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Show , : SALT LAKE J Tatronize our advertisers. Lent began last Wednesday. Dr. P. S. Keogli is in Denver. Easter Sunday fall9 on April 15. Governor Wells is still in the East. F. P. Shelby, the railroad man, is in the city. Mrs. Isaac Shea is at home from Washington. Jerry Dinneon of Idaho Falls is a Cullen grutsfL Georpre Fcttcrman of De Lamar, New, Is a city visitor. II. V. Meloy is in the city from the Stateline district. T. J. Clark of the Rock Island is at home from Denver. Mrs. S. D. Chase and the children are expected home next week. Mr. E. J. Harleyeft for Portland on I a business trip on Thursday. Miss Louise Nelden reached home last Monoiay from Bryn Mawr college. Mrs. P.aum. who died the first of the week, was buried on Wednesday from St. Marj-'s- Mrs. Ada Barrett McQuarrie of Og-den Og-den was the guest, of her mother th past week. Mrs. Mary Juctee and Miss Katherine Judge leave soon for California on a pleasure trip. $ On the f. rst Friday of the month over 30 mcutbers of the League receive Holy Communion. e. Tlie young girls of thi. 9 o'clock choir have their special rehearsal this afternoon after-noon at 4 o'clock. Kntre nous there will be a number Of charming Easter brides at St. Mary's this year. The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Lei -.j m Id Werthoimer was charmingly celebrated laft Monday evening. ! nedictiort is given every Wednesday Wednes-day night at 7:.'10. and on Friday nights, Stations of the Cross and Benediction. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Harley delightfully delightful-ly entertained a. party of friends last Tuesday at their home on Brigham wrie.t. Theresa Dell, Lena Dell. Etha Collins, Jane Leyland and Margaret Free were the special sing-ers at St. Mary's last frunaay. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Tarbet. Mr. Tar-Txn'es Tar-Txn'es mother and sister, Mrs. Lea veil, are expected home from New lYork this ivcek. Master Boy "Williams, the talented young violinist of St. Mary's Cathedral, Cathe-dral, will be heard at the Theatre on the 17th. '- A conference of railroad men will meet wiih the city council next week to settle the question of the union depot franchise. Sa't Lakers take a deep interest in ' the Transvaal war, judging from the "bulletin faces" seen daily in front of the newspaper offices. The elegant new residence of David Keith was lighted n Monday night to study the effects of the electric lighting light-ing from the new fixtures. The G. A. P.. encampment at Ogden on Tuesday was well attended. The Iuregon bnort x-tne ran a special train and over 200 went up from the city. Mass w;:s said at 8 o'clock Ash Wednesday. Wed-nesday. There was a large attendance. At Benediction in the evening the attendance at-tendance was away above the us-ual. Hon. Thomas Kea.rns is mentioned for the United States Senate. Governor Gover-nor Wells wiil probably appoint him in ' case the Senate seats Hon. Matt Quay of Pennsylvania. If some of the good single-handed possips 'f Salt Lake should fast from their habit for the next forty days and forty nights, what a blessing it would be to the community. James Murphy of St. Louis, James Shields and James Reegan of Chicago !are all in the city, to the delight of , the young ladies who are selling tick-els tick-els for the 17th of March. ,:- j John Lee. an engineer on the Short I Line, is in Omaha, where he went to j! Attend the funeral of his father, John Ivee. st.. who was one of the oldest engineers in the United States. The will of the late Richard Mackintosh Mack-intosh was filfd with the county clerk on Tuesday. The estate is worth $2.r.0.-0(o. $2.r.0.-0(o. all of which is lei t unconditionally to his niece, Miss Blanche Mackintosh. Some of the best local talent in the city has been secured for the programme pro-gramme on the 17th of March. The ladies and. gentlemen, requested to as. nist have cheerfully volunteered their services. - The promoters of the League of the Snored Heart had their usual monthly meeting hst Sunday. Miss Frances McCarthy. Miss Marie McCoooy and Miss Ethel McDonald were appointed promoters. Some charitable individual can cover himself with glory and make a big Lenten sacrifice by presenting the Sewing Sew-ing Society with a new sewing machine. The six-iety now owns two that did duty in the Middle Ages. , The annual Hoot ion of the officers for the Alta Club resulted as follows-: Josiah Barneit, president: W. g. Sharp, vk-e president; Benner X. Smith, secretary; M. II. Walker, treasurer; treas-urer; directors. S. W. Eccles, James McGregor, J. M. Ricketts and George M. Scott. A delightful little "at home" was Riven Riv-en to their young friends by Miss Marie MeCooey and Miss Margery Mulvev on Saturday evening, at the home of the former, L'f.7 Second East stre-et. The young hostesses "received their guests in the prettily