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Show Mile High City 129 On January 17 he wrote her that he had rented a small house Niagara Street in Denver that provided sufficient space for the family, though it needed new wallpaper which he would put on up himself. She replied that she was looking forward to this new adventure. After the agreement was signed on January 24, he returned to Salt Lake City to take Madelyn and the children to the "mile-high city." At the time of the move Elizabeth was three and one-half and Barnard ten months of age. They remained in the Niagara Street house three years. Madelyn, now thirty-two, was about five feet four inches in height, and weighed perhaps 130 pounds. She had freckles, green eyes, and brown hair that gradually took on a salt and pepper hue. Well acquainted with art, music, and lit erature, Madelyn also had a gift for making friends and main taining friendships. Young, vibrant, intelligent, warm and witty, Madelyn would inevitably become a well-known Denver per sonality. The move to Denver, however, brought an immediate tension into Madelyn's life. On the one hand, she was happy for the adventure and for Harold's favorable situation; on the other hand, she would no longer have the frequent visits from friends and relatives that she had enjoyed in Salt Lake and new City Ogden. Madelyn was determined to make the best of it. "I am resolved to enjoy life more," she wrote." She wanted to help Harold succeed, to be more efficient in managing the house and their social affairs, and, while keeping him happy, accommodate to his demanding work schedule. Considering her experience as a leader at LDS High, the University of Utah, and LDS University, and consistent with her reputation for gregariousness, Madelyn had no difficulty build ing a circle of friends with whom she entertained and served the community. She joined a bridge club of non-Mormon women and kept those friends all her life. But the most obvious of way getting acquainted was to affiliate with the small, struggling Denver branch of the LDS Church. Although an LDS branch had been established in Denver in 1897, it remained small and its members scattered; they were without a church building of their own. Not until the Silvers and a sufficient number of other |
