Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-09
LAGOON THRONGEO
BY ISLAND FOLK
veritabIe 0utpourlng Of People at
The Annual Outing OF Pa
clfic Missionaries.
ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS GONE
4 Day Of Festivities and Sports Much
Enjoyed by Those Who Came
From Near and Far.

Never in the history o. the annual
excursions Of the Pacific Islanders
was such an outpouring Of people as
that which thronged Lagoon ycster-
day. and witnessed an elaborate pro-
gram Of island sports
The day was a banner one both for
the missionary societies OF the Nor
mon Church who were In charge Of
the program, and for the Lagoon,
which held IT, record crowd. At II
o'clock they began 20 arrive in great
numbers. on specials from the north
and south. From salt Lake The regu-
lar trains were packed TO the limit
all afternoon and by 8 o'clock 10000
PEOPLE had passed into the gates Of
the pretty Davis county resort Man
ager Bergman gave 70 as his opinion
hat the day broke the best previous
record which was ON July { when
about 1000 people were counted ln
A UNIQUE UTAH DAY.
The day was one unique 90 Utah,
and impossible outside Of the state iu
which II wds held IL was the direct
result Of the missionary system oi
the Church. There were fair proved
Utah boys singing japanese war SONGS
with natives Of the MikadOs land.
aud fair Utah maidcns who were
taught by missionary brothers and
husbands 10 dress tf'ir hair a. did the
Samoans. and join with their brother
IN presenting % native market scene.
Games and sports indigenous 20 Japan,
Tahatl, New Zealand, Hawaii, and
America were INDUCED iu by natives
~ each country. certain Americans
mingling with tho natives iu theiI
events and some times cXcelling them
ir skill Al their special sports. while
they talked ~ both native and English
tongues over the events
NOT ALL PROGRAM.
The dsy was not an given over Il
sports The program was carried ou'
from 3 10 =. but before that time th,
roller skating pavilion. the shoot-the
cnutes. the Gapcing floor and the boat
ing were all IN requisIton to their ful
capacity, and IN the evening everything
was kept on the move tn q late hour
Picnic parties crowded the tables IN IN
grove and under the bowry while III
cafe tables were crowded almost all az
terUoon ant evening.
40 INToXICANTs,
one remarkable feature of the da.
WAS the total absence OF Intoxicating
drinks Tho bar was closed light b,
special agreement With the excursion
lists. and IN consequence there was 10
tal absence OF roWdyism and bolster
business. The crowd Was Que Of IN
mort orderly aud good naturcd as We
as tine largest Of the season. IL wa
composed OF the older residents OF Uts
and their children. and most OF N
families there had a personal interest (
'ne proceedings from the fact tina
.ither some member or some reldtiy
ID seen missionary service in "a
-outh sea islands.
SPORTS 4 FEATURE.
The program Of sports was OF cours
fha principal feature OF the day, on &C
count Of its collection of the costume
II many nations, and the games 4
many peoples. IL was carried out IN tn
athletic grounds. and the bleacher'
which hold 1000 people were packe'
while An overflow crowd fled into IN
grounds around q roped ENCLOSURE
where the games were held.
THE CEREMONIES.
Benjamin Goddard acted as master 4,
ceremonies Before the opening nun
bers OF the program were held on a COZ
cred platform stationed In front Of q
hloachers, and facing them, he az
nounced a prize OF $40 Tor the be
Offering by any OF the Pacific lslar
Missionary societies represented. The
were the japanese. the Society Island
the New Zealanders, and the Hawai-
ans lie also announced the list
Judges. which was composed Of san
uel Browning OF Ogden, II. ]. Shefie
Of Kaysyille. and David Collins OF Mo-
roe.
The hymn I'VE Thank Thee. o Go
For a Prophet was sung by all tho
present, as an opening number, and
was followed by prayer by Elder Jof
S. Woodbury., a veteran member Of q
Islands Missionary society. The
came a song program Of seven nun
hers preceding the program Of sports.
The Hawaiians came first with mat
dolins and guitars, in the famous ION
TWO, Three" song which made such
decided hit here on the recent visit
iho Hawaiian band. A number
dances and songs followed this one
closing tho llawiian Offering.
PAPEETE VILLAGE SCENE.
The second number on the progrs
was the leading one IN popular faV
ana secured first mention from Il
Judges. II was a market scene IN q
village Of Papeete. Tahiti, IN which
group of missionaries was tableau
~ securing hreakfas, from q
dealers IN vegetables. poultry and fis
The Maoris Of New Zealand ofier
The Poi costume dance. in which y
costumes were put on over regulatil
American clothing. The kiki DIRE
and "lays" around the neck furnish
a beautiful illustration az native dTe'
and the offering was heartily a
plaudCd.
JAPs WERE THERE ~ FORCE
The japanese youths present "a
their national songs. Horace Ensi
Joining with them. These were follow
by a fencing exhibition IN full srmol
IN which the ancient art OF Japans
warfare created no end 81 amuseme'
The fencers hatiled each other vi
heavy clubs instead OF raplers Tor abe
Eve minutes and then retired IN fay
~ the Hswaiians, who rendered nui
Der Of songs and dances In oostum
That the pretty Hawaiian maidens "
performed had learned az least o
American trick vas eyiden; from I
fact that one OF them dropped a han
kerchief during the dance IN which
supply Of dimes and quarters was
curoly tied IN one corner. The Samoa