Show u L U h u u I u m w 1 AI l 1 the tile Dr James s L Hughes of iff Misconceptions V Toronto Canada I J fj I d Al I aOI I j J i I ij j Ii IiI I L I L I L 11 L II VOl IHS Tim o Eminent 1 ii p U U t CAll Ll In ii 1 I OE PArK wr ago aFO Dr Ir James Jam L La LaI TWO I Hugh HIP th eminent nt I cJu it r l Lake Ho L II HI II hire hrc a IS a a II lecturer In Du n that timo lib hb hud had some ono onory ler Ir ry things to o wiy ay of ot Utah and Ilal ander ier ber er Particularly was Wt ho pleas picas M with Uth Iho work worle of ot Iha schools nf ot tills tat ml concerning inK n training taI n It t 1 th I r of or Utah ho tJ J 1 It II th N hI t tho IhA most moat he hI heh h h bt d e ovi i Iwen en n In Ln America Naturally the he ns of or tills this tar fur com corn were W rP pleased to nut they tickled th lr vanity unity fr t r her thel Iho diLl did not but hu be bo beau au they wore Irl proud to have hao ha VO n a 1 Ar r thinker anil and writer us liS nn ai as v If 41 Ir Ur HuRties s il U roth r lh wn mind J hit th h they had struggled so ao o oarl arl to establish I Dr Pr Hughes an artl lit Ito li for th Canadian Magazine pub at al t lie He calli calls It My Iy lilt the tho Mor ator tonn non It Is freely fr clY with l v 31 l ii n and 0 1 dals most Interestingly with Ith tho subject that would fall toll under Oi th title retired to 10 The fhe Is III right d all reserved but butth the th s roto to Mr Ir John A I or per editor of nf the lor or n t to reproduce r a II request that Ih t was IY and courteously grant t id lad ind for or II of the tho theo of o tills this will sIll ho bo grateful Tho ho artIcle minus the neatly printed hillEl i Hn follows A week In Poll Alt ait Lake City revealed many nany things to me IIII 1 I f Warned much lunch that I did lid not nol know before hut but my ny 10 consisted In finding that hal so 10 many mam things which I thought Vera ete true truo Wire 1 re not nolo notI noloI I had haJ a II h opinion that the Mor alor Morr rather r f maim III al people until 1000 1900 when Mrs Irs fuja U I YoUng Youn one ono of ol o Youngs daughters u startled and charmed the people of O Toronto by her hN eloquence her advanced Ideas ie 10 o carding education anti and sociology hor her a and her strong yet yel gentle womanlIness Those who vIto heard her ier nt lit the Iho meeting of ot the tho National Household As Association ocla llon tion promptly asked rich each other oth r at tho Iho close of ot hor her first address How can call that Ihal combination of ot simplicity ot of man manner mannor ner nor practical broad Ken gen em oral culture originality and power be bo u II product of at o l lI I Wn as still IIII further astonished when hen I had the Privilege of ot meeting ti the hull vidual of the Iho Utah delegation tion at nt the Ih in III In Iii lit per personal and Ind In lii In that delegation of ot about n a 1 dozen wo women mOil men stood In Ill the lie front rent rank and would not nol need neeti to ta take n a place pineo in III any of ot women omen In III any tiny part of ot n tin IIII world Th They y seemed to 10 have nn art dignity from rom the Ihl consciousness cons that they the n a state whoso mon mOil monVle co o liberal and so n nto ns as astO to II grant to womanhood the tho right of or orI I complete Tho The t by hy the c t typos pos of ot Mormon women led Ii tr II t accept very vcr promptly nn an to 10 deliver doll vcr n a 1 course courso of ot rho ilvo lectures belore u the Teachers Association of ct Utah Ulah In Halt t yI ike o City In III I OZ I 1 was nna wasso so HO fortunate as u to 10 reach rench talL Salt hako City an nn hour before the tho close clone of ot thi th mutual conference of ot tho tim Mormon Church and I soon lIoon made my way wn to Tabernacle Young laid out f salt lt Lake Inke city It ity In of ten len acres mm nini on Tabernacle Square he hc great Ireat buildings the Temple t i I nt building the Iho Tabernacle which Is III l a 1 roof by hy Htone pIers along the ld l l with Alth doors