Mutual Work

General Superintend ency Y. M. M. I. A. George Albert Smith, Richard R. Lyman, Melvin J. Ballard. Executive Secretary: Oscar A. Kirkham, Executive Department Gen'l Offices Y. M. M. I. A. 47 East South Temple Street Gen'l Offices Y. L. M. I. A. 33 Bishop's Building SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH General Presidency Y. L. M. I. A. Ruth May Fox, Lucy Grant Cannon, Clarissa A. Beesley. Secretary : Elsie Hogan The Annual Contests ANOTHER splendid season of contest work is before us. Its success will depend largely upon the preparation of details by stake and ward officers. Where the big ob- jective of development of talent, good sportsmanship, kindness, and desire for fair play are constantly kept in mind, rather than mere win- ning, this part of our M. I. A. pro- gram goes over in a fine way, to the satisfaction and pleasure of all. It is urged that officers seek to enlist as many as possible in the contest events. Try to get new people to participate. Large numbers should be benefited by these activities. We encourage each ward to enter all events, but it is not obligatory; offi- cers should1 study lpcal conditiions and use their discretion. The follow- ing items should be noted: 1 . Stake officers are barred from par- ticipating in contests. 2. Professionals, that is, persons whose major income is derived from a particular field, are barred from entering a contest in that field. 3. All other enrolled members of the M. I. A., including ward officers, are eligible to participate within their special group and age limitations. 4. The age for M Men and Gleaner Public Speaking and for Male Chorus is 17-23 inclusive. Persons who have reached their 1 7th or 24th birthdays dur- ing the year (June 1, 1929-June 1, 1930) are eligible. 5. Age for Gleaner- Junior Ladies' Chorus is 16 to 23 inclusive. Persons who have reached their 16th or 24th birthdays during the year (June 1, 1929- June 1, 1930) are eligible. 6. Where M. I. A. members are work- ing or attending school in wards other than their own, they may choose which ward they will represent in the contests. This choice should be made at the be- ginning of the season and not changed. 7. The stake and ward executive of- ficers are responsible for the general man- agement of all of the contests but the im- mediate direction of the different events may be assigned to the respective com- mittees: music events to the Music Di- rectors; drama and dancing to the Com- munity Activity Committee; public speak- ing to M Men and Gleaner Committees; retold story, Junior Committee. 8. In each district the stake designated by a star is asked to take the initiative in calling the stakes together but all ex- ecutive officers of all the stakes in the district should have equal voice in making arrangements for the contests. Correction: in Ladies' Chorus: The selection in A class is "Beauteous Morn" and in B class is "Hark, Hark the Lark." (These are incorrectly given in the Hand Book Supplement.) Program for Sunday Evening, Joint Session Suggestions and Material for the Pro- gram of the Monthly Joint Session. In view of the fact that April 6th is the hundredth anniversary of the or- ganization of the Church, it is thought that the bishopric will want to arrange a special program. The general theme: Heber J. Grant, seventh president of the Church, will therefore be carried over until Sunday, May 4th. General Theme: Heber J. Grant, Seventh President of the Church. 1. Singing, "Come, Come Ye Saints." 2. Invocation. 3. Music, preferably a solo, "The Holy City." 4. The M. I. A. Slogan, (a) Introduction: "Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the revolution never to violate in the least particular the laws of the country, and never to tolerate their violation by others. As the patriots of '76 did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and laws let every American pledge his life, his property and his sacred honor. Let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the charter of his own and his children's lib- erty. Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles in her lap; let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, in spelling books and almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, enforced in courts of jus- tice. In short, let it become the political religion of the nation." — Abraham Lin- coln, (quoted by President Grant in the 96th Annual Conference Report, page 5.) (b) presentation. 5. Life of Heber J. Grant, present- ed preferably by M. I. A. members of ability and thorough preparation. 6. Other exercises that time may permit. 7. Announcements. (a) Theme of next session. (b) Miscellaneous. 8. Singing, "O Say What Is Truth." 9. Benediction. Heber J. Grant I. Outstanding Character- istics: 1. Perseverance and Industry: By special request President Grant dictated the following for the advisory committee. "One New Year's eve, I wrote on fifty

284 The Improvement Era for February, 1930 dozen cards the year and words 'Happy New Year!' While I was doing this the manager of Wells Fargo's Bank and Ex- press business, for whom I was working, came into the office, and said: 'What are you doing?' "I said, 'I am getting ready for the harvest tomorrow. Last year I made $20.00 on New Year's day by writing calling cards. Had I had 'Happy New Year' already written on them I am sure I would have made $25.00; so I am going to be prepared for the harvest tomorrow.' "He said, 'My boy, it never rains but that it pours. Here is a check for $100.00, as a New Year's present for you. This is an expression of my appre- ciation of your doing work around here that you are not paid for. You come back evenings, if there is any work you can do, and seem to like to work, while the average employee likes to get out of the office.' "The next day, in Dwyer's Book Store, I sold all of those cards at fifty cents a dozen, and then I had to write 'Happy New Year' on some more; and from ten o'clock in the morning until three o'clock in the afternoon — five hours — I made $37,50, or an average of $7.50 an hour. It was the same pen (Spencerian No. 1 ) , the same ink, the same hand, and the same eye that guided the pen, when, in the university, according to my fellow stu- dents, I make ink look as if lightning had struck an ink-bottle. "I told them I would live to set copies for all of them, that I would live to be the professor of penmanship and book- keeping in the University of Deseret, which I did; and that I would live to write better than the professor at that time, which I did. "I used to make spending money by sewing baseballs when the stitches became ripped. I could beat any harness maker in town sewing baseballs. The stitches wear out before the covers do, or at least they did when I was a boy. "When I joined a baseball club I could not throw at all. I had never thrown rocks like other boys. They called me 'sissy', and made fun of me. We had the first baseball nine, in which were boys a year and a half older than I was. Orson F. Whitney and M. M. Young were in that nine. The boys of my own age were in the second nine, and I was such a poor player, that I had to play in the third nine. I hired a boy to throw a ball at me until I could catch so well that I challenged the second nine to stand in a row with me and have the swiftest thrower throw at us, and as a fellow missed a ball he had to sit down. I stood up until all the second nine had missed. I then said that I did not propose to play in a club that they con- sidered the third nine when I could make the second nine all sit down. "In the meantime I would throw a ball across a high board fence at Bishop Wool- ley's barn in the adjoining lot to mine. I got so that I could come very close to hitting most any adobe on that barn that I wanted to. Many was the night that mother would tie up my arm with wet rags because it would ache so much from throwing, before I could go to sleep. I told her I was going to learn to Rlay well enough to play in the nine that would win the championship of the Territory, which I finally did; and I have never played a game since. I thought that I would quit while my credit was good. "My bishop gave me the reputation of being the laziest boy in the Thirteenth ward, spending hours of my time throw- ing a ball at his barn when I ought to be busy doing something for the benefit of my mother. But I was fortunate in having a mother that realized it was wise to en- courage her boy athletically or otherwise, to help him to do something that he had an ambition to do, instead of discouraging him. She was a General. "Bishop Woolley called at our home one day when it was raining. We had pans on the floor to catch the rain as it came through the roof. He said, 'Sister Grant, I shall immediately have a new roof put on this house of yours.' "She said, 'You will do nothing of the kind; I have some sewing here and as soon as it is done I will get some shingles and mend the roof. There is not going to_ be any money from the Fast Day donation wasted to put a roof on this old house. This old house will do me until my boy grows to manhood and builds me another house.' "He went away and said he was very sorry for Widow Grant, that if she waited for her boy to build a house she would never have one. "Twenty-one days before I was twen- ty-one years old, I married and took my bride to a home that I had bulit — tear- ing down Mother's old home — a six-room adobe house. I invited Bishop Woo.ley to come up and dedicate it and thanked him for his criticism of me which un- doubtedly inspired me to build the house quicker than I would have done if he had not christened me as the laziest boy in the Thirteenth ward." 2. Goodwill and Generosity: "I attended a lecture given in the Utah Hotel by1 Cory Hanks. Afterwards I went into his room and arranged to buy several hundred copies of his2 book to send to friends. I also paid him for the privilege of having the book printed at my own expense to send to all the mission- aries— some 2,000 of them — and also if I wished to give other copies away in addi- tion to those that I bought from him I might have the privilege of doing so. I was to have the privilege of printing any number to give away to my friends, which privilege he granted for a consid- eration, and I have been printing them and giving them away ever since. "I presented a copy to each of the di- rectors of the various companies with which I am connected. I said to the vice- president and general manager of the Utah Power S Light Co., 'Mr. Inch, would you take a five dollar bill for Hanks' book if you could not get another, if it were out of print?' "He said, 'I would not.' "I said, 'I would like to sell you 1,500 copies at a discount for your employees.' "He smiled and said, 'I will consult the president of the company, and if it is agreeable you shall have a check for $750.00.' "I did the same thing with managers of other companies, and sold enough books to send Hanks a net profit, according to my recollection, of a little mfc>re than $2000.00. Nearly all of the books sold to these various companies — like the Utah lA dauntless TJtahn who lost his eyes in youth by an explosion of dynamite. 2Up From the Hills, by Cory Hanks. Hotel Co., the Utah-Idaho Sugar Co., and others — I took the trouble to auto- graph and they were presented to the em- ployees in behalf of the board of direc- tors. I did not autograph the books for the employees of the Utah Power & Light Co." 3. Simplicity and Dignity: "One day, as I was walking through the streets carrying a quart or two of milk in a bucket, taking it home from the tithing office, a friend of mine said to me: 'Heber, I don't think you are maintain- ing your dignity as an apostle, the presi- dent of a bank and of other institutions by walking through the streets carrying a bucket of milk.' "I replied, 'There are some people that spend all their time trying to maintain their dignity, and there are other people that can push a wheelbarrow or carry a bucket of milk through the streets, and nobody dare step on their dignity. I hope I am one of the latter kind.' "On another occasion, when I was made president of the Tooele stake, this same friend was at the meeting. I got up and told the people I did not know anything about the duties that devolved upon the president of a stake, that I had no knowl- edge regarding them, but that I would do my best to try to fulfill them. My friend said to me latei : 'Heber, you made a mis- take by giving yourself away. Here you are making $4,000 or $5,000 a year as a young man, and you tell those people you don't know anything. You ought to keep still and not give it away.' "I said, 'If I tell them I don't know anything, and they afterwards find out that I have some sense I think it will be better than for me to make them think I know a lot of things that I don't know.' " II. Some Contributions: "I announce to all the world that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is in very deed the Church of God. and that there are thousands and tens of thousands who have been given this knowledge just as absolutely and as per- fectly as I have it." 97th Annual Conference Report, page 12. "Again I say it is beyond my compre- hension how any man who is absolutely honest in his dealings with his fellow men and would not think of such a thing as compromising his store bill if he were able to pay, would compromise his obligations to God. I can speak upon the payment of tithing, because from my childhood every dollar that has come into my hands has been tithed, and I have endeavored in ad- dition to be as liberal as any of my as- sociates have been in contributing for the various public enterprises that have been required of us — the erection of ward houses, school houses, etc. "I appeal to the Latter-day Saints to be honest with the Lord and I promise them that peace, prosperity and financial suc- cess will attend those who are honest with our Heavenly Father, because they are ful- filling the law and an obligation, and be will bless them for so doing." 100th Semi-Annual Conference Report, page 4. "The law of financial prosperity to the Latter-day Saints, under covenant with God, is to be an honest tithepayer, and not to rob the Lord in tithes and offerings.

