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Show The IVHDVALE JOURNAL Page Seven Continued From Last Week. Read this Story. Il . MY RELIGION ( r » ('.filE DOCTO., OF TOWNS) '!· ;•. by 'i. Helen Keller ~ f Copyright by Doubleday, Page & Co. WNU Service If you can en}oy the sun and flowers and music where there Is nothing except darlc.ness and silence you have proved the Mystic Sense.-Helen Keller. '•.· ' l ' A 1\[,\.N C'AN APPRECIATE ONLY THAT WHICH HE IiNOWS • <· .heir ways before, auu in ord~r that I m~,y apprecmte. .1 ow .s t;lll' 1111e for every THINKf.N Li Cltlztn and <:>lVJC orgl1.n,zation, ..:ve.·y ......wmE~~ 111an and every city )f,iual "() ..twa,·en to tne very evident uet that ··w .hat was, isn't'' . that dlWJS ilave c nangect <tnd that old l'a::.,lltoned Ideas oJ comr.nmity life will not stand tl1e gaff of modern ways of 10mg tnings. Cop.) righted, 1!129, A. D. Slone. Re{Jroducrion prohibit~·l in whole or in part. This Town ])octor Al'ticle is publit-hcd h.) The 1\lidvalc Joll!"nal in coiJpc:"l'ation with the .Mid\'nle Lions Club.) dH:y Records show that many of the old sayings are falling by the wayside, the htest of v.mich is the one about the impos8ibility of convez ting the hearing apparatus of a female omniv01·ou,; mam1al into a silk overnight bag·. A .nan in New York nas ruined that by actually making silk of a sow's car. But the trlde and proven statement that "A man can appzeciate only that which he knows" will undoubtedly out li ,re the span of years of the most of us. A1·1 hur Brisbane tells a story about a hrov.rn rat in Lincoln Park, Chicago 'i'his rat Jives happily in his hole under a tree, never doubting hut that the whole park was made just fm· hin1 as some people bElieve the whole town Mt·s. Leo Anderson, Mrs. H. J. in which they live was made just for Grnnt and l\1:rs. C. L. Andel'son attend them. This rat is an agnostic you ed a Bridge Luncheon Thursday of can't make him believe anything that last week glv(.n at the home of Mrs. l~i!.!' ;.('lll>l wlol!-l1 !IP1c>ncl the nation's c:tpital Ill the moul.h of UllcRapenlw he cannot understand al!d prove, and T. Cook of fhlt Lalte. hn:v ro:1J<'cl cl••li:·n• •p to inntd !"~ foreps as the co:t>;t artillery ltelll u Il:tmmoth as he cannot understand or prove very Mr.;. Youngs Cutler and son, Lieuh:iltle pr:.<:ll<"L' at F•>rt Story, \'a. The photo shows one of the batteries in much, he is happy and self satisti .d. cenant Shirioy Y. Cutler, Mrs. Merna tw t ion He is a good rat, however, minds his Hithanlson r'nd Mr. and Mrs. N. A. own busines.s, and keeps regular Pierson were dinner guests Tuesday hours. He runs up anu down his lit- eve ning of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Beatie FOR SALE tle path, looks \\'ith contempt at the of 279-2nd Avenue, Salt Lake City. queer animals which live up the three, Elroy Boberg left last week to at$150.00 Victrola and records o.nd some day he will die in his hole tenu the agricultural institute held at for $25. Bra~s bed $3.50. Kitwith his teeth gmwn long, convinced Fort Collins, Colo., preparatory to l H that he has not missed a tiling that continuing his school work in Elko chen table. 349-Sixth A venue, life has to otft::l. county Nevada. Midvale, 1t Mr. and .M:ts. Dell Harwood left on Without intention of drawmg any Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Alcorn, 1\frs. D. undue comparisons, the fact neverthe- Thur:;day to return to their home in A. Drown and Mr. and Mrs. William 1 · FOR SALJL...-Charl:. Youth <'.an be ess remams that i...l. every community Hoilywood, Calif., after a brief visit Waters motored to Charleston Sunday there are residents, who, like the rat, here. Mrs. Harwood was formerly 'C{? ..Patou b:; light weit~ht one piece deny what they can not understand· Mrs. Joyce Clark. " ntr ·•l f•'U 'ml'nt. Prtcented by l\lrs. of last week. Honoring Lieut. Shirley Y. Cutler, citizens who are contemptuous of that '\•'argaret i•eteraen, 5918 So. uth \Vest Mrs. H. E. Phelps attended a meet'!'hone 291 -R, Murray -~-~ 4-6-7-29 who is here on a visit, his aunt, Mrs. which is nea1· them, and that which ing of her club held at the home of N. A. Pierson entertained at a family COULT~ be appreciated. Iutellectual· Mrs. A. W. Stiebeck of Salt Lake on dinner Wednesday evening. Covers ly, these people are as rats-- -rodents Thursday of last week. ' , o 1 of my l 1 fr- w'lndt'rfully ilnked were laid for 10 guests . to the civic life of community. These .;th my grow;"'"' an,..recbt;on of my At their home on State Street, Mr. :Mcs. Granville Deming is at the people do NOT KNOW but unlike the and Mrs. Olof Olson entertained at ~~her' wcrk ~ ' !'lY own rc~p·msl of her daughters in Evanston, case of rats, it DOES make a differ- dinner Thursday eve1ling. A ')il:ties o" ser,~· .... . . , !