Show JINGLING OF BEllS MARKS RETURN S OF SLEIGHING HING i. i I Snow Snow Packed P Solidly Gives Owners of B Bobsleds Taste of Delight Sleigh bells stilled stifled for several years because the tile weather man would n not t provide the snow are Jingling again Dust-covered Dust cutters with moth eaten cushions cushions cush cush- ions and rust coated coate runners have bave been lifted lilted from the rafters ratters in the loft of the barn where they have reposed for these many years years and put Into service once more big heavy bobsleds bobsleds bob bobsleds bob sleds with deep wagon boxes boxe lad laden n with straw and a host of youngsters have reappeared and wintertime Is on n for tor sure I It has been three years maybe longer since the valley of the Great Salt lake has been covered with a mantle of snow of ot sufficient depth to make good sleighing but seemIngly seem seem- ju jut Just t to keep the folks In trim the weather man has been kind and gracious this year and provided the necessary wherewith to make sleigh I riding a pleasure and amid a possibility Streets Are Slippery Even the downtown streets still carry a covering of the slippery and for those who re not for tor the wintry blasts of the bleak country roads there are the downtown canyons lined on either side with lofty lotty buildings to 1 break reak the wind But shucks Who Vho wants that kind of a a. sleighing party How much better it Js s to heat a brick or a cobblestone cobblestone cobblestone cobble cobble- stone for the foot rest on the sled and make a dash for the oPEn open coun coun- try ti-I- There aro am plenty of folks too who have felt Just this way about it and the Jingle and ring of ot the sleigh bells bens and the laughter and merriment of the youngster enjoying a real old fashioned winter time once more have in the last few days clays brought life and happiness Into some of the many unfrequented un tin- j frequented spots of the valley Some folks had a hard time finding un-I un the strings of sleigh bells bens once the pride of the household but in these days of cars and electric buggies have fallen Into rack and ruin and their place In the shed noi noW sy is filled with tire chains in the hous called a garage The hired man no no longer puts In an afternoon or or two in the late fall oiling the leather bands which hold the bells together I instead he bends his energies determining determining determining deter deter- mining if the chains will new car dr or r if a new set will wUl be necessary I Coasting Is Superb The kiddies too have come in for their share shaie of the greatest of ot wint winter r and under the rules an anti and 1 regulations regulations regulations regu regu- lations of the police department have made it dangerous for persons o 0 otry try and climb several of the many ninny hills of ot the city The coasting kids of today however ho r. r are looked on with f scorn orn by the boys of yesterday how how- ever In the decade past the boy with a store made sled was Jook looked d dOn On as a rank a outsider and there was keen competition among the youths as to which was the better workman In the art of building coasting It was the sled of the home grown variety varlet which blocked the hills and streets and the keeping the coaster in the beaten path was an art lost Jost to the modern day youth The he boy of his steering ability made to order orde in a newfangled coaster Then too the boys bos of the days just past st were not wont to confine then their sport to themselves but would WOT k It for days day perhaps weeks building t a schooner each aeh group trying hard bard to outdo the gang ng around the corner or next door In building the the biggest schooner on the hill bill Gay col colors r were painted over the rough uneven boards and fancy lancy names were applied i. i Moonlight Belle an and Coaster Kin King and their capacity at times was wa a 1 score There also was one boy of the tho gang ang the proudest youngster of ot the lot who had the strength and cour courage age to guide these lightning down the hill For his work worl he was rewarded b by being permitted to walk alongside while the passengers passengers' whom he had taken safely satel down th the hill hm pulled and tugged to get the giant to the top agaIn for tor another trip The coasting kids today however are in single outfits and each has hi his new store sled which has ha taken tak 11 from him the real Joy of coasting Winter also has been kind to those thos who enjoy lc Ice skating Th The lake at Liberty park has been transformed Into a sheet of glasslike ice and there most of the skaters have congregated Several privately owned rinks rink too have been opened and for the first time in several years there is real good ice skating There was just enough of a chilly breeze blowing blowin this morning to make the goin goods good anI and hundreds took advantage of the of offering offering ol- ol fering of ot old King Winter and buckle 1 on their blades to 10 try again Mayhap May May- Ia hap there are some of the older folk who will willby by by t this evening wish th they v y had not given ven freedom to their desire gire to skate and nd stayed staved at home But dont don't mind the soreness soreness will COl come lf out and anyhow its it's a pleasure that l comes only once In a while |