Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-11

Npl u single bouEni Inc dlupll men
Of Salt Lake city who ordered or al
lowed, or did the cutting down Of lie
trees, would not last fifteen minutes in
! Cambridge.
A MUSICAL TREAT
After leaving dear old Harvard an
other treat was in store for me. Mr.
Fish escorted me 10 the grand concert
at symphony han, given By the Boston
symphony orchestra. Here / listened
TO the greatest orchestra and the most
sublime music, given by nearly a
hundred of the worlds greatest nut
siclans The program wHs the Fantast-
ic symphony No !, In c major, Op.
IS A.. by Hector Berlio2. I assure my
friends Of Utah that this was the mu-
slcal treat Of my life. The concert
was given on Friday afternoon Eyo-
~ seat was occupied ana nor one OF the
three TO four thousand people made q
move to 90 out or to disturb the beauty
and harmony OF the occasion. Boston
Is the Hub OF musical o1rning and
development OF the human mind
For two days 1 was the guest II Mrs
George 5. Cheney and her laughter and
son. Mrs. and Mr.. Almon j. Fairbanks,
all cultured and musical people--Mr.
Fairbanks being one OF the prominent
organists OF Boston. In this beautiful
home, for two evenings, to Il number
OF invited guests, gave the story Of
Utah and the "Mormons, My efforts
to remove the silly preju1ces which
exist IN the minds Of the people We're
thoroughly appreciated. The people
everywhere are interested IN U(ah and
after breaking through the walls OF
prejudice and getting a hearing, they
fgh oil xrEt Oh
"Amenl"
| am In New York at this writing
/ had the pleasure on Sunday evening
Of paying a visit TO New York Lodge
No. !, Benevolent Protective order Of
Elks, / was received most kindly by
one Of the best and brainiest bodies
Of men ! have ever met with. or course
they called on the man from Utah and
! had every indication by applause and
handbags that had, IN theatrical par
lance, made good" The exalted ruler,
Champe $. Andrews, is an EiR, In heart
and in mind. The meeting was one
long to be remembered by me and they
sent greetings to Salt Lake lodge, No,
So OF Salt Lake city After the meet
ing proper, a banquet was served in my
honor and again we dwelt In the realm
Of joylIty and Utah was voted to be
"all right"
shall be here another day then wend
my way to the west, stopping in Chica
90 few days. Then to Denver. !
have several invitations TO go to other
eastern cities but cannot do 50 now.
AT THE sMooT INVESTIGATION.
was at Washington one week and
spent most Of the time In the commit
tee room listening to the investigation
OF the Mormon" Church, under the
title OF "Smoot Inquiry" During the
weary hours, | thought that II William
Shakespeare was only living and should
by chance have dropped I'm, what food
for thought he would have found.
Splendid material for q new comedy un-
der an old title, much Ado About
Nothing" a smile would inyoluntanly
come to see these great heads puzzling
their mighty brains as 10 what God
would do and what people would do
supposing this and supposing that;
pryng into sacred family relationships
and by techulcalitles, making criminals
OF men and wemen who are faithful
and honorable, whose lives are records
OF integrity-men who have been true
TO their religious and moral obligations,
entered into years ago when no law eX-
listed against poygamy or when, at
least. the government permitted It, by
ignoring II. | stood I'm the halls where
Hamilton, Lincoln, Clay Webster, Cal
houn Blaine, Garfield Mckinley and
many others lived and philosophical.
Then | looked and listened TO our
present great (?) men confound the
world by wise laws, etc. In a seeming
attempt to break a natural law which
is IN Itself, next to an impossibility,
and they know II. They seem 20 think
that man who has lived with a
plural wife for many years who has
borne children 20 him, that she can and
ought to be cast aside as so much trash,
simply TO be fed alike an OK These
men seem td think that a man may be
a husband and yet not be a husband.
We Godsl What fools these mortals
bel