Show A TYPICAL MORMON FAMILY tue tur I 1 hir him new york graphic of february 29 contains a full page cut of portraits portrait s of bishop H B Bl clawson and family some of which are pretty good likenesses and others cannot be said to do justice to the subjects on the reverse page is an article headed A typical mormon family which is a surprise to us and will be to all people of our community who read it the writer has actually endeavored faithfully to give the facts as far as they could be learned and the article breathes a spirit of fairness on a subject which is generally so much misrepresented after giving a sketch of brother clawson s history and family associations the article says mr nir Claw sons principal residence is in the twelfth ward of salt lake city and the other two have had separate homes the third wife died a short time ago but the other three live in E perfect harmony and sho show iv no signs sillis ef eing being discontented with their lot of the t he thirty or more children living there is s botone not one who is in any respect a black sheep the boys who have grown up are independent enterprising ment men good husbands and fathers good citizens and devout mormons cormons Mor mons 0 4 when we contemplate the difficulty of rea rearing ringa a single family and settling them in suitable life avocations we can but feel a certain curiosity to know how this mormon martyr has managed to raise four families s c lothe clothe feed educate and aud give glye them a start in a life ilfe if mr clawson has not only done this but he has also been a father and friend to many orphans and other unfortunates to whom he owed nothing several of whom he has raised and cared for as if tile trie aney had been hi his own his policy was the he same as that adopted by brigham young and followed by all of the more conscientious mormons cormons Mor mons who went into polygamy in the early days as a religious duty each child was early given to understand tand that it had a duty to perform and while mr clawson was we well weli 11 to do and kept sev several eral servants the boys had cows to feed and ma milk horses to attend and other useful employment which they were required to execute promptly and thoroughly y the girls had regular training raining in all the mysteries of 1 the household ouse hold hoid and were expected to do their heir work methodically and well As the bo boys 3 s grew up the natural bent of their characters and talents was closely observed and they were allowed to choose the pursuits for which they were best fitted most of them thus far have chosen the profession of their father and become merchants one has become a first class dentist at salt lake andone has become an artist and enle enie gained d the second prize r iz e at the new york academy of dd design 1 last year the children were kind and affectionate to one another and shared in all the sports that were provided for them in winter and in summer with scarcely a dispute they never realize that they were not own brothers and sisters in all ail their childish sports and enterprises and now as grown men and women they are united in an enduring and active fraternal affection A coarse brutal man would no do doubt U bt cause both wives and children children to despise him and could only reap the harvest of sorrow he had sown for them some of this class there alethe tale of whose miseries would be tragic enough but by cause of the restrictions which the mormon church puts upon the practice allowing only approved brethren this privilege far the reater greater part of the polygamous families resemble the type here presented it is not often that such truthful statements on this question find their way into the columns of a paper like tile the graphic |