The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-27
Follows Example of His Pre- deCGssOr President RoOse-
 veIt At Salt Lake Citv
EXECUTIVE IS RECEIVED
 WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM
Reviews 10000 School Children Ar ranged and Dressed in Such Man. her as to Represent the
 United States Flag.

Salt Lake City. Utah. September 26.- Tn the pulpit of the famous Mormon tab ernacle in this city, where four wears ago Theodore Roosevelt then President preached long sermon on right living and the duties of good citizenship. Pres ident Taft faced an audience which he said inspired him to try to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor and deliver preaehment Mir. Taft did preach a sermon-text and all. The immense audi ence In the fiag-draped edifice, the splen- did musical programme of operatic and patriotic selections, the enthusiastic cheering as President Taft appeared. and the quick response of the audience to points which he endeavored to impress upon his hearers. inspired, the President declared. to higher thoughts of country and patriotism.
 The Presidents sermon was an anpeaI for amity between the people-for attribu- ting the best rather than the worst mo- tives to the action of others when possible to so do and not to habor hatred or ani- mostly.
 "A soft answer turneth away wrath.
  the text Mr. Taft selected from the book of Proverbs.
 The sermon was homely utterance, largely made up of relation of stories to give emphasis to. the points From tho tabernacle the President was driven to review about 10000 school children At one point along the line a thousand or 1 more children had been arranged in a l living flag. red. white and blue caps and capes serving to outline the national em- blem.
 Thence the President proceeded to the Young Mems Christian association. where he made brief address before an audi ence composed entirely of men. Lastly, the President attended service especially arranged for him at the Unitarian church. After this unusually busy Sunday morn- ing he left Salt Lake at noon for Ogden, where he enjoyed an 1S-me ride through Ogden canyon and made his last address of the day at Lester park.
 Introduced by Shoot.
 When Senator Shoot introduced the President to the audience in the taber- nacle the cheering was great that MT. Taft could not begin his address for sew eral minutes
 'I thank you from the bottom of my heart' he said at last. flor this ex- pression of welcome and good will T have been impressed since coming into this magnificent structure with the thought that you have gathered here in part to hear me and that I had noth- ing to address to you worthy of such a magnificent presence.
 "I am told that my distinguished pred ecessor under the inspiration of audi ence like this, delivered address in the nature of a sermon upwards of two hours in length. Now, he had the pacity; he had the spirit; and he had the mission to make such a preachment Of model force and inspiration. He knew how to appeal to the best that is in man and woman and arouse them to lifg themselves to higher standards and high CT ideals.
 Takes Text.
 "Rut if has not been given to me to exercise that great influence which was high and which shone forth from him as he stood before men upon platform. And yet l have felt that on this Sunday morn ing it was necessary for me to make such effort as l could to follow him in something that may sound a bit like n sermon And as sermons are begun with quotation of a text having more or less relation to what follows. l am going to give you the WOfuS rom f>TONerDS. A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger
 Tt is a text that has forced itself upon my mind during the last 10 years with especial vigor because l have come into contact with Oriental peoples, and with those descended from the Latin races of Europe and have had chance to compare their views of life and their methods of speech and their social con- ventions and amenities with those of the Anglo-Saxon race.
 A Great Race.
 We Anglo-Saxons are we admit great race We have accomplished won- ders in hammering out against odds that seemed insurmountable, the principles of civil liberty and popular government and making them practical and showing to the world their benefits. But in so doing and in the course of our life it seems to me we ignored some things that our fel- lows of southern climes have studied and made much of, and that is the forms of speech and the methods of every day treatment between themselves and others. At first that seems superficial to us who prefer no and yes and abrupt methods and communications in the shortest and curtest sentences. but. my friends. we have much to learn from people of that kind of courtesy and politeness
 s''The truth is that a mans life in his family with his wife. with his children, with his mother, with his neighbor Is not made up of grandstand plays and all that sort of thing. It is made up of series of little acts and those little acts and those little sef-restraints are what go to make up the mans character. agree that there are many men and great many of them I hope. who are better than they seem to their friends, to their wives and to their children. and to