“How Many Wives Have You Got?”0
source: Keepapitchinin November 30, 2009
George D. Pyper (1860-1943) – member of the Tabernacle Choir, manager of the Salt Lake Theater, and General Superintendent of the Sunday Schools – tells this story about his time in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1897, when he was directing Utah’s exhibit at the Tennessee Centennial:
I had been pestered to death, as the saying goes, with the questions, “Are you a Mormon?” and “How many wives have you got?” so I thought I’d try an experiment, even though it might be a little dangerous. In the crowd visiting my booth was a very haughty but rather handsome woman, and the following conversation occurred:“Are you from Utah?”
“Yes, Ma’am.”
“Are you a Mormon?”
“Yes, Ma’am.”
Then bluntly, “How many wives have you got?”
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