejuvenated hope, whic leaves us all in better spirit We cannot attempt to analyze the deficiency that Mr. Kewhouse has encountered here. And yet we are urjed to say that no one ever got out f the ditch by lamenting his plight. As Mr. Newhouse reminds us, we have an empire Jiere. If we know what to do with It our uture is assured. If we don't, we are In the jut of the boy In the home town, who has the Intelligence and (he ability but lacks the hope, the patience and the energy which are essential essen-tial to success. We cannot overcome obstacles fy yielding to them. -