OCR Text |
Show WOMEN IN SILKS, A BOY AND SALT LAKE. Out on n nature-study tour, three women of Ogden met a boy 13 years of ago whose homo is near North Ogden. Og-den. Tho youngster had been aiding tho women In finding bird nests, which woro being studiod, and, in the presence pres-ence of the boy, the conversation turned to flowors, Mrs. S. remarking that a certain flower could be found betwoen Ogden and Salt Lake, which Mrs. B. had not seein tho intermoun-tain intermoun-tain country. When Salt Lake was mentioned, the little fellow timidly broke in by remarking: re-marking: "Salt Lake must bo a wonderful place. I've heard so much of it" Thore was astonishment on the faces of his HstenerB, for they were of the opinion that no boy thirteen had escaped all the conference trips and excursions which had made tho roliglouB and commercial center of Utah as familiar to the youngsters of Ogden as is Ogden canyon; and seized by tho impulse which surprise had created, the women ordered the barefoot bare-foot boy to entor their machine, and that afternoon tho urchin saw the Temple grounds, Capitol hill, Fort Douglas, the Zoo In Liberty Park and was dined at the Utah Hotel. And, at the end of tho day, the child declared Salt Lake was even more wonderful than he had dreamed. Baltimore has asked, What is an American? The answer is In part disclosod in this plain recital of how the women in silks had brushed aside all class distinctions and drew closo to their affections af-fections a child herding cows In the foothills of North Ogden. As a matter of fact there Is no class In America. Wo are all on n common level when It comes to great promptings of heart and soul. We erect no barriers which aro not to bo broken down by heart beats of sympathy and human consideration. |