| Show AS IT WAS susie young gates inalie nav yorla sun PLEASURE OF AND CHILDREN IN THE DAYS A of young pis arr coteil Ci teil alion alic ion exodus ou in polyn v ii snut i public it wis generally kiider stood tenil joseph biad early rc u on htiu of inar ri raire ire and eliat some of the leading men hil what wan wives waa aldfo widely knowli in cur dince biad ix cn to a number of women prior to iiii death lie had taught the principle to liis associate brochi en of alic twelve apostles and to i few worthy ones lie biad given plural with the parting admonition to refrain from teaching alie dot trino publicly until the lord revealed it as llis will BO to do r he long uncertain imich across the western the inspired li lit asiu speedy up building of io us and home ill these hac p iad nilo the pages ot history when tin people were nil here it was can eliat a ninn bei of young ho had been lo 10 the prophet joseph lna martyrdom acro without homos husband or pi asa bod tho thelo apostles with engham young at their head pre themselves to these women ind s nd yoshio ben deprived of your companion aud protector pio ve are before you imsland for tune one on you kiy lean for and counsel one to you with homes and realm c comforts choose feich companion if wish from among oui number wo are subject to you choice if you so desire you shall bb only in name ic sering boar feht 3 fur the husband 0 your eternal choice our and homes ahall be yours in eliat case illy with our OMI is or if ou debiro it ou shill raise i posterity toom martrell mart reil hus bird chilst 3 in the flesh choosing our companion for this noble nuion ou ill As for u e leold bound in love and li delit to hanoi on boeer ono 01 us it ma fall you may not be much impressed ith thib strange declaration unless ou its full import men a number of young avnes of their on poor liard working from chili in desert vitas with only their jovn faith in the future bliem liepe ind strength illi dmd to take the ife or man by lier to rear cn ildron aich in ins faith will be gian over to alio first husband m eter mt 10 thus burden etli caio and work for use bake of a friend or brother all tins requires men ith brae reliance on the porter of god to auppl their wants and a determination to put aside in their on breasts thouc women liose husband from amont hc acil lc nn faglier it is lr caa for alio do mait or who hae us in recent carbt odra rapid conclusion a to alie one sole of a ann alio aimed mimed sacral lie if they biad come to us in ear das seen men and women poor all glin alike for food and b ire necessaries alie aien oui ageous and faithful the om n on tented and bua none could re ast alio collusion com lusion eliat something bc lint and ignorance gae lle to bucl conditions under circum men wie men for alic an ileac of c ing into families no girl was ocr to im know led je coerced into maming any one Aboe all beliefs was alic fg that a woman biad and would lore or u e the right of hr own t in matrimony when my mother alio biad aimed mimed i cir before in inter Quirt cr c fmc bierc in 48 felio w corked her ay a ros ro s the plains in the family of a man alio hid a sick wife on arming hero shy found her hab ind still unable to i c her a home so ache cheerfully sought another place wherein to earn her board by hard pioneer work sewed lier ow n moccasins for facunda w ear paddling about barefoot in alic Mi nimer cooked washed ironed ang and with abandon felt no i ort of resentment because ache w as a bride for two years before it practicable loi her to moe into her husbands household and take up alie duties and ciras of ind motherhood when slie bcd three other young girie ancs of the one husband up the work the greatest exactness went out in society whan v er w as any society to go into and altogether asserts w etli emphasis eliat these y ears w ore the ery liap of her hac there were balls fauch bails in stations issued two weeks ahead of time for those big day dayi i by the committee who were largely women in borrowing curtains and pictures from the nearest houses where such things found to trim and decorate the ball candlestick w ere cleaned arranged around alio room on rude wooden brackets great boughs of eer brought from the canyons and festooned festoon ed windows and doorways and always as n last touch the boar old flag of stars and was drawn from its folds and draped in beauty across the end of tho hall where sat alic musicians for them a high platform was made under the stars chairs oer a few strips of rag carpeting preparations for supper wore made on a grand scale cooks for skill and dignified into a commit tco were for two or three days in the delectable mysteries of pie making and turkey stuffing on the day of the feast neighbors stoves and ovens were presse dinto service great cal drons of vegetables dozens of chickens baskets of cakes hams pickle and sweet cheeses kept many people busa from da li ht till dark with the dark all were released from their labor girls hurried home to undo alie crimping ping and curl papers of the day to don the very best dress of lawn or white swiss modest ribbons fluttering at waist and throat and slippers oftentimes sewed by abe bearers wearers wear ers own fair fiands gracing abo laro cd feet of the workaday maiden one easl scene out of hundreds like it comes