Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-03
|SALT LAKERS IN GOTHAM.

Special Correspondence.
n VIEW YORK, Sept 2I.-On Sept.
Nj 26s at 10 o'clock a. m, the
Philadelphia of the American
line, pulled out from her moor
ings at pier No. A. laden with passen-
gers for European shores. Among the
many who crowded her decks We're to
be seen the faces of Emma Lucy Gates,
Sybella White Clayton and Marian
Cannon; happy and jolly they seemed
TO friends who watched them from
shore, and as long as i huttering white
handkerchief could be seen by each
Miss Gates returns to Berlin to con-
tinue her work and make her profess
sional debut on the operate stage,
which her friends from this side most.
anNiouSly await, feeling assured of her
ultimate success; Miss Clayton will
take up piano again with her old
teacher, Prof. Jonas; she ranks among
the younger professionals now abroad,
but concert engagements, three in
number Will occupy her attention the
coming winter in Berlin and naturally
some hard work must be gone
through; her former teacher Is an in
spiraticl as well as a valuable
q uttic lbi rlillsS eNclll.saE MISS lNJullluu
who from report, is fun of promise at
the piano, will also study with Prof.
Jonas.
On Tuesday last Mr.. Oscar Kirkham
OF the L. d. S. u. high school, With his
wife and two children, arrived in the
city 10 make it their home for the
coming winter. Prof. kirklan, will
at once begin vocal instruction with
his former teacher w. Nelson Burritt
of Carnegie Hall and has taken an
apartment at 5i5 West One Hundred
and Twenty-third street, near Colum
bia college. in the heart of the district
occupied by the Utah people. On the
way here many interesting things oc-
Cured, first the dividing of the train
during the night at Omaha into two
sections and the separation Of several
families until the Chicago depot was
entered which Is very laughable to
read about but extremely disasleea
ole TO experience At Chicago. where
MI. and Mrs. 1<irkham stopped for
days rest, Musical college was visited
where Prof. Kirkham sang for Dr.
Ziegfeldt. who offered him scholar
ship in an opera school there, and in
every way gave him encouragement to
remain in the western metropolis IN
stead Of going on to New York; but
the latter city's attractions are too
great for musical people and the offer
mad to De uecllneo.
Tiers was quite a family party sur
rounding the hosnitable table Of Prest.
Ben T.. Rich at mission Headquarters
last Wednesday evening. when his sis
ter, Mrs. AIilando Pratt of salt Lake.
her daughter, Mrs Viola Pratt Slt-
lette, her son; Nilando III, and
Miss Cora Wooll.fy We're present, With
Elder and Mrs. Ogden, who during the
absence of President Richs family have
charge of the house; they. with Elder
Andrews and Mr.sDah McQuarrie made
a most delightful gathering of friends
Mrs. Pratt Is living with her daughter
Mrs Gillette, and incidentally seeing
great deal of the country While in
stop.ing at the Douglass, West Forty
sixth street.
Mr.. and Mrs Dan Mccallister of
Provo. who are on their wedding trip
east. arrived in the city Tuesday and
it safe to say no place of Interest
has been left unv!sited by them. From
early morn until late at night these
unwearied sightseers are awaiting
themselves of each precious moment
to sac the best of this great place. Sat
urday afternoon they took their de-
partrre for Boston. Niagara and Ann
Arbor, where Mr.. McCallister gradual
ed from the school of electrical engi-
neering: one point of interest was
deeply gone into during their brief stay
il, the city and that was Teachers col
legc of Columbia Mrs. McCallister.
who was fromeriy Miss Beulah keeier
of Provo. had decided to come east this I
winter and take course at Teachers,
but a great deal of persuasion on the
part of the young electrician changed
her plans, and now as a bride she
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