| Show FLOWERS FOR DEAD t Made MaUe by Salt Lake Women W t BLOSSOMS FORE FOR VICTIMS 4 1 t CARLOAD OP OF BLOOMS SE TO SCOFIELD Contributions Come Corns from front lien en n Women Women Wo Women men and Children in All Parts of the City Presented ted a Handsome Appearance as s They hey Lay Spread Out in the Car CarOne 4 One of the prettiest of the tha meny things that arft ar being done to bring the sunshine back to the blighted homes in Scofield was wa the tle shipping of almost 1 most a carload of flowers yesterday to the mining camp The consignment ment went dow down n with the regular train at and occupied the whole of the baggage corn com compartment and w spread tread out on the seats ats two and three feet teet high through the rest of ff the car There were all varieties of beautiful floral offerings The predominating pr kind was waa lilacs and they made a beau beautiful beautiful beautiful sight eight stacked in the car and tied into bouquets Then there t were ere small bu of violets violeta and ald pan pansies pansies pansies sies that tha t looked all the more pretty by bythe bythe bythe the contrast with ith the larger flower Mingled with these were cut flowers flower rom the floral establishments e ts laid in long 1 ng boxes Everything seemed to be bethere bethere bethere there that might help to cheer those who have lived out in the hills far faraway fara faraway away way a from the flowers and who are arenow arenow now flow experiencing ex the greatest calamity that has haa ever occurred in the western country Everybody Helped Out p This gift was not the donation of any anyone one individual or any clique of men menor menor or r women It was the gift of the city of or fait alt Lake and was wai gotten up in such sucha a short time that its lt magnitude was aS I most surprising It was not riot until after 9 yesterday morning that the idea was conceived by Mrs E L r Car Carpenter Carpenter Carpenter penter who immediately telephoned to Superintendent Welby The superintendent readily acquiesced in the proposition propOsition and made its execution possible by offering a special car for the tho flow ow ers ere Mrs Mra Carpenter in company with fth Mrs Robertson Mrs Harkness Mrs Irs Fer CUbon gwon and other oher women started to work to carry out the idea A notice requesting all those who w ho wanted to con eon contribute contribute tribute flowers was posted with The Herald bulletins and communication w wa as established with the public schools hoolE hool The principals of mot most of the schools announced to the pupils what was ask asked asked asked ed of them and long before the time for the train tram to leave lea the flowers art lart arted art arted ed to come They were brought by all kinds of people p le Little tots tote came with big biff bunches of lilacs that almost almott smothered them thela and asked in lisping voices where they were to go Aged women came with loads of floral offerings that almost bore their feeble bodies down and with tears in hi their eyes deposited them in the car and walked slowly away Business men who could not get gd away from their daily round of duty did not forget the darkened homes in inthe inthe inthe the mountains and sent sert cut from f om the florists floriata by messengers Even up to the last moment for the train to wait they kept coming andi and their offerings with the others The train tram that went down was an especially large one comprising nine coaches Many Man of Salt Lakes Lake prominent prominent nent citizen were on it willing to do doall doall doall all in their power to alleviate the if f of the afflicted Among these were a number of ot women In lm Superintendent private car who ac ae accompanied accompanied companied the flowers down and who were to see to their disposition And nd to attempt to cheer the poor widows wJ wl and mothers who have suffered by py the dis disaster disaster disaster aster In the car were Mrs E L Carpenter Mrs lIr George Y Wallace Mrs Mra cm Mrs tIre Egbert Roberts Roberta Miss LouiSe Louif eNel Nel Nd Nelden den Mr W A Nelden NeWen John J 3 Juon Ju son and Victor Morris the florist Q |
