The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-10
THE NTERnoUNTAN AND COLORADO 1904

temple and tabernacle, their polygamists and the
women of the harens and all the other thing:
found or not to be found in Aladdin and the Won
derful Lamp Now all these excursionsts are
treated with the utmost hospitality b. the Nor
mon people and the Mormon church officers. Per-
haps the motive is selfish one, if the task of
disabusing prejudiced minds may be considered
selfish. But at all events, it is good motive, and
the object is good also
One of the means adopted to entertain strang-
ers is TO invite them to organ recitals in the great
tabernacle. and no charge is made for admttance.
The rceitals given punctually at the adycr
tiscd time and nobody is admitted after that hour
Io avoid confusion and noise always occasioned
by tardy arrivals and early departures (Which pro-
vokes so much vcxation at thcatres), the doors of
the tabernacle closed and locked. Nobody,
therefore, may leave until the concert is finished
and the doors again opened b. those in charge
Probably not aware of this rule, delegation
of knights Templar and their ladies attended ono
of the organ recitals Before its conclusion, some
Of them rose to leave; and, finding the doors
locked proceeded to press their weight against
the obstacle to cgrcss. resulting in stampede and
confusion much SO that the recital was brought
to an abrupt close. The explanation made by the
offending Knights was, fear of losing the train
for Saltair poor excuse indeed for Knightly
chivaly to offcr
Now comes the Tribune, which says it was not
fear of losing the train to Saltair which caused
the stampede in the Tabernacle One who sat near
the door at the time, makes the statement: II
saw one tourist try the door; then | saw several
look at him uneasily when they saw that he had
found II locked. There was some Whispering and
then number tried the door with all their
strength. The faces Of those people looked as
though they had just discovered that they were
caught in a death-trap and they certainly made
every effort to escape. | am convinced that when
they found that door locked, all the stories of
Dlood atonement' and the 'avenging angels which
fasteners are so fond of listening to, flashed /
hfough their minds. and they became possessed
With the idea that the recital was simply trap
o capture few unsuspecting Gentiles in an easy
manner, | am inclined to believe this because I
watched party of tourists going through some
# the Brigham Young houses the other day, and
very time door closed behind them some one
n the party looked back neryously, and even went
Tar as to turn the knob, as though BIZ accident
ascertain whether they were still at liberty A
itch caught on one of the DOORS and from their
ctons expected stampede then"
All this misconceptnn of people arises from
aise stores sent out and pictures sold to give
lcm semblance of truth. Those who are earnestly
romotlng the future of state in resources as
rand as any in the west constantly rub up against
'stlle obstacles, and all the more aggravating be-
use those obstacles represent an intelligence that
hostile. All the moro. aggravating too, because
Us hostility is fed in the East with the brands
ing into the furnace by the Ministerial Associ-
ion of Utah