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Show CATHOLIC ORPHANS AT SALT AIR BEACH Three hundred happy children, twp-thirds twp-thirds of whom were inmates of the Kearns St. Ann's orphanage, ruled Sait-air Sait-air Tuesday from mid-forenoon until 7 o'clock in the evening. At 7 o'clock, filled almost to the danser point with the things that appeal with particular force to the juvenile stomach, burdened with more good things to take home and wearied by their long play-day, they were loaded on the train and taken home after one of the brightest days in their existence. The orphans were everybody's guests of honor. While the chief responsibility fell upon the women in charge of the outing, dozens of other visitors to the resort insisted on sharing the pleasure of entertaining the little ones and. without invitation, proceeded to take part. The result of this was that nothing noth-ing escaped. No attraction at the resort re-sort was closed to the orphans. Pennies lan, who walked gravely about among the little folks, smiling at "his'chil-' dren;" to the sisters whose daily work lay among the orphans; to the priests, the Catholic women and the dozens of others who have labored for the unfortunate unfor-tunate children. But it was new to many mothers and fathers who, with moist eyes, clutched their own children tighter as they watched the-, fatherless and motherless opes. , . j Some Show Tinge of Sadness. Yet, the objects of sympathy were not at all sorrowful yesterday. Here and there one would detect a face that appeared ap-peared to reflect some indefinable sadness' sad-ness' that did not properly belong to childhood, yet an instant later, perhaps, that face would bev illuminated by a smile and the sadness would vanish. They wore just like other children, with a (Sharp eye for the main chance so far as the provisions were concerned. The first glance sufficed to show that there was more than they could possibly possi-bly eat. gastronomically fit though they knew themselves to he. Yet they knew by experience that they possessed that Miss Gleason in Action. ' Girls' Table. B HPPJlli(,r u. -' l M ti miMi iinn Kill i ni..iwY u,UU')ll ummr. WW!) 'JPJW.'llJieWJL'llllULIlJllAIJliJi JljiadapsWW.gWWWI - '"' f " ,4,:' Lining Up for Dinner.. '. Boys' Table. " Courtesy of Salt Lake Herald. were distributed literally by the pound so that the music and pictures in' every slot machine were released, the merry-go-round carried a heavy load almost constantly, the swings were never idle, the candy booths did a thriving business busi-ness and affairs generally were at high tension. There were two leading events of. the day lunch and dinner. The first came at noon and the second at 5:30 p. m-It m-It would be difficult to say which was the more successful, because the guests, including the members of the juvenile choir and the altar boys, as well as the orphans, united in pronouncing both perfect. Orphans Well Clad. It was impossible tu tell the orphans from their more fortunate playmates. There, was no unlovely uniform to mark the inmates of the orphanage, nothing to make them appear different from other little boys and little girls. They were all well-kept, well-clothed, healthy-looking youngsters-, exact op-posites op-posites of the "charity" boys and girls in Dickens books. Here were no half-starved half-starved children tremblingly pleading for "more." but robust, romping, sunburned sun-burned little tikes who looked you fairly fair-ly and unflinchingly in the face while they helped themselves. Nor was it necessary for them to ask for "more," because there was enough and to spare, even though the fresh salt breeze and the day's play had developed appetites that were something awful to contemplate. contem-plate. The women in . charge- of .the dinner were constantly moving about the tables to see that no child lacked anything. . With arms .loaded, they walked about from chair to chair, asking ask-ing this "honey" if he had enough and this "darling" if she wanted more, giving giv-ing especial attention to the more timid i ones. - - , ! There were' no' rules, yet a more or-I or-I dei ly gathering of