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Show If . KNIGHTS OF GRIP ILflJfWpi I .. Commercial Representatives of I i ; - . Utah Entertain Friends at I J Commercial Club. I "when GOOD FELLOWS I ' MEET TOGETHER" I j , All Kinds of Boosting Speeches N Made by the Members of If Association. I " "Whnt the Commercial 'Man Has r Done for Utah," ."Good Fellowship," "Commercial Man as Citizen,'1 "Em- f liloycr and Salesman." to aid the homeless wait' find to boost for the great national convention of the United Unit-ed Commercial Travelers, wore- some L of the things Taken up ar. tlie first an- W nual banquet of the commercia.1 travel- r.- ere of Utah at the Commercial club, - Samrda' night. , It, has been said that the traveling U men are good fellows, that "it is al ls ways fair weather -when good fellows get together." and That yor, tho trav- eling man never wears his hoarc on his sleeve. These things were forcibly brought out at the banquet, and as ; the evening wore away amid the most i enthusiastic gaiety, with ringing I cheers for speeches lauding the great work that has been accomplished by J . the, traveling men of Salt Lake and J I he Strife, thero was constunt.lv an uu- f derourrent, of the strongest devotion to those things which are of the best f - in the world and amid all of the hi- lariry. tho main thought" winch had brought all of these good fellows to- ! gether, uamely the institution of a Y place where the poor, homeless boys ? might; be cared for, was never lost if sight of. In '. Notable Gathering. It was a. notable gathering, the meet- 1 lug of the representative commercial 1 men, full of good fellowship, bubbling j i over with good stories, praising the I I citizenship o cqmmercial men. pledg- I ing the warmest, sympathy and honor I t for mothers, sweethearts ana wives, I describing the duties of employers and 1 i emploj'ees. yet never once losing sight e of the fact that tbe3 were to boost Salt Lake in a great national eonven- j I tion and to assist by their money and influence in the building of a home at p the Canyon Crest ranch for poor bovs. i- ' . There were present nearly 200 co'm- m?rcinl men, with their guests. John , . r!- Curler, Governor of Utah; W. 0". - ' ' Halloran, president, of tho Commercial ' ; club, and Claud Duvall,, representative .' i of tho United Commercial Travelers . association, from Kansas Citv. Kl ,5 m Ifc was nearly 8 o'clock whon the t T, X doors of the great banquet hall of tho Hpv Commercial club were thrown open and K f to the strains of Sousa 's "Stars and Hft- Stripes Forever,5' the guests took W their places at the beautifully doco- H' H -- ' rated tables, shining with plate and j W with flowers. All through tho. -j . w, evening the orchestra (Chriatensen 's) , i T discoutsed many popular melodies, Htf J '! chosen from the songs which tho best Hf 1 known in the city playhouses all over HT . ' the country-. A sumptuous menu had been prepared, with viands carefully u chosen to suit the fastidious taste of IH J 1 men who are habituated to the bet Rr t' that Q;ln 1,6 afforded of that kind. A i: J "V, cnqjce, selection of wines enlivened the J h weightier matters, and after cigars ."j ore lighted and the guests had set- t , tied themselves in comfortable posi- li 't i tions. with chairs tilted back, happy I J spirits from among the number regaled i,: thoir brothers with stories gathered in J, fl',r travels and the. laugh went ,H, : around many times. ,s Valentine as Toastmastor. ; , 1 The toastmastcr, C. H. Valentine, .) v firpt introduced, or as he said, "pre- n . seated Governor Cutler. Tn tho hap- L , '-j? Oiest vein the governor described the ; traveling man as the bearer of good .; J vj cjieor. ana the exponent of optimism. 