--r.:o urs of stru~.r:Ie home Wyoming, Mrs. Geo. A. Cluff and Mrs ence and upon the shoulders of some- ion of June roses was used profusthrough l 11olitadc. L: 1':1 of dcep,.s ~ j )y, C. L. Spencer. body or some group of somebodies ls out the rooms and on the dining table .r.:h tru~}p ~ .. ~ : quare:).- :-.:HI hich Lieut. S~irley Cutler, Mrs. Youngs the responsibility of doing that which Covers were laid for twelve guests. • l.\Dlll h-eld deat•c.:c than the pleasan+ Cutler, Mrs. Merna Richardson, and is necessary to make them appreciaMr. and Mrs. Eli Mitchell and Mr. ,~, ~of eaae 11111 cc,mplaisrmce. Those Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Pierson were the tive. and Mrs. E. T. Brown of Midvale and The voters who deter the building Mr. and Mrs. Daley of Springville !l have 1.., ~ • 1 r.:y fa!!'llti, ~ w 1 at guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. . color, a l ,. · s'c :'r£ to t'1e rye George A. Fox of Salt Lak~ Sunday. of better schools, the paving of roads left last week for a two weeks trip Tuesday afternoon of last week, and streets, the making of play to southern Utah. . J L •• r. Thr J i , .v .,) lifted my •.. :Jt- members of the local U Club were en- grouns the laying of sewers, the in£c.. ..1ging ivr a fuller sense-life into tertained at Liberty The meeting of the Art Club last park. Miss Clara stnllation of disposal plants and water week was held in Cottonwood canyon ~ vi v ;i conRci'l J., .~ s .. of the comr.l.:te Hosmer of Salt Lake was the filtration plants; the business people A picnic luncheon prepared over the >'"·' ,. within me. La(' n Jay come~ to Mrs. ElrO.)' Boberg and Mrs.hostess. J. M. who insist on being "storekeepers" m" with both Lm"l:os t •ll of po<;s bili- Despain spent Wednesday in Magna and "pooh-pooh" the idea of clerk camp fire, g:.1.mes and stunts were enjoyed by the entire membership. tl~.. and in its br.' "f cnur:-c I <liscern at the home of Mrs. Ben s. Green. training, yet \Veep and wail that chain Mrs. C. 0. Watson, sons Jack and store and capital are ruining their r.ll th l' verities a:" ·1 r ~"'.li ~i">s of my Miss Frances lliiaycroft and George business; the resident to whom a Jean, returned Sunday from a fortexisten ce, the bl'z;; of :;nwth, the' J\'[aycroft of Chicago, Ill., who are vi 3 stranger says: "This looks like a pret- night in Los Angeles and neighboring glory of action, th:: ~11 :rit of L:!attty. iiing their brother and sister-in-law, ty good town', and replies: "Yeah; coast cities. Mr. and Mrs. William Maycroft of ·t• 11 · ht 'f l'l Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cushman and Salt Lake were entertained last week 1 s a ng ' 1 · you 1 (e 1"t" ; the merchant that the community has sup- family expect to leave the latter part at the home of Mrs. D. A. Drown. ported but who refuses to belong to a of the week for their new home in J.{r. and Mrs. Melvin Mitchell have service club or a civic organization, Rexsburg, Idaho, where "Joe" will returned from a trip by automobile to and who belittles, runs down and de- have charge of the Idaho Falls divisAUTO~iOiiVE the coast. cries every attempt on the part of ion of the Utah Power and Light Co. Mrs. F. R. Jorgenson and small anyone to help the community; Mr. The Cushman's have made a host of cf~ u...-.w.\ • • :.:.....~ sons have returned from a visit to Average Citizen who sits back and friends in South Salt Lake County, their former home in Redmond. says nothing, does nothing, with an who regl·.;t tht;ir departure but trust Mrs. J. M. Despain and Mrs. A. W. "It's none of my affair" attitude; the that "greener fields" may greet them Bateman were guests at luncheon giv- ever-present p'.lrcenta.ge ef!at go out in~the land of "Idaho Spuds". en Friday at the home of Mr. and of their way to run the community Mrs. Arthur Horne of Sandy. dov.