Show DR PARRY IN WALES AGAIN south wales dally daily news dr joseph pany the well known welsh musician arrived home in cardiff on saturday evening after an absence of eleven weeks in america where he officiated as the chief musical adjudicator at the great eisteddfod held by the mormons cormons on the ath and ath of this month at salt lake city utah dr parry looks all the better for his long journey to the far west and when seen on monday by a south wales dally daily news representative s senta enta tive had a good deal to say of his ex experiences pr lences among brigham youngs people well and what about the mormons cormons Mor mons asked our represent tive the eisteddfod was a huge success in every way said dr parry it was held in connection with a mormon festival called the convention and was attended by ten thousand people the great mormon tabernacle was crammed of course you came across many of your countrymen among the later day saints my dear sir I 1 met scores of them they came into the city from all parts of the state of utah among them I 1 met some merthyr people who attended the same chapel as I 1 did when a boy and they well remembered my parents others again came from the rhondda valley aberdare aberdale Aber dare carmarthen Car marthen pem brokenshire broke shire shiri north wales in fact from all over the principality all of them good and zealous mor mons 11 every one of them including yourself sir but happily the doctor saw the joke no he added they made no mormon of me nor fair play did they attempt it they are in no way intrusive as to their religious views why I 1 never saw nicer people in all my life polygamy there is absolutely a thing of the past another man I 1 met came from rhyl and he was a member of the cambridge choir at the time I 1 took my degree and salt lake city were you impressed by it immensely brigham young had a genius for organization there is this thia beautiful city miles away from denver ver the nearest city on the east and miles from california on the west planted in the center of what was years ago a vast wilderness it is now magnificently wooded and the roads are feet wide I 1 ascended the summit of ensign peak where brigham young planted the mormon flag and I 1 could not distinguish the city for the trees it stands in an enormous amphitheater phi theater surrounded by the snow cal and presents one of the most impressive Imp revolve pictures I 1 have ever seen the buildings are magnall cent they have the tabernacle which huldd lepo people the temple an opera operia house baths and other superb structures and how did the inhabitants receive you 1 I was never better treated in all ray my life they simply overwhelmed toe me with kindness I 1 was among them tor for two weeks but one day and had interviews with nearly all the mormon leaders leadem including president snow the bishops and the apostles I 1 attended one of their services on sunday night the city is divided into 24 wards they have a place of worship in each of these and on sunday they all meet in the tabernacle where the eisteddfod was held they made me president of one of the eisteddfod concerts and on another night I 1 delivered my lecture on the masters before a crowded audience at the tabernacle and what had the mormon leaders to tell you of their welsh co religion ests they rank the welsh among the best citizens in america the eisteddfod in every respect was it welsh well it was originally promoted by the welsh section this was the third eisteddfod held the committee however included welshmen Welsh men and gentiles how about the music was it good the singing of the competitors soloists and choirs was fully up to the standard of the welsh national el eisteddfod s tedd fod and to my surprise some of the compositions sent in were excellent they axe are truly a music loving people they have a choir of voices attached to the tabernacle and they had the members photographed specially tor or me and placed me in the center ce niter and band you are going there again of course well they intend to have another eisteddfod there two years hence heme and they have pressed me to be there and I 1 dont know that if alive and well I 1 shant go |