The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-08-10
RIG COTTONWOOD.
What is Doing at One of Our
Popular Mountain Resorts.
The Lawn Fetes that we Read
About,


e About.
There have been more visitors a
Big Cottonwood this season than an,
heretofore. The scenery of the csfiol
and the delightful places at AMI nea
Silver Lake, in addition to the many
spCts within comparative easy acc es
OF the camps, and the extremely coo
nights, all combine to mEke it one o
the most agreeable of summer resorts
There is sufficient shade in the day.
time fer loungers 10 read, to 90 into
the quiet recesses Of the woods and tc
be 10 q short time in solitude; the
little lake affords good opportunities
for fishing and raft sailing, and the
many lakes up In the mountains and
strange and charming recesses are
we'll calculated to induce the presence
of seekers for pleasure, OF those who
desire rest, and Oitne lovers of nature.
Hence the goodly numbers OF young
ladies and gentleman now there, to-
gether with those more advanced in
years, but still bnoyant and youthful
IN spirits. Amusements are pot too
plentiful. and since desire is one of the
mothers OF invention, our friends in
the csl)n have put their WIts to
work and insugurated 4 series of
gatherings that are likely to be pro
ductlVe OF the desired diversion and
amusement. At The Silver Like
Hotel are located quite a number of
ladies and gentlemen, many OF whom
were up the cal)n earliest and will
probably remain --latest; about a week
sgo party Of young ladies and gen.
tlemen went up and made all pre-
psratlons to camp out. which they
did, shout one eighth OF a mile be-
yond the hotel; couple OF days later
another party oil young ladies and
gentlemen went the same way, with
the same preparations. and pitched
their tent in the wilderness, about
half a mile beyond the hotel. For the
sake of convenience the first camp
was designated Camp A, the second
Camp B, and strange 10 say the feel
ing of Natural rivalry, while deep and |
strong, sid not assume such q bloody |
aspect IS the rival Montagues and !
Capulets of Romeo and Juliet"
fame; in fact they actually com.
mingled and had good time, to-
gether with the guests of the hotel
and private families living in private
houses. On Friday night the ladies OF
Camp a sent out invitations to
all the pleasure seekers near the
lake to attend q grsnd lawn
.ete to be given that night. The
whole canon turned out, as it was
understood to be the grsndest affair
Of the season, and the gentlemen of
Camp A, In order to make an i'm
preston on the damsels Of the rival
camp, decorated themselves with
gsuzs wearing other apparel also, in
view of the cold) and appeared in
full dress, a sort of mixture between
the costumes Of ballet girl aud that
Of an Italian brigsnd. a large bon
FIRE was blazing in the middle of a
delightful. enclosure oitall trees, while
nice hard pole seats were arranged
about the blszs in a circular manner.
When the guests lad arrived at the
popular hour-7 o'clock-the lete
began. There was singing by quar-
t, tie from the rival oamps, which
was spplauded, and sounded grand
with the echoes OF the awful noun
lains; also 1olos by some admirable
lady vooslists and by the assembled
guests. For refreshments the guests
were treated to lemonade and candy;
the affair broke up about 10, and as
the assembled guests departed they I
were compelled to admit that it was
the grandest affair of the seazon, as
had been anticipated. The members
1i Camp A are Mrs. Elite Ellerbeek,
Mrs. a S. Patterson and Misses Sarah
and Louie Elierbeck, Edith C.aWson,
Tote Spencer and CIsrissa Young, ,
and Messrs. ]. d. and D. s. Spencer,
0. B. and Geo. F. Felt, w. ]. Lin
ior;h, Rudger ClsBson and w. g.
Jennings.
Thus the spirit OF rivalry had been :
awakened; 80 on Saturday an invita- ,
lion to Camp a, and all the visi-
.oIs near the lake, az the hotel, and
DriSGts families, issued from Camp
b. The preparations for the guests
we're about the same, but the young {
men OF Camp A, for revenge. adorned
with large leaves and sp-
seared like full blown sun6oWers
lpou the gaze of the bewildered dam ,
sels OF Camp B; the revenge wac
and what the leaves failed
10 accomplish was secured by massive
Duttonhole bouquets. Here, also, the
e:e consisted OF singing as before,
which was equally enjoyable. But in
he refreshments was where the
ladies' of Camp B secured their VIC
tory; they also gave lemonade, but
for candy substituted hot ginger tea.
This wss q complete surprise to the
guests, and was grand stroke OF
policy, for all at once admitted
hat this indeed surpassed the former
e.e. The Jamaica ginger had done
IL work. In this camp are Misses
Josephine and Male BeAtie, Louie
and Emily Wells and Mrs. II. III.
Wells, aud Messis. Rulon S. and
Heber NJ. Wells, H. g. whitney and
Ed. BeAtie.
But it did not end here. The
was doing ils work,
and on Sunday an Invitation Of which
the following is q copy, appeared at
the seyerAl camps and residences and