Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-16

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| the Council OF the Twelve was intro
| duced. President Lyman confined his
| remarks almost entirely TO the adyu-
| eating of n movement to make Old
| Folks day an Institution In every city
and hamlet wherever there were Lat
teri day Saints. He said In part: II
greet the Old Folks aud their
friends gathered here for President Jo-
seph r. Smith Presidents John r. win.
der and Anthem H.Lund, While they are
unable to present their hearts are here
| and they are thinking OF you. This Is
a very remarkable gathering Of n very
| remarkable people Old Folks day Is
| 20 years old with us today, yet today
| II Is a very important day compared
| 10 what Il was 20 years ago For a
| time Il was associated with the resi-
| dents Of Salt Lake, but it has spread
| beyond the limits OF the city. Il is
| growing in Importance all the time and
VIII not reach the limit until on Old
| Folks day IL established IN every city,
| town and hamlet Of Utah and else
where where the Saints reside. This
movement must be enlarged This "a
| the pioneer movement and these men
here are the pioneers. We ask that In
| their legislation I'm the future that this
| Old Folks day be put within reach OF
| all. We bless you all and pray that
| every day In the year may be old folk 3
| day for you. We win all be old folks
some day 7 trust that the time VIII
come when Old Folks day win be cs-
tablshed on the Utah celandar lust gs
prominently as the Fourth Of July an
| other big holidays arc nt this time;
that the day and the month he deslg-
| mated so that Il may be universally OBJ
served and Utah become renounded
| throughout the world because Of hor
attention TO her fathers and mothers.
Hasten the time when no fathers or
mothers may be IN want or lack "A hand
to help them I'm their last years.
MISSOURI EXPULSION.
"I am reminded that II years ago to-
day 200 Of the Saints were driven from
Missouri | would like 10 know wheth-
er there are any present here today
who were there at that time" Presl-
dend Lyman asked for show OF hands
and after some delay eight hands APP
peared. However II subsequently trans
PRED that only Thomas j Patten Of
Provo, Mrs. l.. J,Kinney of Salt Lake
and Mrs Clarlssa Jane Dollinger Moore
VI theFbll were tUAlllfu 10 'iulin INC
honor, the others having responded UNI
der a misunderstanding Of the question.
THANKED EVERYBODY
In conclusion President Lyman
thanked the Rio Grande for what it
had generously done the management
of the streetcar company for free
transportation Of the veterans the
transfers who hauled the visitors to
and from the depot and last but not
least, the good people OF Spanish Fork
for the splendid entertainment afford
ed. He said that he desired TO bless
them all, especially the Old Folks COM
mittee, and hoped that all might live
TO see universal Old Folks day
AT this juncture Margetts and Claw
son, dressed I'm character INDUCED I'm
some comicallties and rendered cant
Keep a Good Man Down. and rip
Van Wrinkle was a Lucky Man" in a
fashion that nearly sent one old lady
with a red badge into Mysteries.
APOSTLE PENRosE SPEAKS.
Apostle Charles w. Penrose was the
next speaker who was asked TO address
the big audience He prefaced his re-
| marks by referring TO the address Of
welcome by Atty, Morgan and advised
the young ladies TO take him at his
word when IL came to taking anything
they saw and wanted IN Spanish Fork.
Mr. Penrose asserted that this was leap
| year anyhow and the ladies should hold
Mr. Morgan to his word. The speaker
| then went on TO say some nice things
| about the hosts and the hostesses the
decorations and the pavilion He af-
| flrmed that the latter reminded him Of
| the people Of Spanish Fork inasmuch
as both were open and broad while
the decorations showed that the people
were patriotic. The speaker evoked APP
! plause by the statement that he was
| glad that he was entitled 10 wear a rcd
ribbon. lie had attended the first Old
| Folks day at Garfield. 20 years ago,
and whenever he had been IN Utah he
had made Il point II possible to go
with the old folks on their outings On
every occasion, he said, the Lord had
| blessed them and carried the old people
to and from their gathering places in
| safety. He affirmed that he hoped
some day 10 graduate into the blue rib
| bon class and II the Lord spared him
TO be eventually one OF the white badge
| class. Continuing he said that he was
| glad to shake hands with so many old
folks, a number OF whom he shook
hands with over the sea years ago He
declared that he recognized all his aud
| itors as brothers ard sisters prospect
| I've Of their belief or nationality and
expressed the prayer that one and all
might be blessed with plenty and hap
| piness.
Following this address Mrs, Agnes
| Olsen Thomas sang a Norwegian song
In her characteristic sweet manner
BISHOP PREsToN's ADDRESS.
Then the chairman o. the old folks
committee in the person of Bishop Pres
| ton was called upon. The speaker said
| he rejoioed In the welcome extended by
| the good people Of Spanish Fork and In
! the excellent remarks made by the pre-
| vlous speakers, one OF the greatest
| pleasures Of his life, he asserted, was to
| mingle with the old folks He
| concluded by paying a glowing tribute
| to tho late Bishop Hunter, c. r. Savage
and others who were the pioneers In the
old folks day movement
CHARACTERS" AND OTHERS,
Josh Davis, on behalf OF the aliens
| present. then addressed the audience.
| Clad In his well known Chinese garb
he told stories and recited an oriental
version OF Mary Had Little Lamb. y
| He was followed by John Rowe OF
Spanish Fork and David Alexander,
who sang comic songs.
Then c. II, Savage sang Consider
ing his exertlons I'm the way OF enter
talning since early morn Mr. savage
really surpassed himself, He rendered