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Show OGDEN SCENES PLEASE IN KANSAS I The Dally News of Lyons, Kan. ' compliments Frank Pickering on bis illustrated lecture of "Utah and tbe Mormons." saying 'Frank Pickering perhaps is not aware of the fact that the people here consider his 'Utah and the Mormons'1 by far the most interesting lecture. If a comparison of his excellent subjects sub-jects can be made 1 "It must not however, be understood under-stood that Mr Pickering 'preaches Mormonism ' His lecture does more; than a hundred Bermons could possibly possi-bly do. He simply tells the truth about I'tah and its people in such ai clever and convincing way that not one could doubt, and there is not 1 one subject of interest in connection with that state, its history' or Its people peo-ple that he avoids Hl6 beautiful photographic pho-tographic views are his best proofs and helped blm to show the audience audi-ence that the Utah people are real human beings,' that tbey delight In art and music and education in gen eral and rank next to oui own state, 111 tho latter "The basketball team and the oth i er photos of children and young men , and women made the educational feature fea-ture of the talk interesting, the sky-j scrapers and beautiful homes In Salt Lake City showed modem progress,, and the grandly colored views of Ogden Og-den canyon showed that the state has the scenic beauty "Several or his illustrations were as humorous as bis description of the two Mormon bishops in his own town; j one a real estate dealer and the other B young man who Is manager of the lecal baseball team and associate manager of a clothing store, not long-hatred, long-hatred, sober faced priests as some have thought He asserted that in Ogden and Salt Lake City a man of anv faith could find a church to worship in of which he would not be ashamed and his pictures of Catholic and other edifices certainly proved it " |