avidly before me although of a more rec mt alian the tallow canaly it was to be a leap year ball ladies ivero duly invited to bring a partner a partner mind at the mu milicent nili cent bum of 5 a couple if she were rash enough to brins alona an extra gentleman she must hand over the ticket seller 37 cents for the extra pleasure my eldest sister chose for her partner elder georgo Q cannon a man beloved of my father I 1 vas a mere ba by of 8 but as 1 could dance fancy dances and moreover begged biard to go permission was given after alie carnage had anute its rounds behold I 1 and my tiny ainu year old beau were forgotten because luemina of the committee and buu t in ads be on time however kind charley the driver agreed to pop alie little lady the carriage and as it wan away upon alie fiill would go up for alie tiny beau buch fun as it waa drumming childish heels against the carriage seat and jumping softly up on carriage cushions the liall was lit up brilliantly one wing being arranged as an eating parlor and alie vestry served for dressing for ladica already one of alie three lady bloor managers was beginning the evenings duty calling upon the ladies to choose their partners part nery for a quadrille dance after dance followed until as i respite from such severe exercise alio little eight year old was brought out and with a quick bow flew off into the sailors hornpipe like a bird skimming the surface of a placid pool alie tiny feet scarce met alie floor in the intricate figures of alie pretty dance when overloud applause from every hand abrought the dancer back and nn irish jig hew off the tripping feet after a bong perhaps alie star spangled banner hard times lang syne was hung by alie sweet tenor ot brother dunbar or the rich baritone of brother and then by invitation from alie committee me president came on the musicians platform and a few sprightly cheering words to liis brethren and si aiters and friends at the close of liis gallant peroration in behalf of alie ladies alio had so made aliis evening joyful and long to be remembered lie closed by suggesting to the floor man agar tint she biad not yet honored him etli an in i tation to dance turning to the musicians he gayly invited them to tune up the virginia keel while lie was triumphantly led off by the blushing hoor manager and long lines of facing couples began the hying and bowing and swinging of the quaint old ligure kiipper announced nil consulting numbers and were assigned beats accordingly the long tables were guiltless of sih er and had but little glaas the tout boards gioan cd and bunt beneath the wealth ol 01 delicious viands white alie bright the rioters the only decoration happy alie surrounding faces and gay alio cl iatter is all w ere seated then up at alie head arose aliu pies identa counselor bro geo A amith aud over the food a bi mple blessing was pronounced remembering alie hands that prepared it and the gracious badiea ft ho designed and arranged alie happy occasion then the usual clatter and chatter until the temporal wants were satisfied satis lied then back into alie liall cocked alie couples and when all were in the merriest wittiest gayest one of alie committee of managers came out into alie center of alio hall and announced that alie 37 cent gentleman may now chooro partners laughter and confusion anted one from detecting w lio w ei e or ho v ere not alie poor men bo adjured and once more the violins squeaked and jamea cun 10 called balance all amli and lectures w ere all begun and closed with these public winter balls new year areba dreba b ills and calico balls biad their turns in varying alie monotony of lives all were invited A gent lemans invitation read mr and ladies of course all the wives could not al w aya go for a modesty kept e at home but w hen the babies came alie could often arrange for her little ones to be taken care ot by those aho vho perforce stayed at home and it she could not why then king baly as rapped perhaps n small aa taken and alie deai unconscious dept in corncrib of the dressing rooms on in dos piles of chais in babica acro aliaba acry ere it aa a common laughing reminder that bashed pashed into the dignity of biln ord bi cageful of alie baby it hen anyone to sit don lucli entertainments ere anad y lectures concerts and theartres theatres the atres 0 those jolly homemade home made of the olden dab in our on kothera and sisters relatives and friends ere anc performers for lucli the costumes ere bo rioted and deftly devised out ot the most unpromising materials the faist faira pla ivas one in ancl alie ten big girls appeared as alie ten mountain blohs taught by graceful pretty mis irin offett york the castu mes decorously below the knee coq of blue tar letau ith many skirts v cotton biome mada slippers and ith bialt licop of rattan bound 11 ith briglia colors and wreathed in artincal roes bield ablott in stern unbending unanimity ani mity alie long for chich thop maidana had orn fecitt long pa berb for t enty four hours on their poor oro toro t lieada ere alien undone carefully and more carefully brus lied around a etick ahas by m tast finders llie dance of alie sl and countermarch ing to tune tt icile of alie fairies irs anun stood nen bously a ing her liand and i ing corrections some plays ere the bur ner damon and pythias and