The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-21

A pleasant and easy means of re-
gaining and retaining health is to in
troduce billiard table into ones house
daily exercise and recreation are
then assured, whatever the state of the
Weather.
To the young woman, naturally en-
thusiastic and exuberant. nothing pre-
sents a better way of getting little
fun and excitement than game of
billiards, with cengenial friends.
POOL PARTIES.
Billiards and pool were never so pop
ular as at present, particularly the lat
ter game and pool parties" with de-
| lightful prizes for fine playing, will be
one of the features of society this
winter.
a cue. prettily inlaid and marked
with the date of the entertainment, is
one of the favorite prizes. Mrs. w. K.
Vanderbilt gave party to a few in
innate friends last winter, at which
both billiards and pool were played.
The first prize was cue. which cost
| in the neighborhood of 800. 1t was
inlaid with mother-of-pearl in a very
elaborate manner, with several woods
introduced, rosewood among others,
and was tipped with ivory
a certain very smart young bachelor
in town has a cue of this style for
which he paid $3.50. One, however, may
be purchased for so cents.
About the lowest price for a billiard
table is 5000; pool table with six
pockets, costs 1925, while a combina-
ton table, one which can be adjusted
for both games, costs $275. More elab-
crate ones are richly carved, the sides
inlaid with different colored mosiacs.
For private houses, a table AXIS feet is
used, requiring room about 14x17
feet; the floor, if carpeted at all. should
be covered with some thick, soft mate
rial From fifteen to nineteen ounces
is a fair weight for cue, according to
the balls now used.
There is an endless number of games
that are played today. American pyra-
mid, English pyramid fifteen ball.
forty-one ball. and Partisan pool;
three-cushion carrom, the game of red,
white and blue the four-ba1l game,
little corporal and bagatelle. The lat
ter is played by any number with nine
balls, either singly or on sides.
SUITABLE COSTUMES.
AS to costume, there is nothing which
admits of greater possibilities than the
games popularity, it behooves every en-
terprising young woman to provide
herself with one.
Let the skirt be full one, just clear
ing the ground, of soft crepon, or wool
goods; even serge is used. but it does
not fall in the graceful lines that
crepon takes. An old rose. old blue,
Nile green, any of these colors are
charming, provided they harmonic
with the wearers complexion.
The bodice may be of the same ma
terial or of soft silk in a contrasting
color and elbow sleeves are admissa-
BILE. 1t is not the occasion for dis
play of jewels and the hair should be
arranged simply.
A pretty costume worn by belle at
a pool party given recently at New
port cottage was made with a skirt of
black accordion-pleated chiffon, a
bodice of the same over corn-hower
blue silk, with a crush collar and belt
of the silk and a bit of jet for trim
ming.
SKILLFUL PLAYERS.
Among devotees of the game no one
is more enthusiastic than Patti. and
she spent more money in furnishing
her billiard parlor at Craig-y-Nos,
Wales, than upon any other room
The room is palatial in size, and, as is
quite proper for a room of that sort,
there is very little furniture, although
it is superbly upholstered in crimson
damask, with soft Persian rugs on the
floor.
When Patti comes to New York one
of the first 603 orders she. sends out is
for a billiard table to be sent to her
hotel. After she has sung in opera and
has returned to her room, no matter
how late the hour, she has game of