In 1875, Morris Young served a mission for the LDS Church in the Hawaiian Islands.

Shortly after returning from this mission, he was asked by his father to organize the YMMIA along with Junius F. Wells and Milton H. Hardy.

Shortly after returning to Utah, Young began publicly performing in drag as a cross-dressing singer under the pseudonym Madam Pattirini.

One of his performances as Madam Pattirini was for the last birthday celebration of LDS Church president Lorenzo Snow in April 1901.

[4] He also once portrayed a "fine Irish girl" named Bridget McCarthy at a Christmas ball at the Salt Lake Theatre in 1886.