The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-07
ORPHANS ENJOY
A MERRY OUTING
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One Hundred and Fifty Go on
Excursion to Lake.
ACCOMPANY CATHOLIC CHOIR
LITTLE ONES PUT IN A DAY oF
SOLID PLEASURE
ACCOMPANY CATHOLIC CHOIR

one hundred and seventy-ive young
sters. members Of st. AIMS Catholic
orphauaEc. and the Junior choir OF the
Catholic church. formed a merry eXcuf-
sion party 60 SalJaiT yesterday The
orphans. accompanied by seven sisters,
and the choristers by Miss Nora Glea-
son. irft ou the 10 o'clock train yester-
day morning.
Arriving ali the resort the little ones
and their .chlper0nes' prepared 10
make a day or il, and their plans car
ried out perfectly Luncheon was
served soon after noon in order that
the children might be given the whole
afternoon for pleasure
IL was essentially Catholic day"
and many -grown-Ups' arrived on the
later trains The children We're left
much to themselves during the day
Those who took part in the excursion
ranged in ages from IL to IA years. The
younger ones and even those in the
baby class were much in evidence.
Many Babies to be Seen.
Talking about babies. the party was
we'll supplied. Curly-headed babies
blondes and brunettes, large and small,
until il looked ike a second "Utah's
best crop"
out of the TWEEN y-five infants who
formed a small division of the party.
there was not one that didn't crow the
good time il was having. There were no
mamma s. heard, a novel and pathetic
phase of this excursion But those Of
and years looked for help and fun
10 those of t and and so on And the
sisters busted themselves seeing that
their little charges had all they wanted
Most of the latter were cOmmunica-
tive. One pretty child, Echo MAY Lar
sen, was willing TO be quoted as having
had an awful fine time" She vOlun-
teered that she had had all the ice
cream, cake and candy that she could
desire and in support Of her assertion
hauled from the folds of a tiny pima
fore "A CONNECTION which she offered to
divide.
A visit from Bishop Laurence ScanIan
was scheduled for later in the day, but
he was unable 10 join the merry party
at the lake The outing was free from
accidents of any kind The children
accepted the liberty of the entire resort
To degree At o'clock an afternoon
lunch was served in order that the
crowd might catch the o'clock train TO
the city.
Somewhat aside from the picnic itself
and Yet bearing on it were the many
favora bic comments heard among out
siders upon the appearance and bearing
of the orphan children. One and all
like little women and men, Many were
interested in the party and they made
inquiries as TO where all the boys and
girls came from While the picnic was
under the auspices of the Catholic nuns
Protestants and MOrmOns We're repre-
sented ia the gathering as well. the
orphanage being updenominationaL
One Couldn't Go.
One Of the saddest little fellows in
Salt Lake yesterday was Leslie Town
ley, who was unable To attend the out
ing because of an injury to his eye
which he received last Sunday. The
sisters feared that Leslie would catch
cold in the wounded optic and decreed,
for the Child's sake. that he should
not so.
Young TOwnIey, however. didn't see
things that way. He put up a plot
with some companions of his own age
TO smUggle him along on the car. At
the outset everything worked to the
boys liking. He managed TO board the
Waterloo car with the rest of the chill
dren from the orphanage and it seemed
as though he was not going 10 miss the
picnic
But when the conductor started 10
collect fares and the sisters to count
faces. he was discovered. Tears and
pieadings were of no avail The young
ster, though grieved that he should
have 10 miss the excursion finally
obeyed the sisters wishes and got off
the car
That he was unable to go was due
10 the customary accident that befalIs
the innocent. Last Sunday he was
struck by missile thrown pIayfulIy
by one boy at another lad. Young
Townley's companions who were as
sorry as the boy himself that he was
unable 10 go, voiced their intention of
bringing him hack all kinds Of good
things to eat from the lake