-'Il maliciously; the resident who GOITRE REMOVED Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Jones and daugh- takes no part in the clean-up camter, Betty, formerly of Midvale, were . paign, an orphans' home benefit, hosIna B. Read, Los Angeles, California here this week on their way from pl.tal or other chari'tabl e dr've l ; th e h th property owner, resident or otherwise Prevents Operation t0 E h0 Caldwell, c months. • w ere ey who refuses t0 eradicate visible comShe says: "Come or write to 5526 will spendIdaho, the summer munity abominations; the man, grown Pasadena Ave., and I will tell you Mrs. Enoch Tripp of Los A~geles, old, who cares not a whit if the how I relieved the misery with Sur~Jiu fit u,"\ i'}t:V"''J " ;;•:c> V'";~ll '.Q!Ij,'s• 'l.r\>t.ha • !1.1~ Vt' Mht , . .V \.lia Calif., who is Visiting her son at swimming pool of his forgotten boy- bol Quadruple, a colorless liniment, Murray was in Midvale Tuesday. hood joys is polluted with thz refuse easy to use and inexpensive." • As a closing social of the first ward of hi,s factory; the gossip, the civic Get more information at The Mid.lxpen~I!ce. S~e!l g·~.s ~-'rimary a "Cookie party" was held derelict, the knocker and the fool-- vale Drug Co., or write Sorbo! Com.n the wn.rd amusement hall ¥onday THESE are the rodents who must be M ec h b o afternoon. Games and refreshments SHO~N acd taught the costliness of pany, all drugi:.Jts.anics urg, hio. Sold by On my fourteenth birthday he pre·~ had grow; deaf, and that enabl€d sen ed me ~lth a gold watch he had him to see the distorted angle of my wo1 for more than thirty years, and I thoughts with regard to the w()rld of I have never been separated from it! my senser~. He told m" that if I would eince, except one time when it was 1 o::1ly try to put myself in the pla~.:e s-:~nt to Switzerland for some part:'! I of those with 11:g;ht and hear1ng and that were worn out. Curiously enough, 1 divine their iltlp!·cssions of things, it was not made f<'r the blind in the I they could unite their Bcnscs with first place. It once belonged to 11 1 mine more and more and thus wonGerman ambassador who had it fixed 1l derfullv increa~o my enjovment of the J • • so that he could keep important ap- • outer world. He l'<howed me how 1 pointments exactly. He was oblige:! could find a key to their life, and to call upon a high dignitary of the give thf'm a chnnce to explore my own Kaiser, and it wa11 not etiquette to with understanding. lle put into my look at the watch, nor was it eti- h and s a C(lpy ot Swedenborg's quette to stay too long. So the Am- "Heaven and Hell" in rni~erl letters. bassador went to a jeweler ~nd gave He said he knew I woU:·ld not underhim instructions about making the stand much of it at firS't, but it waf watch so that he could slip his hand fine exercise for my mind, nnd would into h~s pocket and "feel" the time. satisfy me wit h a likem•ss 'of a Cod It has a crystal face, and a gold as lovable as the one in my heart. He han~ on the back. which is connected told me always to rC'mcmber that i witl:i the minute hand, and goes with is easier to see what is good that it and stops with it. There are als0 what is true in a ditlicult book'. F ,, gold points arounti the rim of the as Swedenborg put it, "Good is u· watcl which indicate the hours. I a little flame which give'> light, :.'.'"' • we it always against my heart, and ca ISCS man to see, perceive, and beit t s for me as faithfully as m:v lieve." friend himself worked for .me and When I began "Heaven and HL " loved me. He whose love 1t keeps I was as little aware of the n.?w JOY ever be.::ore me has been gone nearly coming into my li:Ze as I hail be"T' twenty years, but I hav.e t~e sweet years , before when I stood on ' the ~onsci sness that each tJck IS bri1_1g- piazza steps awaiting my teache1· mg me nearer and nearer. to ~1m. Impelled only by the curiosity oi •· :rruly a treasure . above price, ll'nk- young- girl who loves to read, I mg time and etermtyl opened that big book, and lo, my lil'Mr. Hitz and I corresponded for gers lighted upon a paragraph in U1c many years. He