The evening world., 1911-11-03

GREELEY. SMITH too.
F1fty-slx years old. single, Mr.. Evan
Stephens OF Utah has reached town At
the head Of 200 male and female singers,
who are par OF the famous Tabernacle
Choir OF Salt Lake City. One hum
dred Mormon maids and matrons and 40
many Mormon men were chosen out Of
500 trained voices to make the Eastern
trip. See for yourself how very pretty
some Of these Mormon women are.
Their pictures don't fiatter them 1t all.
But Mr.. Stephens says that neither
the men nor the women In Mormonism
are as happy to-day as they were before
the Woodruff revelation forbidding plu-
raj marriage. He says that some Of the
happiest families he eve knew were
polygamous. n that the children Of
different wives often loved each other
more dearly than II they were own
brothers and sisters. As for the plural
wives. they dwelt together In peace and
anity. and the husbands had to be on
their best behavior all the time in order
to keep everybody happy.
There may be something In that, you
know. II one wife can make the
average citizen behave himself. what
wouldn't six be able to accomplish In
the way Of reformf
DECLARES ALL WERE HAPPIER
IN DAYS OF PoLYoAMv.
OF course. the whole Mormon choir to
a man. and q woman, declare positively
that there 10 no more plural marriage.
or. az Mr.. stephens phrased IT.
"rhsrc may b bignmy here ana
there, but NO more polygsmy. The
man who has more than . wife
to-day ID ~ much outside the Nor.
mon Church - he - OUTSIDE tie
law"
Mr.. John J. Mcclellan. who prssides
at the Tabernacle organ. one Of the
most marvellous musica! instruments 1 IN
the world. Is equally emphatic that the
house Of Mormon Is no longer a two-
family affair. As for Mr.. George d.
Piper. manager OF the choir. he Is more
than emphatic-he Is hurt II you men,
ton the subject.
Are you a Mormon" I began.
ONE WIFE, AND HE'S HAD HER
FOR TWENTY.NlNE YEARS.
Yes. I'm a Mormon" he answered,
and i have been married Twenty-Five
years and / have only one wife. Women
always ask me the same questions. DO
you come from Utah?' Are you q Nor.
mon?' How many wives have your
When I was at the head OF an industrial
exposition we held in Tennessee a few
years ago I got SO tired of 1t that when
ever a woman asked. How many wives
have you got?' I would answer. Five.
but II you'll say the word III make II
SIX You should have seen them run.
But one day a good looking one came
along who didn't run. Instead. she
reached out her hand. shook MINI and
said. You're on. BIZ! I'll go you! ] tell
you I crawnshed In a hurry"
Mr.. Stephens. the Mormon bachelor
and musical director of 100 pretty
women. does not take the subject OF
plural marriage SO lightly. Some OF
the happiest marriages I ever knew
were polygamous." he told me. and the
children of different wives got along
better sometimes than whole brothers
and sisters. The woman learned to con-
slider and make sacrifices for each other
And the husbands had to behave pretty
well to keep peace in all their families
How does it happen that you are still
a bachelor"
"Why. l don't know. guess music
Is all the wife I'll ever have" Mr.
Stephens answered. Competition wa
pretty keen. you know. when I was
younger a A pretty girls choic'
wasn't limited to tho bachelors, as l
is nowadays. Everybody was eligible
like the society Of ladies, you un
derstand. ! find them much more re
Hncd In their ideas h a men. But
made up my mind that l would neve
marry until | met a woman l love,
with my whole heart and SOU, and 70
whom ! would be willing to give u
my freedom. I've never met her.
sLAMES HIS OWN SINGLE STAT
UPON MI Slc.
1--WE never been seriously in love
not very seriously. And my freedor
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