The Improvement Era for February, 1930 285 Prosperity comes to those who observe the law of tithing; and when I say prosper- ity I am not thinking of it in terms of dollars and cents alone, although as a rule the Latter-day Saints who are the best tithepayers are the most prosperous men, financially; but what I count as real pros- perity, as the one thing of all others that is of great value to every man and woman living, is the growth in a knowledge of God, and in a testimony, and in the power to live the Gospel and to inspire our fam- ilies to do the same. That is prosperity of the truest kind. I would rather die in poverty knowing my family could testify that, to the best of the ability with which God had endowed me, I had observed his laws and kept his commandments, and by my example, had proclaimed the Gospel, than to have all the wealth of the world." 95 th Annual Conference Report, page 10. "No man who breaks the Word of Wis- dom can gain the same amount of knowl- edge and intelligence in this world as the man who obeys that law. I don't care who he is or where he comes from, his mind will not be as clear, and he cannot advance as far and as rapidly and retain his power as much as he would if he obeyed the Word of Wisdom." 95th Annual Conference Report, page 10. "Upon my return home Thursday I found an invitation from my son-in-law to climb Timpanogos the following Sat- urday, which I did. From the top of that mountain, the view of Wasatch, Utah and Salt Lake counties, the cities therein, and other sections of the country in the dis- tance, is one of the grandest that my eyes have ever beheld." 9 6th Semi- Annual Conference Report, page 5. III. COMMENT: As a public speaker President Grant is strikingly effective. His ut- terances have behind them an extra- ordinary mental awakeness, a soul- ful sincerity and an absolute fearless- ness. His candor almost forbids cau- tion. When he testifies, the most skeptical confess thjeir inability to doubt that he has knowledge behind his testimony. But the strength and clearness of his voice, the sincerity and truthfulness of his messages make up but one side of the effec- tiveness of his teachings. It is the harmony of his works with his words, the agreement of his sayings with what he is, that gives a weight to his words greater than that of elo- quence. On his 70th birthday, George H. Brimhall wrote of President Grant: "Straight as the flight of time, True as tested steel, Quick as the lightning's flash, A dynamo of zeal." i 1 1 A YOUNG traveler, lonely and homesick, took very ill on the train and was grateful 'to find herself taken under the care of a fatherly stranger. After reaching the hospital and being made comfortable, she learned that the gentleman was Heber J. Grant. His kindness won for the Church a devoted member. FINANCE™* PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE Geo. Q. Morris and Rachel Grant Taylor, Chairmen; Hugh J. Cannon, J. D. Giles, S. A. Stevens, L. W. Smith, E. H. Higgs. E. T. Brandley THE campaign for subscriptions to the Improvement Era has gone so far beyond the llA% quota and is still moving forward so rapidly that the Mutual Officers feel it would be a splendid tribute tb the Church on its Hundredth Anniversary to make good the slogan and have the Era in every Latter-day Saint home. Following is a list of the stakes showing the per cent of the quota, be- ing 7 J/2 % of the total population, and of the Era in every home. Stakes 7X/2% Quota Stakes 7%% Quota No. of Subs. To Jan. 17 250% to 150%: Teton 224 Union 137 Moapa 1 18 Fremont . _._330 Taylor -—255 Lyman 15 8 Parowan .....292 Cassia 120 Maricopa ....366 Snowflake .225 Gunnison _- 1 9 8 150% to 125%: Alberta —-299 Hyrum = _3 66 Yellowstone 290 Logan 455 San Juan 143 Franklin 332 Raft River ..98 Curlew 99 Oneida 295 Pocatello ....434 Lethbridge ..178 Shelley ......241 Montpelier 287 Big Horn ...249 Alpine 274 Ogden 696 125% to 110%: St. Johns 167 No. Weber 493 Sevier 266 Benson 585 East Jordan 414 Palmyra ....349 So. Davis ....383 So. Davis .3 82 San Fran. .246 Wasatch ....306 Juarez 93 Roosevelt 27 1 St. George ..322 Rigby 397 Oquirrh ____3 60 Cache 441 Juab 246 Los Angeles 409 Garfield ..... 200 561 340 286 712 517 251 449 188 544 338 295 446 541 412 597 202 464 136 137 407 597 242 325 377 319 346 872 207 600 324 710 507 424 468 468 298 372 112 321 380 479 426 518 290 476 230 % of 7V2% Quota 250 249 242 216 203 159 154 154 150 150 150 149 148 142 142 141 140 139 138 138 138 136 135 131 128 126 125 124 122 122 122 122 122 122 122 121 121 120 118 118 118 118 117 116 116 115 Panguitch ..179 Minidoka ..214 Woodruff ..23 6 Bear Lake ..278 Twin Falls 162 Malad 311 Morgan 157 Kolob 311 St. Joseph ..43 7 Emery 3 77 No. Davis ..364 So. Sevier ..219 Box Elder _.580 110% to 100%: Bannock ....180 Idaho Falls 532 Lehi 234 No. Sanpete 355 Kanab 173 Portneuf ....236 Lost River 88 Idaho 143 Utah 695 Tooele 322 Ensign 744 Millard ......274 Timpanogosl21 2 Pioneer 555 Zion Park 183 Star Valley 281 San Luis 159 Hollywood 324 Summit 377 Burley 271 Blackfoot ..407 100% to 80%: Bear River 391 Young 101 Deseret 3 67 Boise 308 Cottonwood 5 72 Carbon 3 70 Wayne 144 West Jordan 364 Tintic 180 Nebo 351 Mt. Ogden 544 No. Sevier 200 So. Sanpete 330 Sharon 228 Nevada 149 Salt Lake 781 Duchesne ... 23 2 Below 80%: Weber 538 Moroni 205 Uintah _:__..321 Liberty 1 111 No. of Subs. To Jan. 17 203 246 271 319 184 355 179 354 493 417 403 243 640 197 578 256 388 186 253 95 155 749 346 793 288 218 583 191 293 163 333 389 272 408 389 99 359 298 548 349 129 327 158 310 477 174 285 190 124 67 186 417 160 246 859 % of 7y2% Quota 115 115 115 115 114 114 114 114 113 111 111 111 110 109 109 109 109 108 108 108 108 108 107 107 105 105 105 104 104 103 103 102 100 100 99 98 98 97 96 94 90 90 88 88 88 87 86 83 83 83 80 79 78 77 77

