The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-17

than did these specimens of bonanza fruit,
Artistic beauty is here consideration par
amount to mere novelty. A. prominent
member of the Coaching club of this city
not long ago contemplated giving y dinner
| to his associates, and ordered for the occa-
sion twenty-four bills of fare. The dinner
was at the time postponed, but has not
been abandoned, for the gentleman has sent
word back from Europe that it may DO
looked forward to as q thing of the near
future. The bills of date have been already
finished. They are of Bristol board, each
about 10x15 inches in size, and are all hand
some water-color paintings. Each repre-
sents some memorable incident in the indi-
vidual career OF some member, or an
adventure of the club collectively, and
their cost Is estimated at 500 each
Last season a party Of some twenty
ladies and as many gentlemen dined to-
gether prior to attending balmasque.
From the chandelier in the centre Of the
ceiling pended twenty scarfs of gros- grain
| ribbon, each three and a half yards long
and nine inches wide, heavily fringed and
| richly adorned at both ends with paintings
of flowers and foliage These scarfs were
so arranged in canopy fashion that an end
OF each came down to the place one of the
ladies was to occupy at the table, and care
was taken in their selection, to have colors
harmopizing with the compilations of the
ladies for whom they were severally in
tended, as shown by the names printed in
geld among the flowers. The gentlemen
were supplied with manus painted in
water colors, upon which the floral decora-
tons correspondent with those upon the
ladies' scarfs. After the dinner the scarfs
Were worn at the ball and retained by the.
ladies as souvenirs of the occasion. The
entire cost was between 5000 and 800.
For breakfast to be given not before
long, which will be participated in almost
nv fuoh
are TO prevail-in everything except the
vianus. The table service will be in Egyp-
tian style as well as the decorations, and
each guest will be supplied with a fan,
delightfully."- artistic and Egyptian but OF
very weak wind-propell1ng power. A
number Of them have been already fin
ished, strange looking things with long,
thin, slender maple hands supporting semi
circular forms, quilted silk in the three
studies in colors, intricate in design, and OF
great variety. Half dozen silk tassels
dangle from the straight side of each semi
circle. They arc quaint and pretty as S12i
fans for single breakfast should be.
Speaking of fans, one is preparing for
the Seventh regiment fair, which will be-
unique. 1t has twenty three sticks, each:
of which bears a painting in oil by some
weI-known New York artist. Each artist
chooses his own subject and treats it in his
own Way-ln oil, OF course-withln the
narrow limits OF mis- own allotted stick.
Some little time ago, for dinner at Del
, monico's, an artificial lake was constructed
in the centre of the huge dinner table, and,
surrounded by aquatic plants. Several
swans, brought down from the Central
park, were set atioat in the lake, and swan
around there with placid dignity and
proper decorum while the dinner lasted.
The entry into fashionable society proved
fatal to one of the birds. however, for he
, died soon after returning to the park.
Early this season dinner is to be given
by bachelor fond of amateur theatricals,
, for whom are to be supplied score OF
, manus, each of which will bear an elabor-
ately painted water color picture. In each
case in a design illustrating one of Shakes
i peare's plays.
At a dinner given last Easter each lady
was presented with fan, egg shaped, bear
ing on one side a painting of some bird, and
. care was taken to, as far as possible,
! adapt the bird TO the lady who received it.
Z Thus one, who has an excellent soprano
voice, received nightingale: and another,
who carols in an up town choir, was given
q lark. another lady guest got the gayest
fan in the lot, the peacock; and another,
t who is noted for her domesticity and mod
1 est, homely gooseness was the recipient of
;, the sober thrush Each lady's fan bore
her name painted on broken egg shell in
the foreground of the picture" The cosu
Of these fans was S24 each.