macbeth and boily facca in followed the play to bead people home in good humor all these are abet memories is oven a tradition in the family that aarback in winter quarters or in athen fathers father 8 a young man lie himself took parts upon our onn stage playing damon to brothed C kimbaris kias no won the taste for lucli frolics descended to some of his children private sits parties ray bees quilting parties and candy varied the das of the winter season for aery one what if we did live in dugouts dug outs were poor and ate simple food we w ere some better off dug outs were exchanged for adoba lio food was always plentiful and farmers fate was healthiest then the alie summer may day and its delightful school excursions into the neighboring canyon or gorge alie fourth of july aej the twenty fourth our pioneer day were always or almost always celebrated with groat vigor and glee the long night before the fourth when the sky seemed always so darkly bins tho stars so and numerous ahe air so still and balmy whenever possible we all slept out dlois then alie preparations for the grand march and evening ball on the morrow ironing of white muslin and white skirts till no wrinkle was seen on their pure white surfaces dainty pink ribbons rib boas arranging of sashes of blie a blackin of shoes curling of hair and the yener oua bath for every one in the house and the picnic to cook piled on trunks cakes resting on chairs and shelves not until every crumpet is cooked every alioe blacked and every article of clothing laid in separate piles and just ready to put right on do mothers venture to bed the happy chatter 13 stilled at last till childish ears are startled by the boom of campt aliens cannon at daybreak are the sleepy eyes enclosed rn closed then over shoes hidden by the dim darkness of the faint daybreak and wild excitement of every thrilling nerve as there goes another gun 1 hear that and that all alie house is alive with shouts and calls and laughter little breakfast goes down excited throats and eager hands don the white hose shining black agoes stiff skirts and crisp muslin for the march mother is ready atlant at last and from every corner flock crowds of robed women and children to take places m the grand barcli ever leave thea great pageants of the olden days been equalled equal led much lebs surpassed by modem utah first the martial band with uncle dimick huntington at its head ilia portly form erect liis uniform gleaming in the aun as he gravely marches now facing ns and now marching backward while he waves his baton up and down up and down in front of his band anen the pioneers on foot next the great car with the goddess of liberty then the thirteen original states represented by young badiea with a banner followed by the twenty four young ladies carrying banners group after group with banners and mottoes little children dressed alike the long pro cession marches down the and enters at last the bummer bowery here alio j usual exercises the reading of tho declaration of independence the singing of the star spangled banner toasts speeches and made alie regular pro gramme the evening bally were souni hir to others held in winter and gaily clofed tho days rejoicing but of all the summery pleasures the outings in the canyons were most enjoyable joy able great carryalls car ryalls and wagons loaded with women and children for they seemed so much in alie majority drove merrily up into alie wild fastness es of quiet beautiful canyons tents were BOU spread stoves or rude fireplaces set up and the cli ildren scattered to alie hills to gather service berries and choke cherries mothers and fathers arranged conveniences started fires and began preparations for dinner for two days games frolics and happy plays absorbed every and moment and jumping matches pistol shooting and horseback riding came in for general attention sometimes a game of copenhagen would call every wanderer in and then such flying and girl screeching such eager sport to obtain or avoid the kimsing penalty the evenings were spent in story telling or dancing on the greensward by this dance loving community when such parties went out they stayed for two or oliree days and the city was like a deserted cam you see cli ildren always went along yes for mothers were their own nurses and no happiness was complete to the good father without ali liis wives and no place offered happiness to alie true mother separated from her ildren cli thus it was our joys were common parties balla theartres theatres the atres and outings were shared in alie young alie old alie middle aged and the youth in every place on every occasion alio festivities invariably began and closed with prayer and indeed no festal occasion was considered complete without a few words of comfort and admonition from the president or one of alie twelve apostles it was favorite remark of my futher that no person should ever engage in any abor or seek any enjoyment in a spirit which would hinder him from stopping at any moment and bowing down before ahe creator to ask his I 1 blessings on undertaken this spirit of childlike prayer and trust is ibo chief moving power of our people and to these men and women prayer was not a form a semblance it the souls earnest striving for that help and comfort which comes from without and above |
