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An Appeal for Pioneer Furniture

IF YOU have visited the Lion House in Salt Lake City within the last four years you are probably aware of the fact that the Presidency of the Church have given the Y. W. M. I. A. the use of this beautiful, historic building for a social center.

We have done our best to restore and furnish it for your benefit. Two thousand persons registered last year for classes in religion, art, literature, and handcrafts. It is the place where the missionaries have their meals while residing at the Missionary Home. It is the gathering place for M. I. A. at June and other conferences.

We have come to a place where we need your help. When three layers of worn-out flooring were removed from the cafeteria we were surprised and delighted to find that in two large rooms the original red sandstone flagging remained. These rooms had previously been used for storing vegetables and fruits. The walls of these rooms show the large sandstone blocks of the foundation and the old hand-made adobes used for walls and partitions.

We desire to furnish these rooms with tables and chairs of the pioneer period.

Much of the furniture of that day was made in the public workshops on Temple Square where the Church gave work to men in need of employment.

We have three tables to start our project-one purchased at a second hand store for three dollars, one brought from storage in the loft of an old barn, and one given us by "Aunt Susa Young Gates," a daughter of Brigham Young.