The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-22

Two little girls. whom we viii coll Ida
and Eva Taylor, who went 10 school 20
] this teacher. went 70 her desk one morn
| Ing before school was called and the eId-
est, child OF IL, said Teacher, my ma
says to tell you that our name aIn't Tay-
| lor any more"
why. what is It. thenY" tho teacher
asked. isn't Mr Taylor your father?
The girls cheeks llamed.
ma said we best tell every one that he
nin't, because II those Gentle men get
| after him he may have to go TO Jali-
! 500 ma said we wasn't TO tell any one
! who our father was and that you best
say-if any one asks you, that our name
| Is Jones'"
The teacher was puzzled.
Are John and Mary Gan elder brother
and sister of these girls. who were In a
! higher grade) going to tell their teacher
To change their names. too?" she asked,
claim one family. bat he cant US with
a heart broken catch In her voice as sne
and her little sister went TO their seats.
! Al recess the teacher noticed that these
| little girls sat detectedly on the steps
! why don't You girls run and play with
the other children?" she asked. kindly.
| girl said winlSng hard to keep the tears
back and struggling with the sohs that
were choking her, we cant play be-
cause we feel $3.50 heavy"
OH Shame. shame. that children should
be SO robbed OF their rishtful heritage.
one QaN curing the spring ter1l Oh
! school (l9OS) when in the history lesson
| the children were telling the names OF
| the greatest men of their country, and
were naming, with the teachers prompt
| ing, such names as Washington and Lin
coin and Grant and Webster. the prin-
/ cipal entered the room, After listening
moment he said: you children are
| leaving out one Of the greatest names In
history" Teacher and pupils were at at
! tention. ''One OF the greatest Names" he
said rs Brigham Young; He was one of
| the greatest men of history" DO you
wonder that after that when ne called on
| all those pupils who were Mormons TO
stand that most OF them stood, and are
| you surprised that at the first opportunity
] that he talked 10 the children who de-
| clared themselves TO be Gentlles, and told
! them about religion, or the parody Of that
name. called Mormonism. and urged them
to go TO meeting al the Mormon church?
| Is that religious freedom? This teacher
I objected TO doCtrlnal topics being dis
cusSed In her schoolroom, but the prln-
| clpal answered that he should endeaVor TO
save the souls Of the children. Which
! shows that new wine has not been poured
] into the new bottles, and that this gen.
Grafton Is as domineeLing and as far from
| DOM. they were when they clipped
OF the ears that refused to hear. and
put out the eyes that could not see the
Jane Coombs boarded with a polyga-
nous family Both wives were very kind
TO her and their partnership husband
about-you smile every time he looked ct
! her. which was all the time he was In
| the house, and which made her blush
! painfully and wish she was some where
! else. She did not enjoy the family bick
| erlHgs either. and IL worried her dread
! fully when the FIRST vile called the sec
| ond wife's children homely word that in
! ing name" and the wife retalated by
. telling the teacher that paw" thought
more OF her children than he did OF his
| first w!re's brood. and got more for them
J TO wear. and then they both would ask
| her L She didn't think that my young
I uns are better than hern" and Don't
/ you think that paw faVors me mOst?'
/ The teacher had never found the an
swer TO such questions in anything that
/ she had learned at the normal school, and
found that IN Utah she knew very little
| OF what might be called practical ques-
! tions. a surprise was in store for her
! when she passed few Sunday-sChool
! leaflets containing some chlldrens stories.
/ among the children at school, and re-
ceived letter. poorly spelled but plainly
worded, 10 the effect that II she wanted
| to keep her head on her shoulders 10
desist from siying the children such
! things" TO read. In one OF these pamph-
| let's was a reference made to John Wes-
! ley. That evening her host surprised her
! by telling her that john Wesley was a
! Mormon. "Onc Of our bishops was bap-
! tiZed for him IN the temple, and thus
I bound him over 70 the Mormon church '
| The proxy and sealing business was eX-
! Plained to her at some length before she
could comprehend how IL was that one
| might resist the church here, and then,
as soon, as you died. be bound 10 it,
! Willy nilly.
| One OF this teachers pupns-whose
/ mother was a poor widow-dled Of dlph-
! tneria, and shortly after her death a
| couple OF saints went 10 the gTief-strlcSen
! mother and told her that her child had
| been sealed TO the Mormon church, and
! that II she wanted to be reunited with
! her hereafter, that she must join the
! church. She did. and finally succeeded
! IN saving up enough money 20 90 TO the
! temple and do salvation work for several
| OF her family. She told the teacher that
it was awful hard TO save up money
! teacher was not kept the next term. but
! taught In Cache county. Here again she
! found that her education was at fault
| because she had been taught that an
| oath was an oath. and was surprised at
! the extent Of the new polycamy when.
! as she understood. that the leaders were
under, oath to their government that II
! should cease. But she was told that it
| was not bona tde revelation st all.
that abolished polygamy IN the Issuance
| OF the manifesto. but sort Of binder
4 10 put before the eyes OF the lnquisitive
| law. One family in her neighborhood
! was composed OF a man OF near 10 and
/ two wives OF ~ and 20 Another. as
| she learned 10 her horror was a man
J who was living with and b"arjne cbII.
dren by his own halt-s!ster. This woman
! had a moral awakening. and being able
! 10 prove that her father had been a
Mason. placed herself under the protec-
! tloa OF that order and escaped from the
| calumny of her life. In case this sta te-
ment is challenged. the writer is pre-
| pared TO furnish the names OF the par
! ties. Among other beauties" that this
! teacher witnessed was the funeral of a
! little child OF one wife which the hus-
! band and father attended. as disinter-
ested stranger, with another newer wife
] than the child's mother. He left with
/ this woman as soon as the church cere-
| mony vas over leaving the sorrowng
! mother 20 so alone to the last little
! bed Of her child. Do you doubt that
| the next child OF this woman was what
! the neishbors called marked" with
( sorrow. and could not he made to smile
/ or play like other children. but sat for
| hours brooding over prenatal grief? Is
a child born under the debasing system
OF plural marriage born free? Can they
accept that freedom which gives them
| the right TO the pursuit OF happiness?
! Can child born under the black wing
/ of polygamy pursue happiness with those
! born In the white light OF the law2 You
! know, and ! know, and thew know that