The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-07
SOME TYPES OF
CONFERENCE DAYS
What You Will See on Main
Street During the
COnclaye.
OLD FAMILY TELESCOPE
MUCH in EVIDENCE
Young Lovers, The Children,
the Tithepayer; a HeterO-
geneous ThrOng.

Zion is invaded by hordes of Saints,
for conference is at hand Ono might al
most call Il an invasion OF canvas tele-
scopes for whether he be the elder
travelling alone or the man with his en-
tire family. there Will be a canvas telc-
scope. For the elder it's easy. but just
how a family OF u bakers dozen get
along with that one telescope for INC
better part OF week is an enigma. But
whenever you see man with a canvas
telescope. It's safc bet he's Saint or
Creek; he could not be an lrishman,
because he carries his goods and chattels
in red handkerchief.
Heterogeneous Throng.
And they come from fur and near, these
Saints; from every county in Utah and
Idaho; from Wyoming, Colorado. Arizona,
Mexico and Dominion OF Canada. And 1t
Is a Heterogeneous throng you Will
easily find na you pass among them,
representing every country In Europe and
the islands OF the sea, They are good
natured. amusing and unsophisticnted.
Perhaps they don't follow Broadway
near lt-only about 3o0 miles away.
Couple to Be Married.
or course, you've seen her on Main
street, the girl with tho big pink picture
hat. She's from Panguitch and the
chapeau was built there, She's accom-
panied by n young man whose chief oc-
cupation. Ike hers. Is chewing gum and
"rubboring." He's from Paradise They
met at last conference and strong az
fection sprang up between them. And
they wander up that busy thoroughfnrc.
hand in hand they must be hand in
hand because they might so amssing)
with the love light In their eye they are
thinking only OF themselves and of tho
morrow when they Will be married In the
Temple, and they would willingly pay
long price 10 have the church president
perform the ceremony, But. nevertheless
it is the honest love of honest people.
"Red Devil" Causes Amazement
There's an automobilew Twas the old
man who shouted this and the three wom-
curb and stared. gazed in amazcment at
the Red Devil" 1t was marvel TO
them. They hadn't been to conference
for some time, but some OF tho brethren
wagon" in the city" and now they be-
held it in all its pulling, snortlng, footing
get-out-of-thc-way majesty.
The Old Tithe-Payer.
Then there's the old-timer, He came
here when It was wilderness, Zion was
n dub He's worked hard and kis days
are numbered. Dressed IN q tlme-worn
Prince Albert probably the one he wore
kept. his shoes white, n weariness In his
mien. he is somewhat pathetic figure.
He hns worked long, late and early, and
for what? He Is a tthe payer: he is
He meets other old-timers. They discuss
those times, but the throng soon huStles
and buStlcS them 10 one Slde. IneS are
swallowed up in the human maclstrom.
Children Are Happy.
And the children-Utah's best crop
God bless 'em Doctrines and tenetS they
know naught of. nor do they care. They
are products-many OF them OF a tenet.
but how happy they are, With peanuts.
popcorn and peanut candy. their cup OF
happiness is complete, True their faces
are somewhat besmenred and sticky
they have ruffled their collarettes, they
have mussed their hands and their shoes
but what boy could be happy unless he
had accomplished these things? On the
streets and In restaurants they Sre al
WavG much in evidence. They question
continually. their digestions arc good
and the visit TO Zion is an epoch in their
lives.
The Glass That Speaks.
Then there is that other class They
come from the larger cities and towns OF
the State The men are we'll Groomed
the women are we'll dressed 1T Is not
such a large class, but the members OF
ecclesiastical favoritlsm they have been
we'll sustained and have ayailed them
selves OF that patronage and has pros
pered Not that they are any more de-
yout, not that they were much better
equipped to make their achievements
than the others. but they fawned and
were favored. and others before them
fawned and were favored. and today
they lead They visit the city often. The
capital has many of their type. They
speak In the Tabernacle, the multitude
hears and disperscs and goes back to
work Conference is over. The class
continues to speak as occasion presents
Itself the congregation listens and
turns 10 work Somebody must work to
pay the demands Of the class.