286 The Improvement Era for February, 1930 7Y2% No. of Subs. % of Stakes Quota To Jan. 17 7Ys% Quota Granite 874 659 75 Grant . 1047 781 75 Beaver 253 176 70 Blaine 189 120 63 E. E. Ericksen, Emily C. Adams, Chairmen; H. C. Iverson, J. H. Tay- lor, W. O. Robinson, D. Wood, J. F. Smith, J. S. Cornwall, Charlotte Stewart, E. T. Brandley, K. C. Jensen, E. T. Beesley, E. S. Anderson MISSIONS Canadian 81 118 143 Eastern 264 329 124 California __772 950 122 No. Western 674 546 81 Western 483 283 58 Northern 501 259 50 Central 769 240 30 Southern __1 132 341 30 East Central 921 181 20 No. Central 180 35 20 Course of Study- Music This is the fourth issue of the new Improvement Era. It has taken its place among the leading magazines of the West. In circulation it is among the leaders. In editorial content it has taken a place among the best edited journals of the day. In every way the new Era has set a high standard. It is the aim of the publishers to con- tinue the effort to make the Era in- dispensable in every Latter-day Saint home. With this in view, the suggestion is made that every reader make an effort to induce someone else to read the Im- provement Era. This means that if you are the head of the family, you should induce the members of your family to become regular readers of the Improvement Era. If you are an M. I. A. worker, you should encourage the members of your organization to read the many excellent articles printed each month. It is just as important to have our present subscribers read the Era and obtain the benefits from the material it contains as it is to get new subscribers. The approach of the Centennial Anniversary of the Church makes doubly important many of the articles in the Era. In the issues just ahead a large proportion of the space will be devoted to historical matter, and arti- cles connected with the Centennial An- niversary will be most important. You should not be content with enjoying the Improvement Era alone, but should make it your duty and pleasure to en- courage as many others as possible to secure the same benefits. Superintendent Brady of the Port- neuf stake sends in a check covering^ 100% Life Memberships for the Arimo ward. (38) Life Members. i 1 -f Superintendent Harvey Taylor, of the St. Joseph stake sends the general office a check covering 100% of Gen- eral Fund for his stake. (February 4) I. Objectives, based on the rhyth- mic urge. 1. To develop appreciation for the best in music and song. 2. To encourage ability to pro- duce high class music. 3. To strengthen social senti- ments through community singing. 4. To inspire religious faith and national loyalty. II. Local Problems. 1. What is the music program for the M. I. A.? (See Handbook, page 143, and Handbook Supplement, page 3D 2. Are you prepared to conduct successfully this program? a. Are your music directors and organists appointed? If not, why not? b. Have you adequate facil- ities for carrying out this program? c. If no classroom with piano for class "sings" is available, can you arrange it so that a nearby home may be used occasionally until more adequate facil- ities are provided? d. Can you make a drive for the purpose of providing better musical facilities in your work? e. Is your M. I. A. supplied with the M. I. A. and So- ciability Song Books? If not you are missing a great opportunity of unit- ing and strengthening the comradeship and loyalty of the members of the Mutual. Can you afford to be without these books? (The M. I. A. songs are bound in the middle sec- tion of the book, with index on the inside of the front cover. Index for the rest of the songs are in the back. You will find class songs, and ma- terial for duets, mixed quartettes and choruses for all occasions.) 3. A long list of material for choruses, glee clubs, etc., has been published in the Young Woman's Journal and Im- provement Era. (See Hand- book, pages 393-396.) You will observe by the titles that most of these songs are recreational in spirit, and may be used for any recreational event, or Tuesday evening program. For Sunday evening joint session, and quarterly con- ferences where sacred music is needed, a list of songs was published in the Journal for Feb., 1926, page 124. See also Handbook, page 146. 4. The Music project for this year is An Evening of Mu- sic Appreciation in each De- partment. How many such evenings have you had? If you have been successful in some departments, turn your attention to others, and try to give them all a glimpse of the beauty of being able to enjoy good music. Special attention is called to articles written by Frank Asper and members of the General Music Committee, and published in the Young Woman's Journal: Music Appreciation — Journal for Mar. 1928, p. 181. Franz Schubert — Journal for Dec. 1928, p. 84. Aida at Home — Journal for Apr. 1927, p. 212. Folk Music — Journal for Feb. 1929, p. 122. Program Music — Journal for Sept. 1929, p. 618. Verdi — Journal for Oct. 1929, p. 711. Stephen Foster — Journal for Oct. 1929, p. 704. Old Home Songs — Journal for Oct. 1929, p. 706. Bohemian Girl — Improvement Era, for Nov. 1929, p. 80. Why not make a collection of these articles and others which you might find and make a booklet labeled "Mu- sic Appreciation." It would be a fine addition to any ward music director's equipment. See suggestions for a musical Tues- day in the September Journal, page 614, and the October Journal, page 695. This gives a list of three-part songs for women's voices.

