Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20
MEETING At
ASSEMBLY HALL
interesting Talks on Temperance
70 The Young People,
cp TALMAGEs REMARKS
, remit aud DR.. scabrook Com
"'' -, ,he "uormons" - 49, IL
Grant speaks OF the saloon"

,ssombly Hall last evening was
n oncd with an audience that gain
S'1 ' 10 hear Miss Florence Murcu''
"' ,lIce Seabrook, whose remarks
'"' ,a,noerance were very interesting
O'' NJ NM doubt conducive to some serious
"''' .,s IN the part Of those VINO IN
''''' ~, freely in the flowing bow
u-'' r,lmage and i, r. Grant We're
" u to speak, and they re-
''', 1.5 In a very happy manner Tine
''y,I ,g WAS held under the auspices
','' Al T. A. and was presided over
% o,,ba,d r. Lyman stake president
or The associations ..
0' ,,,. hrs, feature Of the evening was
elections on the organ by Prof.
,c.nop They were rendered III
I" .t,.sors customary sympathetic
style, ...,or was Miss Murcutt,
,, acure was listened TO WIN
NhVS' ,r,ap.sl MOI only because OF
muln ,as belng said but the manner
"hu' rG n was said, Her remarks
ID Hu'i IN show up the dire eYll thai
Iehuy'' t.,o drink. She had WORKED
Ie'W'' t.mperanee cause in many on
"a ~, o,,rnfrlcs. and the evil OF drink
leIeHl '1,'ino all over the globe, she
nN1 INF Australia. her home descrlp-
pVho habits of the people there VINO
i've .urh addicted to pleasure SEEK
rhe terrible conditions thal pre-
.|G hore ms consequence OF urllh
''r 5snicted very wildly she spoSe
bgblv OF the temperate hap'tS W ,,at
1for1non Church, she was BUY ~. H.
Wsv mere total abstaineis' Biau ia
,.piperance was part OF their rellsloi'
and expressed the hope that they "oHau
-" the means Of bringing many oV'e'
Sy Tts address of Or. Alice seabrook
,as oIsn interesting and INSTRUCTIVE
sso hogan by giving the history Oh Ihe
~ = n T.. telling when ana uhuel
,N,t conditions II was organized, She
snake If the work that Is now DONG
1,or cod and home, and every Iahu'
nv Saahook spoke Of the Sunshine So
ajsty and of the good that every III
SJri3roi could do by helping and sym,
pathlzing with others she po'ilteI
AN, tha necessity OF clean Nv ING anu
foithfnlnqss to pledges and prlnclples'
p,ople should be temperate not ohlS
In drink but in all things ~. no,
The chairman then callea on ~ ls',,
mage. who responded In ms Wen NhoW Il
felicitous style He subscribed heal
tily TO all that the ladies had siud anu
EXPRESSED satisfaction at the temper,
ance of the Mormon people he salu
tbat this community was as free from
viCe and intemperance as any ne nad
found in all his travels, and for tha'
reason he was proud Of his people
Iife was no trIne with them, and al
though they were q most happy people
thev were also a serious people. lie
eaii that ne expected 10 see grow w
IN the shadow Of these mountains a
race OF strong men, the most vlrtuous,
temperate and upright people on the
face of the earth The speaker then
pointed out the injurious effects o.
stimulants especially on children
There should be no stimulants In food
drink or literature.
q. F. Grant was called up out of the
audience TO make a few remarks He
stated that there were seventy-nine sa-
looms in Salt Lake and only thirty
five churches, and Of the thirty-fve
churches, twenty-four belonged to the
Latter-day Saints. The revenue to
the city accrulng from the saloons
amounted to 500 5000 a year. and the
brewerles maid Uncle Sam $4,000. This
however. did not compensate for the
evil that these institutions accomplish.
lie had plan that would close every
saloon in the country The plan was.
you stay away and III stay away,
and the saloons viii 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, Only Dreams" the second
was THE Sweetest Flower That
Crows