between tho the piers and tile tho Assembly hell Tho Th Templo Is 16 devoted ly to 10 two hinds 1 of ot w I w II religious r and a 1111 Iha ho I s for Cor or tha 1110 dead No Nu u lI 11 Ii i permitted to 10 Ihn tha Temple nt i t I all my II time and no may enter r for any AllY hut but the tho two d mid 1111 I then th only by ly of ot ino Iho Tho The 1 is III tho tito piao I of ot meeting for religious ex m a 11 acred cred concerts conc conference fl lid I other church The bly linn Hull h Is used for lectured K and bust busi business ness hess meetings Tho Tim rabern Ie jn au eita aun n bout and the tho Hall Hal 1000 On arriving at nt the great I found n a rOt crowd of ot several women busily busl In friendly Intercourse it L irv rv to 10 lie 1111 I A n meeting 11 li In I huh hll hi h hI they I h y had bad been b erl engaged Mr fir fr days Ilas il I hurried Ii ti I lit ilu I t ii HI r n ii nto g to 10 tho th Lii to 10 l J pres present ont eat nt itt tho the clo I f r Dm lbs J I by hI ono onn O i Ir f t tin thi lh grout great stile Mile doors and found a II at nu nit tilene Ile of or Intently to 10 Iha last words of nf Ho lie In the Iho center of n a 1 grent which surrounded the ho of Ihl Taher I narle on which warn WAr seated In tires rising almost to t I hit tho th roof the 1 large irgo choir u which Which took first t placA American choirs at the tho inimical lion at th tho Iho exhibition nf or ISM Is a and anil hundred of ot the tho ri J nf ot church throughout thu Iho lj under him lilen w n t I ol ors who w ho h o take lall hi k e runk to In hint ii I Ui and au ii aro Ills hla th thA IhA counselors list cat the Twelve pollI of tho and ind wI I J from thin this central pat tl ti of at the Ihl ii o 11 r lead In e Is IsI I looked d I fuhl not lint listen I 1 stud led l cI th the vast vait for n II few min minutes utes Ute as nl A whole hoIe and then hen began a IL i careful chancier hal study of tho thu within my 1111 range I looked first nt at this the themen men I confess to 10 find IVI 01 dences of hll PH If It nut int of or coarse coal e fleas I saw nothing of what I hilt Imd b been en led letl to 10 I Those hosl faces re Intelligence m pray II til al 01 Intense earnestness I next for tor tho tha 1118 of ot III repressed v onion omen I In 11 vaIn I 1 Mill nw contented ii I women calm cairn cal in ind ud 1 dignified d IiiI lied fied of ot a n freedom still re 10 fl ell to tn most women hut but In olle ind womanly The type hll us liS usI liSI I f IW n It II in lii the thie Tabernacle It may be bl described us its a composite type which might bo Lie formed by ly h n it 1 union of the tho strong lr distinctive elements of ot MethodIsts Quakers Tho liin ho President poke fly nud r the Iho closing eloping hymn he lie ur lii vently onil pae gae I the Ihl closing eloping ben Then through tho Iho 31 lI between the supporting piers the th great audience out OUI In III n a few Cew fe The Tho oin om daIs of ot the tho Church In n tho tue end lid gallery remained for niece mOro extended I tho the faces of the women on till the gallery searching for foi 01 my one ono friend In III Utah lilah Mrs Mr Gates dates OIlI 8 Not XOI seeing her liep I walked across 9 the IIII to nn iii old lady Indy the th only one aile who virn ho hud hail remained utter after tin the audience dispersed I told 1 her I was IM looking for tor Mrs SUI Huia Young Gates Oil and If she alie know kno her UI I think so sho replied 1 merrily I 1 Iam am nm her hel mother So io I lind the satis satie satisfaction faction of at meeting one of ot the widows of ot the great leader himself and 1111 1 o 0 be being 1 being 1 ing Introduced by h her to 10 Apostle flee Ipe I now United States tatos senator l lor frel freir Utah Then began n a 1 series of Jt t lelA which 1 moved some of or my In con Apostle kindly took me to the th Presidents and nits ails wired W red my III many qUe foi nn in hour till thu Im president of the Iho T 1 i 1 ien o 0 elation camp came for Cor mf Apostle AJo ns