Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-10
Prof. Stephens has been Expect
ing His Arrival for Ten Days.
MAY BE BOOKING DATES.
Tabernacle choir Ready 90 move on
EVER aspiring rrip'' Suggestion.

mo. / cannot coy donuliciy." said
Prof sicphons to q "Nowa" man this
afternoon. whether Che Taharnacie
choir will go east on january ist or
NOT. So fnr as official Information 10
concerned. I would say that Il will. But
that is not the only phaaa OF the quo5-
ton 90 b. considered"
Continuing rroE stephens said. 1t
De- over month fincs ! hoard from SIR.
u.Hboe. the promoter Of the cntcrprlae.
iio stated nt that time that be- would
ho here within month. which would
have brought him Co salt Lake about
fhn last OF october. but Hr 800 De- hln
NOT arrived nor have ! bad any ulluls
whatever from him since tncn. 40 90 10
] 1m booking fur him every day. l can-
not aay whether he VIII come or not.
! certainly hope hs WILL
MY personal Impression in that Mr.
illrhuo d. making arrangements Cor %
SPRING tour Instead NJ n winter one. ale
though when our contract with him
wac cancelled on account ~ his Illness
% was with tho UNDERSTANDING that
$50 would start out about January lst
and that "a new contract would he
SIGNED Immediately ulHH Die arrived
here. An 10 la at present there o. nuih-
ing more than nu understanding be-
tween ua. There being no sIgnci articles
uf agreement
"Hut." saiI the PROFESSOR amiingly.
na be- thuughuuiiy weighed hia words
and apparently half questioned their
cHffCctnUaH. - hardly know whether
Str. ulghco would presume 90 make ar
rlurrmsntH lur either HpruE nr wiuinr
that We had not naHeuted tu, ana yet
be- might DO o. Of course II be- hln
done so % will be- "a hts own risk. Hut
be- really hnH nothing Go fear un our
rrorH. nn We stand ready On very short
order o. nil our part of the ORIGINAL
program. 30 fnr ua I myself am cla-
cDrnsd. I ohluld prefer io take mo
rurlng engagement 81 Co whether u
would De- AZ profitable 70 venture na u
undertaken ln the winter a. a. dnnatahls
subject 10 o. question whether our
! Kind uf entertainments would not draw
aH well one time 1f the year na another,
EXCEPT. perhaps. during the teal not
weather. should d he determined that
we viii Fo in tho spring, The choir Nii
] b. able 30 aer the country at iin best,
What Mr. iiiFher has done IA me
] way % advertising ] cannot toll
| have seen no posters or newspaper mo-
! tlCeH. though strangers who come hero
from the east seem Co know that our
choir was contemplating such n trip
and comment freely upon o. ] ccr-
tniniy hope that Alr HiFheo VIII Do able
to keep good hiH word even though % ~
long deferred However. " we have
anything further tp DO with him We
viii require him tn post cash forfeit
as we ourselves will be- willing 90 do
According Co Professor stephens the
choir was never producing such cucc-
tive music uH now should the entire
project fail ho says % viii still be a
better organization than " the proposal
ton had not boon considered Tor tho
reason that % has boan aroused % that
point whore the highest possible cN-
crllruce b. freely and induHtrinualy
sought for. In the meantime ruhcur-
snlr are being held regularly twice
each week.
A Tabernacle choir quartet has been
organized IN tho persons % Thomas 3.
Afhwufth, ffol Graham, Horace 3.
Ensign and willard ChriatophcrHun. II
had nu hour OF practice this Afternoon
and one who heard n says ID viii be n
pleasant surprise 90 the public. N VIII
soon commence singing IN the Tnber-
nnclc at the regular sunday services,
and viii make "a speciality Of Mormon"
hymns nH arranged In the Mutual linz
provcmcnt Missionary tunsbook.