Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-28

I the guests The state rooms are fine
| ~ equipped and the dining room is UNI
| surpassed by any Of our leading no.
| tets After a trip OF about 10 hours
| arrived at Providence welcomed at the
| pier by MI Levine.
In the afternoon ! went to Mr.. Lee
| Vines handsomely appointed Offices In
| the Fletcher building where | met
a number Of most liberal minded men.
| ttah was discussed and quite unex-
| pfctedly ! was asked to speak. Il be-
| Ing left with me 10 appoint the night,
and they would pay the rent II was
arranged that 1t should be the follow
| Ing Sunday evening.
SPOKE TO LARGE AUDIENCE.
A good sized audience greeted me
al the Arcanum hall my hearers were
most attentive and the Evening Bulle-
| TIN OF the next issue gave a very fair
report. which ! note YOU have already
| published
mention in passing that the re-
| porter was an absolute stranger TO me,
| ! did not even meet him. / mention
this because it Is vleasant to find some
fair and unprejudlced people.
Accidents will happen, sometimes
pleasant ones. At the close of my meet
ing gentleman stepped up with ex-
tended hand saying. We'll John,
| don't you know me?" After moments
| hesitation | did remember him as Tom
| Moore mot the poe) but a chnm of my
| boyhood days who came over from
| England In the same ship with me. The
| renewing Of this old friendship made
my stay In Providence doubly pleas
| ant
Providence is a splendid city, bu. time
| ana space forbid my mentioning Its
numerous attractive features. II is a
| large manufacturing center, one OF
| the amazing industries 20 me was that
of making shoe laces Seven immense
| shoe lace factories are located here
| and these work "a hours per day.
How Few of us realize that such a
trifiing, but necessary thing as shoe
| strings should give wealth to a few,
and bread and butter to thousands.
A friend OF mine with whom I was
| driving pointed out these factories TO
me, | remarked, I should have sup
| posed that one factory would supply
the whole world with shoe strings.
whereupon my friend remarked
You forget that little feet are COM
ing into the world all the time"
AT BOSTON.
Before returning to New York, I Wis.
tied Boston, which city is only an
hours ride from Providence.
went there in response to an invl-
tation to deliver my lecture, Utah and
the "Morm0ns,' at which time about
400 people We're present.
The close and respectful attention I
received In Boston only verified what
mas long been my private opinion that
educated people are the most fair i'm
their Judgment and most apt to view a
question from all sides in an unpreiu-
diced manner.
Several days later | was asked to
JON IN the discussion at dinner held
by the twentieth Century club. The
topic being technical education. The
subject as developed was handled by
several master minds IA 10 what higher
education means and the methods OBJ
tanned in Germany, France and other
civilized countries.
] was allowed 10 minutes on educa-
ton IN Utah. ] gave brief outline OF
the free public school system, universe.
ties and colleges.
was glad to have this opportunity
10 bring to the attention of some real
thinkers. Utah's educational status. II
Is so often the prevailing idea that the
Mormons" are enemies to secular
knowledge.
on my return TO Providence where I
was Co give another talk.
] stayed over at Worcester Mass.
for | had promised Mr.. John O. Cri,ch.
low to meet his friend. Ex-Mayor Ed
ward F. Fletcher, and for this purpose.
! carried a letter of introduction.
HELD HOME MEETINGS.
IL had been my Intention to make a.
brief call on Mr. Fletcher and take the
So In. t. "A