Show Salt Lake to Observe Lafayette's Birthday I Public Schools and French Alliance To Give Patriotic Programs The Tile birthday of t. t Lafayette who so BO valiantly aided America In her struggle struggle gle lc for or liberty will be he celebrated to today a in iii Salt SaIl I Lake ake Special programs featuring French music and nd the fact thal i answering an an- s the Cry r ry of oC France for Jor food are being prepared in many of the public schools Thirty thousand cards of the tho federal food administration will be distributed distributed distributed dis- dis dis dis- by the school children so that lint er e every home ma may ina display one eric of ot these emblems of or food lood conservation conser Three Men to Is Sl Speak ak The Lafayette school named in honor honorof of the tho famous soldier will have ha a special special cial program in which each room will take part Tonight ht at nl th the tho Hotel Utah the thc Alliance Francaise will give e a a. French pro program rutn which will include addresses b by the tho Rt nt Rev Joseph S. S Glass H. H H. H Stevens Ste of Fort lort Douglas and Dr E E. A A. A Smith superintendent superintendent of oC schools as well as music b by some of or the tho best known artists of the city The to 10 be he given hen La program at the lie Lafayette Lafayette La La- fayette school this afternoon at 30 a D. D Room 22 Character Sketch of ot Lafayette T. T Room 17 Joan of oC Arc with violin obligate Room noum 1 16 G Somewhere in Franco France Is the LII Lily Room 15 Instrumental music Room 1 12 Lafayette's L. Services to the United States Room 18 Recitation n and song Room 11 Your Country and My Countr Country Room 11 14 What hat It Means t to Bo Do a a. Member of or orthe the U. U S. S Food Administration Rooms 19 20 and 21 1 Well We'll Stand by 11 Our 11 Country School Schoot Star Spangled Banner Danner School Iro for Hotel hold Utah Following Is the complete program to be given ghen tonight at the Hotel Utah Solo La Marseillaise I Miss 1185 Margaret olar aret Address Lafayette TIt itt Rev Hev Joseph S. S Glass Solos Soloa- Soloa a In Flanders Field b Battle Hymn of at tho the Republic Mrs rnest Ashton Smith Address 11 II II 11 Stevens solo Priero Mrs L Lydia dla White Boothby Address Ernest A. A Smith Harp solos solos solos- a Chanson dc do Mal Mai Ial b Love Soup I Mrs 1 Lydia White While Boothby Reading to the time soldiers of ot America Ameri AmerI- ca I Have o a Rendezvous With Death Veath Mrs Torild Address Ernest A. A Smith Harp solos solos solos- a Chanson dc do Mal Mai b eSon Love Song Mrs Lydia Ldla White Boothby Son Song Tho rho Star Spangled Banner Banner On the of ot September 1757 there was born bor at nt the chateau of or In tho the province of at er AU Auvergne nc France a abo aboy bo boy the lie last of an bId old nn and illustrious I 1 line who during durin the fifty eight years yeara ear I of his public life lIe was vas to play a most important role In the approaching I struggle for lor the establishment of or hu human human hu- hu man lIbert liberty and rind the rl rights of man roan The Thi shot at Concord bridge has never ceased to resound In time the ears of or men It Is for those same principles that France h has s now for or four years ears so ma magnificently rang mag fought find and suffered The Tho t soul of Lafayette has has- become the tho soul of a nation J 1 Tho The liberties of ol France began on the da day when the enthusiastic young oun of officer of- of fleer of 19 gave sa up wealth position and anti anda a a. happy family life braved the opposition of his hit family and the threats of or the thc government go crossed the sea an anin and andIn andin in the tile darkest hour of our struggle for independence offered his services to toI I Washington ashington ton Tho TIre soul of or Lafayette Lafnette animates our own young oung sol soldiers lers amia sailors as the they tiler too too cross the sea to fight tight for the rescue and restoration of ot oppressed peoples over O the time whole earth carth At the close of or the year ear 1776 in Iii the city of ot Metz at a dinner given in honor honorof of the tho Duk of ot Gloucester the time brother of George III III LaCa Lafayette was tas present and heard from Crom the lie duke the tho ho stor story of or orthe the revolt re of the Americans from flom tho the mother country and of their doubtful struggle against oppression to uphold their Just lust rights Then and there thero ho lie determined to tu break bleak awa away aitay from rom the tho Irl Irksome some life of ot the court go 1 to America Amer Amer- Ilca lea ica and fight In the thc w war r lor br freedom E Evading tho the officers sent to arrest him ho lie escaped In disguise ulse and In company with DeKalb and amid a number of or ofF F French officers embarked from rom a Spanish port nort on a vessel which lie Je had purchased and after a storm stormy voyage landed on the time hospitable shores shore ot of South Carolina A Journey Journe of ot oo miles mileson on oil horseback occupying a month brings the young oung crusader to the tho elt city of Philadelphia where he presents his request to time the American Congress there thero assembled At first he met mel with a cool reception In consideration however of the Importance of or his rank and family fam farn- ily Ih connections and because of lila hit modest offer to serve as a volunteer at his Iris own charges he was ivas looked upon with more favor and amid b by a resolution of ot Congress he ho was granted ranted the tho complimentary com coin rank of major general Inthe in inthe inthe the army Washington ton received him with the greatest kindness gave Javo him hima a place on his staff and from rom that time forth treated him as a son on Tho The friendship then begun was treasured by the young oun Frenchman as the lie precious memory of hi his public life Lafayette ette soon had an opportunity to show his mettle The rime En English lIsh general Lord Howe was approaching Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- phia with a superior force Washington marched out omit to meet him and in the tho skirmish