The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-21
BRILLIANT DECORATIONS.
Flowers and Autumn Leaves In
tertwined With Old Glory.

lCILWlnSQ W1LQ4ClQ GlOTV.
The handsome home was elaborately
decorated in patriotic colors. In the
large reception hall "Old Glory waved
from the ceiling and was festooned in
all the archways. One flag, especially,
noticeable being the one made entirely
of Utah silk. On the mantel. crossed
swords were used, surmOunted by the
figures ''24. in gold, complimentary to
the TWenty-fourth infantry. To the
3iza- Of the mantel hung a portrait of
Geo-ga Washington, after the Stuart
l'aiaing. draped in the national COL
The drawing room autumn leaves
n ased, together with cosmos and
on the mantel stood Wash
s' s picture framed in gold and
,ded with a wealth of cosmos.
here the reception committee
= Allen, Mrs. o. J. Salisbury,
= Fabian ard Miss Harkness,
the guests.
library and billiard room were
T. .--ied alike in chrysanthemums and
-. -.u.a leaves. The dining room was
cc-e entirely in the Continental colors
a. blue and buff Two tables were used
and adorned in the chosen cOlOrs. The
coffee table was in yellow. Diagonally
accoss the center was a. runner embroi-
Geied in jonquils and fastened at the
% with a butterfly boy of yellow
Vt opposite corners stood huge
81 ,-ar candelabra with candles of yell
lass and at the ends of the table were
ca SASS bowls of yellow chrysanthe-
luEus tied with bows of blue. The tea,
tetia was decorated in a similar fash
ion blue being used instead of yellow
In one corner of the room Miss Louise
SmeGley Smith presided over a table.
on which was a beautiful cut glass
EI-rsts enjoyed guessing the number of
hr,rs in the bowl, and the successful
CO. cstant was awarded the bowl as a
SON MIR
X THE DINING ROOM.
.e-e assisting in the dining room
So. .5rs. Ducat, Miss Cash, Miss Sher-
ls,s,. Miss Laura Sherman, Miss Lowe,
H., Wallace Miss Ora Harkness, Miss
Tisoen. Miss Cotton, Miss Crawford,
Miss Alton Young, Miss Gilmer, Mrs.
Joseph H. Young, Mrs. j. NJ. Bidwell,
Mrs. J. Robinson Walker, Mrs. ]. L.
Franken. Miss Webber. Miss Alff. Miss
Macintosh. Miss Kimball, Miss Han
auer. Miss Mason, Miss Adelaide Ma
son and Miss Beattie. The ladies We're
eli eowned in light-colored evening
evening dresses. and in their hair each
wore d cockade fashioned in the Conti-
mental colors.
CAPTAIN DUCAT.
Captain Ducat's story of the part
taken by the Twenty-fourth United
states infantry was, of course, the fea-
ture of the programme. With a reti-
cence attributed TO caution, the cap
tain refused to allow his manuscript to
he given out for publication, but there
were few of his hearers who did not re-
member the simple. pathetic and dra-
matte narrative in the main features.
The story, or tragedy, as it proved
opened with the familiar details of the
departure from Salt Lake, the move TO
Chickamauga. then the transfer to
Tampa and the ensuing delay in en-
barkation. Here the captain said, the
command waited for weary days in the
beat and discomfort Of the southern
MORT until it eventually /sceived orders
to 90 on board the vessel waiting to
receive them. It was said the City of
washington. on which they fvere to go
10 Cuba. could not come over the bar
into the harbor. so the regiment went
aboard the lighter Margaret and
started down the bay to find their snip.
After a tedious search through the
deet they finally found their ship and
got aboard with their baggage at
o,cloclz in the morning. It was the
sar,e vessel that lay alongside the
Maine when she was blown w. in Ha-
1-ana harbor They found tnat the only
hunks provided for the men We're built 1
Of nine boards in three tiers. each bunk |
baine two feet wide. Each man had I
70 mt in this bunk his kit. weighing I
"a hounds, including his rife, 200 rounGs 1
81 arnmuaition. rations. haversack, /
blanket roll. tent and poles and poncho. /
The captain did not say so. but he left Z
Il to be inferred that there was no /
1eroe margin OF room left for the SOL (
dieT after his kit was placed in the |
b,,nk The men suffered so for lack Of I
cir that they were compelled 10 take to 1
sbe deck. Hardly had they got settled 1
before a dispatch boat dashed through /
+he feet and ordered the regiment TO /
5jeembark and return to Tampa, be- 1
cause three Spanish cruisers had been
SIGHTED at sea and there was danger
~ a disaster if they remained in their /
shin. Accordingly, the regiment again /
eoIight their lighter. the Margaret, and
returned to Tampa, where the City of I
washington followed them without diff
6c1lfv across the bar. When they
reached the dock at Tampa it was dis
covered that the cruiser story was |