Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-13

prize will be divided between us aud
one OF tho ScantOn choirs. and the
second prize will 10 20 the other.
This was what confidently
looked tor. To this moment. / have
not mndo up my mind which one VI
those scranton ch0im was superior 10
the other Both wore reinforced by
the prize winners from Walcs--we
learned this ifomsevornl who took part
Among ihcm by the wny,wefo several
M0rmonH from Scranton, who sang
against ~, and who, after the contest,
were Introduced 90 the Presidency.
Ny candlu opinion, based on having
heard Scranton club number one, give
"a concert before they were re-.
iniofced by foreign singers, aud %
ihu fact that they are winners
In "A majority Of the competitions
Ia which thuy have taken part IL, that
had the contest been limited 10 the
choirs Of Scfant1n, Cleveland nud Salt
Lake alone, We would have tccn
awarded ffst money. That is always
supposing the judges were big enough
men to have given n tous I confess
that their manner uf adj Indicating, and
tho variance between their premises
anu their results, somewhat dashed
ny cOniidet CO in their mental gifih.
We had OIL hut some thought of pro.
tusting before the contest began, about
this admission Of foreign singers, but
Wneu went 10 the chairman
hud SECRETARY, was told that
u was perfectly allowable, that
~ was wOfld's contest, anu that We
could have enlisted Madame Patti had
we liked, This WIS poor consolation
10 Us ~ that late hour aud ] answered
thnt the committee uf three who had
come 60 Salt Lake some months ago To
Induce cur singers 10 enter the cumpo-
tiiiOn, had given "a the li-t OF the
chOfusos we would meet, two from
Scranton anu one from Cleveland, aud
We naturally had supposed the LET
meant what Il said, not that our com.
pttitOra would be allowed 10 on up the
weak places In their ranks win Old
Veterans gt the last moment. How.
ever, nothing came Of n, and ",
thought II better 10 smother our itcl
ings rather than risk exciting ptcJu,
dice by protesting, aud giving the
Idea that We were alfaid. Therefore |
feel that although We were only
awarded second money tue moral
effect IL that OF victory, becauBr II
was every where said that they hal IA
combine forces from MI over the world
10 beat the utan folks. Hence I iuel
entirely contented with the result"
"C0ucctning the financial uutcomr,h
said Mr.. whitney, "lhe result IL fully
as gratifying. There were as people
/ Ia our train, and that mean, Tor rail,
aHaMI NnHHH HNEUNH a. ~ d..
| etc, n disbursement ui ABOUT ST., 900.
| the actual expense '0r the chIir Il
/ course Will only be "A proportion OF hat
figure. We could never have made
/ The trip hut Tor the very comfortable
fund tue choir itell commenced 10
build up long ago 10y IT. concerts AMI
CEcufrione. We gotta little hclp ifOm
a subscription litt but very little. OuI
gross receipts from our c0ucetls in Den
/ yer, Kansas City, ~. Louis, Chicago
aud Omaha were $500, that fguT,
/ could uaHily have been made SlOOl
more had We not sacrificed our cou
coftA In Kansas City ana Chicago bl
our appearances without charge. w
won $1,000 priEe money, and ~ mad
a itilu pruht from tho sale Of CNCuisiuI
| Ticket, We could have quadrupled thi
/ AANfhh' rum hAAA hNNltn NAN We hNoi
allowed ~ push the sale Of tickets, but
the railroads insisted that the numte
/ sold be limited 10 other members o.
The choir and immediate relative
~ friends. There Will, cOurtp, be- q dt
iicicucy, but 1 am piuantJ 10 say ina
u will be very much lo,s than ",
anticipated IN the beginning. M0r
than tue artistic Aud financial success
however, h tho qualification wUnil Tee
that the trip has been productive u
such wiIeal ryHi good IN uispelliBl
/ prejudice, correcting false Impression
about Uuh people, and advertising 0ul
| city aud Territory, 1 believe the uil
| has been Tremendous missionary
effort throughout, Hnd tho Fist rttsl'
deuCy stated 10 our Committee IN
Chicago that they FELT sure the btuoiiu
which would grow from u would b.
/ inCnlrulhh'p.n
O,her membcra Of the party seen
slate that thewhole excursion WIS iron
start 10 finish, one Of the most con
slant ana unallOyed delight. All th'
/ tremendous work went NJ smoothly q
| though II had been oiled; what tn
/ choir have been through no money
could have purchased for thom, All,
one ana all feel more than thankful
for tho enterprise, zeal aud spirit Ol
the part OF the committee u arrange
ments that made the great trip possible