Show HIS STEP STILL I I FIRM AND ELASTIC President Joseph F. F Smith of Mormon Church Passes His Seventy Seventy- Third Seventy Seventy Third Birthday Joseph J. J P. P Smith president of the Mormon church celebrated the sew sev- third enty er annl anniversary ar of Ct hl his birth yeste yes yes- te Because of or the r recent cent death of ot PresIdent Pres Pros ident Smiths Smith's brother the patriarch John Smith there was sas no formal observance anco ance of ot the day at the tho Beehive house There was not oven even the tho customary family dinner party in honor of orthe the occasion occasion occasion oc oc- oc- oc casion as the tho bereavement was wan so re re- re cen cent t. t S Congratulatory Congratulator calls Were few out of respect for tor the memory of ot the pa patriarch pa- pa but the venerable head heal of ot the Mormon church was the recipient of man many messages of good will from the theme theme me inc of ot the church President Smith ha has passed the al allotted allotted al- al three score years ears and ten hut still Mill Is erect firm In step hale and heart hearty and believes he will see aee n ml many more birthdays Ho lie was wa born In the village e of ot Far West est Caldwell county count Missouri at a time when hen feeling fooling In that state was wat antagonistic to his faith Ills his father was H rum Smith second patriarch of or the church and brother of Joseph Smith tho the prophet His Ills mother was Mary lary Fielding who was born In En England land After Arter a childhood spent In the storm stormy days as a's In Missouri and anil Illinois tho the mother moth moth- er after her hor was killed took her family across tie the plains to Utah Ut arriving September 23 1848 in Salt Lake alle valley alley Four years r ars afterward sho she died and the son went on a n. mission to the tho Sandwich Islands lie followed this with missions to various parts of the world and anti his earnest efforts gained him positions of or prominence In the church until a decade a ago o on the death of Lorenzo Snow ho lie succeeded him to the tho presidency It Il was ten years rears a ago O last Friday that he ho was chosen president and anti tho the celebration celebration cele cele- bration of or this event usually Is observed observed ob ob- ob- ob served servel in conjunction with the birthday birthday birth birth- da day celebration |