at nt Lafayette was wounded while un urging ln his men to stand firm HR Ills coolness and ani ju Judgment also In the affair at Gloucester commended him highly to Washington ton and amid proved plo him hun fit to 0 h hold In reality the position which had been granted him out of compliment Ills unselfish and amid disinterested disimi- disimi motives and his cheerfulness in sharing the lie privations of the tIme soldiers endeared him to all Amid tIme the I plots lots and amid disloyal cabals which then beset Washington ton the time loyal ned fwd devoted de conduct of ot his young oung ald- ald camp de-camp was of or the tIme utmost help hemp ana comfort In la 1 May Lafayette was on duty with the lie arm army at Valley Forge when the joyful news arrived that lint France hall had r. r recognized co the tho lie Independence of the time United States and ani had hind concluded a tr treaty at of alliance TImI event thou though h I the tho culmination of the growing hostility ity r of France rance to England was as doubt louiI less hastened by the tho diplomatic skill of our o en envoy Benjamin and antI h by tho the popular Inter Interest st aroused by the chivalrous devotion of Lafayette In Inthe Inthe the thc cause of the struggling colonies It was the turning point of the time revolution tion and amid mAde m the lie founding of the great reat republic of or the tha new world For some years caIS doctrines of ot liberty equality and the tho rl rights of man had been tho time absorbing topics of discussion discussion discus discus- sion slon in France unrest pervaded per all classes The masses were awakening The Declaration of at Independence was hailed as liS the noblest embodiment of oC liberal Ideas Idea which the world han hal ever seen In the most absolute and amid despotic monarchy in Europe I the lie most extreme theoretical views concerning popular sovereignty 80 were advanced advance But the tho str lg struggling patriots in n AmerIca America America Amer Amer- ica were sere in ne need heed d of or more material aid and it was largely largel duo to the tho zealous efforts of ot Lafayette during a short l leave e a. at home that the thc French expedition expedition expedition under Rochambeau was sent to their assistance Without the union of ot these fine troops with the arm army of or Washington without the timely arrival al of Admiral do tle Grasse in Chesapeake ba bay baythe the Yorktown Yorktown York York- town campaign of ot 17 1 could not have hn taken place resulting as It did in the surrender of Cornwallis and the lie victorious victorious vic vie conclusion of ot the tho var Moreover More More- over o Lafayette's part In the whole Virginia Vir Vir- ginia campaign in checking Cornwallis' Cornwallis lis' lis efforts to escape in preventing pre tho the premature withdrawal of ot the French admiral and In the actual final attack I on the enemy won him the highest commendation commendation com corn of Washington I IOn On his big return to France Franco Lafayette was vas hailed as aa a hero received ed with popular rejoicing and met with the time royal rOal favor and forgiveness On findIng finding find find- Ing InS that he lie could be of most assistance to tho time American cause through h his Influence in influence In- In fluence at court he ho was unwearied In aiding in every overy possible way the efforts efforts' of Franklin and Jefferson in Iii obtaining loans amid in improving the time trade relations rela rela- ions of tie the United States It is not because of or his great reat qualities qualities ties as a soldier and a statesman that tha Lafayette Lafaette won the tho love e and amid admiration of his I America hut but rather because of enthusiastic and arid lifelong devotion to time the cause of or liberty and for tor or his generous gener sener- 1 ous sacrifice for Cor us In Imi the dark hour o of our OUI nations nation's history It Is because the tho people of France actuated b by this same spirit have stood like a stone wall guardians of freedom while we were arming that lint the soul of ot America is so responding in this great at attack attack at- at tack on the liberties of or alt all nations Before Defore tho the opening opening- of oC the red drama of the French revolution while on a atour atour atour tour through German Germany Lafayette watt was entertained for fOl or Borne Rome days at Potsdam b by Frederick the Great Grent then an nn old lQ man n. n The conversation was mainly about aboul America nd tho the crafty king predicted that lint the American republic would not endure Liberal ideals were at that date also at a discount In Prussia FOIt Forty years cars had passed since Lafayette's Lafayette's Lafay Lafay- ettes ette's last visit to America an and li th IS I Ilie he lie was invited b by President Monroe to visit the United States St During the lie year of or his Journey Journe through this countr country coun couri- tr try he was received with wonderful demonstrations of ot affection and Welcome welcome wel wel- come lie He seemed like a being out of the thio past bringing to a n. younger generation generation generation gene gene- ration th the most loved and amid patriotic as association hs- hs of the republic TIme The single le mishap of his lon long Journey when ho refused to leave the time steamer which had struck c a snag In the lie Ohio river and andias was sinking until he lie had recovered the snuff box given gJ him by hy Washington will be remembered Ills His visit to tho time tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon Vcr Vcr- non was for him a duty of or love e and personal affection In n mi which all true Americans have a share General Lafayette lies tuned burled beside his devoted wife in iii tho time little cemetery of In Paris This spot also will be lie visited as a shrine of oC patriotism h by thousands of young oung Americans In khaki who have o come conic from every portion portion portion por por- tion of our great land lanel to fl tight fight ht and amid If rf need be he lo tu die for or the thc cause aulle of liberty which was waa so dear to the lie soul of oC La La- fayette I |