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Show CHILD CULTURE CLUB MEETS AT HOME OF MRS. DROWNING The meeting of the Child Culture club yesterday was exceptionally Interesting In-teresting to the lnrgo number ot members in attendance. The club met at the home of Mrs J. M Brown Ing and President Mrs. J. C. Lynch conducted the meeting. Among the features on the program were a paper on early work of the early pioneers, read by Mrs Louis B. Scott, a history' of Ogden compiled and read by Margaret Marshall, an eighth grade student of tho Ogden public schools, and an addross by Mrs. R T Milliard. A most pleasing musical program was given by the Misses Carrie and Irma Browning and Mr LeBter Hlnch cilff. The former played several pi ano soloa and a piano duet with Mr Hinchcllff The duet was the over ture to Zampa," by Herrold, and as an encore he played "Morning Mood' from "Peer Oynf." by Grieg. Miss Irma Browning sang "The Mission of the Rose." and 'Mir Thoughts of You" by Cow en At the concluBlon of the program a prettily appointed luncheon was serv cd by the hostess. Mrs. J M Brown Ing. The paper read by Mrs Scott fol lows "The giving of an account of the pioneers Is always attended with a little delicacy There has1 been h r-tofore r-tofore two elosses of listeners -Moi mous and non-Mormon. The former lead and told with belief and euthu slasm the stories of their fathers; the latter read, doubted, disbelieved and hated It mav seem strange that In the twentieth century bigotry should have a place in our civilisation; but It haB Let ua hope that the future men and women will he able to read history with their reason rather than with their prejudices "It may seem strange or at least new. to some to know that the Santa Fe trail to California pasaed through central and southern Utah; that, per haps. Great Salt Lake was discovered I1- early as 1810 or 1811, and that Bonneville was not the first explorer of the lake, notwithstanding Irvlng's account of him It may also seem strange to know that this region was not unknown when the pioneers first came, but that It was well known to traders and trappers for at least 25 years before Brigbam Young came here. "It is true also thai the trail across the plains was not entirely new; In fact the Oregou trail was just on the opposite side of the Platte rivnr and the rood from Fort Brldger to Salt Lake valley had been gone over by the Donner party In 1S46 one year before the pioneers came. Again, the plnm-eTH v. i-re not the first to bring wheeled vehicle! out west Pro vost had two-wheeled mnnon on the shores of Utah lake In 823 "Of all these explorers, however, not one built a road It was left to the Mormon pioneers to build tho It I Igi . and make the roads passable so that others might follow So that while the I'tah pioneer w..s not the discoverer of this region, he made It possible for others (o visit It. "Many people have looked with doubt upon the privations of the plo neers. They think the Journey an easy one. We glory over the trip of the pilgrims, but thev were on a well known sea, in strong boat, with plenty of food; the pioneers wer go Ing Into a land but little known, to make habltahle a region that wae considered worthless. In the com panics men and women were not to follow their tradeB. They were not to do the work that they had been accustomed to do, such as the pl grims were doing. Men and women brought up to work in mills and fac lories, or to Indoor work, were no.v to drive oxen, use campflreB, care for Ihe sick, dig roads and the like. No small wonder that many a good saint laid down his life on the way "Only those who have crossed over deserts and plains in wagons can hae any idea of the hardships of our fore fathers Too tnanv see only the des erls and plains from the Pullman curs, and Judge that life, accordingly Let us hope that the time for a broad, liberal view of history in Utah is near at hand, and that the deeds of our fathers may be looked at without bias "My own parents walked every step of the way from Indopeudonce to Salt Lake, over 1000 miles. The tales they tell are heartrending How often along the way did a piece of wagon tire indicate the lonely grave ot some poor traveler Often ha6 a mother wrapped her dead child In a blanket for a caBket, lowered the remains ol her beloved into the grave, and then stood by and watched the men heap up Rtones on the little mound to keep the wolves away. And yet, tired aud weary as the people were, at night they sang and danced their cares away, only to begin them again on the morrow. ' When the valley was reached the harder things of life began Printers had to become masons, carpenters became be-came hunters, merchants became far mers. All wore compelled to begin a life that nature had never fitted them for. No wonder, is it that many died in the struggle.? "And then the homes'. My parents' home was a dugout. As much rain came Inside tho one room as fell oui side. The bed had to be moved to various purtB of the room where the leant ralu fell. The table was a wooden box; the chair (for they had but one) was also B box. The clothes were the patched ud ones brought from England or of homespun, the dishes were burnt clay vessels, tin vessels, or perhapH a few china ones ( arried from the old home as treasures. treas-ures. The Journeys made were usu ally on foot Both my father and my mother have often walked to Salt Lake ana hack to Ogden "And then the care and anxiety ol a growing up family; many mouthB tc ic i mam- bodies to clothe In shon to make ends meet -these wore aoiue of the problems ol the pioneers , Surely all people, religious or other-ii other-ii wise, can honor thse sturdy fore-: fore-: f:ither.i o( our fair Utah, who gave j up all thev had. evou their lives, to |