Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20
MEETING At
ASSEMBLY HALL
interesting Talks on Temperance
10 The Young People,
40 TALMAGE'S REMARKS
,,,.. uircutt aud Dr. seabrooh COM
" =, tbe "Mormons" o. H. ~
c,,n, speak. OF The saloon"

n, Assembly Hall last evening was
p o,,sd with an audience that gath
D'| 10 hear Miss Florence Murcu't
e''' ~. Alice seabrook, whose remarks
az ,snnerance were very interesting
y" No doubt conducive 70 some serious
""' ,.ts IN the part Of those who In
'"''' ,oo freely IN the flowing bowl
Ua' r,,mage and Il. r. Cram were
D 1n.I m to speak, and they re-
oJs5 In very happy manner Inc
,,i,, was held under the auspices
.t.M.LA. and was presided over
" richard r. Lyman stake president
-, ,be associations,
rs ersi feature Of the evening was
s., elections on the organ by Prof
"'ul,au. They were rendered in
rofas.ors customary sympathetic
style, ,, mas Nlss Murcutt
isrulre was listened 10 win
"h0, interest Not only because 81
"'u. ras being said, but the manner
WIZ INK II was said, Her remark
u .'d m show up the dire EVIL that
'esgts from drink. she lau No'Hvo
~ me- temperance cause IN many uli-
r'r1nf Countries, ana the cNlI OF uIiilN
..,s mrpadng all over the sloDe' Sie
"' M Australia. her home, descfib'
iag Inc habits of the people mere Wio
@ much addicted to pleasure seek
S,, The terrible conditions tnat pre-
,hero as a consequence OF drink
,' "r deplcted very wildly she spoke
,'i,tr1 ~ the temperate habits OF the
,fo,5on Church She was glap that
,bev were total abgainers; slad that
,or;nerance was part of their Religion,
and synresse5 the hope that they Woulu
he the means Of bringing many o'he'
souls to God. s....ooh
The address Of Dr. Alice seabrook
was also interesting and inslruC'lte'
she began by giving the history Oh the
w e. r. o., telling when ana under
vhet conditions It was organized. she
snoLa of the work that Is now DONG
"for God and home and every lahd'
mr. Seahook spoke Of the Sunshine So
clety and Of the good that every IN
diyldual could do by helping ana syn,
pathizIng with Others, she pointed
AMI m. necessity OF clean living ana
foifbfuness to pledges and principles
ppopie should be temperate not only
IN drink. but in all things NJ,
The chairman then called on Ut lal-
mage who responded In his well known
falicitous style lie subscribed near,
tily TO all that the ladies had SAID ana
eypressed satisfaction at the temper
ance of the Mormon people He sald
that this community was as free from
yicp and intemperance as any ne had
found in all his travels, and for that
reason he was proud Of his people
7 No was no tribe with them and al
though they were q most happy people
thev were also n serious people. lie
said that he expected to see grow up
IN the shadow Of these mountains a
race Of strong men, the most ylrtuous,
temperate and upright people on the
face of the earth. The speaker then
pOinted out the injurious effects OF
stimulants especially on children
There should be no stmulants In food,
drink or literature.
r, +. Grant was called up out Of the
audience to make a few remarks. He
stated that there were seventy-nlne sa-
looms In Salt Lake and only thirty
five churches, and Of the thlrty-five
churches, twenty-four belonged to the
Latter-day Saints. The revenue TO
the city accruing from the saloons
amounted to 100000 a year, and the
brewerles maid Uncle Sam $4,000. This
however, did not compensate for the |
evil that these institutions accomplish. !
He had a plan that would close every |
saloon In the country, The plan was: |
you stay away and III stay away, |
and the saloons will close. That is the |
only way under Gods heavens to close
them"
The speaker told some OF his ex-
periences In the saloon business In |
southern Utah and spoke Of the suf- |
ferng among the miners and their IA
miles enteiled by drink.
Miss Elsie Barrow acquitted herself |
proudly during the evening In two |
beautiful solos The first one was, |
Dreams Onlv Dreams" the second |
was The Sweetest Flower That |
Grows"