The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-30

material over which the judges Will
have to work means hours of labor and
the announcements for the prize viii
re postponed for several days. H. q.
Whitney joe J.. Priest and Wing 3.
Allen have been chosen judges of the
contest.
NeWaDoyS and messengers were made
happy yesterday by being presented
80 ala a number of free tickets to the
excursion Early I'm the day, Frank
Knox president of the National Bank
of the Republic purchased 400 tickets
for distribution among the boys and
persons who were financially unable
20 attend. A number of otLer large
orders for the chances of winning the
$4,000 worth Of prizes was placed with
the ticket committee yesterday.
Several neWsJOys interested a crowd
of persons In one corner of the pavilion
by going through number OF antics.
The youths were showing each other
I their skill iu the frog dance" The
movements, although old as any dance
THAT was ever invented, were the
source of considerable amusement.
The boys sQuatted with their knees
nearly 20 their chlns- Then with q
hop they threw one foot before them
and quickly drew 1t back 10 the
original position. The object of the
dance was to see how many move
ments could De made before the person
performing would lose his balance.
For nearly half an hour tie boys
took turns going through the dance
and IL was some time before the crowd
noticed their antics. AS soon as the
people began to gather about them, the
lads stopped the performance.
Only one accident happened i'm the
.H .H. -
mind wire screen where the eatables
We're served, the tables were filled with
guests shortly after O'Clock. A party
OF SIX sat down at one OF the tables
and gave large OTCer. The waiter
disappeared and later appeared with
large tray loaded with tea pot, beer
bottles and other eatables. Just
entering the doorway the waiter slipped
and six beer bottles rolled across the
floor
Serves him shouldn't serve
beer anyway" snapped an eledrly
woman, who showed her hatred by
kicking a bottle. which rolled at Ler
feet, into the main part of the
pavilion.
Lost children occupied the attention
OF anxious mothers Tor several nouns
Yesterday. While most of the thrODg
OF eEcurslOnists We're eating their
A--t-Alo AA-Al-- sunset LflLr = IaI LEe
years old srTayed away from the family
table. Later the mother hUrrying
about the pavilion looking for her son.
by chance she turned and looked i'm
an the door pt the bar. There near the
door of The room stood the boy. I'm
Eis childish manner ne boldly an
nOuuCCd.
''Giye me a high bau2
The remark brought shouts of
laughter To- the lips Of the persons
present. The mother snatched her son
from the surroundings and fed 4
severe scOldiug followed.
Two persons who attracted c0nsid-
cradle attention at the resort were Mrs.
Jane Elizabeth James, 81 years old,
and her brother. Isaac i. Manning 50
years old Both are cOi0red persons
and have been in Utah since ais early
settlement They were with the Smith
household at Nauyoo HIS. when the
Prophet Joseph smith was assassin
ated. III was Manning VINO dug the
pioneers grave. Mrs. James declares
that she danced with Brigham Young
az the first large entertainment i'm
Utah She says it was IN Big Cotton
wood on July "a 1857.