The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-05-07
THE SOCIAL WHIRL.
Salt Lakes Society Entertainers in
Their Quiet Home Roles.

Reception TO Mr.. and Mrs. ThralI- INFER
esting Wedding Service Duplicate
Whist-Society Peoples DoinEs.
Society's entertainers have not been
idle this week. They have put on inn
maculate aprons quite to the hem of their
dresses, covered their luxuriant hair with
dainty caps, and amidst flying dust, dis
turbed cobwebs and lifted carpets, fitting
here and there. keeping critical eye en-
preparations which are to make their
lovely homes sweet and clean, and conse-
quently dinings. card parties and teas
have been set aside for the nonce.
The age is an extravagant one, money
is plenty, and though the number Of mil
lionaires and billionaires is great, yet
filthy lucre is moderately abundant with
the many. In evidence, look at the
quarter of million spent in entertaining
during one week in New York city-the
week that the Earl of Craven and Miss
Martin were married. Then fash the
minds eye across the continent to our
most western -Californla--where at
Pasadena few days ago rooms for the
reception Of a bridal couple were adorned
with twelve thousand carnations, as well
as great quantities of roses and azarlias!
Such beauty and luxury are the effects of
money equally distributed, for Flora's
kingdom does not yield her richest treas
ures without the aid of time and money.
Poverty's hours are filed with labor for
bread and necessities, but when the world
revels in wealth of floral beauty it is en-
joying itself.
A pretty thought is the 'tforal lunch
con- and that means flowers every
where, and variety of them. Baskets
of different shapes, filed each with flow
ers of one kind; slippers, vases, etc.. as
souvenirs.
Square tables are superceding the ex-
tension in the handsomest homes of the
east, where very large dinings are given.
Each of the four sides are large enough to
seat eight; thirty-two can therefore be
seated, if not so large a company is de-
sired a smaller one with four at each side
can be accommodated.
Certain 1t is that they are far more So
ciahle, as host and hostess as well as
guests are brought nearer one another.
Rather broad they may be for most dining
rooms. but the tops are made Adjustable,
SO that they may be taken off and put by
until needed for special occasions.
They can be decorated with flowers and
candelabra with beautiful effect. A long,
narrow table certainly has sitter and
colder effect.
Some clever women have hit upon new
mode of entertainment. 1t consists in
getting off a quotation before anybody
else. and he or she who succeeds is given
s prize. A given number of ladies select
some well known proverb or familiar quo
tation, and upon the assembling of their
friends the endeavor is TO bring round the
conversation of talkative guests so they
may introduce their quotation properly.
The one who gets off the quotation first is
the winner. 1t must, however, be well
done, apt and easy, or 1t does not go.
There is lots of sport in heading off
friends if you see the opportunity and
send them back to start. 1t is full of
life: so try it.
Social circles are ssid sometimes to
frown upon a report of their do
ings and here is a specimen of
one OF the heavy wrinkles OF its
great displeasurs. Mrs. Martin of
New York who determined not word of
her daughters marriage to the Earl Of
Craven should get into the papers. gave
authority to the butler to open every
communication which arrived, and If
messages came from any one connected
with newspaper, not SO much as an an
swer was to be vouchsafed. But the GER
emony over, upon finding out that the
papers were TULIP of it, she gave the
butler so cents, telling him to buy every
paper which contained word of the af-
fair. A day was then consumed in rea d.
ing and enjoying what was written.
Every article was carefully pasted in the
family scrap book, for future generations
TO peruse, be proud Of, and treasure.
New York polite society is all torn up
over the fact that Earl Craven entered the
sanctuary to be married with his panta-
looms turned up. The beaux who religi-
ously follow fashion are eager to know if
they are to 20 and do likewise. The
erandes danes are indignant that it may
have meant. stthese western barbarians
know no betterID But the charitably in
clined are disposed TO think he, in his
confusion, forgot it; however, 1t hap
pened; certainly it was not pretty or in
good taste, and the incident has created
no end of comment.
Our own people have come in for a
eoodly share OF comment, too, as many
of them went with bonnets on to the
supper of the Columbian ball, thereby
causing great disapprobation. American
women are not always guided by the nice
rules which are considered imperative.
Our French sisters can often teach US a
lesson in this respect.
The curtain made for the Worlds fair
by the ladies OF Provo has been on exhibi-
ton IN a window on First South street
and has elected much admiration. The
pattern is the cactus root, leaves and BIOS
som: the flower is of a rich red, which is
set off to admirable advantage by the
background of sage green which is the
color Of the broadcIoth of which the cur
tain is made. The embroidery is superbly
done and the shading the work OF an art
list.
The social event of the week was the re-
ception rendered Mr.. and Mrs. ThraH on
Tuesday evening, by the ladies Of the
congregation. The church was flied to