The Improvement Era for February, 1930 287 III. Methods. (How to Achieve Objectives.) 1. Organize bands, orchestras, choruses, etc., with the best available leadership. 2. Encourage concerts and operas. a. Can you occasionally bring in artists for such events? 3. Induce schools to foster bet- ter music and give courses in music appreciation. 4. Stress the Project and Even- ing of Music Appreciation in every department of the M. I. A. The Opera (February 11) An outline which may be studied in preparation for an opera presenta- tion. For general suggestions, regarding organization, choice of opera, etc., see M. I. A. Handbook. 1. What opera shall we give? Note: It is a good plan to organize a committee consisting of the conductor and pianist and others who could be of assistance, to select a number of operas and go over them carefully, keeping in mind the local conditions. This usually affords a very pleasant evening of study. For sources of information on the names of operas, etc., see the Handbook and the 1929-30 supplement to the Handbook. 2. How shall we select a cast? Note: The cast should be appointed with two things in mind: 1st — What the opera can contribute to the people taking part; 2nd — -What the people can contribute to the opera. Improvement of one's talents and the wholesome activity of a group are leading objectives in the opera project. The giving of a good show for the community is after all the least important aim. Either of two methods may be employed in selecting a cast: 1st — A selection made by a committee or the conductor based on their present knowledge of all available people; 2nd — The tryout meth- od whereby all who are interested may se- lect a part, learn it and try out before a committee. Each of these methods pre- sents difficulties but if they are antici- pated either may be made successful. 3. What is the most expedient way to conduct rehearsals? Note: To be entirely successful in the rehearsal periods, a very definite plan should be made. * It should anticipate all conditions so thoroughly that no con- flicts will occur or no one's time be wasted. It may be possible to have sev- eral rehearsals at the same time in different places, as for example, the chorus — the principals, and special dancers. It is not a good thing to try to put the show to- gether until all the music and lines are learned. The conductor should be careful to conserve the rehearsal time so that all music is learned equally well. He should not let the last act lag. He should also avoid over- rehearsal of the easy parts, etc. Only the people should be called to the rehearsal who can be kept busy most or all of the time. Stage business can be greatly facilitated by making carefuL diagrams of the various scenes, showing the grouping, etc. 4. How shall we arrange for cos- tumes? Note: There can always be found peo- ple in the community who delight in ar- ranging for costumes. This part of the production is usually the most expensive, but it can be greatly reduced by careful planning and thought. If a ward ward- robe can be established it is a very help- ful thing and becomes from year to year more useful as the costumes which are made for the various productions are ac- cumulated. 5. How shall we arrange for scenery and lights? Note: Stage carpenters and electricians should be appointed and given full direc- tions on all stage settings and require- ments. They should be given ample time to experiment with the materials available and thereby obtain the best results. The possibilities of the cyclorama should be carefully considered in connection with non-expensive scenery. 6. What about the properties? Note: A property man should be ap- pointed and a complete list given to him. All properties should be checked out to the cast and chorus just as they are needed and returned promptly when not in use. Do not trust the cast or chorus to take care of their own properties except as they use them. 7. What about advertising? Note: Some scheme should be devised which is effective in advertising the show and securing a crowd. Systematic, careful, intelligent plan- ning will accomplish all of the above. The fundamental aim to be realized in the opera is Mutual Improvement. Appreciation (February 18) An outline which may be studied in connection with the music project in the various departments. Discuss the following questions: 1. What do we mean by appreciation? 2. What is the difference between sen- sual pleasure and appreciation? 3. Can we appreciate more than we can do? 4. What is the relationship between musical ability and music appreciation? 5. What part does the law of associa- tion play in music appreciation? 6. What are the meanings of the terms: Good music, bad music, classical music, popular music, "jazz" music, modern mu- sic, "high-brow" music, "low-brow" music? 7. What significance has the inventions of the phonograph and the radio with respect to music appreciation? The Common Sense of Music (February 25) The book review by Evangeline Beesley, on page 278, February Eta, presents material which would provide a most interesting discussion. Use it in the study period of the Community Activity Committee. Review 1. Discuss briefly the subjects of opera, music appreciation and com- mon sense of music. 2. Analyze the situation in your ward and try to discover new possibil- ities for making music a splendid means of cultural recreation. Color By Glenn J. Beeley A HARMONIOUS, interesting and distinctive use of color is vitally important to success in any creative art. Good designs and good workmanship are rendered ineffective through poor color combinations. Neither color, nor the combination of colors alone is art. We must have some form to ex- press that which we wish to portray. To say that a particular thing pleases is not to say that it is artistic. There is a right and wrong in color combi- nations as there is harmony and dis- cord in music. New color theories are being sug- gested constantly by educators. Some people adopt every new theory that comes along and the result is, in most cases, very poor. There are, however, two main the- ories: (a) the Newton and Brewster theory, based on the theory that red, blue, and yellow are primary colors, and green, purple, and orange are sec- ondary and (b) the Young-Helm- holtz-Tyndall that the primary col- ors are red, green and violet. The difference between these two theories is that the Newton-Brewster theory is based on the mixture of pigments and the Young-Helmholtz-Tyndall on the spectrum. The colors of the Newton- Brewster theory are called primary be- cause from them it is possible to obtain all other colors. The color theory which names yellow, red, and blue as the three primary colors has been proved to be very practical. Engravers base their work on this theory. By using a series of color niters our mod-

288 The Improvement Era for February, 1930 BOOKS Read More Good Books Reading helps to broaden one's outlook on life and furnishes that much needed mind exercise. All the latest books of Fiction, Travel, Biog- raphy, etc., and all of the Church Publications are now availabe at our store. Make it a habit to read one good book each week. Deseret Book Company 44 East on So. Temple Salt Lake City ern photo-engravers are able to make plates which in three printings of yel- low, red, and blue give us all the colors found in nature. Sometimes a fourth plate of black is added to give a picture the gray tone. The theory we are most interested in at present is the one worked out by scientists that the primary colors are red, green, and violet. At present we are having a great deal of color used in all objects of decoration. The handcraft workers of middle Europe and Austria are ob- taining some beautiful results from the use of color combinations worked out by the scientists. We cannot mix red and green pig- ments and make yellow, but it is pos- sible to combine red rays of light with the green and get a brilliant yellow. "Nature has given us in our eyes three sets of nerves corresponding to the colors of the spectrum. One set of nerves is sensitive to green rays, one to red and one to violet. If the violet and green nerves are set in vibration we see, not green and violet separately, but blue, and if the green and red are set in vibration we see yellow. The Spectrum Primaries are: Red, green, violet. Complementaries are: Red — blue: Orange — blue-violet; Yel- low— violet ; Yellow- green — purple ; Green — crimson ; Blue- green — scarlet. f The symbolism of color is based on the early associations of man with cer- tain colors, and is as old as life itself. A few colors and what they supposedly stand for are: Red — war, passion, danger; Orange — harvest, plenty, autumn, happiness; Yel- low— cowardice, decay, sickness; Yellow- green — youth, cheerfulness, peace; Green — victory; Blue-green — song poetry; Blue — coldness, spirituality, truth; Blue-violet — distance; Violet — sadness, sentimental- ity; Purple — royalty, riches; Crimson — beauty, generosity; Scarlet — blood and an- ger; White — purity, sacrifice, winter; Black — death, despair, night. Good color combinations: Red and blue; crimson scarlet, green and blue-green; red, orange, yellow, blue, blue-violet, and violet; red, orange and yellow; purple, crimson, scarlet and green; blue-green, blue and blue- violet; blue, blue-violet, violet, purple, crimson red orange, yellow orange, yellow green and green; scarlet, green, red and black; blue- violet, violet purple and crimson. Biology: The Art of Colour, by Michel Jacobs. Applied Art, by Pedro Lemas. Fabric Decoration, by Painter's Corp. Color, by Binney Smith. Flowers TJTARRIET Ward Beecher once ■■- said, "Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into." One never knows a plant or flower until one grows it and cares for it from first to last — in all vicissitudes. The satisfaction of seeing it spring up, grow, produce its own kind of foliage and take its place among otther plants, meeting the days and the seasons as they pass is beyond all measure one of life's greatest pleasures. The purchased plant in full bloom is not so close to one's affections, nor is it an object to be exhibited as one's own. To be a real lover of flowers, one must work. This is very essential to the real joy of gardening. It was Edgar Guest who wrote, "The man who wants a garden fair, with flow- ers growing herte and the?re, must bend his back and dig. The things are mighty few on earth that wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth, we've got to work to gain. It matters not what goal you seek, its secret here reposes — you've got to dig, from week to week, to get results, and roses." With the increasing specialization in all kinds of endeavor, we are in danger of lessening the range of our usefulness, and I fear, are missing some of the real satisfaction of life. The satisfactions are the ability and willingness to do things with our own hands. We like the idea of a person sowing his own seed, trans- planting the seedlings, setting out his own rose or lilac bush, handling the pruning shears, picking the bugs as well as gathering the flowers. Plants should be a delight at any time of the year. The lilac bush has a lilac character in winter as well as spring, and barbary is bafrbary at any season. The seasons are an in- tegral part of life; to one who loves the seasons, the garden is the best personal expression of them. The fragile, intimate brotherhood with the earth must always have been a powerful bond with men, and an infinite resource to them, al- though we catch little of the feeling of it in the literature of ancient times. Men must always have responded to the wild rose, and to the tenderness of the grass. Certainly we know that men very early began to assemble blossoms about their homes and pass on seeds from friend to friend. Flowerls are recognized! as being among the higher things. All great occasions need them to be complete. There is scarcely a soul but responds to blossoms, even though he knows it not. No soul passes a lily in

