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Show SOUTHERN BELLES VISITORS IN ZION Beauties From Georgia See Salt Lake. They Are on a Five Weeks' Tour Across the Continent. Con-tinent. Their Itinerary Comprises Railroad, Steamboat and Stage Travel in. Many States. Tho Gregory party, composed of 12Z Southerners, spent yesterday sight-seeing In nnd nbout Salt Lako. The party, which is In chargo of R. H. Gregory, left Columbus, Ga.. ono week ago yesterday and started on a five-weeks' tour across tho continent. During their absence they will travel COW miles by rail, 225 miles by steamboats and 275 miles by carriages nnd coaches. Like a Largo Family. Every person In tho pnrty Is a genial, courteous, hospitable Southerner, and consequently tho company Is more llko a largo family than an aggregation of Hlfrhf-snnra Vliev nrn mnlrlne tho trln In a special train carrying seven cars, four sleepers, a diner and a combination bnggage and chair-car. Sco Salt Lake. The party arrived hem Saturday over tho Denver & Rio Grande. They spent Saturday afternoon and all day yesterday yester-day visiting historic places In and about tho c!t Yesterday morning they took a rldo on tho "Seeing Salt Lake City" cars and a trip to the lake followed. In tho afternoon they attended an organ recital re-cital at tho Tabernacle In a body. Tired, but feeling thoroughly repaid for their labors, they left for Los Angeles at 10 o'clocTt last evening. Whero tho Party Goes. Tho ltlnornry of their trip takes In all tho big cities and historic and plcturcsquo places that tlmo and conditions will permit. per-mit. After leaving .Columbus the party visited St. Louis. Kansas City, Denver, and then, via the Denver & Rio Grande, traversed the Rockies. After leaving Salt Lake their Itinerary takes them to Los Angeles. Santa Catallna Island. Santa Barbara. San Francisco. Portland, Ta-coraa, Ta-coraa, Seattle and Victoria. The Lick observatory, which Is located on Mt. Hamilton, will bo opened especially for them and a day oX Inspection will follow. fol-low. The party returns cost via the Northern Pacific and Burlington, stopping stop-ping off cn route' at tho Ycllow6tono for a week's camping trip. Personnel of Party. The porsonncl of the party Is Interesting. Interest-ing. It does not Include ono public official, offi-cial, but thero aro fully half a dozen retired re-tired capitalists, and twice as many prominent prom-inent business men, most of whom hall from St. Louis. Bevy of Beautiful Girls. One of the novel and no "less nitractlvo features of tho party Is a group of ten young Indies the belles of Columbus. Perhaps this explains why a score of handsome young men aro also numbered among the party. But Mr. Gregory declares de-clares there Is no chanco for any romances, ro-mances, as each one of tho young ladles pledged herself a protector of tho others beforo leaving and vowed never to return unless accompanied by all tho others. Willing- to Take Chance. Ono of the young men In the iarty told Tho Tribune on tho "Q. T." that, despite tho sacred vow, he was . willing to take a big chance. Just then a trio of tho belles passed gay, laughing, handsome glrlH and then one poor soul wished ho was a millionaire's son Instead of a reporter. re-porter. Many Prominent Persons. Other prominent persons In the party are: J. D. Moore, a Columbus capitalist: J. M. Gillespie, a Georgia Judge; Jay Faust, a retired capitalist: J. F. Conrad, a St. Louis capitalist: W. D. Rutlldge. one of St. Louis's lending real cstato men: Dr. Hammer of Memphis. Tenn.; J. H. Owens, a retired St. Louis capitalist; capi-talist; Dr. P. L. Hllsman, chief surgeon of tho Seaboard Air Line railroad and tho Central of Georgia railway, and T. D. Culbertsoiii a leading Jowclry merchant mer-chant of St. Lbuls. |
