Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-08
TAstRsAclt DECORATIONS.


Promptly At 1850 am. ny n prcar-
ranged signal with the Ifnlfnra.
News" reporter was admitted 10 the
Tabernacle 70 View the work OF the
committee m decoration. ~>ienre brood
ed over the vast huiitdr'nm. aui
spirit " awe. which IL the lrgafiabie
accompaniment - foli,udc IN ths midst
Of vafinfHa
a faint oda ~ saeshrnsh pervadcd
the room. So subtle H. the scnse-the
ihuoNalurd much intellect sunfr-- 20
whifh 10 appeals. % Rem an instant IL
IT. power ~ association. that the mind
a carried back IN alirdst realistic wild
ness 20 scene on this SPOT over hnif
a century ac1. cloeinE ones eyes. thf
present Truva aim ana the pitt Rises In
panoramic disilncinesf.
The pflmovai desert IL aihmhrrinF
Only on the eastern anu western peaks
are seen tht aiFns 81 hwskeniug day.
In the valley the shtdows are begin
nina % M tnd dissbite. what u F that
the eye brheida7 A vast esrlnae NJ
stun hrwntd saec and yellow bunch
grass For Il moment. we Itisn aud
catch tho musicM fippits Of stream
hidden beneath an Irregular HE 90 wiz
low and squaw bush. extending from
the norm ~ the canyon q the I.1kA.
The sun now breaks 3gsr the eastern
range. A breeze II stlffing down the
anyon. An. there N shat Htn9. never
Rehabilitation perfume % ,nf desert -
20 full " freshness. 20 suTLcsise o.
ffecddmi
what the bark Of doE7 Surely I,
H. Ana now q htif-mllc dlstans. In the
shadow ~ a rnnrled and crooked grove
OF cotionwOoda. the eye catches sight ~
a dotim cnmpfires. wrihf send curling
wrf flha into the mIfaiug sky. The
sunlight IL plAylus flHttaiis games
with the strands u smoke az they weave
themselves Into nifr hnd nner fabrics.
ana hnaliy disappear a. k1uss. lifneaih
this spreading halo. W. gft gilnpsNs N
an irregular village % w'tk-i-uIts,
/ amoke-herrlmed and ti;tefe1, nut uti-
erwlse quuln nnrfnony with the scene;
/ aH N they wee IN -" 20 WInv gtl-
tesque plants that had sprung Out u
the native SOM
tloiis. through fnauy rtnt AMI iltpIing
| poufing cur Dos lot sf bliti, hcade 4.
| suuauy-nsufe1 lIli'e nc1 women ard
/ children. sublime picture ~ liifffi,
! lndincrcntqi Ndu a. not know thai
/ this ~ your last day ~ lhd'srutod reign
IN your asery existence can be called
reign. before Inc sun shall have
reached The xenith, he. the great white
| Chltf accompanied by that other
grSat man, young and vigorous then.
but since grown Old by tnll and work
OF fiehtoauanasa. and today removed
IN youth fnrevcr-he the leader whose
life anung ~ we shaq soon meet Ia
commemorate"
hut the vision fades. me present has
come back. There II siill the faint O11l
Of aagehrush and dtHefet flower In tn
room The sun has lost none OF hi
oid-tinc fpiendnr. but hlt rays roui
down. not upon the primitive herhafi
~ desert. hui through the dome " d
building which might wen he taken I,
epltnmlze the progress u "a jubilee. 'rhi
eastern hnlf Of the auditorium /,
sombfe and uHrcllrVed by single
touch Of the artist; hut the western
half l. al nglow Ia hunFinfs u whit,
ana ILLS Tie soul with q glory as OF
better world.
n the departed leader should b,
present IN epirit al hs own funeral. &C.
coriius 20 his own wish, these are a0m,
things he would see.
Thp most prominent object a his nwr
portarlt, Aie-slxe, ns painted by IN,
well known home artist, A. WIN CAV,
son. n h. a striking likeness ol
President Woodruff mt the fun virol
4 his manhood. II IA placed In from
u the great organ against hack,
ground Of the Stars and Stripes
Abn4e the picture, In brilliant clcctri,
light, u the legend: