Show bonith ro nith llly June I 1 THE FIRST OF JUNE june let irigary Iri mary day among no children of utah is one of alie in all alie year it comes when nature is at lier best aej all the flowers are gorgeous with wealth of color and weighted with their rich perfume I 1 falls between the season of uncertain and changeable hange able elrio and that of heated and oppressive summer in asir al it is ingery respect far more suitable for the annual spring festival oatlie cli ildren ihan the conventional mayday choso whoso pleas ires it each year more and more completely reserves unto sy As alio birthday of yonna all the honor which ives A personal remembrance of haftl great man is held by many of the youth who do not yet feel themselves themi elves too old to share in the festivities of hia anniversary the yo portion know him only for and words which he has latt behind aa they grow in years and understanding they mil become better able to appreciate preci ate his worth and in the record he made they will find aa their aldera do ever more to commemorate and admire it is said that history iq never just what is is smothered with adulation what is faulty is distorted by prejudice during the life of hie man elioso natal alty the children yesterday observed liia v arks seldom received a w ord of praise he was slandered caricatured catu red and contemned contemn ed and most bitterly to eay liia were apparent every day if lie was credited at all with the magnificent acquirements acquire ments which are a part of lii story hose who vi ere bold enough to recognize them came in for of the abuse upon him happily alie world crows wiser as the years move on petty enmities fade away as the cades around and those ft ho judged heatedly yesterday are today to day with calmer vision freeti lyoa too and icinda untainted by cission pis sion leavo come to pee and appreciate what to us is an old cheroe under clieo conditions the work of founder is better understood is not now stigmatized as a fanatic a greedy zealot an ignorant autocrat men of sense and breadth judging him by his floa speak of him as ioa bussed of they admit eliat ha M as mighty in character aal must have been filled ith true statesmanship they recognize in the utah of today to day a never dying testimony of liis greatness and however much they may differ his creed they do not w their tribute to liis nobility of mind aa the record of liis life shall be more widely read and better under ethod admiration ol 01 his character will increase with all who ore able to approximately feature mea ture men by the divine standard by their ahall know them who known but what on some future occasion when alie children following their beautiful custom are celebrating his anniversary a thought of regret may enter the hearts of some alio lately deemed name unworthy of being borno by one of alie alreeta of |