The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-06-12
THE SOCIAL WORLD
Felicitous and Delightful Close
Of the KirmeSs.
interesting Events and Personals Outside OF
Those Bowers OF Grace and
Beauty.

Beauty.
The climax of the Kirmess was reached
last evening, it being Americas night
the audience in numbers and enthusiasm
being up to if not surprising Tuesda.
night. There were given the Grand Marcn
Money Musk, Sailors Hornpipe and las
Bellamy's dance, which was without douh
the most original and intensely amusing
performance ever witnessed, the ladies
and gentlemen having on their clothes
backwards, faces back too. Spectator.
puzzled themselves ia vain TO know how i
could be done.
The ladies who took part in this Bethany
dance were the Misses Margaret Zane
Davenport. Kirkpatrick and Wallace. Mes
danes NJ. G. Fox, Woodruff, WantlanC
aud Parker The gentlemen were Messrs
Donnellan, Putnam, Prague Woodruff
Smedley and Zane.
Miss Mary Webb Davis and Miss Jennie
Hawley made lovely adjuncts to the Span
ish booth. Both are bright, beautiful and
brilliant conversatiOnalists and have many
admirers. Miss Davis wore q handsome
scarlet satin with black lace overdress
black velvet bodice deliberately spangled, q
bangle collar together with black Spanish
lace mantilla, which completed 8 fascinat
ing costume that was very becoming TO heI
blond beauty.
Miss Aawley was very appropriately at
tired in a red crepe, req zouave jacket
effectively spsngled, black vest, gold collar
with lace mantilla and looked the veritable
Spanish beauty
Miss Ethelyn Weber was one of the
! lovely girls Of the japanese BOOTH The
bright dress set off her blOnl beauty ad-
mirably. Hers were the only genuine jar
shoes on the floor and necessitated the
little minCing steps.
The ireman's exhibition was big fea-
ture of the evening. Every one held their
breath while Mr.. Harker reached the TOP
of the third ladder and then swung off,
slowly sliding down the rope. just IS he
reached the ground the cable that elevates
the ladders broke. There was a scattering
OF the men, and every tongue uttered a cry
of horror at the thought of what might
have been. The incident served to show
the peril and risk to which orr brave fire
men are subjected in their heroic work for
the public.
Among the notable people present were
Judge and Mrs. Zane, Mrs. Varian, Mrs.
T. q. Weber, Mrs. Sutherland, Ex-Mayor
Scott DR.. a. C. Ewing, Salt Lakes most
popular physician, and his charming wife,
Judge Baners, DR.. and Mrs. Niles, Mrs j.
e. Bamberger, DR.. Basc0m and wife, Judge
Powers, Mr.. S. Il. Lewis, Mr.. Grant II.
Smith, MIR. H. G. Whitney and wife, Mrs.
John F. Miller, Mr.. Neil, Mr.. G. a. Lowe,
Major Downey, Prof. Haldam, Councilman
Wantland, Mr.. Culmer, our prominent
artist, and scores of others.
Mr.. Evans, who has been stage carpenter
of the Salt Lake theatre for thirty years.
built the gondola for the ladies of the
Italian cth-a work Of great beauty that
was very much admired.
A partial casting Up of the receipts
shows receipts of $2,750, with some out
size resources to hear from.
The Kirmess must be pronounced Ge
cided artistic success. 1t has interested
the citizens and furnished an entire week
amusement, everybody having enjoyed il
thoroughly. Though the managers NAV
not have reaped such financial success as
great enthusiasm may have led them to an
ticipate they should be satisfied with such
good and gratifying results.
There was much excitement about the
voting booth towards the close Of the con-
test as to the most popular lady, each fai1
one having her special enthusiastic friends
The result was looked for with as much
interest as the balloting at MINNEAPOLIS
The poll stood.
4 Miss Marion Rookledge. acknowledgements 81
/ Miss Title Phillips /, 50.
Miss Jennie Hawley's friends withdrew
her name from the contest at her request t.
The last few minutes before the close oi
the poll the figures went up IS, 50 and 100
at time. at l0c. a vote. AS II o'clock
drew near and the young ladies' votes were
marked up excitement grew till several
hundred people were congregated about
the board. At this poin. accounts disagree
as to which party had shot ahead claims
being made on both sides, which it is not
the part Of TIE HERALD TO decide. Mrs.
Fox awarded duplicate prize, valuable
/ pin, TO each OF the fair contestants
DR.. Vincent estimates that the net re :
ceipts will be about 50, 600.
The flower booths receipts were as fol-
lows: First night, $50; second, SO; third,
sll2; fourth, Sal; fifth, $50. Total, 1853
Robert Glendinning drew the bronze vase
ratified for in Miss Hooper's booth.
A fete champetre was given on Thurs
day night by Captain and Mrs. Willard
Young. The spacious grounds were agow
with electric lights and japanese lanterns.
A large platform was laid in the rear of
the house for the accommodation of the
dancers and full band discoursed sweetest
music. Overlooking the scene was a bal
CODl 1OE Ju6 SuuNtHiSuES VI lOOkeES-OD, the
house and grounds being splendidly ar
ranged for large entertainments. The
whole was as bright as the scene inside the
house, the rooms of which were thronged
with card players and those engaged
in social converse. The band PLAYED
on the lawn and the dancing floor was kept
lively with the steps Of the threaders of
the may. Mrs. Young and her sisters
Mrs. Dunbar, Mrs. Game and Miss Hooper
oofaT the mart of hostaases Qnd dicnapoo5
the refreshment courses.
The color scheme was red. Red roses
were banked upon the drawing room man
tie and palms filled every available place.
making the scene enchanting.
Over one hundred invitations were out,
the following names comprising the list
MIR. and Mrs. Spencer Clawson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Steve Lynch, Mrs. Roster, Mrs.
Nettie Smell Mr. and Mrs. w. w. Ritter.