Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-25
MIDSUMMER DAY AT CALDER'S
seandlnaylans Have an Enjoyable Outing 10
the Park.


The scandinavian midsummrr cNcur-
sion to Caldcr'H park yesterday June
2iih, was favored with ideal weather
Tor an ou,inE of that kind. and ~ a
consequence an Immense crowd gath
tred there. All day the street CARS on
the Cnidcrs park line were nllci VITA
pleasure seekers. while seams from ihe
country came In from nil directions
Il was estimated towards evening that
somewhat over 5000 persons were 'n
The gr1unds. quite few nom utah
county helped to swell the numbers. u
was an orderly throng Friends cam
90 meet friends, 90 renew old mcnui
and 90 form new acqualniau tA. Nll
ana young seemed DO hf happy ana
wen satisfied with the day
on, 90 the features ~ the program
was the cr1wnlnE " the midsummer
queen. The voting which closed ht I
O'Clock was quite lively during the hi
tCrupun und good -nnturUd excitement
was noticeable as the figures ON the
blackboard told the results NJ tht cnotsi
~ The friends N the ariJus candidates.
~ last the announcement was made
that Miss Emma IorgcnsDn had been
elected She had a.ist votes. Mrs. j.
NJ Siudnhi came next with ..clli MISS
Emma skoElund had go VOTES and Miss
Mary HriNCn $50 a few minutes after
the ballots had been counted and the
result announced atrartcar delayed on
account q The power being un for
some tlme,arriyed,a and It became known
Immediately that votes Cor Mrs sln-
dahl ana Miss slpFlund had been de-
laytd too. The latter has about 200 more
votes In her favor ana the former some
500. The result, however, was allow j
to stand as announced. although the
money Tor the additional votes plt1E-
antly was turned over 10 the qucen
committee.
The cruwnlnE OF tho queen was an
imuoHlng state nrnlr. The pavilion
was crowded TO its utmost capacity.
When the curtain rose. the maids OF
honor. Mrr. Siodahl, Miss BrlNcn and
Miss Hkorlund were grouped around
the throne. Then the queen was rH-
cortcd to her exalted scat amid ths
strains ~ music and the applause ~
the people. bf G. 4. Kjnorbyc placed
the crown on hrr brow In IN, name OF
the people and Mr. =. 4. Fcrnsirum de-
livorud an Grafton which was well re-.
ccivcd.
Then followed music and exercises
ana brief speeches Mrs. Agnes oil
sen Thomas and Mr. willard Christie.
phcraou. accompanied by Professor
Evan stephens. delighted the audience
with their selections. The nollmnn
quartet under the leadership of Prot.
Olof Nilsson sang several pieces that
were highly appreciated. Speeches were
made hy McsarH, J, NJ. si0dahl, l..
Moth ivcrysn and Charles Holm VI
Murray. The queen and her court re-
muinsd during the entire program.
Dancing Wis now In order until $3.50
,. m. At that time a farce entitled
Ny Nolrhbot'H Wife was rendered hS
MIR 4. 5. Ertman. Mrs. y. Campo. SIT.
T.. Iohanrcn, Mrs. VI. ChrIaty, MIR. w.
Nielsen and Mrs. NJ. Amundscn. The
various parts were well rendered, and
literally applaudcd. II WIS preceded
by n solo by Miss Emma JorgcnHcb.
accompanied by Prof. Zcntor. In the
evening a concert on the lake was given
by the musical organization Hurmo.
MEN.
The excursion was In every respect a
success. II was planned for tho h,nc-
ne " the scandinavian meetings IN this
city, presided over hy J, NJ. slndnhl. ~.
ChriHtnpherHun and ]. s. Jensen. The
following are thu other members Of the
committee ~ arrangements;
- =. Johnson, \. w. WinberR. Olof
Nilsson. \. =. Ertman. r. W Mndarn.
G. Mork. Lars Johnnnen. Mu. y. W.
Madison. Andrew Jensen. g. NJ. Nielsen.
Mrs NJ. Christy, John Hngmnn. A. g.
snrenHon. v. \. Ferustrum. G, a. n.
Oflob and Emma skoFlund.