children could not j be imagined. I'rilike the famed "news-I "news-I boys' dinners,"- and similar events, there was no roughness, no slang,- no rioting. Childish innocence and ignorance ignor-ance of (he. world's ways were pictured on each fare. There were amusing incidents inci-dents without number, et the spectators specta-tors hesitated sto laugh because of the element of pathos which could not altogether al-together be separated from the affair. Most of those who were interested onlookers on-lookers had never seen - so many orphans or-phans at one time before. They were just beginning to understand what the "orphans' home." which they so often ffhbly referred to, really meant. The spectacle was nothing new to Miss Nora Gleason; commissary general' of the day, who was. every where present and doing more, work than ten men could have- accomplished under similar cir- I cumstaiices; to Bishop Laurence Scan- ! frequently recurrent hunger peculiar to youth. Accordingly, their first task was the laying in of supplies for future reference. Oranges, pieces of cake, peaches, etc., at once found their way to convenient pockets and the real work of the hour commenced. One interesting interest-ing feature of the evening meal was the prevalence of a strong commercial spirit that manifested itself in cake trades. One youngster would select a piece of cake, sample it and, feeling that something some-thing else would be more to his taste, would proceed to negotiate a trade with a neighbor who also had sampled his and found himself willing to make an exchange. They were an unselfish lot, With "table manners" that would reflect credit on children who had received the careful attention of parents. May Help Give Pleasure. The dinner -tables were laid in the northwest corner of the lunch floor. Miss Gleason was assisted in preparing and serving the meals by Mrs. E. V. Brooks, Mrs. Mulryan, Miss Martha Buboltz, Mrs. John Coleman, Mrs. C. A. Locke, Miss Margaret Free and many others, including includ-ing the members of St. Cecelia chorus. -The material for the lunch was contributed con-tributed by about seventy-five well known men and women of the city. The youngsters young-sters consumed, in addition to uncounted ham, tongue and lettuce sandwiches. 146 cakes, two cases of oranges, two cases of lemons, peaches, candy and ice cream. Most of this was served at the two meals, but some of it went in "pieces," which were available to the youngsters at all times. The inmates of the orphanage orphan-age who enjoyed the outing were 181 in number, the entire roll with the exception excep-tion of seven or eight infants too young to be taken out. j Prominent among those who voluntar- i ily assumed part of the burden of entertainment en-tertainment were A. H. Tarbet, who donated do-nated 600 rides on the merry-go-round and subjected himself to "touches" innumerable in-numerable times; Bishop' Scanfan. who. in the language of one who observed him closely, "gave away a fortune." and "Jake" Greenewald, who had his pockets filled with pennies for distribution, andl wound up by donating a sack, of popcorn to oach child for- use on the trip back to town.. These are but a few of dozens of similar cases..- , .. . NOTES OF THE PICNIC.! ; Rt. Rev.. Bishop Scanlan came out on the 4 o'clock' train 'and had supper at the beach. Five hundred pennies alone were distributed to the children by the bishop, which were quickly spent in the many machines providing amusement. What he spent on the merry-go-round and other attractions would keep a half dozen expert accountants busy. J Rev. Father Kiely gave more "treats" than could be counted. He was last seen distributing popcorn with as much enjoyment as the small folk felt eating eat-ing it. ' . ' A. H. Tarbet, witfi his usual thought- ful generosity, gave 600 rides on the merry-gc-round, which kindness won the gratitude of each little guest. : . The bountiful lunch provided for the picnic was cheerfully donated by many .prominent members of the 'Cathedral parish, among the contributors being Rt. Rev. Bishop Scanlan. Rev. D. Kiely, Messrs. H. C. Monter, C. J. Collins.. J. P. Quillen, W. J. Halloran, John