The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-22
BLIND Of STATE
OPEN WORKSHOP
No Better Programme Was Ever
Presented in Salt Lake
Gity.
THEY ARE STGHTLESS.
BIT THEY ARE GIFTED
Music, Vocal and Instrumental
and Literary Efforts Com.
posed Entertainment.

Perhaps no moro interesting gather.
ing was ever held in Salt Lake Civ
than that at the bousewarming of III.
workshops of the Adult blind, - in IN,
prcttilY furnished room at the rear Of
the Lion house on Thursday night, Thu
entcri ainmcnt took the form Of re.
ccption. many of the blind people. nor
only Of Salt Lake City. but Of Ogden
md other cities iu the state. being pros
crt
The room was claboratoly decorated
for tho occasion. There was u profu.ion
oc flowers. and the entertainers were
oXcnlIcnt hosts. They were so hapnv
and iovous in thcir fellowship that MI
affections were forgotten and notbino
| bat harmony and happiness prevailed.
No better programme WAS ever prc
pared II opened hv the audience sinn.
! ing hymn and tho blessing of God
was invoked by Nels s. Larsen. This
was followed by IN orchestra playing
- Home, Sweet Home. The fonr mem
! bcrs Of the orchestra, Messrs. Standing
| Fowler, Freeman and Timpsou were ali
! devoid of sight, but the old melody was
mover rendered with better effect and
pathos than il was Thursday night.
Mrs L. +. Riches then delivered an
! address on the subject. ''Onr Work
! shop Mrs. Riches is an English
woman. She was born in Birmingham.
! England. and for many wears was an
educator i'm the famous school for the
| blind i'm that city. She spoke of The
excellent work that had been done in
tins city. making special reference 10
Mrs j, i Suider. Mrs. Lucia Omstcad
! and :. W. .jCnkinsou. president Of the
H.
half of The blind.
f5pry Makes an Address
After a duet by the Fowler sisters.
two gifted yocalisis. Governor Spry
delivered a brief address. He said he
was grateful af the bcautiful surround
iugs i'm which they had met and az ihe
beginning that had been made. He
hoped that Il larger appropriation would
be secured from The next Legislature
than had been obtained from the Ias,
assembly. but he was of tho belief
that the time the next Legislature met
the members Of ihc workshop would
demonstrate that they were about able
10 take care of themselves. The COVER.
nor assured the gathering that the
blind had the sympathy Of the people
Of the state. He did not think that
The work of the new institution IN this
!
the Ogden school for the deaf and the
blind. He believed that the work Of
the Salt Lake Institution was entirely
different and apart from the work Of
The Ogden school. Governor Spry re-
ferred 20 the excellent work done by
DR.. and Mrs. !. j. Snidcr. Mr.. Jenkn.
son and Prof and Mrs. Tslmagc ard
hoped that the good work would con
tiuuc.
The orchestra then followed with a
selection. \ flute solo by James Stand.
ing was next. and then brief ad-
, dress by President S. w, Jenkinson.
Mr. Jcukinson told that in some fam.
lilies in Utah he had found three BON
blind. According TO his statistics there
are 1917 blind persons in the state Of
Utah today and about 100 of them are
in Salt Lake City.
\ pretty solo was then sung by Mrs
T.. u. Riches. Albert Freeman followed
, with beautiful violin solo, Tben
there WAS AN appealing and pathetic
recitation by Miss Maudc May Bah
cock; followed by an extremely fuuDf
song eyccllcntly we'll rendered bv IIar
old AnsclI, son Of Mrs. v. f.. Riches
y duet was then rendered by the Larsei
sisters and after \ selection by tis
orchestra tho gathering dismissed. Bot
all those who attended viii have MANY
happy recollcctiouS of The OCCASION