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290 The Improvement Era for February, 1930 Utanut and Vitanut Utah's Health Nut Margarines are ideal as spreads for bread, hot rolls and muf- fins. They are the finest, most healthful shortenings. Buy them and build Utah Home Industry Your grocer will supply you, or call the factory direct. Deseret Foods Corporation j 2246 Highland Drive Salt Lake City, Utah HUGHES SHOP 50 E. Broadway, Salt Lake City There is nothing More entirely Feminine Than Hughes New Spring Frocks Igso All that is new for Spring — new styles — new mate- rials— new colors. You will want to see them. "Where Values Are Greatest and Styles Are Latest" bloom, an apple orchard in the spring, a clover field swept in red, or a good garden, but that some re- flections of it enters his mind and lodges itself in some corner of the brain. It would be difficult to im- agine a flowerless world. There is much speculation as to why flowers ever came into the world, and what necessity they ful- fill. But we are free to accept facts and flowers are facts. I think there must be something more than mere utility to the plan that brought blossoms into the world. But why- ever they came, they are joyful things, and they are parts in the journey of life. To know a flower well, and to grow it well are more than botany or gardening. The songs of birds, the breath of winds, the flow of streams, the appeal of flowers are so real we are likely to forget them or to lose them; but the flowers excel them in the ease and completeness with which we may adapt them to personal needs and incorporate them into a process of life. Real utiliza- tion of leisure time is to have re- sources where one lives — and flower gardening is one resource. Let us plant more flowerfc .and each year they may grow more wonderful and blossom a little longer, and as the summer winds blow down their deli- cate fragrancje from the mountains and through the valleys we are happy because of flowers. Note: This was given in full as a radio talk by Mrs. Norman Lloyd over K S L on the Mutual Hour, Sunday, Sept. 25. Adult Department COMMITTEE A. L. Beeley; Lucy W. Smith, Chairmen J. F. Merrill F. S. Harris L. T. Cannon L. L. Daines R. W. Bennett M. C. Kimball A. M. Cannon How One Group Does It HT AYLORSVILLE ward, Cotton- -L wood stake, which did such fine work last year is again to the front. On Dec. 17 a delightful Christmas social was held. During the first period, the Priesthood and the Women's sections met as usual but the combined groups met together for the second period in the recrea- tion hall which had been made attrac- tive by means of rugs, rocking chairs and decorations. Musical selections, sentiments, stories, talks and group singing all on Christmas theme were presented, so that everyone partook of the Yuletide spirit. Refreshments wefe seirvedl Ajbout one hundred and fifty were present. This group does not neglect the regular lessons or the project, but once each month either a social or a musicale is given. The Genealogical class cooperates in a wholesouled manner in both the project and in these social events, with the result that the entire adult group is united and a fine enthusiastic spirit prevails. Edgar Lindsay and Nellie Bennion are the M. I. A. leaders while Brig- ham Haslam heads the Genealogical work. Calendar for February Women's Division Feb. 4th — Notable Mothers of Scripture — Asenath (Adult Women's Manual.) Feb. 11— Life Abundant — The Prevention of Nervous and Mental Diseases, Part 1 (Adult Women's Manual.) Feb. 18 — The Home — Social and Intellectual Atmosphere of the Home (Lesson 26, Gleaner Manual.) These Manuals may be borrowed from Gleaner leaders in the wards or may be purchased from the General office. Price, 20c. Feb. 25 — Society and Personality - — Culture Patterns and Personality (Adult Women's Manual.) All ('

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Mail orders handled carefully and promptly Salt Lake's Master Cleaners and Dyers Call Hy. 65 444 East Second South St. M Men - Gleaners Department COMMITTEE Combined M Men and Gleaners Committees Banquets AT this time there is considerable comment by both M Men and Gleaners concerning their banquets. Some are holding them conjointly; — others are holding separate affairs, the matter being optional. There has been one idea which has been very successful in making these ban- quets more enjoyable. This plan is to run a newspaper which will be issued the day of the banquet. The best method to handle it is as follows: First, have a stake editor-in-chief and a stake business manager appoint- ed. Then have each ward in the stake appoint a ward editor. This individual is responsible for getting all news items about the ward to the editor-in-chief who wtill put them into the paper. The names and ad- dresses of all M Men or Gleaners can be put into the paper and a very satisfactory roster for the stake thus formulated. Many ideas may be in- corporated in the paper to make it interesting and humorous. Just turn this matter over to the young people and they will develop a good sheet. Each ward should also have a business manager who will solicit advertising in his ward and in this way the paper will be at least self- sustaining. In one instance, where it has been tried out, a small fund has accumulated to defray the ex- penses of the banquet. In case there are no facilities to print such a paper, it can be made up on a mimeograph or typewriter. It is further recommended that short articles from prominent men in the stake be incorporated, and it has been proven that with a little thought in this matter, considerable interest will be added to the banquets. Report of Clifton M Men- Gleaner Banquet and Ball A dining room more beautiful and homey was never beheld. Autumn leaves furnished the wall decorations and intro- duced the color scheme of fall colors. Two long tables graced the hall and were laid with beautiful white linen, and each table was made a work of art by the gorgeous flowers — asters, dahlias and zinnias — which formed the centerpieces for the ta- bles. In the flowers the color scheme was very prominent — red, yellow, white, and purple, brown and green leaves — fall col- ors all. Red nut cups with a border of tan were placed by each plate further aiding the harmony of the color scheme. The tables were set for seventy people. Place cards made possible the seating without confusion, and as the party was a get- acquainted one a boy and girl were alter- nated with officers and bishopric and stake board. By each person's glass a napkin and program were placed. The program contained the songs to be sung by the group, and jokes giving insight into the lives of some of the Gleaners, M Men and officers. After a delicious meal, made better by lovely toasts and songs, came the ball, be- ginning with the "broom waltz" to more acquaint the couples. The ball was very successful and the evening ended with prayer. This affair was the biggest success as yet put over here. All did their share and were more than willing to do all they could to help the cause along. Everybody worked in harmony proving that the work is going over and really being put into actual use. By Gertrude Viehtoeg. Contests for M Men and Gleaners The activities for the springtime in M. I. A. take the form of contests, to a great extent, and the time for getting into this work is close at hand. The majority of contestants in various events are naturally of M Men-Gleaner age, and these groups should already be considering the events for this year, and making de- cisions as to which ones they wish to enter. Some lines of contest are restricted to M Men and Gleaners, while others are open to all members of the M. I. A., and in both kinds the older boys and girls will wish to participate. Events: Public Speaking, on the subject of the Slogan "We stand for the preser- vation of our heritage through obe- dience to law," is open to M Men and Gleaners only. Male Chorus is for M Men. Ladies' Chorus is for Gleaner and Junior Girls. Drama, dancing, double mixed quartette, Instrumental trio and or- chestra are open to all, but the drama and dance contests are piarticularly interesting to M Men and Gleaners. Details concerning these events, and others, will be found on 13-19 of the Handbook Supplement. It is suggested that the different

The Improvement Era for February, 1930 293 steps of the Contest dance — the Gold and Green Caprice — be learned and used widely during the rest of the season. The fox-trot and waltz steps are new and interesting, and much of charm and beauty can be introduced into social dancing if such steps as these are danced well. Two especially interesting events are the Play-writing contest and the Song writing contest. The first of- fers prizes of $100 and $50; the other a first prize of $50. The date for the close of the play-writing contest has been postponed to March 1st, 1930, and therefore gives every one time to get that pet idea on pa- per, and worked out in drama form in time. One-act plays are preferred. Get the spirit of the contest ac- tivities. Resolve to make your stake Church winner at the grand finals next June! Union Meetings The M Men-Gleaner program will prove more interesting and easy if a flew minutes during qach monthly Union meeting could be devoted to a joint discussion of questions and problems pertaining to it. Con- sideration of the procedure for the regular Tuesday evening meetings for the following month, activities con- templated, project ideas all might come in for a short discussion with benefit. The appointment of com- mittees to take care of all details of M Men-Gleaner work would assist materially in smoothing the way and increasing interest in these joint mat- ters. Course of Study (For March 4) Music Appreciation is the subject for consideration at the joint M Men- Gleaner session in March. In the February Era a review of Sigmund Spaeth's book "Common Sense in Music" is given, and this is to be used as a basis for discussion by the group. A few members could be assigned parts of the review to study ahead; or one might be given the re- sponsibility of; leading the rest in discusison. The evening has possi- bilities of being one of the really valuable ones of the season. ALL high motives, ideals, concep- tions and sentiments in a man are of no account if they do not come forward to strengthen him for the bet- ter discharge of the duties which de- volve upon him in the ordinary affairs of life. — Henry Ward Beecher. MADE OF FINE INGREDIENTS and RICHER IN MILK IT'S SLOW BAKED! | TO BRING OUT THE GOODNESS | OF IT ALL. \ Western Chocolate for Western Schools ♦ Most school cafeterias in the West serve hot chocolate, made with Ghirardeili's Ground Chocolate. Managers and principals know that that means clearer heads in the afternoon periods, and a better health average during trying months. A tin of Ghirardeili's Ground Chocolate in the cafeteria is a pretty good recommendation for the management of the school. Correspondence from principals, parents, teach- ers, and cafeteria managers is invited. D. Ghirar- delli Co., 914 North Point St., San Francisco. GHIRARD EILI'S CHOCOLATE Say "Gear-ar-delly" J DOCTORS WILL TELL j YOU i ... i j Physicians are agreed that constipation is at j the root of most digestive disturbances, and is the cause of pimples, boils and other skin troubles. j Fleischmann's Yeast-for-Health relieves j constipation and its attendant ills. Ask your grocer for Yeast-for-Health. His j stock is always fresh j I FLEISCHMANN'S YEAST j j At all Grocers' j I _ «— 6 . .,—,<,„.,„ ,_ , . J onder Bread i ITS SLO-BAKED FREE... .Write for "Sweet Sixteen" Recipe Packet No. 2, D. GHirardelliCo., 914 North Point St., San Francisco, Calif. J 26

