Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-08
AID FROM SALT LAKE
Denver appeals For al Least One
Tabernacle Choir Chorus,
REMEMBERS KIND TREATMENT.
Sweet singers Of the Centennial Slate
Capital Aux Gus to Return llospl'
talilJ for llospllall y.

The following letter, written 10 r. J.
Thomas OF the local Eistsdjiod assOcis'
ton by Secretary L'Uvd JJncs Of IN.
weUefn aas claiio1, with hua quatltfs
al lie yer, 81 d received tOIay, Will b,
fead with manie ct Interest by ih'
musical reoplo OF Unti
Dear and esteemed sir-Tho suggestion
that there IL some doubt by tho uoIp.o ~
salt Lake City ami viriniiy o. tu tho
problem ofan Ei,IeddiOd belng held Sep
tuuiDvf lst, 2ud and sd, lsJ0 iu Denv' T,
IL prubauiv no witbou. lite reason.
We have no question about 10 ia Denver.
Tue task W. nave undertaken i bIg
one, but we have tAkun lime by hg fore
lock, ami we are uuuui o. succeed. Toe
problem of tho EistCdiUd bong hcli In
Denver duo. no, worry us near az much
~ the problem Of whs. Utah II going ~
do by way OF attendance AZ the festival.
We were the royalty treated guests VI
Salt Lake CITY last Octuuof,nnd We would
now be very glad 10 show 10 our betuti'
iul aud hO-pitaBio sister city tho courtesy
Of Denver. We arc not quite sure tha
We can show ~ much good cheer aud
| kiudiiuoss ~ you exhibited towards Us,
| but one hing j. rain, We gave IN a.
tendance at the Utah festival some four
| hundiod people, aud nearly all we're the
! special guests " your people. You eau
a sure tho people OF Salt Lake tlat not
/ one Of that number has over forgotten
! The kindness, and will do al Ia uiu or
/ her pow Or ~ fUqulto no favor. VIVA We
/ want i Tor you 10 tufn 10 now, and say
/ you are coming, anu ask iavors ~ inc us
| fast ~ you rau,
You have noticed the slzc Of the pro.
] gram, aud the vast scope OF the contests.
L.
! the Terind Of four mou h, aud IN that
| tiuB We have succeeded IN having one
/ or more COu o. ants ia every one Of
/ tho departments Of tho great cun-
| lost la some as many ~ ten have
entered. Those como from oyuy
stae IN the Union, except Florida,
] Georgia, Alabama, Name and New
/ llampshifo, one OF tue range thiugs
| IL this! That u ala IN one " tue Uwust
OF tho neighborng STA g. To con,riDutc
talent. We have though it very Strange,
| but have cOuAulod ourselves wi IA tue
assurance that she would make UP Tor
/ lost time us usual.
We had thought 10 have very nno
auditorium ready for this gtOa. event,
but after consulting the Orbcltt, winch
| always con rUl the money, We we're as.
suted that II would be- out Of the quos.
ton 10 have n hrs. c,a's building ready
for the fifst Of september. Tue result
has been that We arc now Ia the midst Oi
| plans and specifications Tor n pavilion
| large enough to accommodate l1,VOJ
| people. We have had 40 cause tor com.
plaiut In The manner In which the public
has contributed, aud We are out OF duut,
! aud now have good onutrac for some
/ $1,000 TO be- paid within the next siAty
da,s. The pavilion proper Will be- iu
RECESS Of cOnstruyti0u within lev
weeks.
The preliminary program IL now out.
ard IL IL good a. iar as u goes, but In d
very shot time we viii issue another
more than three times II, size, aud II ha,
never been Squallcd iu ibis oouu ~. W,
viii send ~ once some nNe thousand o
this preliminary program 10 be- disfibut'
ed IN UlAh, aud we trust all who are nj
heart with us will got one ~ the pro.
grams. Many Of the 1 Ost able aud lal.
out,d people Of Utaf We purposely
omitted from this program with the in'
tent TO give them good send on In tho
next book We will is.ue.
The pavilion ha, been all planned, and
the work OF erection IL now on the move.
IL Will be- a line Structure, OF H. kind. We
will build 10 about tOJ iect long by 800
feet Wide; with staging Of 40 I 90 feol
large enough to accommodate seated On
the stage 900 people. 10 will be vol Mt.
ranged Tor acoustic Troporio-, and Ia
! ktuethl tutcl VIII 10 kNuus IN lac We
never do anything by halves m Denver
There never was 30 much enthusiasm
In this Slate over any event a. thi-, and
hero IL no doubt but tLatth great stIuc,
! turo We are building wall be ullOi To
oyoTluwing every session. NO QUO !
tagging, and all have now concluded
that nothing can deter Us from tho most
phenomenal success.
There II one thing that I want to call
to the attention OF tho people OF Sal
Lake, and that " thlsi Whom your grand
choir came TO this city for tho World,
Fair, we turned out to tho utmost CApao.
Ivy TO the largest building we had In thi,
city. While we do not wan 10 present
any hing hat IL self laudAtoTy, We Dc
want to impress you with the fact thai
we will look for you TO be loyal to u M
every respect We want oue chorus al
least from the great tabernacle choir
aud we want that eminent leader oil
yours, Evan Slophei ., to bring thOm
and 1 want to tta o for tho board oI
directors Of the Eisteddfod OF Denver
that We are prepared and willing
to make any arrangements for your care
aud com oTt that you may ak OF u, and
We wan. you TO make the request with
out any hositanoy. II affords me grea
pleasure ~ be able TO make this offer fOl
NO must have you here, and We will IA
II 30 tho Salt Lake city tabernacle chol
can get TO Denver aud back q lite as easy
a. tho Denver people made their trip {,
the "Naw Jerusalem
Sincerely trusting | may hear some
thing favorable n once, | am ~ ever,
Yours resuo tally,
LLoYn JoSEs,