1 . -"e oW of the days when he had been J, - commercial traveler and boasted of .p x " 1,1S achievements in the wv of soiling J 9- ' Roods. He alluded to his 'prowess in V;i J ,rrk doing the shop keepers '' in Cache I- 1 1 VaHev and the value of the training t V; "which he had received there. He called attention to the difficulties which had ! j r confronted the first commercial travel- ; Si irs who went forth from this Stale to . AJ S9J1 goods, aud contrasted the condi- r.jons then with those of the present ' t. fme. "Tt is n higli-rade profosHion,;' - tR governor, ''nnd has been of : ..( t jtroineiidous influence in the development 3 'A -it Utah. Tho commercial traveler has (l - a-SP .only done the people here good y j ' "u,; has done them well.' ' 4 '.1 . 'inn. . I-f ' .v'-.iv'.nc governor was cheered to the 8 I ' .-A ?I,0i DuJJ"ir the course of the even- h ' ;rMig the following telegram was read f ' by the toastmapter. from Theodore A . Roosevelt: "Banquet invitation re-' ? "ieivetl, regret that I cannot be with v you tonight. Busy pruning the big .,i and wntoring tho prohibition flow- fl . byom Boed Smoot: "Banquet invila- Y ' tion received, also communication rof- ?t rence Domestic ParcelH Post Bills. Sor- I 4 . I'y. can't be with von tonight j will bo ' wnth you in .Tune good and strong. De- V ' i J'encl upon me to tight the abovo bilis . 4 K ' to llnish.;' 'j ' '.Speeches Made, , Speeches Vvere made on "Good Fcl- r 1 . W2whp." by" 0. B. Sterling: " Commer- V' h M?,n ne. Q"' by Benjamin U ' H . C ?l,chJ 'Heal Vives and Sweethearts," ' Yi i ''J? J??' Deekcr: "Employer and Sales- m ' ' YISH' . v,Ilini11 m- ovlnnce. and rf 1 ii ' 'That Beminds Me.J' by Billv Calder. h ' ti 1 l-url Duvall also spoke ou the benefits fY X "'"'"jP t,,c association of United la , . i.ommorcial Travelers, and Professor Ifl, , 1 AgoBtmi gave a tiilk on the proposed Mi J, f-iilertninment io be given at the Salt HI j ;i Lake theater during the suinmc-r for the Bj ) beneOt of the new home which is to H U be erected at Canyon Crest ranch "for I. ' homeless boys. - There was a feeling of good fel- ; f , lowsrnp pervading the entire affair. A u hat the widows and orphans will bo .; j cared for, that the homeless waifs will :. i H bp taken in hand and made into good v ' citizens, and that finally tho next Xa- :f iJ ' - tional convention to be held in Salt J . 3iHke in June will be the greatest ever I a seems a d assured fact. It is proposed '5 i ' tn niake-tho banquets an annual ntTair, G i il n,' the 0,10 given Saturday night was -V 3 I Yl'c11 ;V01'th nrst of n erics of such '? '9 l'-vicut?'1 r,'ie hanquet was prolonged un- ;i I l Xl V hitc hour and many speeches wore ' niaao by those present. MID-LENTEN SERVICES J AT CRYSTAL THEAT1 Beginning Monda3', April 6, aud clF tinning every day through a perjF of two weeks, there is to be a serffj of midday Lenten services hold at',1! Crystal theater, 131 South Main stria These services are to be couductedMj tno clcrg3inon of the Episcopal churl under the auspices of tho BrotlierhoM of St. Andrew, and will begin proraft ly at 12:30 o'clock and last for t aetly twenty-five , minutes: the objj of this being to give the business nj !u opportunity to attend them, durj tlieir luncheon hour. A cordial yt V come is extended to every ono to t. presont. The topics and speakers yi i be as follows: ? ;,. Monday, April 6, "Eudurancfl l Dean Brewster; Tuesday, April $ "Watchfulness," Bev. Paul .Tom e Wcdn-esdav, April S, "Work," R ji Paul Jonefi; Tliursdn. April 9, "9 t cess," Rev. George Townshcnd; J3 ; dav, April 10. ' -Self -Denial," B George Townshcnd; Saturday, At 8$; 11. "Power." Dean Brewster; M j, day, April 13, "Doubt," Bcv. BTJ; Johnston; Tuesday , April M, "Kno: tv edge," Bev. D. K. Johnston; Wedfl dav, April 15, "Chastisement," BisI Spalding; Thursday. April ll, ' S lc Surrender," Bishop Spalding: G Jj Friday. April 17. "Victory,- Hev $ E. Perkins; Easter even. April?, ""Ilope," Rev. C. E. Perkins. a |