Show H 0 N H I 1 STO HY IN I 1 saw the moving pictures saturday night llight depleting depicting scenes in mormon history and was nery iery veil nell satisfied the exhibition I 1 had heard a number of adverse criticisms and was rather surprised to find so little ground for them I 1 do think however that the purpose bould neild have been better served had two characters bren been used to represent tile the prophet joseph one 01 le a boy of fourteen deais of age and the other a grown roan mail the character tho who took the prophet after lie he was matured did very well almost any youngster could have taken the part of oc the boy when lie received his first vision I 1 think the attitude ot of the in fit the court scene would hane hae been improved if the character had been less agitated and vindictive one of the strongest characteristics of the prophet as I 1 understand his imperturbability ability his native dignity was not so well presented in that scene as it should have been sonic some criticisms I 1 hav bieard refer to the appearance of 0 and their teams and outfits in exodus the complaint being that they were inere in made ade to appear as nondescript vagabonds I 1 have heard the same criticism cis of representations ot of pioneer days in local parades held on oil the of july one woman oman in this city a pioneer protested regularly against tile the outfits gotten up ill for such parades declaring that it was not a true representation sen tation she said 1 I did not corny come that way I 1 came in a carriage that is how this diversity of opinion comes about those who were fortunate lenough enough to come ui in carriages forget that others had to make shift the th e best they could I 1 have no doubt that tile tho first teams that left nauvoo made a much better appearance than did the last stragglers who were drieci dm en from their homes and possessions with scarcely enough clothes to cover nakedness and without proper vehicles to convey their worldly goods all in ill all I 1 approve of one hundred years of mormonism I 1 am glad that my children saw it it I 1 am sure it wilt will be an all excellent guide for them in tile tho study of church history NORMAN LEE |