The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-21
A HOUSE-WARMING.
The Reception of Mr.. and Mrs. III.
ID. Wells i'm their Chicago
Mansion.

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count of a brilliant social event il
that city. The central figures in
the affair, Mr.. and Mrs. M. d
Wells, being well known and hav-
ing many warm personal friends in
Salt Lake, we reproduce the article
One of the most brilliant social
events of the season took place last
evening at the new home of Mr..
and Mrs. M. D. Wells, ct the north
west corner of Michigan boulevard
and Twenty.s1xth street. The
host and and hostess made
the affair the "house warm
ing" of their beautiful abode, and
1t was one wol thy OF their reputa-
ton. The most elaborate prep4ra-
tions had been made for the event,
for which 1900 invitations had been
issued, AMI there were upward of
500 acceptances received There
was an awning stretched from The
corOing to the door, and the side
walks and steps laid with rich car.
pet. The vicinity was illuminated
by electric light lamps, OF which
there were eight hung on the
streets. The floral decorations
throughout the house consisted
wholly of vases and bowls of cut
flowers, including Jacqueminot,
Mermet, Cook, Marachal Mel, bon
solin and nefetus roses on very long
stems, lilies of the valley, yiolets,
double hyacinths, narcissus. jon
auils, tulips, callas and ferBs.
There 4 were no set pieces of
aowers except upon the tables in the
rooms where the repast was served.
The central table decoration was q
scarf of boiling cloth over yellow
satin, hanging eighteen inches over
each side of the table. The ends
were richly embroidered in ferns
and roses. In the centre Of the
scarf, upon a silver base, stood
pyramid of ferns in centre of lilies
of the valley. On one end was a
wild boar's head in pate de foie
groS in a hunting field. The other
end was q school Of mountain trout
in aspic. Refreshments were served
in the upper portion and lower part
of the house. The centrepiece of
the upper table was a gypsey basket
of cut flowers and ferns. There was
an orchestra of sixteen musicians,
under the leadership Of Professor
Pound. AS the affair had long been
in society, the costumes
of the ladies were pOted for their
elaborateness and elegance, very
many being shown for the first time
since their arrival from Ed
rope. Mr.. and Mrs. Wells re-
ceived their guests in the drawing
room, to the left of the entrance to
the grand ball. The guest, IA.
menced to arrive about $50 o'clock,
and from that time until II the
stream ofincoming people was with
out cessation.The scene at IL o'clock |
was one OF remarkable life and !
beauty. The rich toilets of the la.
lies and the display Of fine dia.
nonds swere probably never ex-
,elled in Chicago.
The house which was go auspic- |
iously opened is Of the renaissance |
style of architecture, built of brown
stones, three stories and base ment |
and contains twenty.eight rooms,
the largest being the ball room on
the upper floor, which covers the en-.
tire width of the building, and is
about one half its depth. In the
basement are the culinary and laun.
dry departments and the servants
dining and sitting rooms. The
first floor takes in the recep-
ton, drawing room, library, dining,
card and billiard rooms. The second |
floor is divided of into the sleeping
including several rooms
for guests. The upper floor is dis
vided into ballroom, boufet, cham-
berg, servants apartments, etc. The
interior treatment of the house Is
designed to be in harmony with the
whole. The stairway is on the north
side of the hall, and is broken by q
stained glass and jew
eled window, with opalescent
prisms. The hall is treated in the
light renaissance, with dull red
walls. The style Of the reception
room is colonial, the woodwork in
birch, with silver and blue decor~
atoms, The psrlor is finished in |
maple and satin woods, with dull |
copper-red decorations, emphasized |
with pale sage green. The library
interior is Of quarter-sawed white |
oak, slightly stained, the decoration
being light-warm brown walls, with
ceiling in gold and olive bronzes.
The dining.room is in San Domingo
treated and carved in
panels of the wainscotipg. The deco
ration is IN olive green and deep
steel blue, the friezs being in oxid-
lied copper in relief, and the ceiling
in warm, reddish brown and du!lish
reds. The card-room is in birch
and mahogany, the type being
japanese decoration in gold, brown,
and buff. The billiard-room is in
old dark oak, and the decora-
tons in deep reds and green's.
The chambers are finished
in maple, birch, and satin
woods, the decorations being in gold
and canary. The ballroom is of
Moorish design, with stage,
broken by a Moorish prosceni1m
arch, the decoration being in red,
bIuo and oold Tho 1o,;o