The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-12
THE SALT LAKE HERALD: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER u. 1897

are, with elder down, were arranged at
intervals against the walls for the bene-
fit of weary dancers.
An upright piano from the house was
placed a little to one side, and, almost
in the middle OF the room. A profess
sional pianist and one violinist were to
furnish the music, and their seats were
entirely concealed by palms and some
graceful oveTharging plants
Scarcely were all these articles in
place before the wagon returned from
the woods, laden with many coeored
green's and great bundles of nodding
goldenrou- The latter we're taken to
the laundry and deposited in The sta
Eicnary tubs silat they might be kept
fresh in cold water until the hour for
the bali.
The next step demonstrated the in
ge1lu6ty in the use of the woven wire.
Some men servants were directed to cut
into small pieces the hegnlock and
laurel branches The delft and swift
fingers Of The hostess and her friends
slipped the cut pieces irlso the nlesihes
| of the wire, which made such easy re-
cepfacfes for the short stems. IN
scarcely more than an hour the
wire was entirely covered. The square
! wooden pillars were transformed into
! great masses of beautiful green The
panels ON the wall were quickly filled.
| A piece of wire tackled across the big
coach room clock made 1T possible to
! conceal, from the guests, this stgSeS-
! ton OF flying time.
! AS I wurtched the growing change Of
| the bare room. I realized that the
amount of labor had been ltoitaIly dis
proport;oned to the result achieved, and
| comparing Eae use of this woven WlTe
With the old handicapping method OF
! ''twiufrg cG1" our greens for decoration,
| I was grateful for the progressive ideas
of bright women.
! Next a few flags brought from the
patriotic old garnet were introduced
/ here and there; some twigs of green
were stuck about the hanging pictures
| and gave the swartly- booted Jockeys
| the red -iacketed hunting men and the
| packs of sleek and glossy coated
| hounds an air OF holiday gayety-
Then the floor was brushed free of the
scattered bits. Cook brought out a
I dozen or more stubs of parafine can
| dies that had been taken from the can
| dlebra, as they burned too low. The
Young people Whitfield these into thin
very thin-shayings about the floor,
| and right merrily did they dance about
! to dance in" the wax And all was
pronounced finished.
| It is difficult to say whether the
| charming change in the room or the
!
the happy guests the greater pleasure
At the hour for lighting the lamps the
little hostess appeared, costumed fol
| the ball and bearing tiny bundles OF
| the fresh goldenrod. These were stuck
in among the green. until the room,
! seemed to take on q soft yellow effect;
I but this was in the fortunate arrange
ment of the flower rather than in the
number of blooms. for the perfume OF
this flower is so heavy that only a sup
con can be used in decoration.
The toilets of the guests were, height
ened in effect by the pretty back
| ground. The novelty of the surround
/ ing gave somehow an immense go tc
the dancing; and as for the luscious
supper in the big, old-fashioned dining.
room in the house-but that, as the
charming Kipling says is quite another
story.
Only one word more: ga dance IL
the barn can be added to that list OF
| successes. than which there is nothing
| more successful.
EDGAR L. SMITH.