Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

! Utah girls were invited. extracts from
which are given below. One OF the
formal invitations. copy Of which
Miss Gates enclosed. announces that
Sir Edward and Lady WCyd are giving
AN evening feto ot the Abbey park
Leicester. 90 meet tho president aud
members OF the British Association for
the Advancement Of Science. and an
invitation Co another affair given for
the same august body Us from Sir Sam
uei and Lady Faire, announcing a gar
den r0riy Con tho grounds of Glen
field Firth. and % b. OF these that Miss
Gates writes her interesting sketches.
Under the Glenneli FIRTH estate runs
one Of the oldest and most Interesting
railways u tho United Kingdom the
Leicester ana Suonnlrgtou. n was
opened ON the l1th of july. 1882, George
and Robert stephenson being the en-
ginccrs.
The extract- from Miss Gates letter
are NOT cNtrnaIN. but give am Idea or
/ tbo elaborate style iu which the city
entertained its distinguished visitors
Miss Gates says.
~ haven't told you of the great do
ings lu Leicester. While wa were there
the British Association for the Adj
vancement of Science held Its couvcn-
ton In the city and Of course there
were great doirEs ~ entertain these
5000 men. The mayor. Sir Edward
Wood. FIRST gave a reception Bon the
Abbey park. % beautiful place. for all
these men ana guests from leicester.
or course uncle was invited ANA AN his
family There were 5000 people ]
should say aud the mayor and daugh-
| ter stood Go the reception tent and re-
| ceived and shook hands with every one.
There were two elegant bands sta
I toned in the park and three enormous
circus tents placed. and they served
supper 20 these 5000 people. We wan
/ dcred around the park, listening 10 the
! bands and getting lost, then witnessed
! the magnificent fireworks and came
/ home The park was beautifully de-
I Corated with 5000 Chinese lanterns and
! fairy lights small glass (colOrcd)
; lamps with candles Inside. Tn lighting
| 10 was the most beautiful thing 7 ever
| saw Then Sir Samuel Laire gave a
lawn fete at his home just on the edge
/ of Leicester. The house looks like a
| castle. set away back in "a beautiful
/ garden and woods. This was a more
| select affair. ] guess there were NOT
! more than Z 00O people. Stationed
| around the exquisite lawn were band
| ~ entertainers. four men and women.
| Tho scotch HiRhlanders' band. ail
| dressed I'M kits. and "a troop Of piper7,
no. dressed also n paids. but different
from tho band. As soon as ono ceased
| the other began. and 10 kept H r.
I running / tell you to keep up with me
! FOR 7 didn't want TO miss anything. 10
/ was the first kills ] had ever seen OFT
| the stage. ana the 10 pipers We're os-
| pecially attractive Tall. well butt
men. like Uncle Bob. with a swing I'm
their walk when they marched 20 the
time OF their bagpipes. the like OF
! which 1 have never seen before. They
! an had a great laugh at me-. fearing I
| was going 10 run away with one OF the
/ pipers. II was source Of Jokes for a
/ long time. They served tea, just Ike
| n luncheon, I'm ar enormous hut 70
/ this crowd, ana furnished peaches ana
I grapes for every guest. This alone
/ must have cost him some hundreds Of
! dollars. for peaches are DO cents apiece
/ and grapes 90 to % cents pound.
! Everything was lovely. and when I
( shook hands with Sir samuel he recog-
/ nized me Immediately and turned 70
/ his wife saving This IS our pal N
/ Berlin He asked me how ] was and
4 what I was doing. / had one of the
incest times ! have had I'm England"
Miss Gates after her visit 20 Eng
| land returned Co Berlin where she i7
! hard at work preparing for grand
| opea m which she hopes shortly to
/ make her debut