Show f 3 I k kt kS t ka a S S e a v I I View of the Living Flag with the children singing The Banner PRESIDENT REVIEWS SCHOOL CHILDREN AND VIEWS THE PRETTY LIVING FLAG FLAGS TANDI G In his 1115 automobile his hat off oft In reverence to the colors he Is sworn to President William H Taft STANDING S the first citizen of the great groat republic saw the emblem of the republic pictured in the happy faces of ot more than then 1000 little children so arranged as to make mako the most beautiful emblem that any country might claim Radiating from the baby faces of or the happy happ children was Tafts Tarts most moat cordial welcome to Salt Lake and In sweet strains from baby throats was evidenced the childrens lo loyalty in hymns of or truest patriotism The TM sight of the Living Llin Flag at A ind nd South Temple streets as witnessed by the President at 1030 IO yesterday forenoon was a pleasing climax to his delightful review of school children who lined Hoed Brigham street from State street to Q street On an elevated stand to ithe the right of the President as he came down don Brigham street was the great Living Flag Thir Thirteen Thirteen Thirteen teen stripes alternately red and white stars on a field of blue this was the emblem of the Union Twelve hundred little tots each gowned either in red white or blue all radiating happi happl happiness happiness ness ne and patriotism these are the chil children children dren dma of the great republic who ho formed its I most moat significant emblem From each unit of the great flag there came cama the stirring Yale yell as the Frost Presidents dents automobile approached Th The voices of the sons eons of or Eli Eh were perhaps al ift times much more husky hu ky than those of the little tots who emulated their yell but at no notime notime notime time was wax the yell given gien with greater vim and spirit than by the youngsters who formed the great Living Flag Taft Views Living Flag The President and his party stopped be before b before fore the Living Flag Fag and each unit flut fiut fluttered fluttered ter as a though it were of silk and an were heng beng toyed with by a playful breeze Each Ech little one in the great emblem stood sto up and Rod the human flag nag was unfurled From out of each tiny section of each stripe and each star str fluttered a tiny tny flag waving its Individual welcome to the President Il With the background of the Ue great red white and blue human stan standard sn standard dard the re twelve hundred tiny tn flags nag flut fiut fluttering fluttering above as many beaming innocent tring faces formed a picture that none who wh saw I w will wl ever forget The Te Impress of the occasion was not lost on the President He was wa deeply deply moved by the spectacle and so 1 expressed himself to his hie friends For ten minutes the Presidents car was stopped before the flag and for ten minutes stopp the President Prent listened to The Tl Banner sung under cir circumstances circumstances that make mke its singing an epoch eph in the lives of the children from whO whose baby voices the sweet strains came cam cm and that made its It singing a rare treat for forthe forthe forthe the President and his hil party as well nell wel as asfor asfor asfor for thousands of spectators who ho stood sto with bared br heads head in solemn salute of the colors as a the tM great grat national hymn lymn was being sung The Th President left lpt th the tabernacle to bs be 0 begin gin his review of the school children shortly after 10 yesterday fore forenoon for forenoon noon He was taken in his automobile non from the tabernacle out East First South street to where the review of the school schoolchildren schoolchildren children be began ran on Q and Brigham streets There Thre with J prolonged cheers cheer which were taken up w all al along the line lne far In ad adane ance ane of ot the th procession the President was received by b the school children Enthusiastic Children On On either side sid of the street on the pret prettily pretty prettily tily ty terraced parking the children stood sto amphitheatre as though on seats in a great Feat atre They The carried carded tiny flags and school hool pennants which they waved vigorously iru ly lyu as u an aD accompaniment to the cheering h Hats were thrown high in the air and the enthusiasm knew no bounds bound That the children eve evev y one of ot were wr amo 19 the tho most must loyal lyal and patriotic resident residents of the sr rat ra at republic the could not and did not doubt Long LonA leforc lefore the Presidents arrival arr al tb tp children verr vere lined lne up either dL r side of Brig Brigham Brigham ham str street et from State to Q They were er under the direction of the children childrens s com corn committee committe mitte meer and the teachers t of the t rooms room During the long wait walt th the chil children dren were very orderly and their conduct was IS exemplary The approach of the President was s sig signaled signaled signaled Te bv by a cavalcade of soldiery soldier under command of Lieutenant Waterman They Tey rode Just o in front of or the Presidents au as automobile re and another detachment fol followed followed followed lowed It With the President P were Gov Governor Go William Spry Captain Archibald Butt and James Jame Sloan Slon Jr The car moved slowly down dOn the street while th the President smiled smie genially and with doffed hat bowed to the ht and the left ac acknowledging acknowledging th the the cheers r of or the school schoolchildren schoolchildren children The first stop of the President was wa mad Te before the th Living Flag at A and an Brigham street Prior to the coming of the President the consolidated bands had bad hd marched from the tabernacle to the Liv Lh Living lug ing Ig Flag Fae and serenaded it while waiting for hr f r the President The Te flag fla acknowledged e the serenade through each of Its units by waving Its It tiny flaps flags fas In time to the music making a fluttering of ot the entire flag muc In harmony to the national air played by the th big band Yale Yell Yel Is Heard As the President approached the th Living Lvin Flag Fla gave the Yale yell under uner the direction direction tion ton of ot William A Wetzel the director of ot the flag nag A little further futher down the street and a little more lustily the High school and university students took up the hearty yell yel and amI waved Yale pennants The yelling and the cheering took tok the President back to his college cle days Each Ech stripe of ot loyal red r each star and stripe of purest purt white and ami each eh unit of the th matchless field of blue was in its proper place when the Presidents Presets car carcam cr cam came to a stop mop Each Ech childish voice joined gladly and blended sweetly in the first strains of ot Oh say sy can you see aee see As the children began to sing sll the na national national tonal hymn the President the governor and the members of or the th party arose In their places and removed their hats in quiet salute to the colors color and the h hymn mn No o choir of ot rarest talent placed more feeling behind the words of any song nor sang it more sweetly swett than did the en enthusiastic tots who formed forme the impressive In living ing flag To all al of ot those thoe who witnessed the scene sene it was WIUS apparent that the President was deeply deply moved by b this splendid example of patriotism and devotion There was wa no semblance emblanc of the stern stem executive in the th face of or the President His countenance as all he witnessed the spectacle was that of ot a kind father Illumined with pride in the sterling devotion of ot his hl little ones When the song was finished United Unite States Stales Marshal James H Anderson pre presented presente presented D H superintendent of the Salt Sal Lake public schools to the President Mr Ir Taft was warm in his congratulation of Mr Ir Christensen on the showing made mae by b the school children Proceeding down the street from the Living Flag the President moved move through a double line lne of ot pupils of o the High school and the university The youngsters of the High school hol and an the university yelled themselves hoarse hOr alternating the Yale Vale Yaleel yell el with those tho of the High school and the university After Taft had completed the review rew the great crowd that assembled marched down town behind the consolidated bands bs Preceding Preding the band were the automobiles of the th others of the Presidents party in including eluding Mayor Bransford Secretary of ot the Interior R A A BUnge and those tho prominent in the entertainment of or the President The review of the hool children was as witnessed by b lOOG people The immense crowd was handled bandied bandi welt well el by a score of policemen under unde th the the personal r al direction of Chief of oC Police S M Barlow |