Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-15

out OF cases under which steam pipes
arc coiled. These pipes keep the TEN
perature Of the drying cases at fso de-
grecs and the clothes are dried In a lily.
The kitchen has the same marble floors,
but It's tables arc of white wood, which
are as clean as those Of Dutch house
wife. ! noticed that most Of the cook.
ing utensils were Of copper and the
range seemed to me to be large enough
for the roasting OF an OK.
mills FAMILY LIFE.
As ! said above the strongest feature
Of this big mansion Is its homelike
character. Mr. Hill is a man Of dOmes-
tic tastes. lie loves his family and he
has beautiful home life. His wife has
borne him nine children; and when |
tool; lunch with her there were three
pretty dark-eyed girls and very bright
eight year.old boy with Us at the table
Tie lunch was served in the breakfast
room, and It was as simple and uncOn-
vcnuonal as those which you find in any
Wcll.io-do family in the United States
any day Mrs. Hill Is a charming
woman. She does not look to be more
than forty, and though she has these
nine children there is not gray hair in
her head. and her face Is free from
wrinkles. She isrehned and well edu-
Gated ana Is full OF common sense. She
is q woman Of remarkably good taste,
aud she impressed me as an excellent
mother She Is Catholic, hut not an
illiheral one, and she l., am told,
I always doing good In the way Of charity.
| Mr. Hill IS himself very charitable.
/ though most of his gifts are never
known to the public Not long ago he
attended a sermon Of Bishop Ireland
I which pleased him very much. II was
one In which the great bishop preached
/ on true Americanism, In which he said
It was every young mans duty TO be a
| true American. 10 become peimeated
/ with the spirit Of the country aud TO aid
/ In its government and development. AT
/ the close Of the sermon Mr.. Hill told
/ the bishop he would like to have him
/ call upon him and that he would give
him a check which would enable him TO
/ carry out TO certain degree his ideas.
| lie did and he received more than hall
a million dollars to build Catholic
| theological seminary. the priests OF
I which should be educated along the
I lines which he had marked out In his
/ sermon. / don't know that Hill Is a
[ Catholic, but he is a great friend Of the
archbishop, aud Mrs. Hill showed me
/ beautiful medallion OF Leo Nil which
I the pope recently sent as present TO
/ Mr.. Hill. The picture IS as big around
/ as the palm OF your hand, and 1t repre-
| scnls a lovely face, kind and gentle.
| As we looked at II remarked on the
sweetness Of the expression of the
/ good fathers features, and Mrs. Hill
said yes, he is beautiful character,
aud ! only wish he was fifteen years
younger" then asked her a question
or so about Bishop Ireland, and She said
that a lady Of ST. Paul who had recently
been IN Rome had met the pope and
that he had spoken in the highest terms
of the bishop, and had asked her Il she
was one OF his friends. She replied:
"Yes, we people Of the northwest are
all friends of Bishop Ireland" Where.
upon the pope said: 81 am glad to hear
1t, for think he needs friends.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.