Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-08

own bicycles, motor cycles, or motor
cars, take long rides over the magniil-
cent roads for which this country Is
noted.
Appropriate to this season, the follow
ing Is from a poem written by Nora
Chcsson for the June Sketch;
Bring ON your bonny boughs Of birch,
For IL is Whitsuntide.
strew with green leaves the quiet
church,
Maid dress you like bride,
In snowy gown and snowy curch
Aud belt with ribbons wide.
Each nook OF garden you must search
For sprigs Of London Pride.
To De your pOsy TO the church,
with Lads-loye set beside.
so much for Whit Sunday Now
there Is Whit Monday. Whlt-Tuesday
whit Wednesday and Whit Thursday
Monday is the chief and on this day
all the shops (tbey are not called
sores) close, and everybody joins In
the festivities. The following il from
Encyclopedia Brttanica After May
day. WhItsuntlde Is the most important
season Of festive pageantry and scenic
AlNIilNs IlkNftFlhllH VI lilf EHllht
trades and usual holiday ales and
sports
The celebration this year included a
procession Of the different guilds la
Dor organizations and benevolent So
cieties as well as a general time OF
merry making Excursionists crowded
the streets day and night on Monday
morning We witnessed a procession OF
$500 children, representing 1.-THE Band
Of Hope, temperance organization of
youngsters whose teachers have In view
a future generation OF total abstaihers.
II Is a very worthy band" and they
made a beautiful and inspiring appear
ance; many carried little banners with
such notices as water Is Best"
Drink Is our Enemy" wait Till
We're Men" and all had punches Of
pretty flowers, About 50 large banners
displayed the names Of various divi-
slons OF the society. The writer was
reminded OF Sunday school professions
We used TO have In Salt Lake city on
Pioneer day, but the children here were
generally not so we'll clothed as our
boys and girls at home, they mostly
belong to the poorest class " York's
families On the big square called the
Market Place. large whirlgigs and
boat-swings shooting galleries, catch
penny games, and side shows were
erected. On one Of the latter was a
banner with these words Another
Noyelty-The American Skeleton Dude
a feet inches--weIght stones. 3
pounds. A newspaper can be read
through him with the aid Of X-rays."
There was a very large merry-go-
round, extremely pretty IN It's decora-
tions, and Il evolved really nice music.
Instead OF revolving around on a plane,
the carriages, wooden horses, etc. ride
up and down incines In the circle.
The sport Of taking This tour Of the
Alps" is not confined to children, La
dies and gentlemen also were seen in
vesting their pennies for q ride,
ON one OF these days there was
walking race from the town of Brad
lord TO York. distance OF 39b miles.
This kind Of sport Is common In Eng
land. and on this occasion there We're
80 entries OF various ages. Several
thousand people gathered about the
finishing point and chtered each man
as he crossed the line 10 was really
pitifu 20 see how tagged some Of the
contestants were
on these days the streets are crowd
"a with vendors. some shouting "A
stick OF Doncaster butorscotch only
1 penny others Lemonade and GIN
ser'pop. only a penny one enterprls.
ING haWker who wanted the crowd 10
nov he bad nice cool oranges 10 sell,
,1s shouting. 'Otaurrt oraugeis nice
weet coolies, two ~" q benny" All
through the crowded streets uno rouhI