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Show : I MRS. GERTRUDE KEENE MAJOR'S BOOK EXPECTED OUT BY CHRISTMAS TIME ; Aa soon as a iolal o 500 subscriptions subscrip-tions havo been Bcbured for Mrs. Gcrl- 1 rude Keeno Major's new book, "Tho Revelation in the Mountain," the vol- timo -will bo published and placed on sale. Over 100 people have already sub- GERTRUDE KEENE MAJOR. scribed for tho book, which will rotail at $1.50. The writer of "Tho Revelation in tho Mountain"' is a woman whose writings arc known, throughout Utah, j She has lived among tho Mormon pcoph j more or less all of her life and is well acquainted with their customs and be- ' liefs, and she portrays her knowledge of this people In an excellent manner in her now book. Tho volume, which will contain 200 pages, is a collection of stories about the Mormons, included in which are "The Garment of Salva-j Salva-j fion," "Tho Thread of Scarlet." "The I Day of His Judgment," "Tho Isles 1 that 'Wait." "'The .House of Bondage," ""When Ceha Rang the Bell," "The Sins of the Father.' V "The Hornet's est," "A Daughter of Zion" and "What Christ Would Find K lie , Came." The preface or introduction to the book will be written by Judge O. C. I Goodwin. ' 1 The book will be beautifully illustrated illus-trated with photographs of foiiio of the mosr, interesting places in Utah. There will be a picture of the temple, a view of the Wasatch mountains and pictures of some of fhe old-style polygamy houses. The book will "aleo coutain a picture of Mountain Meadows, where wcurrcd one of tho most horrible massacres mas-sacres in the history of the United States. .lu tho back of the volume there will be an authentic- account of the mysteries mys-teries of the endowment house and temple tem-ple ceremonies and a complete exposure of the "Oath of Vengeance." The book is being sold under fhe auspices aus-pices of the Woman's American club and subscriptions will be received by Mrs. Joseph M. Cohen, president of that organization; Mrs. P. E. Connor, Sfcretary of the club, or any of thu members of the executive board, which is composed of Mrs. Vv. H. Bennett, Mrs. M. S. Parker, Mrs. George IT. Rav-bould, Rav-bould, Mrs. E. G. Kidder, Mrs. .1. Williams. Wil-liams. Mrs. G. W. Prince. Mrs. Jennie Ocomb and Mrs. Mary Harbaeh. Tho book will be ready by Christmas and will make a very acceptable present pres-ent for old or young. It will be a good opportunity for residents of Utah to send their friends in the east a gift which will tell them something of the peculiar situation in Utnh, both m the past and at the present time. ' The volume vol-ume will be valuable to all who desire to learn the real facts about; tho Mormons. Mor-mons. Everything in the entire book is founded upon actual, verified, facts. |