refreshments in the parlor. Children’s area downstairs with games, competitions and prizes. Magic show at 12:30 p.m. Halloween costume parade at 2 p.m., with prizes. Questions, 392-8168. Tuesday e Latter-day Saint Student Association will sponsor its weekly devotional featuring Daniel L. Hess, professional speaker and Provo seminary principal, 10:30 a.m., LDS Institute of Religion, 1302 Edvalson. St., Ogden, free, 621-1800. ° WSU Religion & Ethics Weekly forum, e The Messengers of Clearfield Commu- | nity Church are presenting, “Murder'by the Book,” a murder mystery dinner theater at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 12, 13, 19, 20. Tickets are $5 including dinner ‘and may be reserved by calling 825-1115. e Community United Methodist Church, 163 W. 4800 South, Ogden, is the Northern Utah Relay Collection Center for Operation Christmas Child. Gift-filled shoeboxes are distributed around the world each Christmas season by Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian relief organization. Collection week is Nov. 15-21. For additional information contact 479-7430. that continuing acts of violence by Islamic terrorists, especially beheadings in Iraq, have contributed to Islam’s deteriorating image in this country. But, they add, so has a constant stream of invective against Islam by ill-informed talk radio and television pundits and some religious leaders. Echoing other Muslims, Magid said he fears that there is “some element in the (Bush) administration intent on dismantling Muslim organizations and bringing them A recent national poll found that almost down. It’s very disturbing.” Immigrants feel especially vulnerable. Palestinian Osama Abu Irshaid, 30, who lives in Annandale, Va., and edits a newspa- one-third of Americans respond with a negative image when they hear the word “Muslim.” Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Washington-based Council on AmericanIslamic Relations, which commissioned the poll, said he has a folder of more than 800 e-mails against Islam or Muslims that have he and his friends carefully avoid saying anything on the phone that the FBI might interpret as a coded message. When they get together, he said, “we’re talking about (how) it might be our last party. It might be our last picnic.” | per critical of U.S. Middle East policies, said Boston public library shows off restored Sargent murals BY MARK _ PRATT The Associated Press OSTON — John Singer Sargent’s sweeping series of murals in the Boston Public Library has been called the Sistine Chapel of America. At the time of installation, there was some controversy about two murals on the east wall, one titled “Synagogue” the other “Church.” In “Synagogue,” an elderly, © blindfolded woman with a crown falling off her head holds a broken staff: She stumbles as the walls fall around her, signifying the demise of the Jewish faith. “Church” depicts a vibrant young woman with Christ at her feet. “The message is that (Judaism) is a religion that has failed,” Margolis said. “Our challenge today is to‘put it into the context of the time. This sort of imagery was quite common, especially in ats, After a two-year, $2 million restoration, it’s easy to see - why. The murals, collectively titled “The Triumph of Religion,” took nearly three decades to complete. They portray the evolution of religion, from heathen gods to Judaism to Christianity. “This has been heralded for its quality and its inventiveness,” library president Bernard A. Europe. I don’t think Sargent Margolis said. “He used techniques that had not been used before.” The library is holding a monthlong viewing of the Sargent murals. Sargent, who made his name as a portrait painter in Europe, was commissioned ‘to do the murals by library The Associated Press John Singer Sargent’s series of murals in the Boston Public Library loom over a visitor in Boston. The murals, collectively entitled “The Triumph of Religion,” took nearly three decades to complete. They portray the evolution of religion, from heathen gods through Judaism and Christianity. Sargent was supposed to crown of thorns, for example, architect Charles McKim to depict the Sermon on the fill an empty walkthrough Mount. Although Sargent was a frequent visitor to the library during the work, he completed the oil on canvas paintings overseas. They were then shipped to Boston and affixed to the library’s walls. He used unconventional techniques, mixing different media together to create striking effects. Some elements of the murals are three-dimensional; Jesus’ is made of metal. Sargent started at the north end of the hall, which among other things, depicts the Jews’ deliverance from bondage from Egypt, with the ghostly hands of Jehovah holding back the swords of the Pharaoh and Assyrian king. | Underneath, Moses holds the Ten Commandments, surrounded by the prophets. The south wall, the socalled Christian end, shows Christ on the cross, flanked space. Work started in 1890, and Sargent put the finishing touches on what is considered his masterpiece in 1919. Everything in the room — including light fixtures, book cases and skylights — was designed by Sargent. Even then, the project was not completed. The room still has a blank space on one wall where by Adam and Eve, as well as the Three Persons of the Holy Trinity, all with the same face and all wrapped i in the same garment. “The murals tell a story about the evolution and development of religion,” said Louis Loeb, a volunteer tour guide at the library. SUITING THE U LT * USA Made 2 Pant Suits Cll OP i er 1997 ¢ Van Hansen Shirts & Ties * Great Selection & Competitive Prices ¢ 10% Missionary Discounts 786-1891 1085 N. Wasiagton Blvd., North Ogden www.lees JOUILUBXA-PJEPUEIS was the fact that almost every mural had a different makeup, and this required different restoration techniques, Margolis said. “Of course, a library is the place to tell a story.” Ry was an anti-Semite.” The murals and their brilliant colors had dimmed over the years, requiring the Happy Birthday to you? restoration. The work was done by Harvard University’s Straus Center for Conservation, financed mostly through private funding. 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