The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-17
edal. These awards stamp it as
"THE FOREMOST BAKING POWDER IN ALL the WORLD"

! One of the most revolving practices that
| grew up and was furnishing at the time
| that the Federal Government checked Nor
monism was the marriage of girls twenty,
| eighteen and even sixteen years old to
| men old enough to be their grandfathers.
Either these girls were coerced or, from
a sense of strict adherence to what they
were taught was their duty and a require
ment of their religion, they consented TO
these alliances. Many bright, pretty girl
has married a tottering. gray-haired,
blear-eyed officer high in the Church who
had already half-dozen wives and felt that
she was being honored.
Marriage is comparatively easy in Utah
even now, when it is compulsory to OBJ
tain license from the county clerk. Ten
years ago no license was required, and
church officials alone performed marriage
ceremonies and granted divorces.
The authority TO perform marriages is
not confined to the high priesthood. At
least one-half of the male adult members
of the Mormon church have authority to
perform the ceremony
The usual marriage is not very elaborate,
there being no particular ritual. The man
and wife promise to love and be faithful
to each other. The obligations are the
same in plural marriages as in mono
gamous ones.
Those who have obtained a certain rank
in the church may be married in the Tenn
pie, and then the ceremonies are very
elaborate The secrets of the Temple have
been closely guarded. None but Mormons
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outer apartments of this building which is
one of the most beautiful in America, and
which cost s3,Oo0oOO. Gentiles- are never
admitted TO it at all.
Mrs. IT. H. 3. Stenhouse, an English
woman who passed through the ceremony
has described them in detail. She was
first attred in the Temple robe, made Of
white linen and reaching to the ankles,
and a veil of muslin. The men wear the
same dress except that their head is COW
cred by linen fashioned like a Scotch cap.
She and her husband were directed to pro-
vide themselves with a bottle of olive OIL
They had been regularly married in Eng
land before they went to Salt Lake City.
After their records pedigree they can
it in police court were taken, they were
told to remove their shoes and were then
conducted to a large bathroom divided by
a muslin curtain. One side was for men
the other for women.
Mrs. Stenhouse was then placed in a
tub and was washed frop head 70 foot,
the attendants repeating various formulas
TO the effect that she was now washed
clean from the blood of this generation
and should never know the plaques and
miseries that were about to come upon the
earth.
Then she was wiped dry and anointed
with a huge horn of olive oil. Her eyes
were anointed that they might be quick
TO see. her ears that they might be apt at
hearing. her mouth that she might speak
the words of eternal life. and her feet that
they might be able TO run in the ways Of
eternal life.
She was then given a garment pecu-
liar to the Mormon people. which envel-
opes the whole body and is worn night and
day. She was told that she must never
pat it wholly off before putting on another.
but should change it one-half at time
and that if she did so she would ne pro-
tected wholly from disease and even from
death itself
Thus arnayed she proceeded to put on
a white night dress, skirt stockings and
white linen shoes. a new name was whisp-
cred to her. which she was told never to
breathe except to her husband in the En-
dowment House. 1t was the name by which
she should ne admitted into the celestial
kingdom. The name was Sarah. and Mrs.
Stenhouse learned that it was the name
given 10 the other women passing through
the same ceremony. There were about fif-
teen couples in al.
The curtain was drawn aside and the
women stood face 10 face with the men,
who had been put through the same ord al.
The men wore white unions" over that
a white linen shirt such as men always
wear white stockings and canvas shoes.
They sat opposite each other for several
minutes. Then Mrs. Stenhouse and ner
husband were instructed TO come forwa u
and knsel AT the alter while the others
remained standing.
Suddenly a voice was heard speaking
TO some one who replied. The voice from
the unseen was supposed to b. ne voice
Of Elohim IN conversation with Jeho-aA
and the words used were the same th-se
used IN the first chapter Of Genesis de-
ally Jehovah and Elohim dsciarei their
intention Of coming down % visit the
earth. This they do and pronounce what
they bshold very good. but hey 1sc'sre
one Of a higher order OF Intelligence than
the brute creation in The word 10 govern
and control all else.
Michael. the Archsngel. was then called
aqd was placed on earth &c the anne Of
Adam. The Bible story Is closely followed
Il was then discovered that il Is not go'i
10 De acne. Adam was INSIDE 10 fall !nto
q deep sleep. Elohim and Jehovah then
came down and went through the motions
Of removing a rio from the side Of the
man. which said rio appeared innedis teiy
IN the person % one Of the famous women
Na-uons-
Then the devil made hs appearance n
the person OF W. ". Pheios. He ware =