Mexico Missouri message., 1916-05-11


self running into Salt Lake City over
Denver & Rio Grand R.R. on our way
to the coast and the Expeditions. The
Mormon city is a picturesque place in
beautiful valley surrounded by sun
capped mountains. But it is not of the
city's grandeur or the beauties of ma
ture that we intend to write, for they
have been described in these columns
by able pens. We planned to spend
Sunday there and it so happened that
this particular Sunday on the calen-
dar was Mothers Day. AS Time, in
his ceaseless march, brings round the
day again it may be that some will be
interested in the Mormon's commem-
grafton of it. The idea is a beautiful
one and it had never occurred to us
how thoroly it has grasped the hearts
of the people. We arose early that
bright, breezy, day and while the
Mormons were yet asleep, found our
way thru the beautiful streets and
parks to the new cathedral where we
attended o'clock mass. The cathe-
dral is of gray stone, situated on a
hill amid stately homes of wealth
and splendor. It's lofty spires tower
heavenward and seemingly vie with
the snow capped mountains as to
which will get nearer the Great
White Throne.
Later, all was life and activity and
we realized they were observing
Mothers Day, At every turn we were
confronted by handsome youths, pref
ty school girls, rosy checked happy
children, and the ragged urchin with
baskets of flowers, each greeting the
passer-by with the self same ques-
tions. Carnations for mother? 25c a
tions, Carnations for mother? 25c a
some, they are free to you" And the
newsboys, yell. Morning paper, tells
all about Mothers Day" One tiny
boy with a bag of papers over his
shoulder and a basket of carnations
on his arm attracted our attention by
calling loudly, "Mornin' paper, Mud
da flowers. He was so small and
cute we stopped and said to him.
you are a mighty little man to be
selling papers and flowers" ooh,
no." he replied, I've been doing it
all my life" "How old are your" we
ask. He answered proudly, "Why,
I'm four years old and next time I'll
be five"
q How beautiful it all seemed, this
outward expression for mother, how
. sweet the sentiment, and what pleas.
ant recollections it brings to them
/, whose mother is near or far away
, But, Oh, the loneliness and the heart.
y aches it brings to us whose sweetest
p memories of a lifetime are consum.
E mated deep down in her warm grave
a The chief interest to the visitor tC
a Salt Lake City centers about the great
e Mormon Temple and this we left fol
v the afternoon as we wanted to heal
n the great organ and the widely famed
n Mormon choir. The Tabernacle i:
}, an immense auditorium seating 5000
a people and it is in this building they
!, hold most of their services for only
n the Mormon of excellent standing i;
= allowed to enter the Temple. The
; services began at two o'clock. Tho
b we went early the great crowd was
= there ahead of us and we had to
r take seats in the gallery. But the
il building is constructed so that really
r there is no choice of seats. The great
o choir of 500 voices was thanked or
e each side of the organ and when they
n rose to sing it was as if great wave
:. of faces came up from a sea of hui
n manity at exactly the same moment
|, Numerous hymns we're sung and VIZ
h kept wishing the entire service would
IS be of song, it was all so grand. Al
h the Mofmon's observe the ancient
r law of tithing, no collection box wen
Ie round and the next thing was thu
e sermon.