The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-27
Local Relief Committee Has
Idea That Proves Wonder
fully Popular in Frisco.
TAKEN TO THE SANITARIUM
THREE TRAIN LOADS. TAKEN
THROUGH YESTERDAY.

eff1cious remedies said a member of
the party of 225 refugees from San
Francisco yesterday as he emerged
from the Sanitarium
Chairman Tom D. Pitt Of the Cali
fornia relief committee was declared
the best man alive when he announced
that arrangements had been made to
permit all refugees who so desired TO
battle while they waited for the even
ing train from Ogden. The party
reached Salt Lake at 2:30 o'clock. The
tired and dusty travellers were brought
up town in special street cars to the
National Guard armory, where they
made their headquarters while in Salt
Lake The relief committee made a
ten strike when they secured the San
itarium's two large pools for the use
of the refugees After collecting their
few belongings and storing them away
at the armOry, over 200 strangers fol-
lowed the committeeman TO the SAM
tariun. Then the fun started.
Men, women and children plunged
in the water and enjoyed the swim as
swim has never been enjoyed before.
Delights of Bath.
This is heaven" gurgled one young
girl as she tossed the dripping hair
from her forehead and rolled back the
sleeves of her bathing costume. You
can't imagine how I'm enjoying this"
A fat man dropped suddenly from
the diving plank and high waves swept
over the girl, but a second later she
came up sputtering and smiling.
'We-mOther, father, Bub and left
our home just after the quake. We
went to the camp at Golden Gate park,
where we spent three days and nights.
We slept beneath the starry sky. In
our haste to leave the dangerous part
of the city we carried nothing with
US. Mother and I never knew how
precious combs and hair pins are. We
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We had no soap and 1 honestly felt
that my face was covered with CRIME.
We had no mirrors to see Just how
dirty we were. Talk about saVagesi
We looked like savages and felt worse
than SavageS. l sat down in the park
and cried. Finally we found a family
with a mirror. Mother and I paid
those people a call at once, you can
bet, and asked for the use of their mir
rOr- Ina ginei I know il sounds pre-
posterOus, but it's true. With the aid
of the cracked mirror we all tried to
tidy up a bit, but without hairpins
what can woman do? You don't
know. You are not woman or you
would know that those trif1ing little
things are as necessary to a wOman's
outfit as the clothes she wears. We
felt more comfortable with our faces
washed. but there was room for much
more Improvement. I tried to comb
my hair with my fingers but succeeded
in making myself look more hideOus
Yes, / looked hideOus-I know 1 did
because I visited our neighbOrS with
the mirror again.
Knows How Squaw Feels.
Each days camping out made US
feel more miserable and dirtier. When
I rolled myself in my blankets at night
] wondered how a squaw must feel.
felt so unCOmfOrta BILE that I could not
sleep. 1t was dreadful Bub-that's
Bub over there playing with his toes
in the shallow water-had a circus You
know small boys don't enjoy having
their hands and face scrubbed, so Bub
enjoyed camping out immensely. When
We boarded the train for the east final
" I determined 10 take a bath at the
first stop. Here am and thankful for
an opportunity to rid myself of San
Francisco real estate. l felt dirty
smoky, worn out. heaVy-Oh, I felt mis-
cradle before reaching Salt Lake Liv-
ing, eating and breathing in the close
" crowded ears made me half sick
The dust and dirt accumulated in trav-
cling under ordinary conditions is bad
enough. but when you are mixed up
with lot of foreigners it's far worse
"Bub" Enjoyed the Dirt.
When the chairman Of your kind
and thoughtful committee told US we
could come here if we wanted to I
could have Rugged him with delight
believe Bub and / were the first ones
here Bub came not because he was
uncomfortable but because he wanted
10 swim. l can't describe the delights
of bathing after living like an Indian
for a week. To feel the water ebbing
around your neck, to climb up the steps
dripping, refreshed. and dive back
again is-oh, heavenly 1 am not tired
at all now. All the aches and twinges
in my body have gone and 1 feel that
life is worth living after all. We have
been treated with kindness all along
the line but Salt Lake will always
have my gratitude for throwing open
to US its bathing resorts"
There were others who did not battle
These were in the minority and all had
explanations for their failure to take
advantage of the committees Kindness.
"Bathei Not in Salt Lake, said one
man. Pm going to see that Mormon
temple and a Mormon while I am in
this city can battle in Chicago or
Denver but it isn't every day you can
see a Mormon temple or a Mormon
I'D like 10 battle" said another ref
ugee, a woman, but l won't have
time. 1t viii take me all afternoon
TO scrub my two kids. Then besides
have TO find some clothes for them.
They have on their own clothes now
but they're nothing but holes OH I
Will wash and make myself comfor-
table when we get to Denver, but the
two children are nervous and half sick
now When / get them in tip-tOp shape
! am going to take a day all to my
self and spend the time fixing up. This
disaster was fearful. wasn't It? I
haven't combed my hair for two days
that is carefully. Living like a cave
dweIIer is worse than losing everything
on earth. I wouldn't have minded. IL
If I had thought of a cake of soap and
comb"
Men in the party Of refugees were
taken to barber shops by members of
the committee who paid for their
shaves, hair cuts and repairs to ap-
pearance-- Men who went into shaw