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Show THE EEE 9 Tin interest In tennis se ms to lm reviving this year. During the ISNT THIS A COMMERCIAL PRORLEMP week all available courts have been in use, both afternoon and p.usL Commending an editorial from the Richfield Censor, also reproMiss ar tho Miss Kawrenco, Miss Ora duced In this paper, the Press of Sallna says: evening. Among Hope, players Miss Mr. Mr. Bert V'arian, Mr. Max Darkness, Toulmln, Robertson, Ftah is church poor. Tho rank and file of the Mormon populaMr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Bert Charles tion aro small farmers. Their income is not $.00 a year nothing like Davis, Smith, Walker, Hayward, Walker and Mr. Hoge. h of their gross earnings is demanded by tho church. it. d money to aid in tho conThey are compelled to give up Tho ladies of tho Presbyterian church will give a series of living struction of temples and tabernacles, and each year sees them growpictures, Interspersed with music and reading, at tho home of Mr. and ing poorer. On tho other hand, the. church waxes great and strong, Mrs. U. H. Terhunc on South Main, on Saturday evening at 8 oclock. and those at its head roll in wealth. Apostles and presidents aro inTho proceeds aro for tho Cornelia Paddock Rescue Home. terested in banks, in street railways, in bathing resorts, In hotels and in every money-makin- g scheme which human ingenuity can devise. The card party given by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Farnsworth was a Lay members of the church, men of intelligenee, men of worth, remain very beautiful one. Flags were draped over the bannisters and through in the groove and do not rise above their surroundings. Something is the rooms, producing a wonderful effect Rt-- carnations and snow- wrong. What can it be? balls were the flowers. Tho tally cards were decorated by drawings of tho Maine" and were beautifully done. It was a patriotic party The Press calls attention to the fact that there are 1700 missionin every sense. aries out, but denies that they travel "without purse or scrip, and One-tent- hard-earne- Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dennett tendered Mr. and Mrs. Ridgely and Mrs. Ogden a reception on Wednesday evening. The Athletic club will meet for a bicycle ride on Saturday morning at 9 oclock. Mrs. Andrew Ilowat and daughter, Miss Mary, have returned from an Fastern sojourn. 4 The wedding of Miss Minnie Adele Bothwell and Mr. William Hall takes place on Saturday, April 30th. says further: It is safe to say that every Mormon missionary who leaves Utah on a two years proselyting trip, spends during that period $200, a part of which is taken with him and tho balance sent him later on from home. It doesnt cost tho church a cent, but does it help to make Utah more prosperous? We think not. The money each year spent by Mormon missionaries in other lands would develop this mythical land of Zion and make it the mightiest commonwealth on the Pacific slope. It would build reservoirs and railroads; it would open up mines of mineral wealth; it would start the wheels of manufacturing concerns that would causo the people of Utah to rejoice and make them less dependent upon the people of other States; it would lighten d the burdens of the farmers and make life more worth living; it would attract investors and investments and make Utah a pleasant word on the lips of all people in all nations and in all lands. tithe-racke- at the Seventeenth ward a rare musical programme: Miss Dwyer, following people gave Winslow Smith, Mr. Ames, Mr. Bywater, Mr. James, Miss Daynes Prof, and Mrs. Cook. After the musical numbers were completed guests danced the hours away. On Tuesday evening meeting-hous- e the Mr. and the SENDING THEIR WEALTH ABROAD. Th following editorial is taken from the Richfield Censor, a strong On Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Duncan entertained most charmingly in honor of Mr. Lawther, from Belfast, a cousin of Mormon paper: The Mormon church boasts of 1700 missionaries now In the field. Mrs. Duncans. Most of these missionaries are young men, spending two or three The many friends of Mrs. Truax were glad to welcome her during years of the very best part of life in proselyting for the Latter-da- y Saints. While riding on a railroad train in Colorado, some few years her brief stay. Mrs. George A. Snow' gave one of the prettiest card parties of the ago, we were conversing with a resident of that State in regard to the week on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Joshua Grant was the guest of relative advancement of the two States. We agreed upon the facts that Utah had the more industrious people, yet was not so well develhonor. oped as her sister commonwealth to the east. He was evidently acquainted in Utah, for he said: You people are most all Mormons, ani Mrs. Patterson left for Cleveland on Wednesday evening. you spend a great deal in sending your elders out to preach your docMrs. Frank Knox has issued invitations for a card party on trines. If I am posted, you have at present 1300 missionaries on the duty in various parts. Now, an ordinary farmers time is worth $500 Thursday afternoon. yearly. The average business man is worth $800; say your missionaries are worth $600 each. There is three-fourtof a million dollars spent Dr. and Mrs. Hough are at hame again. each year in that way. If that money .together with the expenses Maj. H. C. Hill has returned from an Eastern visit of severel of travel and supplies was allowed to accumulate as capital and draw interest you would soon be the richest State in the Union. Now, sir, months. I admire the devotion of a people that spend so much for the cause The Tuesday Afternoon club meets with Miss Alff next week. they love, but when you consider that Utah needs to be built up as 4 badly as it does, is it wise to spend so much in making converts? That number of missionaries has now been increased to 1700, and the outMonday evening the Musical club meets with Miss Katz. lay in time and all reaches over a million dollars a year. It was quite hs Mrs. Kennington entertained most enjoyably at cards on Friday a pertinent question for the Coloradoan to ask, Is it wise? evening. BESIDES the regular apportionment call for volunteers there will The Euterpe club meets with Mrs. John Cowan Saturday evening. be a few regiments at large. One of these is being raised by Col. The programme wrill be devoted to Mozart. Wood of Washington, assisted by Lieut.-Co- l. Roosevelt, who resigned his position in the Cabinet for the purpose. It will be composed of THE BEE heartily agrees with the Richfield Advocate that all Western rangers, officered in their respective States. John Q. Cannon hands should support the President now' that wrar has been declared. will head Utahs company and a better selection could not be made. The time to criticise his policy was before the issue had been joined. Col. Wrood is on his way to Cheyenne now. Troops will be enlisted at Even then his private affairs were his ow'n. Only his public actions the following places: Guthrie, Okla.; Santa Fe, N. M.; Phoenix, Ariz.; are public property', which his constituents have a right to commend Carson City, Nev.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Cheyenne, Wyo., and Boise or condemn. City; Ida. Hurrah for the rangers! |