294 The Improvement Era for February, 1930 NEWEST STYLES Wedding Announcements and Invitations X X Printed Process Embossed Or Engraved V Mail Orders Given Special Attention 1 •/ i Ask for Samples and Prices ■t -f -f Prompt Service The DESERET NEWS PRESS 29 Richards Street Salt Lake City BE INDEPENDENT No Other Vocation So Profitable ! ENROLL NOW For a Complete Course at the Quish School of Beauty Culture The Best in the West 304-9 Ezra Thompson Bldg. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH For Further Information and Catalog Call Wasatch 7560 01 Fill in This Coupon Gleaner Girls Department Grace C. Nelsen COMMITTEE Emily H. Higgs, Chairman Rachel G. Taylor Martha G. Smith Sheaf and Project For 1929-30 the Gleaner sheaf is combined with the Gleaner-M Men Project: I will contribute to the honor and happiness of my home. Girls can be binding this sheaf the whole day long, for even a lovely thought of home contributes to its happiness. The sheaf-project is a personal thing, and should be the means of developing the beautiful personality which is one of a girl's greatest charms. A love of home and a determination to honor and contribute to its happiness; is one fairly dependable assurance of a happy and useful future for any girl, for the kind of love and con- sideration she gives to her girlhood home determines in great measure the type of home she will make for someone else, some day. Mission Outlines for Gleaner Work From Basel, Switzerland, has come an outline of the Gleaner plan prepared for use in the mission, and to state that it is excellent is to put it mildly. Those instrumental in its preparation are to be commended most highly, and no doubt can exist that the Gleaner program in the Swiss-German Mission will be car- ried out with increased thoroughness and intelligence because of the help- ful suggestions put forth. The material was gathered from various sources — Y. L. M. I. A. Handbook, back volumes of the Young Woman's Journal, Gleaner courses of study, recreational publi- cations etc., and presents the history of Gleaner work, its purpose, use, model, name and meaning, pin, or- ganization, constitution and by-laws, duties of officers, sheaves and sheaf- binding. Some of the suggested lines of study are: Home, Literature, Court- ship, Art, Music, Nature, Ethics, So- cial Conduct, Personal Grooming, Public Speaking, and in the field of religion, The Divinity of Jesus of Nazareth, The Acts of the Apostles, The Apostasy, The Restoration, The Everlasting Covenant and Latter-day Saint Ideal of Home and Home Life. For the activity periods, sugges- tions are offered in various lines, guided by the seVen human urges recognized by Psychologists: Physical Urge. Simple indoor stunts and games; sleighing, skating, swimming, skiing,. etc. Rhythmic Urge. Music, dancing, choruses, glee clubs and similar activities. Dramatic Urge. Writing, preparation and presen- tation of pageants, plays and tab- leaus. Social Urge. Home parties, previously discussed and planned in class. Linguistic Urge. Story-telling, public speaking,, book reviews, etc. Environment Urge. Members of class, or invited' speaker, who has travelled, tell of interesting features of trip. Constructive Urge. Creative areas, needle-craft, etc., demonstrated under direction of able- leader. The General Committee feels that this, outline in full would be of great value in. all missions where there is need for a group older than the Bee-Hive Girls. The- office will mail copies to missions re- questing them. Gleaner Calendar for March Mar. 4 — 1st period: Lesson. 2nd pe- riod: M Men- Gleaners. Music. (Page 278, February Era.) Mar. 11 — -1st period: Lesson. 2nd period: Question Box. Mar. 18 — 1st period: Lesson. 2nd period: Music. Singing of songs, prepar- ation for contests, etc. Mar. 25 — 1st period: Lesson. 2nd. period : Optional. HPO awaken each morning with a -*- smile brightening my face; to greet the day with reverence for the opportunities it contains; to approach my work with a clear mind; to hold ever before me, even in the doing of little things, the ultimate purpose to- ward which I am working; to meet men and women with laughter on my lips and love in my heart; to be gen- tle, kind and courteous through all the hours; to approach the night with weariness that ever woos sleep, and the joy that comes from work well done — this is how I desire to waste wisely my days. — Thomas Dreier.

The Improvement Era for February, 1930 295 COMMITTEE May Booth Talmage, Chairman Laura P. Nicholson Agnes S. Knowlton Julia S. Baxter Marie C. Thomas Junior Girls' Calendar for March Mar. 4 — 1st period: Lesson 22, Home-making and Motherhood. (Junior outline, p. 6 ; Young Woman's Journal, Feb., 1929, p. 139.) 2nd period: Drama- tization— -Book — Retold Story. Mar. 11 — 1st period: Lesson 23, Es- sential Characteristics of Ideal Home- maker. The Man. (Jun. outline, p. 7; Journal, Feb., 1929, p. 143.) 2nd pe- riod : Question Box. Mar. 18 — 1st period: Lesson 24, Es- sential Characteristics of Ideal Home- maker: The Woman. (Jun. outline, p. 8; Journal tor March, 1929, p. 212.) 2nd period: Travelogue. Mar. 25 — 1st period: Lesson 25, Essentials of an Ideal Home. (Jun. out- line, p 8; Journal for March, 1929, p. 216.) 2nd period: Music, dancing, etc. The dearest The fairest The loveliest and the best To her, I dedicate this verse Whose charms eclipse the rest. In loving you, dear lady, no merit is implied, To see you is to love you, and idolize, beside; I'm only one of many, no special gift is mine To capture heart and fancy of one so near divine. But are they all so constant? May- hap my happy part Be this to hold far longer your image in my heart I — Estelle Webb Thomas. Flower Suggestions The Junior Girls' flower-raising project has proven its value in many ways during the past two or three years. Chapels have been made beau- tiful, sick people have found their hearts warming, and girls have discov- ered the exquisite joy of watching liv- ing things develop and blossom. It is not too early to begin to think about Spring plans for gardens. Per- haps a flower-show scheduled for late Summer might stimulate interest. Such a show held in connection with the quarterly conference of the stake would add a touch of joy and beauty readily felt by the girls and all who see their flowers. On page 288 (Feb. Era) is a little article on flowers which if discussed in class would doubtless impart to many Junior girls a desire and determination to start early and raise some flowers this year. New Classes Every Week SCHOOL PARTY AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Our classes are so arranged that new students may enroll any time and progress just as rapidly as their application and ability will permit. A good position for every graduate — -none out of employment Call, write or phone for information. Visitors Welcome. Henagers Business College J. C. HENAGER — D. B. MOENCH 45 E. Broadway Was. 2753 Best Equipped School in Inter-Mountain Territory H)«-»(l-^»iH1»{}-«^iJ CTTM>-1M !l*»[Hg»l)awHHmil— ll4»()^H)0[)«»[H»{)M»0«n<^[l< »()«»()«»0«