decorated parlor and I after a series of games had bren played, refreshments were partaken of, and an altogether enjoyable evening was spent. A "pleasa'nt and exciting feature of the entertainment was a potato-picking match. prizes being awarded to those who succeeded in picking from the floor the greatest number of potatoes in the shortest Fpa-ee of time. Miss Myrtle Bonner vas the successfuJ ,la.':y contestant and Mr. Roy Williams took the gentleman's prize. Among the guests were: The Misses Myrtle Bonner, Mona McHugh, Josephine Valentine, Frances McCarthy, McCar-thy, AdcJ'if Peters. Grace Radcliff. Mav Lynch, Edna Clark, Margery, Ivy and Kathleen MeCooey, Messrs. Roy Williams, Wil-liams, Will Bonner, Jack Bonner, Law-I Law-I rence Anderson. Charlie Harrison, I ei-auci-e Hull, Warren Levey, Donald Thomson.. Creighton lrgey, Donald I Clark, John Mulvey.and John MeCooey. ! ..... 1 1 i -- -f OBSERVATIONS FOR LENT. The following are the Lenten Regulations Regu-lations for the Diocese of Salt Lake for the year 1000: Ash Wednesiay, the first day of Lent, falls this year on the 28th of February. 1. All the days of Lent except Sundays Sun-days are fast days of obligation. 2. All persons under twenty-one years or over sixty years of age, thcee who are engaged in hard labor, the eick and convalescent and fhcee who Cannot Can-not fast without injury to their health, are exempt from the obligation of fasting. fast-ing. 3. All bound to keep the fast shall take but one full meal a day except on Sundays. 4. The meal permitted on fast days should be taken about noon. 5. A collation is permitted in the evening. 6. When the principal meal cannot conveniently be taken about noon, the order may be inverted eo that the collation col-lation may be taken about noon and the dinner in the evening. 7. General usage has made it lawful law-ful to take in the morning a cup of coffee, tea or c'hocolate with a. email piece oi bread. 8. Necessity and custom have authorized author-ized the use of lard instead of butter in the preparation of all permitted foods. 9. By dispensation the use of flesh-meats flesh-meats is permitted at all meals on Sundays and once a day at the principal prin-cipal meal on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with the exception ex-ception of Ember Saturday and the last Saturday of Lent. 10. Persons exempt from fhe obligation obliga-tion of fasting may partake of fiesh-meat fiesh-meat at all meals on davs when the use of meat is permitted at the principal prin-cipal meal. 11. Flesh-meat and fish are not to be used at the same meal during Lent, even on Sundays. 12. The ui-e of butter, cheese, milk and eggs is permitted every day in Lent. 13. By virtue of an indult granted by the Holy See March 15, 1S95, working-men working-men and their families are allowed the use of flesh-meat once a day on all the fast and abstinence days 'throughout the year, with Che exception of ali Fridays, Fri-days, Ash Wednesday, the Wednesday and Saturday of Holy Week and the Vigil of Christmas. Those who are exempt from the obligation of fasting are permitted to use meat more than once a day on all days except those before mentioned, namely, Fridays, Ash Wednesdays, the Wednesday and Saturday of Holy Week and the Vigil of Christmas. Those who avail themselves them-selves of this Indult are not permitted to use flesh-meat and fish at the same meal and are earnestly exhorted to perform per-form some other act of mortification, such as abstinence from intoxicating liquors. 14. The Paschal time extend? from the first Sunday of Lent until Trinity Sunday, inclusive, during which time all Catholics who have attained the proper age are bound to receive Holy Communion worthily. 15. To afford the faithful opportuni ties oi gaining ine graces ul me jjc-ton jjc-ton season, it. is hereby ordered that in addition to the usual Sunday devotions, devo-tions, Lenten exerciser, be held on two evenings of each week in all the churches of the Diocese to vvOiich are-attached are-attached resident pastors. On one of the evenings an instruction is to be given, on the other the Stations of the Cross, and permission is hereby given for Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament Sacra-ment on bcth evenings. 16. The faithful are reminded that besides the obligation of fasting imposed im-posed by the Church, the season of Lent should be in a very special manner man-ner a time of earnest prayer, of sorrow sor-row for sin, of abstension from amusements, amuse-ments, which, not sinful in themselves, are permitted during other portions of the year, and of generous almsgiving to the poor. 17. To comply with the Decree of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, Balti-more, a collection will be taken up on the first Sunday of Lent at all the Masses and at Vespers for . our Holy . Father, the Pope, and L. Scanlan, , Bishop of Salt Lake. i |