The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-19
SAINTS GATHER
IN OLD LONDON
Reception For the Successful
Singers From Utah.
DAINTY AMERICAN LUNCHEON
SOME SALT LAKERs BOUND FOR
HOME.
Especial Correspondence


London. Oct There was a happy
gathering Of Utah people at the London
conference headquarters, 90 Farleign
road, Stoke Newington, last Monday
evening The occasion was an informal
social arranged by the missionaries in
honor OF the Utah singers who made the
recent Latter-oay Saints concert so emf
nently successful All OF the leading So
loists vert present except Miss Gates,
who was not in London. and Cecil Mon
tague, who was otherwise engaged.
The lady missionaries, Misses Vilate
Elliott, Margaret Thurman and Diana
Bean. prepared and served a dainty
luncheon ia true American style at C
o'clock. and this was followed by an
evening Of song such as is rarely enjoyed
so far from home. Miss Arvilla Clara,
Miss Mamie Tout Miss Maggie Tour,
Heber 5. Goddard, Oscar A. Kirkham,
Edwin r. Tout Franklin p Foster and
others contributed to the evenings en-
Joymeut by rendering some of their
choice selections.
In addition 70 those mentioned there
were present Mrs AlVlra Clark, Mrs. Ed
win L. Tout and the members of that
happy and musical family, Mrs. Heber
>, Goddard and son, Pruette, JUnius n.
Wells, Ernest Holmes, Tracy Y Cannon,
William r. Maxwell. Frank B. Hall. Dr.
Milton w. Snow. Jesse j. Porter, David
III. Jordan, Claude n. Barnes. Henry II.
Blood. Earl L. Greenwich, Walter III.
Wolfe, Norman L. Shorten, Charles
Woohender and Hyrum Groesbeck all OF
Utah.
Personal Gossip.
Miss Emma Lucy Gates is at present
visiting with relatives In Leicester. After
spending the rest of this week there she
VII san on saturday Tor New HorF,
where she VIII resume her studies under
Madame AshfOrth. She Is somewhat un-
decided as TO going to Utah during the
/ coming winter, but there is a possibility
! that she may do so. If all is well She
/ will return to Paris in the spring, leav-
ing New York in April She is very well
pleased with the training she has re-
ceiVed under NJ. koenig in Paris during
| friends in London were sorry that her
stay here was so short.
Miss Arvilla Clark and her mother,
{ Mrs AtVira j. Clark, have engaged pas
! sage on the Commonwealth, which sails
| tomorrow for Boston. They win be ac-
eomPanied by Oscar A. Kirkham and
/ Utah before the end of October. when. ss
/ heretofore minated Miss Clark and Mir.
I kirkham viii at once make arrange
ments for a joint concert tour Of the
/ state. Two such artists should De able
( to present a strong attraction.
] Edwin F. Tout reached London last
I summer in Utah. No one could be more
/ gladly welcomed than he was by the Utah
/ people here. for in all things musical ne
| is a leading spirit He Is pleased to be
/ again with his family.
Engaged TO Sing.
/ Miss Mamie Tout has been engaged 70
/ sing on Nov. at a concert in the Bish-
/ Opsgate institute. She has chosen as her
| number Verdis "Ritorna VinCitOr from
/ Aida. Mr.. Cecil Montague, who has
| charge Of the concert, viii be her accom-
] PIANIST.
1 Hugh BougaU is still at work in Paris
/ and is making satisfactory progress with
I his studies. He expects to remain there
/ during the winter and Will probably te-
| turn home i'm the spring.
james Trethewey, the Park City boy
( who has been studying the violin at the
J Guildhall school here for three years, mas
[ gone to Leipsig to continue his work un-
der German masters.
! Franklin p. Foster, who has for five
I months been labOring as q missionary m
! London, has been transferred to Nor
j witch.
! Norman f. Shorten Of Ogden arrived in
/ London with his uncle, Mr.. Tout, and
| viii take up missionary work here.
The numerous Utah friends Of COlOne
/ r. NJ. Bryce Thomas will be sorry &c
learn that for three weeks he has beer
confined to his home as result of fal
and a serious spraining of his ankle. He /,
slowly recovering and hopes to be on
i'm a week or two. Colonel and Mrs
Thomas are expecting to leave oct. 2
] for. a INF In