296 The Improvement Era for February, 1930 The Ideal Folding Chair For Home, Church, School This Chair Has Been Chosen by the Largest Users in the State. Chosen For Lincoln Ward The New Granite Stake House The Salt Lake City Schools Granite School District Jordan School District PEMBROKE'S 24 E. Broadway i Better Meals | WITH THIS I j BETTER | BREAD Baked with an extra measure of those ingredients which make for a finer flavor, Long Royal bread makes a good meal better. And, its convenient shape gives you more slices per loaf. Fresh Every Day At Your Grocer's ROYAL BAKING COMPANY 30 West Broadway, Salt Lake City LONG ROYAL I Better bread . . . Better bakfd Ki ■r»0«^t]M»-r>-a s-n-mwmi ii-mK>-a Vanguards- Scouts Department COMMITTEE Geo. R. Hill; Chas. R. Mabey, Chairmen German E. Ellsworth LeRoi C. Snow Nicholas G. Smith Ernest P. Horsley A N interesting little publication **■ prepared by the boys of this de- partment has much to indicate the fact that Troop 4 of Logan is wide awake. The paper is called the Vanguard- Scout. Excerpts follow: Scouts Have Successful Hike The hike taken Saturday by the Old Ephraim and Running Deer Patrols was a great success. The Patrol Lead- ers left early in the morning and set a trail for the others who came later to follow. Every fence between here and the river was crossed at least once, we are not saying how much pants ma- terial was left on the barbs. The trail was laid in such a way that the Scouts had to know their tracking to follow it. The tracks led, in a round-about way, to the river which was the destination. While the Patrol Leaders cooked Hunter's Stew and "Twist," Scouts Ben Baxter, Von Baxter, Fay Hawkes, Billy Baugh, Lloyd McDonald and Delwyn Thomas passed their fire building test. The remainder of the time was spent in skating and playing hockey. Acceptance The Scouts of Troop 4 accept with pleasure the invitation of the Van- guards to join them in the publication of their paper which will now be called the Vanguard Scout. We will do any- thing we can for the progress of the paper. (Signed) THAIN CARLISLE, Vaughn Pond. (Patrol Leaders) Santa Claus knew his onions when he left Scout Billy Baugh a wheelbar- row. THE VANGUARD-SCOUT IS PUBLISHED BY THE VAN- GUARDS AND SCOUTS OF TROOP 4, LOGAN, UTAH. Staff scoutmaster Peter A. C. Peders?n Editor Eugene Gardner Cartoonist —.Adrian Morrell Scout Patrol Leaders Thain Carlisle, Vaughan Pond Day in and Day Out A Boston paper offered a prize foi the paragraph that had given the great- est inspiration and help. Lines from Tennyson and others were sent in by the hundred. The letter that gained the prize was as follows; "I am only a boy, and boys' opin- ions are not respected by most grown- ups; but we have them, just the same. "The paragraph which helps me the most is the Boy Scout Oath, as fol- lows: "On mv honor, I will do my best: "1. To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout Law. "2. To help other people at all times. "3. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awakt and morally straight." Vanguard Insignia The arrowhead is typical of the In- dian and carries with it the love of conquest and adventure; it is of the out-of-doors and was made and used by a race of people that knew the lan- guage of nature because they lived with her. The upturned arrowhead is an emblem of peace and good will, a token of confidence used often by the Indians to express welcome to the early Vanguards of civilization. You Need a Lid — Buy a Scout Hat Roldo Dutson's tonsils have recently been affected with "litus." LOCALS First Aid Needed: S'cout Thain Carlisle's brown dog, "Mutt," seems to be "hitting on three." It is in misery in its present condition; can't we either give it some first aid or finish the job? YOU GOTTA WEAR PANTS Buy SCOUT Pants A Wayward Sheep : Some time ago, a sheep belonging to Scout Earl England took a short vaca- tion. Earl canvassed the ward with a flash-light on the evening of its escape but after a two-day search, it came back of its own accord. There must not have been a better master in town. YOU GOTTA HAVE A SHIR'l Buy a SCOUT Shirt Realistic Decoration : Scout Grant Foster did such a good job at decorating his Christmas tree that his little brother, Wayne, took one of the ornaments for an apple and tried to eat it.

The Improvement Era for February, 1930 297 YOU GOTTA HAVE SOX Buy SCOUT Sox An Honest Thief: Scout Clyde Carlisle has just put one over on the stamp companies by sending for approval sheets, taking the "tempter" which was a few hundred stamps in each case and sending the approvals back. It seems to be working fine as he has acquired quite a collection by that method. SINCE YOU GOTTA WEAR CLOTHES Make it a UNIFORM THE NEW MEETING HOUSE The Bishop is not making any prom- ises but "It might so happen" that, when the whole building is finished, the Scouts will get the two rooms on the west up- stairs. These are the two best rooms in the building for our purpose as they are plenty large enough for all kinds of games and they are far enough away from the main hall that the Mutual President will not have to pay us a visit every five min- utes. We will probably be allowed to lock at least one of these rooms off from the rest of the building and not be in danger of having all our things wrecked by the pri- mary children every time that primary is held. During the late fall, the plans for the remodeling of the old meeting house have been completed. The building has taken approximately $14,000, of which the Church has paid $7,000. Most of the as- sessments put in by the ward have been paid in work, none of the original savings of the ward having been used. Plans are being made to have a social in the newly-finished house on the evening of December 3 1 . This will be the first gathering held in the hall for some time, it is expected that most of the ward mem- bers will come. Scout Executive Pond will be in charge of the games. A new building will be erected next summer. All Scouts and Vanguards are urged to put in as much time on it as they possibly can. AN EYE FOR BUSINESS Scout Adrian Morrell has just showed some good busines reasoning in putting over a rabbit deal. It seems that both he and Wendell owned a rabbit. Adrian sold his for the worthy price of 5c, Wen- dell held out for a better price and in the holding, his rabbit died. We hope that when he is old enough, Wendell will take some Vanguard training and be able to compete with his brother on business deals Leadership The breezy, boyish style of the ex- cerpts above, taken from the little pa- per published by the boys of Troop 4, at Logan, carries the spirit of friendli- ness which should characterize all Scout- Vanguard groups, and which is easily developed under sympathetic, understanding leadership. A careful study of the material on pages 300 to 305 of the M. I. A. Handbook will help new leaders to understand better the problems of the young adolescent boy. LATTER-DAY SAINT GARMENTS Save Agent's Commission — Buy Direct from Our Modern Factory Made individual to order, OLD or NEW Style. Samples submitted on reouest. For MEN No. 12 Ribbed Med. Light..... $1.25 93 Ribbed Extra Fine. .. 1.50 1C Med. Heavy Cotton 1.50 925 Med. Wt. Extra Q,ual..... 1.75 974 Med. Heavy Unbleached Cotton 1.95 975 Med. Heavy Wt. Cotton 1.75 930 Non-Run Rayon 2.50 90 Extra Hvy. Coarse Cot. 2.25 970 Med. Light Silk: Stripe- 2.50 9107 Wool and Cotton Mix. ... 3.75 Be SURE to specify OLD or NEW" Style, as light weights arc usually made with short sleeve and three-quarter legs, the heavy weights are regularly made with long sleeves and long legs. Itn ordering, to insure good lit, give bust measure, height and weight. We prepay postage to all parts of United States. Q,uallty Highest — Prices Lowest SALT LAKE KNITTING STORE For LADIES No. 81 Flat Weave ..$ .95 S2 Ribbed Light Weight. . 1.25 83 Fine Quality Cotton . 1.50 862 Fine Mercerized Lisle... . 1.95 822 Silk Stripe, Med. Wt. . 1.50 821 Extra Fine Silk Stripe. . 1.95 870 Silk Stripe, Part Wool. . 2.50 829 Rayon . 1.95 820 Super Quality Rayon... . 2.75 70 Main Street, Salt Lake City Oldest Knitting Store in Utah When YOUR Building BURNS There's a certain amount of comfort to> know that should fire destroy your building tonight that you are covered by fire insurance. Such insurance will indemnify you for the loss incurred and allow you to rebuild without financial hardship. It's worth a good deal to have this protection in these times. See our agent in your town Utah Home Fire Insurance Co* HEBER J. GRANT S CO., General Agents 20 So. Main St. Salt Lake City, Utah YOU CAN ASSIST In the DEVELOPMENT of YOUR COMMUNITY by Patronizing your LOCAL DEALER REMEMBER— Your HOME MERCHANT is a Convenience as well as a Necessity. You can See and Inspect your Purchases from Him and Receive his GUARANTEE of SATISFACTION. He Contributes Largely to the Support of Local Churches, Schools, Colleges, Charitable and Public Institutions. MONEY— Which you send to Distant Points for Supplies NEVER RETURNS to BENEFIT YOU or YOUR HOME TOWN. irhe$aIfLafce ^ A^cflardwar c Co. Salt Lake City, Utah Grand Junction, Colorado Wholesale Exclusively Pocatello, Idaho Boise, Idaho