learned the Braille preface about a blind woman wllOS<' ·system so that I ~ul<l read myself his darkness was illumined with beauti.long and frequent letters. These let- ful truths from Swedenborg's Hri •. ters are a record of spiritual kinship ings. She bel!eved that they im which it comforts me to read over parted a J.ight to her mind whi c11 when I long for the touch of his hand more than compensated her for th<> (l.nd ,.the wise, inspiring words with loss of earthly light. She nevC'~· whicft he encouraged me in my tasks. doubted that there was a spiritual His first and last thought was to les- body within the material one w;~h sen the obstacles I encountered. He perfect senses, and that after a few quickly perceived my hunger for dark years the eyes within her eyes oka I could read on subjects that would open to a world infinitely more particularly interested me, and how wonderful, complete, and satisfying limited were the embossed boo\!:s than this. My heart gave a joyous within my reach. For eight years he bound. Here was a faith tha11 em~ devoted a part of each day to copy- phasized what I felt so keenly~the ing whatever he thought would give separatenes~ belween soul and body rl.~ pleasure--stories, biographies of between a realm I could picture alii a1 great men, poetry, and studies o'r whole and the chaos of fragm~ntary Nature. When, after readIng things and irrational contingeneie~ "Heaven and Hell," I expressed a which my limited physical senses met wish to ,~know more of Swedenborg's at every turn. I let myself go, ali writings, ·he laboriously compiled healthy, happy yqath will, at1d tried books of explanations and extracts to to puzzle out the long words and tbe facilitate my reading. All this he ac- weighty thoughts of the Swedish sage. compiishe(j in addition to his duties as Somehow I sensed the likeness of Him /!Uperinteiident of the Volta Bureau whom I loved as the One and Only. and his extensive correspondence! In and I wanted to understand mote. Thf' his letters he often referred to "the words Love and Wisdom seemed tc quiet morning hours before breakfast" carees my fingers from paragraph u he spent transcribing for me, and hi11 paragraph, and these two words re· "joy of bdng in daily touch with hie leased in me new forces to stimulatf 1vere by all ~sses. Mrs.enjoyed Ceo. W. Coxthehas returned innigtJt geliebte Tochter HeltJna.'' my somewhat indolent nature and from a wsit with relatives in Spring Many friends have done wonderful urge me forward evermore. I came City. ings f(,r me, but nothing like Mr. back to the book from time to time , Mrs. J. S. Alley entertained Thurs:F{itz's untiring effort to share with picking 1.1p a line here and a lint 10 Jay evening of last week on the oc~e the inner sunshine and peace there, "precept upon pr~ept," on€ casion of the birthday anniversary which filled his si)lxlt years. Each glimpse then another of the Divin~ Jf her husband, Dr. J. S. Alley. year I was drawn closer to him, and Word hidden under the clouds o! mm;~ b~m he wrote to me more constantly 'a!' literal etatement. As I realized th,., FOR RENT the days passed. Then came a great meaning of what I read, my soul so ow-separation from the friend I seemed to expand and gain confidence 3 room apartment, electric s:~te lo d best next to my teacher. I had amid the difficulties which beset me. range, bath, garage, $35.00 been visiting my mother, and wa~ The descriptions of the other world per month. Apply at Journal on my way back to Wrentham. A::: bore me far, far over measureless I! ~h:l.p office for 'ParticulaJ's. Best usual, I stopped in Washington, and regions bathed in superhuman beauty location in Midva.le. Mr. Ritz came to the train to meet and strangeness, where angels' robe~ .jlll!l!mllilll!illlllllillllllllilimlilliilillililillllliiillliliilill!ll!iHillliilllillilllillll me. ..He was full of joy as he em- flash, where great lives and creath·e ;::\::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~::::::::::::~:-~:::.:~~~;.:.;;::-~~:::::::::::::::::::::::;:-::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~~ braced me, saying how impatiently he minds cast a splendor upon darkest had awaited my coming. Then, as he circumstances, where event!! and was