The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-02

The local Christian Endeavorers are
calling upon the people of the city to
decorate and to do it today Hardly
piece of bunting is to be seen on any
building in the city and before night
fall there will be from 1000 to 1000
strangers here and by o'clock to-
morrow morning the streets in the
business section of the city will be
lined with visitors. The Christian En-
deavorers ask-are all these thousands
of people to come here from the east
and see nothing but row after row of
plain brick and stone walls; nothing
to indicate that there is sufficient
public pride and public spirit in Salt
Lake to make the city look as attrac-
tive as possible; nothing which Will
look like a mark of welcome and of
appreciation of their visit? There is
no other city in the United States
which would not have had a holiday
appearance for an occasion of this
kind and every city in the country
where a national convention of Chris
tian Endeavor societies has ever been
held the buildings have been almost
covered by a mass of flags. bunting
and red. white and blue streamers, and
yet on the eve of day that viii see a
host of 10000 or 5000 within the gates
of this city there is not as much as
hundred yards of bunting TO be seen
the entire length of Main street. The
members of the local committee feel
that they have exhausted every effort
to have the business section of the city
decorated. The subcommittee have
visited the merchants and business
men everywhere and have tried to
impress them with the Importance of
the matter. They have met with some
success. that is if the promise of some
merchants to decorate their stores can
be regarded as success. but the decora-
tons themselves are not yet forth
coming.
AN APPEAL TO THE MAYOR.
The committees did not confine them
selves to their own efforts in this mat
ter but they tried to get public ex-
preston from the chief official of the
city government which would call the
matter to the attention of the citizens
The following letter was sent TO
Mayor Glendinning four days ago:
salt Lake City. June 2s, 1897.
Hon. James Glendinning. Mayor, Salt
Lake City.
Dear Sir:-The Salt Lake commit
tee of 81, connected with the Inter
Mountain Christian Endeavor rally,
deeming it desirable that the citizens
of Salt Lake City decorate their places
of business and their homes in honor
Of the immense concourse of people
from all parts of the United States
and Canada, who will be in the city
July So, in attendance at the rally
above named. respectfully requests
you, if you can consistently do so. to
make a public request to this effect.
We feel that a proclamation from you.
embodying this suggestion. would
meet with the same result as is ac-
complished in other cities where the
Christian Endeavor conventions are
held. viz: elaborate and beautiful
decorate tons; and we further think the
citizens of Salt Lake City will not
wish to be less thoughtful or apprecia-
tive when the request is properly pre-
scented to them. Very respectfully,
"CMISS) EMMA B. EBERHARD.
corresponding Secretary"
This letter has been filed away among
the archives of the mayors office. and
not even a reply has been sent TO the
committee. who feel that word from
the mayor would have accomplished
much.
The Endeavorers call attention to the
fact that the national holiday is aD-
preaching, and that public decorations
might very we'll be made in connec-
ton with it, as well as the intermOun-
tain rally, and they urge every citizen
who has the welfare of the city at heart
to do his utmost to accomplish some
thing in this respect today. The decora-
ton committee of the EndeavOrers
are obliged to confine their own efforts
to identifying the halls which will be
used for state headquarters and the
tabernacle and theater, where services
will be held Sunday, and for this pur-
pose the members of the sub-cOmmit
tees on finance. music and San Fran
cisco 81, have been added to the decor
alton committee, to assist in completing
this work today.
TABLE ACCOMMODATIONS.
In regard to the facilities of the en-
committee for supplying
table accommodations to the visitors,
the urgent appeal which the committee
made on Wednesday night has resulted
in much good. for many persons called
at the headquarters yesterday and left
notices that they were prepared TO
have persons assigned to their private
houses for meals. While this hsS been
a great assistance to the -eom .nittee.
the number CT places to which the Wis
itOrs can be assigned is still far from
sufficient for the purpose, and Mrs.
and her assistants will move
their headquarters from the O'Meara
block to the reception room in the y.
NJ. C. A. building. No rs West Second
South street. and they will be there
all day, prepared to receive offers from
all who are willing TO provide meals Tor
the visitors in their homes
FIRST DETACHMENT.
The first detachment of the great
crowds which will soon be pouring into
the city have arrived. but the number IS
not large enough 10 be noticeable yet
Both trains from the east over the Rlo