298 The Improvement Era for February, 1930 KW Trombone Beginners and Professional Players find that KING instruments meet the re- quirements of all occasions in a very superior -manner. Easy Terms. Free Trial. Ask About the New KING SILVER CLARINET King offers one of the finest and most complete lines of basses in the world today. One for every player and every need. Let us point out to you, the mer- its that have § laced King ousaphones in the lead. MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY (IE) Consolidated Music Co., 121 So. Main, Salt Lake, Utah. Send me pospaid KING catalogs, prices, easy terms and details of your FREE TRIAL PLAN. No obligation to me. Name ' FIRST OF ALL RELI ABILITY CONSOLIDATED MUSIC COMPftNV Bee Hive Girls Department Elsie Hogan COMMITTEE Catherine Folsom, Chairman Sarah R. Cannon Vida F. Clawson Project: I Will Put my Best Effort into Everything I Do ROYAL W DAYNES. Mahasek. 121 So. Main, Salt Lake PSYCHOLOGISTS tell us that the *■ thing we have thoroughly learned, we never entirely forget. For ex- ample, if a girl were to commit to memory the ten commandments, beati- tudes, articles of faith, etc., in her youth, only a brief review would be needed in after years to make them clear in her mind again. This is equally true of other things — any undertaking into which we put our best effort will yield the greatest good throughout life. The project for the Bee-Hive Girls this year is important in that it lays the foundation for thoroughness. Once a girl has made this an ideal for a year, and worked toward it, she has assured for herself a degree of satisfaction not to be surpassed. TO BEE-KEEPERS. In presenting the project to the class, use all the tact and diplomacy at your command. In adolescence, self-government, social pressure and group consciousness are far more powerful influences than are preach- ing, lecturing, or moralizing. Draw out from the girls themselves ex- pressions of their ideas and attitudes, and proper direction on your part will guide the discussion along de- sirable lines. Certain points should be mentioned: 1 — What are the activities which con- cern a girl of 14 or 15? Home, school and church are among the most im- portant. 2 — Which phases of these activities should be stressed? a- — -At Home — The spirit of the home depends upon the spirit of all who dwell therein, and happiness attends consideration of others. Some suggestions follow: 1 — Honoring the rights of family mem- bers by not using their belongings with- out permission (cell 250). 2- — -Determining ways in which proper respect can be shown to parents, and ob- serving them (cells 35, 251). 3 — Refraining from borrowing (cell 252). 4 — Answering courteously questions put to you by other members of the fam- ily (cell 25 8). 5 — -Leaving all articles and places used by you cleaner than you found them — - wash bowls, book-shelves, drawers, etc. (cell 260). 6 — Entertaining and caring for small brothers and sisters (cells 3 6, 313, 314, 316, 317, 325). 7 — Making sweet and clean the rooms in which the family gathers. 8- — Helping with the housekeeping to make it easier for mother (cells 129, 153, 178, 194-5, 201, 204-12, 216-17). 9 — Remembering that the family that plays together, stays together, and doing your part to make play possible and joy- ous in the home. b — At School — 1 — Taking care of yourself with re- gard to diet, exercise and habits (cells 330-40, 344-49). 2 — Successfully preparing lessons, and satisfactorily discharging all duties. 3 — Developing wholesome, fair rela- tionships with teachers, fellow students and friends (cells 3 7, 41, 42). 4 — Sharing responsibilities and being dependable in all recreational activities. c — At Church — 1 — Being on time at all meetings at- tended. 2 — Showing reverence in houses of worship by keeping quiet, paying atten- tion, leaving gum outside, remaining until close of services, removing hats during meetings, and taking part when asked. 3 — Making more sure of benefits and blessings of the Church by knowing more about them, and striving to become more worthy of them (cells 64-9, 74-9.) (All of the cells mentioned are given merely as suggestions in helping you to put over the project) . By the time the foregoing points have been drawn out and discussed, together with numerous others which the girls will include, a fairly workable idea of the value of the project will be developing in the hearts of the Bee-Hive girls. You are beginning the work of the centennial year of the Church, and if each girl would have a part in proclaiming the wonder of it to the world, let her put her best effort into everything she does, thus proving herself a worthy member of a glorious Church. Prepare Now for Promotion and Graduation Girls who find delight in Bee-Hive work are girls who make progress in it from week to week and from month to month. Some cells which are the most valuable take consider- ably longer to fill than do others. It is well to begin on these early so that their completion will be assured. Particularly is it advised that all foundation cells be finished in good time. When one Beef-Keeper was asked why all the Builders were not being promoted she said that at the last moment it was discovered that certain ones had not completed all

The Improvement Era for February, 1930 299 the cells necessary. When should this have been checked on? Obvi- ously, in February or March rather than in May. Look into the situa- tion now, Bee-Keepers; decide now, you and your girls, that all Builders are to complete the work of this rank and become Gatherers, and that all Gatherers are to be graduated at the end of the present M. I. A. season. Calendar for February Builders — Feb. 4- them. Feb. 11- Baby. Feb. 18- ^ Feb. 25- Gatherers — Feb._ 4 sponsibility. Feb. 11 — i Feb. 18- Sweetness of Feb. 25- Guide XVIII— National An- -Guide XIX — Bathing the Guide XXI — Textiles. Open. —Guide XVIII— Civic Re- Guide XIX — Home Evening. -Guide XXI — Taste the Service. -Open. Calendar for March Builders — Mar. 4 — Guide — Mending. Mar. 11 — Guide XXIII— Understand Beauty. Mar. 1 8 — Guide XXIV — Beauty in the Home. Mar. 25 — Open. Gatherers — Mar. 4 — Guide XXII — Service. Mar. 1 1 — Guide XXIII— Nature's Phenomena. Mar. 1 8— Guide XXIV— Reading Course. Mar. 25 — Open. The Bee-Hive Committee is pleased to announce the Folk Dance to be used in contest for the Bee-Hive girls. This little dance, called The Road to Auvergne, is the dramatization of a French peasant song, and to make it interesting, action and pantomime must be put into it. The dance tells the story of a lover and his sweet- heart, who first skip in happily to- gether and play. Soon the girl at- tempts to run away but the boy catches her, pulls her back, and at- tempts to kiss her. She resents this and gives him a severe rebuff. He then becomes angry and runs from her, but she coaxes him to play with her again and the frolic continues to the end. Music and directions for the dance may be obtained free of charge from the General Board of Y. L. M. I. A., 33 Bishop's Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. We hope that many Stakes will conduct this contest. The dance is not difficult and the Bee-Hive girls are sure to enjoy it very much. GOD be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the so- ciety, the spiritual presence, of the best and the greatest of our race. No mat- ter how poor I am, no matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling, if the sacred writers will enter and take up their abode under my roof, if Milton will cross my threshold to sing to me of Paradise, and Shakespeare to open to me the worlds of imagination and the workings 'of the human heart, and Franklin to enrich me with his prac- tical wisdom, I shall not pine for want of intellectual companionship, and I may become a cultivated man though excluded from what is called the best society, in the place where I live. — Wm. Ellery Channing: Self -Culture. Haag Vortex Washers Washers are made in three models, 55, 65, 75, with y4 H. P. electric motor or a 4 cycle gas engine. MAKE WASHDAY A PLEASURE WITH ONE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL MODELS Distributed By MOUNTAIN STATES IMPLEMENT CO. OGDEN, UTAH Stores At Ogden, Salt Lake City, Twin Falls, Idaho Falls, Buhl, Shelley Ask For a Free Demonstration — pronounced Haig 'We Wilt Treat You Right" [51