The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-21
Orphans of Salt Lake Will Be
Guests of Elks on Pur-
pie Day.
FESTIVITIES WILL BEGIN
WITH AUTO RIDE TONIGHT
Great "Doings" on Thursday,
When Youngsters Will
Own Liberty Park.

From sunset. or little before. this
evening until sunset tomorrow evening 1t
Will be Purple day for the orphans OF
Salt Lake. The annual celebration Of
Purple day by the Salt Lake lodge of
Elks will begin for the Elks and for the
orphans OF Salt Lake at o'clock this
evening At that hour the automobile
trip Of the orphans. the annual curtain
raiser to the Purple day celebration VIII
begin.
The annual motor trip OF the orphans
provided for them by the Salt Lake Elks,
Is undoubtedly the greatest JOY ride OF
the year. The automobiles Will gather
at the Elks club at O'Clock this after
noon and then proceed 70 the kearns ST.
AIMS orphanagc, whence the parade Will
start at o'clock. The youngsters from
the Orphans Home and Day Nursery will
proceed east on Twelfth South to Ninth
East. thence north TO Third South street.
west 10 state street. south to Eighth
South street, west TO Main street. north
East street, north TO First avenue, west
10 street, south 10 South Temple street,
west TO State street. south TO Exchange
place. west TO Main street, south TO
Twelfth South. cast on Twelfth South
street TO orphanages.
Will Be Great Joy Ride.
Members OF the ElLs lodge and others
have donated automobiles and drivers for
the occasion and are assisting materially
IN making this joy ride an epoch in the
ives or the homeless ones. Every pre-
caution is being taken in order 10 make
the trip a success and TO make accidents
impossible. Salathiel Ewing, exalted rul-
er OF the Salt Lake lodge OF Elks, has is-
sued the following instructions to those
weo will pilot the orphans in the parade
Every painstaking precautionary
and safety OF the children. The strictest
order must be observed in the parade
no car shall attempt to pass another
driver Each car must keep in line with
the ME leader and observe twenty feet
space between each car-pevcr under any
circumstances or condition close in II
your hle leader stops, you stop twenty
teet in the rear.
You are not TO exceed six miles an
hour In the business portion OF the city,
nor htteen miles an hour in the resi-
asnce portion In returning to the or
phanages you VIII observe the same
palnstaking precautionary measures until
every child is safely delivered into fha
nands OF those who are their keepers
You then disband,"
Loads of Fun Thursday.
-, The youngsters will all be in bed at
ting great rest for the glorious ton9or-
roy" Tomorrow they will be up with the
sun Romping clothes. or as near romp-
ers as are included in the limited ward
robes OF the orphans. will be donned and
the day spen, on the beautiful pIay-
grounds at Liberty park
TOT once IN their lives the orphans will
nave everything for which they crave,
unleSs II be that some tiny heart blceds
Tor mothers caress that can never
come. But everything possible Will be
done TO make the youngsters forget that
they are orphans. The children win be
masters of the situation and OF the Elks,
Every order issued by the youngsters will
perial najesties desire ice cream. vassal
Elhs In waiting Will bring vast quantities
OF 1t. Should they demand candies the
Ellss will supply IL. Aladdin and his won
derful lamp could not have provided a
more glorious time than win have the
waits tomorrow at Liberty park
While there Will be no one to gain
say the youngsters at the park or to pre-
vent them from eating their fullest OF
every available delicacy there will be
scores OF women TO care for the young
sters whom the formers husbands and
borthers and fathers have made uncom-
Portable by their lavishness. All OF the
kiddieS may play just as hard as they
like, but IL the play gets bit rough or
a tired younester becomes unhappy with
his surfeit OF pleasure. gentle hands will
straishten things out wipe away the tears
and set the children in order again
\ strenuous day is anticipated but so
complete are the arrangements and the
precautions taken that IL is certain that
there will be no serious casualties
Childish enjoyment. healthy weariness a
few stomach aches. antidotes by the or
phanage authorities and just a BIT OF sub
sequcnt rebellion against the recurrence
viii be the natural results of the out