The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-08

sponsible for the quietude of the week
in social affairs. The Paderewsk con-
cert occurring in Salt Lake attracted
a good many people thither who are
prominent as entertainers in the So
ciety of Ogden. Being in the middle
of the week and being followed by
Sousa's band concert in the Grand on
Thursday, which was also attractive
to people socially inclined, the number
of lat homes" and afternoons" were
doubtless lessened by these two must
cal events.
! Quite number of pleasant, though
rather informal, parties were held and
La Coterie held a meeting where in
tellectual features were happily
blended with social enjoyment.
Tuesday evening occurred the enter
tainment and card party in Odd Eel
lows hall given by Canton Ogden l.
o. o. f. A very large crowd was pres
ent, the hall being taxed as to its
seating capacity and overtaxed as to
the provisions made for card players.
The programme, as previously pub
lshed. was carried out except the
two little Misses, Elsie Mann and
| Corrinne Christensen could not be
present. An instrumental duet by Miss
Kurtz and Miss Burnfield was followed
by pretty recitation by little Ethel
Watts. P. a. Cook sang in good form
and A. j. Anderson gave a clever reel
tation. Little Francis Reeder, jr., sang
very nicely and was followed by music
from the Social Mandolin club Misses
Anna Sumner and Eva Brown gave
recftations and were followed by a
song from Miss Mamie Owen A j.
Woodbury., the veteran Odd Fellow,
then made few remarks and J. D.
Sullivan sang song and responded to
an encore. Miss Matte Watts closed
this part of the entertainment with a
recitation. In the card games the
ladies' first prize was a china plaque
hand painted and was won by Mrs
was a handsome book of "Hoyles
Games" and went to B. Kruunperman.
The committee engineering this sue
cessful affair through were w. s.
Flewelling, w. H. Zion and C. j.
HUMPHREYS.
DR.. and Mrs. S. L. Brick entertained
at cards on Tuesday evening a few of
their friends
Mr.. and Mrs. P. c. Hays entertained
the Leap Year High Five club at their
home on Twenty street Mon
day evening.
Among those who were noticed at the
Paderewski concert at Salt Lake city
Mrs. H. G. Bigelow, Mr.. and Mrs A.
p. Bigelow, Mr.. and Mrs. B. NJ
Lathrop, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Thomas,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cambridge, Mrs. Bannis-
ter and daughter, Mrs. Kimbar and
daughter, Mrs. Lessenger and daugh-
ter Mrs. Summerfeld, Mrs Gideon,
Miss BigeloW, Miss PEBBLES, Mrs. Nc
CARNEY.
The first of the series of select par
ties in the Third ward was held Tues
day evening and proved a very en-
joyable affair
Tuesday, March 3, La Coterie with
the exception of one absent member
met with Miss Bigelow at the Reed |
The guests were Mesdames. Haywood, |
Sunmerfield, Strevell, Stewart, Eggles- |
ton and Riffin. Mrs. Briggs began the |
with a paper of exceptional |
interest on 1.-THE English Revolution
a subject which she treated very fully |
by picturing the troublesome times of |
Cromwell and the restoration: the |
of James II and the election |
of William and Mary as joint rulers |
over England. Interspersed through |
her paper were lively anecdotes and !
of that time and especially |
of the two great calamities, the great |
plague and the great fire which over
whelmed London in 1865 and 1866. The
next number, Science and Literature
of the Seventeenth Century" by Mrs.
Graham, was a feast of good things in
the way of a rehearsal of the theories
and teachings of the leading scientific
men of that time. including Calico.
Kepler, Newton and Harvey Many a
good laugh was enjoyed over the every
day happenings, the petty trials and
triumphs of Pepys so humorously por-
the first private books of its
kind that, on account of it's merit has
become the heritage of all. The hear
ars were delighted with sketches, quo
Lations and narratives of Milton, Her
rick, Dryden, Jeremy, Taylor, BoXter,
Bunyan and other brilliant men of that
period which Taine called 1.-The classic
age of English literature" Following
Mrs. Graham's paper, Miss Kiesel gave
a vocal solo, "Of Thee I'm Thinking,
by Meyer-H elmand, and
to an encore with "The
Daily Question" by the same COM
poser. After a charming instrumental
solo by Miss Bigelow, the business
meeting of the club was held Miss
Baldwin was unanimously elected a
member of La Coterie and arrange
nents were made for a series of art
ectures to be given by Mrs. Jennings,
IF Salt Lake city.
During the social hour which fol-
owed the members were invited to
he dining room to dinner After a
most successful and enjoyable meet
ng La Coterie adjourned to meet
March II.
A very successful and enjoyable leap
,ear ball was given in the Third ward
institute Tuesday night
Mrs Mamie Clark, of Denver, was a
suest of Mrs. John S. Seese last week
DR.. H. NJ. Bannister, of Chicago, is
listing his brother, G. K Bannister
P. C. Wedell. of Kansas City, is a
,uest of his brother, w. B. Wedell, for
! few days.
The presentation to John Philip
;ousa of the tokens from the Ogden
horus was done by Miss Salmon in a
cry pretty manner and one showing
omplete sef-control. The floral piece
"a beautiful lyre-was an exquisite
ne and the quotation from Plato con-
erning the all-impressiveness of
music seemed to touch the sympathies
f the renowned band leader. The gold
atchel tag found concealed in the
lowers was so beautiful that Sousa
vas about to pin it on his coat with