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Show DFR HOWARD THORN WRITES INTERESTINGLY OF PROGRESS GF LONDON MISSIONARY WORK a'd A. Thorn, son of Mr. and e! Tliorn. who left this spring ji mi'on for the L. D. S. in Er.j,ii:nti, writes internst-if internst-if his ei.p?i it ncifs in the city don: ' many years the British peo-ive peo-ive befn ur.dnly prejudiced I iho MoriTK'ii, and at time: uticm has beo'n very bitter," 6 in a letter aildressed to th' L i to many causes, chief of is the excellent work of ents James hi. Talmage and V. Widt.-oe in their capacitu-s Bion pirsident.s, the ill feeling idly subsiding and a moi e bio feebr.g is being created. uppose1 if missionaries of nd five' years ago were tok. oinion e)deis were now being lined in the homes of lords dies in the city of London, -oiild regard one as a Strang- ; Mr. truth; especially in view ,t they used to undergo. But iieless that is a fact. I don't ive out the impression that an ordinary occurance, or hat a great many of such do manifest a frieYidly spirit Is us, at least so much as to is dine with them often; buN , happen occasionally ami we with increasing frequency, nit a yt'ar ago the' elders ihe friendship and respect jrtain Mr. Goodair, a man of all means, and a successful bs man and one high up in a rociety, in fact he is said rc royal blood in his veins. )odair lives near Hyde' Park, vc hold open air meetings night and it was there that icame acquainted with our liar it's. f friendly spirit has grown ually since that time from ly one or two of the mission-ur.til mission-ur.til now any of them arc oe at his flat, and he fre-1 fre-1 1 y has us in to dine with him. I some of the fellows come in some of the' fellows come in luc of town he will put them re and is very kind to us all. Ides being very kind to us he I using his influence contin-tt contin-tt our favor. To missionaries it South Africa or on the con-he con-he has been known to give 1 letters of introduction to ltial people there whom he Here in London he uses opportunity to make the eld-luainted eld-luainted with the society peo-.the peo-.the country. Once or twice I o'iven a big farewell "party ne of the missionaries and in-:h. in-:h. re people of his acquairi-here acquairi-here in the city, in this man-! man-! makes his new friends acta ac-ta with his old friends." y last night a large social was given by him and all the l elders were given an oppor-to oppor-to mingle with 200 or more society folk of London. We iios and ladies, dukes, vis-eta, vis-eta, and we received very teatment. party last night was ar-thus: ar-thus: Fresident Widtsoe was the continent in the infertile infer-tile work. Hc has met Mr. r :nd knows of his interest ldnr-ss to the Mormon elders. S M France he n-.et Prof. Maud abcock, 0f thv public spcak-i spcak-i Hutment, University of Utah. as you know, a famous pub-t pub-t calter and dramatist of I tj Peirian plays, and is noted i ability to recite from mem-g mem-g ral of these long and dif-g dif-g ?ys. President Wodtsoe told I file work Mr. Goodair was oi the Mormon cause In Lon. d that our friend was deeply wd in charity socials doing lould to benefit those not so llo as he. Professor Bab-'l Bab-'l President Widtsoe write itely tr Mr. Goodair and of- her services one night In 'rest of chaiily. in recogni-f recogni-f "is courtesies to the Mor-8 Mor-8 aers. I ndent a week's notice he about and made the preparer prepa-rer this event. Lady Bee-wonderful Bee-wonderful horse was ob- S Z,h" F;"'ly' Everything f "a tonal ana the room wa.. "I'll handsomely dressed h d women. The room was j: J1 leyonu description. Gold r walls mahogany floors. J) "io groat mirrors on the H 5'om t,e ceiling hung three ; chandeliers which ;t "le place Ij I"'"1 and Mrs. Lund were ;, 'em headquarters at Bir- : 1 and two missionaries ' "eipool. tL.',VBabcock simP'y hcia : spellbound for two hours. :: "'ny well imagine we were : "Hi' Utah artist. Shew-as 'is ana the people there all : o, too. : lo t the people gathered c Purpose of the affair was money to build homes for oriiCC,.s of the Bl.itish c the ,-eal purpose was to 'c"i tnal Molmons ai.e Uto People, who cultivate-'i-eultiire. literature and all Piaisewortliy or of good re- ?1c'Pe H''s kind friend of ours fuiiue his good work, and if f there is no telling what t 11 wino of it. Undoubtedly ! done us an immeasurable ; "t good alrenely but we hop ; " oeg.nning." |