SALT LAKE AND THE MORMONS 73 



From the outset, Mormonism was one. The 

 rich must help the poor, and the strong must 

 help the weak. To that, more than anything else, 

 must be attributed the wonderful thrift of these 

 people. Wherever they have settled, whether in 

 the fat lands of Missouri and Illinois, or the deserts 

 of Idaho and Arizona, the result has been the same. 

 Poverty is almost unknown among them, because 

 of this solidarity and this mutual helpfulness. 



Of course, you will go to Saltair, on the Lake. 

 I have no desire to be guide-bookish, but I am told 

 that the dancing pavilion will accommodate 1,000 

 people on its floor at once. This does not interest 

 me. If my partner is right, I should not care 

 about the other 998. The bathing is unique. 

 You cannot swim: the safe way is to sit up in the 

 water, as you would in a chair, and just bob around. 

 If you try to swim, your heels come up and your 

 head goes down. A curious place, this Dead Sea 

 of the Rockies. Once it covered the whole valley; 

 then it shrank to almost nothing; then some cen- 

 turies of increased rainfall swelled it to its pres- 

 ent proportions. It has some fresh water tribu- 