Hick-ey, Hick-ey, William Rash. J. B. Cosgriff, Mes-dames Mes-dames A.' H. Tarbet,' D. R. Gray. Mc-Mahon, Mc-Mahon, Mrs. J. J. Harvey, O. J. Salisbury. Salis-bury. Thomas Kearns, Mary Judge, James Ivers, J. C. Lynch, Fred Wey, Wr. M. O'Brien, J. J. Daly, James Heg-ney, Heg-ney, J. E. Doolev, A. H. Little,' M. E. Mulvey, M. J. Hardin. J. G. Doolittle, Albert Fisher, W.' J. Dooley. P. J. Mc-Kenna. Mc-Kenna. Wr. J. Murphy. J. J. Devine, W. H. Bintz, Margaret Rogers, J. E. Seal-Ion, Seal-Ion, Walter Fitch, Eugene Roy, J. Mc-Hugh, Mc-Hugh, Lewis Robinson. James Mellon. Thomas Marnane, F. J. Westcott, J. F. Dunn. Ronald Morrison, F. W. Hanson, K. Mercier, J. M. Moore. B. J. Meck-lenberg. Meck-lenberg. V. W. Hanson, S. J. Murray, Julia McFadden. P. S'. Keogh, J. T. White, .T. Egan, T. Lamplugh, J. Ives, P. J.i Moran, P. L. Gleason and Mrs. J. Sloan. Miss O'Meara, Miss Mahoney, Miss Noble, Miss Weber, Miss Halloran. Hallor-an. - ' . Among others who contributed to the general pleasure was the gentlemen in charge of'the Penny Arcade, who gave each child a penny for the slot machine. Mrs. and Miss. Krola of the theatre kindly tendered a .free performance, which was' regretfully declined as the little ons had to return to the city. . All the members of the Junior choir, St. Cecelia chorus and Altar Boys' society so-ciety brought a cake, made and donated by their mothers. Two cases of lemons from William Rash of the Rash Produce company, and two cases of lemons from J. P. Quillen were large donations towards the lunch. Two large buckets of candy from Mrs. D. R. Gray and Wr. J. Halloran were gratefully received. . . "Jake"J Greenewald presented each child with a bag of popcorn, and fifty pennies were distributed by George Buckle. Through the kindness of J. E. Lang-ford Lang-ford of Saltair thp-children from St. Ann's were given free transportation. R.. E. Campbell :oi the -street railway gave free tickets for the street cars. Words fail to express the gratitude felt for them for theirjnerosity. At thebeach everything was done by tJte employes to assist in the entertaining entertain-ing of the .children; It is. impossible to mention all the kind good people, among whom were Messrs. lertz, "Tom" Osborne, Os-borne, Fisher. Evans. Oallagher, Pat-I Pat-I ten, Derr, in short; ali the "boys" without with-out exception. ' . 4 -. . , Special mention must.;be made of the good work done-by the children o the Junior choir. Although the excursion was forVtheir pleasure, many spent the entire day assisting with the lunch and serving. Their unselfish devotion to the little folks from St. Ann's, was the most beautiful feature of the affair. The good ladies who worked all day, arranging the-lunch j.'. were Mrs. E.V. Brooks, Mrs. Reagen, Mrs. Mulvey, j Mrs. C. A. Locke, Miss' Lyons. Miss Bu- boltz, Mrs., Coleman.. The girls 'of the St. Cecilia chorusserved the lunch. . It will be a matter of deep regret to the lunch committee if the name of any generous contributor ' is omitted from the list. If it did not appear, the omission omis-sion was not intentional. . SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Mrs. Delia Tarbet, mother of A. H. Tarbet. arrived from Oakland, Cal., last Sunday accompanied by Miss Hester Lavell, Mr. Tarbet's niece. They will visit for some time with their Salt Lake relatives. President Roosevelt has appointed Dr. John E. Jones of Washington. D. C. as United- States consul to Dalny, Manchuria. Senator Kearns left Monday night for a ten days' visit to his ranch in Sonoma county, Cal. Miss Loreen Leary entertained Friday Fri-day in compliment to Miss Philura Cummock of Louisville, Ky., who is the guest of her aimt, Mrs. William Igleheart. Miss Alice Farrell entertained Friday Fri-day evening for Miss Nissler of Butte, Mont. t Mrs. T. A. Plaisted has gone to Boise where she will make her home in the future. Miss Mabel Nissler as the guest of nonor at a Kensington ruesuay aiiei-noon, aiiei-noon, also at an evening part jr. The hostess of both affairs was Miss Eva Ray. t Miss Angela Kinney was the guest of honor at' a luncheon given by Miss Dorothy Kinney Tuesday