leading me from the train, he mighty combats sweep by endlessly, had a sudden attack of heart trouble, where the night is lit to eternal day and passed away. Just before the end by the Smile of God. I glowed through he tobk my hand, and I still feel his and through as I sat in that atroospressure when I think of that dark phere of the soul and watched men tim(l. I could not have borne the loss and women of nobler mould pass in of such an intimate and tender majestic procession. For the first friend if I had thought he was indeed time immortality put on Intelligibility dead. But his noble philosophy and for me, and ea.rth wore new curves o1 certainty of the life to come braced loveliness and significance. I was · me v7tth an unwavering faith that we glad to discover that the City of God should meet again In a world ha-ppier was not a st1.1pid affair of glass and more beautiful than anything of streets and sapphire walls, but a sysM West Center St. my dreaming. With me remains al- tematlc treasury of wise, helpfu~ Midvale, Utah Phone 117-W ,wayw the helpful me:tnory of his rare thoughts and noble influences. Grad· personality. 1allv I came to see that I could ust 1 He was a man of lofty character, the Bible, which had so baffled me, as 'a man of rich e,piritual gifts. His an instrument for digging out pre· ib.eart was pure and warm, :full of cious truths, just as I could use my chif~~ike faith in the best he saw In hindered, halting body for the high 'his.hfellow-creatures, and he was al- behests of my spirit. • ways doing fl11' other peottle someI had been told by narrow peQpl''thing lovely and dear. In all his that all who were not Christians ways he kept the Commandment, would be punished, and naturally my .. Lo thy neighbor as thyself." At soul revolted, since I knew of wonder· eigh years of age he had the heart ft!ll men who had lived and died for ,of an evercreen, and his inexhaustible truth as they saw it in the pagan .powel' of enjoyment lifted him far lands. But in "Heaven and Hell" 1 above l:he average of humanity. He found that "Jesu11" stands for Divine remained youn&' with the young. He Good, Good wr.ought Into deeds, and was never old to me, and I was never·· "Christ" Divine Trutll, sending forth deaf and blind to him. He spelled new thought, new life and joy into with difficulty on his fingers, and h~ the minds ·of men; therefore no one was . , hard of •bearing I had often who believes in God and lives right to repeat a sentence six times wlth is ever condemned. So I grew to my imperfect 1peech before he could womanhood, and as unaccontably as understand me. But our love oovered Conrad found In English the lana multitude of difileulties, and our guage of his choice, I took more and intercourse was always worth every more to the New Chureb doctrines as effort it cost us. my religion. No one encouraged me ~ e ln this choice, and I cannot explain A a we t a lke d th u1, M r. Hit .. cam to realize fully my hunger for litera- it any more than anyone else. I ca11 70 N. Main St. Phone Midvale 1 Midvale, Utah only say that the Word of God freed ture _I __ co~ld re~d _o!l sut:!ec~•- th~~ ~ro~...~hll~lo_!:!_~nd_!tai~s ~! ba;bal'2U.J especially interested me. He himself creede has been a.t once the Jov anrt News Briefs fWertf'O ntZl L.. . .,~ LjUiE'S i:-ul' ?5 v1iU he featured anJ Hgbt lunches al(!oserved. if yo>J.lmow Louie fu ·ther comment is necess -y. If you dm 't know hirn :rm1 m·<let at 6507 Smt!h Street He's just ii:'s a tfeai to meet. Why not have your suit 1nade to order It costs no 1nore and we guarantee first class fit and work1nanship Alterations - Cleaning -and Repairing Special rates to students and graduates • F. Rasmussen, Tailor ~ VACATION PLANS There's a glorious time in store for you this s-un11ner, if you start making your plans now. A vacation costs money. Prepare now.. 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During your absence you will be billed for the regular amount, then when you return you will be credited with the amount due you on the reduced rate. Send us a card a few days before your vacation is over and your telephone will be restored to r.:::gul~r service when you arrive home. Retain business contacts by "Long Distance" while away I |