Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-30
Not An Incident Marred Its Per
feet Enjoyment by
Everyone.
REVIVED FADING MEMORIES.
Many Who Battled Against Early Day
Priyation Recalled tho Times WIN
Pleasurablc Retrospect.

! 'NtS da 1Ie Wa hole hearted. for
u was purely 5Sold Folks.s.''' day.
over 1000 men and women took hold
OF that calendar leaf ana perbans
% lts magic, mystic touch were. Tor
the I day. at least, young again. They
tsse,lled SO, anyway, as the men, bowed
h illIlt the the weight Of years, the hair
to 10y with the hoar-frost OF time.
and their faces. scanned ana scnrred3
| Win the burrows Of the str,,csIa
against the wilderness, gathered A. III.
tie groups to recall the events or "yes.
terday And the women OF TO- 80 nd
- years Old brave women who had
lsceu me pfiNvations and the dangers
VI me frontier, as we'll as giving the
STIMULATING sum support in the building Of
q luntry--they were girls too, yester-
day ! 4
ne tabernacle grounds YESTERDAY
amid Its splendpr OF the modern dnv,
presented present reflex of the earlier days,
W1en the sturdy band Of pioneers.
many Of whom were present, came In
TO the wilderness as IL scorrobora ting,
the biblical statement, ITO the vest
ward He planted garden, and called
1t Eden
EARLY DAYS COME BACK.
These old folks took possession Of the
temple grounds. in fact they had to-,
and 1t was day OF reunion and re-
cailing OF early days, days which the
Younger generations only know and
realize in theEway OF story told by the
freside. But that the old folks almost
lived again the old days was mani
B tested in at least one incident. The fife.
ana drum corps, composed or "old
folks, and had as one of its menu
bers a drummer-boy of the Mormon
battalion at, Nauyoo, furnished the raj
wing, rattling, blooG-tinglng roll and
pipe that formed the stirring music OF
haired grandma, as she was called
by her friends, aged about SO years,
stepped out and began to dance a Jig,
Keeping In her feeble way, time to the
Fbea of drum and amid the applause
and cheers of her friends and even the
crowd of curious onlookers. a. pathetic
picture of the past was brought out
Nividlx.
s3g So It went all day-and the. day was
"a success. The old folks themselves,
as they boarded the, trains to take
them home spoke of their appreciar
it'ioiiF VI siieiI 5udy more &elOquentlSsln
expression than in words The feeling
of the younger" folks. however, was
expressed on every hand today.
IA ciREA,r DAY FOR EVERYBODY.
Speaking for the First presidency.
President John r.. Windel said:
1t was a grand day for everybody,
not only the old folks but the young
as well. 1t was an event never before
equalled. In fact. it can be said with
out hesitation that Old Folks day in
salt Lake Yesterday was one of the
most remarla Bile events ever held on
this continent, and has never been
equalled in the world. &
We had over 1000 old folks. I'LL Of
them three score and ten years. and
many OF them four score and ten.
They enjoyed the day and I am sure
that those who participated in caring
for them enjoyed the day, as we'll.
There was absolutely nothing to mar
the pleasure Of the day, or the COM
fort and happiness n. the old folks.''
sit is difficult for me to fully ex-
press my feeling regarding Old Folks 4
.day.swas the first statement of Gov
William Spry when asked by Deseret
News reporter in an interview.
55i3.I never saw q body of old people,
he continued who enjoyed themselves
SO much as those who gathered at the
isLDeiiitiEle siouluS yesterday and -
never saw body of people that re-
!spected and honored so much. 1t was
simply grand, and, do you know, I feel
lots better after having mingled with
those old folks
1.-THE way those old folks were taken
care OF. by the people of Salt Lake, and
particularly those workers and COM
mittees who looked after the visitors,
makes me not only feel proud of them
oil hui MA
can express.
After yesterdays Old Folks day
am convinced that the custom should
be kept UP. not only annually but often
3er. We owe much to Nthe old folks:
they builded for us more than we can
appreciate, and we are not going to
have them with us much longer. While
we have them we ought to take good
care of them, and see that they have
their pleasures"
MAYOR BRASsFoRD.
..eThe idea of Old Folks day" said
Mayor Bransford today, sis splendid
thing and he, too. Ike Gov. Spry, ex-
pressed the thought that it was an occa-
sion that should be held more frequent
ly.
cit makes the world better. and it
makes the old folks think better of the
world, was the terse opinion of Old
Folks day given by Col. w. S. Scott,
Fifteenth u. S. infantry.
II don't believe" he said, II ever saw
a more enjoyable or more touching
event in my life. 1t was simply grand
to see that throng of old folks who are
still young, More than that, though,
I was struck by the homage paid by
the young folks who spared no effort
to make it an Old Folks day The
Indians, ineinany of their tribes, as they
become old, they are compelled to do
the drudgery of the camp, but here. we
were shown yesterday that our old folks
are revered-that their place now is to
sit by in peace and look on. while the
younger folks take up their work.
PRONOUNCED SUCCESS.
Presiding Bishop Nibley said:
sit was pronounced success from
every point of view, and i'll the work
OF caring for the old folks everybody
worked faithfully. Credit Is due to the
various Relief societies, the old folks
committees and the bishops and coun-
selors of the wards, and also to the
young ladies who SO willingly gave
their efforts and labors in waiting up
on the visitors.
Over 5000 people entered the gates
at the tabernacle grounds. and 1t is