at the Country Coun-try club. Covers were placed for twelve. Mrs. A. Z. Callaghan and Miss Dorothy Dor-othy Kinney leave for San Francisco. William F. Earls, paying teller of the National Bank of the Republic, left Tuesday accompanied by his wife, to spend a three weeks' vacation on the Pacific coast, going first to San Francisco. Fran-cisco. f Mrs. William Tgleheart and the two boys are home from a stay of three weeks with Mrs. Kenneth C. Kerr at Terminal island. Miss Emma L. Maddison left last Saturday evening for a visit of two weeks with friends in Los Angeles and Catalina. Miss Kate Ryan was the hostess of a I delightful luncheon on Thursday afternoon after-noon of last week and in honor of Miss Adelaide Helen Dempsey of Chicago. The table was prettily decorated with sprays of pink roses and garlands of smilax. Covers were laid for six. f Mrs. Harry Clark and children returned re-turned on Thursday from Columbus, Neb., where they have been visiting for the past six weeks with Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Evans. 4 IJrs. dna Haunstein and children of Denver, who have been the guests of Mrs. A. L. Hamlin for the past week, have returned to their home. Miss Carrie J. Steward left for New-York New-York Monday on a purchasing trip for the suit and cloak department of L. and A. Conn. Mine. Vivian Jones of the Keith-O'Brien Keith-O'Brien department store will leave shortly for Europe. 'Mrs. M. M. Murtaugh and her sister, Miss Katherine Ford, have gone to Twin Falls. ' ' 4 ' Miss Stella Salisbury was the guest of honor at a luncheon last Tuesday given at the Country club by Mrs. S. D. Sturgiss of Fort Douglas. I Mrs. Frederick Leonard and Miss Alice Foote have gone for the Upper Falls resort in Provo canyon,, where they Will remain for a few days. ' Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Salisbury entertained enter-tained at a dinner Tuesday night. Mrs. C. C. Slade and daughter. Miss Katherine, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Mitchell at Ridley Park, Pa. f A merry party of young people were' those who enjoyed the tally-ho ride given by Miss Marjorie Mulvey on Thursday evening of last week. After driving for two or three hours, the guests returned to Miss Mulvey's home where a dainty supper was served, j Twenty girl? and boys were invited. t . Blaine Salisbury entertained at a dinner Tuesday night. in honor of Miss j Gussie Gentsch, who is a guest at the j Salisbury home. After the dinner the guests spent an hour or two at the lake. There were sixteen guests. f Lester D. Freed has returned from the east, where he went several weeks ago on an extended purchasing trip for the Freed Furniture "& Carpet company. (Mrs. Charlton and her sister. Miss Maynard, will leave-' the city July 25 and will sail from New York August 5 on the Finlandfor Europe. Mrs. I. C. Glosz will leave early next week for New York, where she w ill re-v main for a few weeks. In August she will sail for Europe, visiting Paris, London and PierUm going into the interior in-terior so far as Budapest. She will travel for about two months on the continent. . f Hazel Butler and Pauline Malloy, both, 12 years old, were painfully but not seriously injured by being thrown from a pony, which they were riding one evening last- week on Brigham street. The pony got beyond their control. con-trol. Bishop Scanlan, who saw them fall, carried them to a. nearby house and helped to dress their injuries and make them more comfortable. He then took them to their homes. f- V. Miss Agnes Nolan is spending a few weeks in Brighton. f Miss Marie Meloy is enjoying a visit at Brighton, f " Mrs. William Seidenfaden of St. Joseph, Jo-seph, Mo., is visiting her s-on and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William Seidenfaden. Sei-denfaden. C- ) Miss Margery Mulvey entertained at a large dinner party on Thursday night in honor of her charming guest, Miss Mabel Nissler of Butte. Miss Bertha Sawyer, an employe of the Anaconda (Mont.) postoffice, is visiting vis-iting friends in the city. Miss Maloney, one of Anaconda's school teachers, is spending vacation with friends at Murray. ' |