n a revelation I had hait thought that Ap must necessarily bp hI b min mill ministers I 1 found him tutu to 10 bp hI h n a 1 millionaire u II I business of ability and hl ii I ng I learned lea rued from riom ii f t I it the hops ure men II nil that t ha t tile tho lending In r Church rs ate a chosen from the wisest 1 anti mo niost t sue Rile men of or their districts He lie told toki mo me that the tho Mormon Church hureh at al that Uma had over Oer 1800 young you men and und wo to women 0 men doing work worle In III different parts parti of ot the Ihl world hilt but I found that missIon work ION doss not necessarily mean trying t to In for fOl the tho Church hurch ChurchIn In roost most cases It means performing pome Ilonie work ork of ot n a business hu for forthe forthe or orthe the Church One Ono noto noteworthy orthy of If tho the mission work ork Is h that the young men m who lio ho go to Europe or to the tho Sand wish Island or to 10 Canada or to any nil other country to work ork for tor tho tue Church pay flay PI their own expenses It Is a II mission of for tor the commonweal nn 80 experience must tend to t the development of n r strong truo true type of or character I asked Apostle Smoot th Ih tha elu du cation of It tho girls found toun tint that the tho Mormons are aro more keenly alive to 10 the tho Importance of ot highly cultured well tell ell developed y raIn t d 0 mother motherhood flint her hood than thu ii 1111 ii other it her i have met This need nond l I II not lint n II r of or opinion It I t l Is a II vital tal I clement clementIn In their system I 1 found III In the the academies And the Ihl that the tho girls and young women an IH ir reed ng Just as liS thorough nn In HH as tha thia young oung mon nion Apostle sIt sin KI I r Is I Isa at a t the lie t bend nf n f the tho FC I lid r rl ri n I 1 Irsil ii Ing oI tI for rM hl was WAR I in I ii Hull lIc e I oi Ii 11 Smith Ih t li Ire r ret i cut 1111 head of or the lie Mormon people told nu 1111 ni t hut ho had sent ItU hi daughters to 10 Now York ono olle to 10 study l 1 hills tile the other to 10 study do iho domestic inestI s lenco The rho second state stain su flU superintendent of ot schools In III Utah was all as n II woman Mrs Sirs The rho daugh daughter ter of Sunn Young Gates GaieR after courses nn II Ii in IP I i II it iv n Iii 11 America A and three MU trainIng In III Is IR nt III the IhA aw DIU of or 22 trie III naJ t I singer of birth Major Valid Pond tried In to atone Itono for some Rome or the wrong ronK lie hI did her hll by b arranging her 1111 lic r In the lie great grat halls halll of ot New York and the tho other great cities of the oust t The Interest taken 1111 11 In ho musical II I than lion one olle of or my laos Molly Many MOil of till the Ih mon and nil women 0 who ho show talent for muHr II are eti spilt sent abroad n ii for fOl A thorough I h musical iii ue heal education In Young Voting was Willi a ii lUll Ii of or compre auth In lii the midst of ot his hll I OIk In ii t I Ii II n 11 t Into Inlo I a II mORt fruitful In lii atul erecting the tIle toast most remarkable of worship In America In ill laying out a n beautiful Ut ll ci t y ii lid III In planning I ng ono nun of or orth th mot perfectly organized religious and uncial social rial systems Y In Iii the 1111 world orbI he still found time to 10 study stint educational HYA tim t flit he lie nave gave nil his people p ople a n system I Ial it l t at Ins I t tI sn ti Hie IIII I ii whole l 1 hole nature ii re of tho thu child ih esthetIcally and l I of or thin the l In hI Bait BaitT lake T ike city Ill H Is I to 10 give 11 an Ull I oc ClInt I 01 CP II C C H fI week oele dut the Ih noon boll on all iff It grout organ III In the Ih Tali attend these recitals to hoar Hie Ille II e talented 1 voting organIst 01 Mr Ir Mc McClellan 1 Clellan I c H tile thu boet boat music of ot thy thlu thyI t composers I found too lao that the Mormon pea peo pie I Ie limp very nd anted educational In Imi Institutions