Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-01
TRIBUTES To
PIONEER WOMEN.
Interesting SOci1I Event in Honor
Of Mrs EmmeIine B.
Wells
HARDSHIPS OF EARLY DAYS.
Handcart Veterans Eulogzed for the
Part They Played III Reclaim
ing the Arid Waste,

The social event Of yesterday was the (
meeting Of the Daughters Of Utah Pio' /
neers at the Bee Hive house held In
honor OF Mrs EmmelIne -, Wells,
whose 10th year, and 18th birthday were /
celebrated in a special assembage Of !
the society From $3.50 TO o'clock an !
Informal reception was held and the |
many friends Of the guest Of honor |
extended congratulations upon the oc-
caslon
The meeting proper was called 20 or
der by the president, Mrs. Alice NJ.
Horne, and the prayer was offered by |
Chaplain Mrs. Margeret Pierce Young. /
The president then IN an appropriate
speech announced the purpose Of the
meeting and introduced Mrs, Annie
Wells Cannon. who gave paper on the
life Of her mother Mrs. Wells The
remarks dealt with her more private
life and with personal "reminiscences,
the whole being a tender and beautiful
tribute OF love and reverence for the
mother. whose every trait and attribute
was deeply engraven on her heart. The
whole was inerspersed with passages
from the poems written by Mrs. Wells,
appropriately minging, and illustrating
events In her own life history.
OUR PIONEER MOTHERS"
The second paper was by Mrs. Julia
Farnsworth Lund, on "Our Pioneer
Mothers" and was a glowing exposition
Of the claims OF the Pioneer women TO
share equally IN the honor and glory OF
the great pioneer movement In the val
ley with the men, whose names and
memories receive the more frequent
and public praise for work and hard
ships involved IN that event, There
was not toll suffering sacrifice nor
hardship which the women did not en-
dure equally with men and with many
more added that The latter did not
share. and this too, with natures and
frames never so well fitted to endure
hardshIps as the sterner sex, She re-
counted individual instances OF hard
ships endured by delicate women and
felt that not enough honor could be
paid their memory.
MRS. BATHsHEBA SMITH,
Mrs. Horne called for expressions from
some OF the Pioneer members present,
and Mrs Bathsheba Smith spoke first,
also paying her tribute OF testimony TO
the courage and noble character OF
those who redeemed the desert wastes.
1T II hard" she said, Ito single out
one, or a few names from the rest, for
all had an equal share In the burdens"
MRS. WELLS SPEAKS,
The president then called upon the
guest Of honor who responded In
few heartfelt words Of appreciation for
the tributes OF love and friendship !
shown her. and said that II she should
never have another birthday this would
surely be sufficient for memory 10 dwell
upon.
HANDCART VETERANS,
Mrs Emily Woodmansee was then re-
quested TO speak and answered In
touching eulogy of the handcart com.
panies, whose feats of hardships and |
tolls are unsurpassed 1T is TO the
Pioneers she said, that all honor Is
given for early day herosm, but was
with the handCart company, and can
testify only too well OF what we had to
pass through Tired, footsOre and often
hungry, we had only the thought OF
Zion TO cheer our weary steps, and the
hymns Of our people sung with full
hearts to give us strength for the days
march ! don't know" continued the
speaker, what my lfework will win
for me, but when die, II Peter opens
the gates only little way, ] shall say
'handcarts, and believe that he will
let me in
Warm applause followed this. and
Mis-. II. h. Wells followed the speaker,
with sincere assurance, that II the
handcart companies were not men-
toned as often as ire Pioneers, It was
because their suffcrlngs touched too sore
chord, and not because their heroic
part IN the early day gathering was
forgotten.
MUSICAL PROGRAM
Interspersed with the addresses, we're
beautiful vocal selections, given re-
spectiyely by Miss Ship and Miss Enid
Edmonds, the latter singing 20 My Fa-
ther,' by Eliza Il, Snow and hymns s
written by Mrs. r. B, Wells were sung I
by the assembage, while Editor G. w. I
penrose offered the closing prayer. 1
The entire program was most inter-
esting and the AFFAIR altogether was
one that viii be- long remembered,
PARTY LAST NIGHT
Last night family party was given
IN honor Of Mrs. Wells by her daugh-
tiers. Mrs Isabel Sears and Mrs Annie
Cannon at the home Of the latter The
rooms were beautifully decorated in
amethyst shades, the amethyst being
Mrs, Wells birthday stone There was
an Informal program, short addresses
being made by bishop o. +. Whitney
GOV Wells and Mr. Joseph Wells. with
a Characteristic speech by the guest OF
honor. Mr. George D, PIPER sang, and
the affair was an altogether delightful
one.
PRESS CLUB MEETING,
Another pleasant event given In hon.
or of Mrs Wells was the meeting Of the
Press club on Saturday night the al
fair being a valentine celebration, with
Mrs Maria Kelly at whose home II
took place, acting as postmistress with
eminent success There were valentines
galore with "a majority going 10 the
guest of honor while a short but enjoy ,
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