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Show FIRST IN PEACE DAY Finny OBSERVED Patriotic and Fraternal Organizations Or-ganizations Celebrate Washington's Birthday. ELKS GIVE PROGRAMME G. A. R. and Relief Corps Hold Colonial Party; Meetings in Wards. Salt Iake'6 celebration of Washington Washing-ton 's birthday anniversary was of a "Crossing-the-Delaware'' rather than a "cherry-tree-chopping" complexion. Those who ventured forth before noon encountered floating ice in the streets. Because of the wind, most everyone had his hat pulled into a resemblance of the triangular headpiece of the colonial period. And there was the accompanying accompany-ing fall of snow before the afternoon was done. It was not difficult for the podestrian to visualize the leader of the American revolutionists boating before breakfast in search of Hessians. Formal observance of the day was conducted by various patriotic and fra-J ternal orders. The enthusiasm shown at these functions evidenced awakened love of the country by which the immortal im-mortal warrior and statesman is reverently rever-ently remembered as "Father." Elks Entertain Kiddies. The spur of an impending national crisis must be credited with having aroused in the minds of celebrators a recollection of the quotable expressions of wisdom accredited to the man whose genius of leadership put the seal of permanency upon the Declaration of independence. Several hundred children were the guests of the local lodge of Elks at a celebration yesterday afternoon. Gathered Gath-ered in the lodgerooms, they carried out a programme that was a delight to their proudly onlooking parents. It included the dancing ot the Virginia reel by as many of the tots as could he accommodated upon the floor of the auditorium. Professor L. P. Ohristen-sen Ohristen-sen acted as floor manager, assisting the children in the evolutions of the dance. Memory Revered. Exalted Euler O. B. Dibblee addressed ad-dressed the children, explaining that they had been invited for two reasons that they should learn to love the club of which their fathers were members, and that they should learn that the order reveres the memory of Washington Washing-ton and the country of which he was the guiding spirit in its time of greatest emergency, that of birth. Mr. Dibblee told the children that one of the characteristics char-acteristics of the order is the love of children and the provisions made to care for them. He explained something of the Big Brother movement of the order. Dances for Children. In addition to the programme carried cut, refreshments were served to the little guests before they were sent home in automobiles. Miss Jewell Edding-tou, Edding-tou, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Eddington, won such applause in the performance of a fancy dance that she was called upon to respond with a skirt dance that occasioned equal approval. ap-proval. Miss Dorothy Lynn repeated her Japanese dance that" was such a successful feature of the Elks' show, as did also Virginia Eeban and Lotta Petty their Dutch costume dance. The clubrooms were decorated with American flags and pictures of Washington. Wash-ington. Music was furnished by the Woodruff orchestra. Harry Joseph contributed at the piano, playing the "Glow Worm," to the delight of the children as the lights were turned low. A dancing party, at which colonial costumes were the feature, was given last night by the Oliver 0. Howard post and Women 's Belief corps of the G. A. R. in Odd Fellows hall. Members of the committee in charge of the affair were Mrs. Christie Gohie, Mrs. Jlartha Hines, Mrs. Carrie Wiedner, Mrs. Emma Zimmerman, Mrs. Isabelle Frye, Mrs. Mary Justice, Mrs. Minnie Knackstedt, Sirs' Lottie Williams, Mrs. Julia Sor-enson Sor-enson and Mrs. Eva Washburn. Special exercises were conducted last night bv the Rockv Mountain lodge No. S Ivnig'hts of Pvthias, and the Hermion No. S. Pythian Sisters, the celebration being also an observance of the fifty-third fifty-third anniversary of the founding of the order. Celebrations were conducted in many of the L. D. S. ward houses. A Washington Wash-ington 's dav programme was interjected info the festivities of the regular annual an-nual fair of the Second ward, while at the Third ward chapel a programme of vaudeville entertainment and dancing was carried out in the evening, preceded by a dinner in the afternoon. |