Show Hes He's s First in War Var and ad FirstIn First FirstIn I In Peace an and First in the tbs I Hearts Hears of All Salt Sail Lakers I- I TV ASHI ASHINGTON'S S 'S birthday Is being observed In tJ 7 W f Salt Sa Lake L. today with more mor reverential sent senti- senti sentiment I Y V ment than llan for tor many year carf This is iN attributed to the spirit o of patriotism that has been aroused d I S 'S b by th the recent breaking of ot diplomatic relations with I I Germany I Members of or civic and fraternal 1 organizations are arc with each other in their plans for paying tribute J to the greatest Irate t figure Io lu American merican history Business Is 15 t su suspended an and the streets ha hare havo vo a appearance Ell although h th there re is no general public celebration I m 1 m ITH nd added cd f fervor the thousands thousand of or Salt Sail Lako WITH pupils stood with bared heads heMs and uplifted hands the oath of or yesterday afternoon and repeated all allegiance to their country's flag lag I for it W was as The ceremony had an added t significance bJ the evo of oC the anniversary of ot tho the birthday of or George Georgo I 1 Washington ton In each o of the fort forty schools the children I had been told the stirring sto story of or the Father r of or His I Country i When the teachers teacher had finished the stor story students I arose lifted lined their theli hands hand reverently and recited the flag 04 I salute with impressive accents The rhe salute is I pledge J I allegiance to the American flag and to tu the thc republic for rn which It Il stands one national indivisible with liberty and justice for tor all a I Fen Even Mayu Inu Kilo Kito the little Japanese student thou though h I J k he can scarcely speak English raised his tiny hand as ashe I l. l he stood with Ith the rest st and followed the others through I fa I Ithe the sacred accents of oC the salute s. with half hal closed eyes m I and solemn mien as though he were lisping the accents rJ V 1 of an oriental pm prayer er I 0 0 S t wN N commemoration of oC Washington's birthday tho the I f I I I IN i faculty acuity of or the Granite high school yesterday provided pro ro i m I I for the students with the entertainment I s I vided I l l I presentation of oC th the Old OM House Hous of oC Dur Burgesses in Virginia Vir Vir- I II I ginia an and the thc First Continental Congress of or America 5 U UL L The performance was staged with a view to stimulating t i I hating lating among the pupils an appreciation of ot the work of or rn I those who fought so hard hanl for tho the country's Independence I I J Actual speeches made by br John Adams Thomas Jefferson Jeffer Jeffer- i son John Hancock Patrick Hen Henry Benjamin Franklin I I II j and antI others were ere r rendered b by the teachers I I kJ 1 I WASHINGTON'S W. S 'S birthday ar piano concert will l be c IB I 11 I j A given chen this a afternoon at 4 15 o'clock at nt the Salt I IS Lake theatre b by Miss s Frances Grant The concert II will follow tollow the matinee performance of or Our Mrs Mis a I McChesney and will last an hour Among the artists ts who will assist Miss Mis Grant will 11 be bt beI Ii Otto Olto King cello Arthur Freber and Claude Sweeten I violin Clarence Hawkins clarinet A. A T J. J g i I oboe and Richard ird Roberts hoin Prof Thomas Giles i will be bo the conductor of oC the tho orchestra 5 IE I I ORE OnE than members of or lie Third yard ward of oC tho r M MORE Mormon church will celebrate the thc one hundred bundled i iI I and fifth eighty birthday a of or G George orge Washington I i I tonight in the ward amusement hall hail The ThC first 1 event ont of uC the evening will be bo a program In which R. R W W. I I J Hard Eardle ley of the Manufacturers' Manufacturers association Brigham Cle Clegg s- s sand and Bishop J John oh n Cla Clayton tun an and several te II I 11 vaudeville participants of eC amateur fame Came will take tako part I followed b by a dinner and a dance The dinner will bo he I rn ur served at 5 o'clock this afternoon 7 iJ I 1 t fj 11 n Isn't an any weather wathel for forecast cast to today ay Because THERE George Washington horn born hundred and antI T was one 91 B j five eighty toda and the J years carR ago ugo today an because event e only comes once a year car the members of or the tho local weather cather bureau took a da day off orr 1 I J to t WING to the number o of ot Washington's tono birthday OWING OVING ii ceremonies scheduled for today the members of lr M Washington ton circle Women of ot tho Grand Army I fj I o of the Republic decided e they thc would make male the 1 presentation of oC a picture I of George Georgo Washington to the E a I J ll of or the thc Grand Arm Army tomorrow 4 The exercises in connection with the presentation will g begin at 2 o'clock In the afternoon on the main floor of or I I the statehouse Mrs olra Lucy A A. A Clark will make tho the tr J presentation and find the portrait will be he accepted b by N N. D D. I J W commander of the department o of Utah of the theOS I I t I G. G A. A R no There will be an appropriate musical program tJ j After ACter the presentation the picture will han in the head- head m fI I iri t rot f fh nn hang I I SI S U H 5 u I g I U I tIle the persistence o of J J. J H H. Cool Cook custodian tJ I THROUGH arid and James L L. Justice official guide the Stars and m j I Stripes waved from Crom the capitol today despite tho E refusal of ot the gale talc to permit the j jI display of ot the national colors from the fla flagstaffs at the m I t I east ast and W west ends of or the thc state tate building J j When the breeze broke the hoisting rope and carried r the flag several hundred yards from the building the EJ m two t mounted the first balcony beneath the thc dome and anti j lashed t the e flags into position there I The gale blows much stronger at al Capitol hill hm than thai In InS Inthe S the business section making the display of or flags logS a a. ij oo problem but Mr Ir Cook Cool says nays a s 's he lie has tho flags flying on m every er appropriate occasion if iC it Is possible to keep them I I from being whipped to pieces I |