rho tate schools and tile the Mormon schools an 1111 au excellent edUcation Nl for or tho tIm people I have hae not seen aecil anywhere In Iii the Iho United d Hiatus a amore amoro amore more moro Normal the State Normal school chooh In Suit Salt Lake City I 1 had belIeved that hat the tho Mormon lenders tried to 10 keep hoop their thelt people II In from tile the world orld in order artier Unit that they the ought might more easily a lly be kept I In Ill the tho faith I found It to 10 bo n a 1 cardinal principle of ot the tue hutch to 10 send semi the leading young joung men mon and women abroad for study and work ark in III older 01 that they may hirIng bring back to time the most moil advanced Ideals of ol the civilization In alt all lands They usually have hac about 2000 young P In lii other r lands and Ind In iii II nearly nil all cases they have hao boll ben guided by the Iho Church Into Inlo the tho courses of ot study or work they are nrc pursuing Most Moat of oC young people been educated at nt the he Church academIes academics or the Iho I J wits surprised when Apostle A Smoot pointed across the tho street to a l building which ha lie told me inc In was Willi the Historical BuildIng of ot the Church In itt which mo time kept records of ot it all ull tho thu Individual of the tho Mormon faith In tho the world I was 1111 still more inure surprised to find that Ihal these records 1 Include the tho children as IK soon SOOIl as IS they IhlY begin to 10 tier per perform form orni some of the tho simpler practical du duties ties ti of ot the tile Church rho Tho boys are aro or organized orIn In 11 I us liS for certain duties under tinder the direction of nn an 1 I ler 7 T he ie of ot tIm tho Church Is l Iv Iy I complete each division nut sub Is a n perfect organization viti I IIII In III Itself lt In III each of ot the tho smallest dill trIMs Into which Mormon territories are aro divided there U Is a III In which the Ih offerIngs of ot the people tam for chari chah charitable table ta III hIp purposes are aro kept anti from which they IlIr are distributed by liy the tho Ilder Ild r rIn In charge of ot that department of ot work Tho boys of the tho district under his lila dirce 1101 collect and distribute the charitable offerings o II II In Ili case Insl a w wIdow has hits no sort son Ol anti and Is III poor the Ihl th boys of ot the till district who tire lire organized for or Church hurch work cut lid hei wood antI do tIn other necessary work for her They The are thus trained In the Iho only sure sura Any vay to 10 understand and practise thin tho fundamental principles of community life antI of loving service for tor tho tha needy need As 11 these young people develop special powers or talents tile the record Is in u do of their development m In n the his historical building In Salt Lake lal a City po o that the church always know lenow where they can find well vell young men inch and amI women for tor special ser Rel service RelIce vice Ice Mr who ho was wall elected to Congress refused admission be lie bemuse muse ause lie he has hns more mare than lImit ono one Ife 11 Is the ho historian hl of at the Church M h greatest lack laell of real nos ledge I found to 10 bo ho In III regard to polygamy 1 L It ItI I shared the ito Ih common belief that any Mel man mall who chose to 10 do elo tb PO so might marry more than thuR ono wife I 1 Ife fl Apostle Apu A llo this ml colI copilot nt lit onto once by InformIng im mo that nt lit no mit wiro cru moro more limn four tour per lice percent cent of at tim tho Ih Mormon men rnell permitted to marry moro than one OliO wife Those who simo such permission had to 10 miter filter n it special church order anti ad 1111 admission mission IIII to 10 tills this order was Willi grant granted mi only to 10 those tutu mon who had tho Iho highest standing morally Intellectually anti physically In lii 11 addition to those these quail qUill Mentions 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