Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-01-02 | Page 5 | Lots Going On

LOTS GOING ON. The multiplicity of amusements in many small towns, and the manner In which they combine spiritual and temporal tem-poral enjoyment, was illustrated to a snowbound traveler who said to the proprietor of the "tavern" in a New England 'town. "I suppose that you have little groins gro-ins on here In the 'way of entertainments."' entertain-ments."' "That is" where you are mistaken," was the half-resentful reply. "I haven't been to bed before 10 o'clock a single night for a week. Monday night the Methodists had a pie social in their church, and Tuesday they had a b'lled dinner In the Baptist Church, and Wednesday night the Presbyterians followed fol-lowed suit with a baked-bean dinner followed by tabalows like Ruth and Poze Oleanln' in the fields, an' so on. Then Thursday night the Unitarian folks had a pound donation party for their pastor and his wife, and Friday night the Episcopalians had an oyster supper an' a movln' picture show. Sat'-day Sat'-day eight the Congregational ers had a pink tea an' Miss Jarley's w&x-works, an' the next Monday night the United Brethren had a fair with Jacob at the well and guess-how-man y-"bans-in-the-pot an' a grab-bag. , The Freewill Baptists Bap-tists are going to have a poverty party and a pop-corn social tonight. Talk-about Talk-about nothin goin on! Why, we couldn't go any more If we lived right in New -York!"