Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-29

..,-,,s,ted. 1929. by Frank O. ca,pon-
N'i'' ter)
Gan tsar. Porto Rico, July 8. 1892. i
- quarter Of an acre Of pretty Girls
,tebt. They were rich girls, we'll
$3.50 FliIs. and. by and large. a. nice
100 have seen this year The most
n.m we're whiriinr about In tie
-, Of the waltz. and actually en-
t,ts Porto Rican d1ndies AID our
s.-,.,1 military officers who held
,,,m in diets arms.
n va. az grand ball given by the
,,,1 club Of San Juan. The thcatcr
-, hired for the occasion. and the
81 tu.f thcator Is bigger than any
!, V,fhiueton. II l. "A building "
t,.rt and stucco. which belonged Ia
N. sosrish government. and when -
ia, the property Of Uncle Sam. It mas
Stage as large as a city lot The
srbss,fa circle was noorcd over last
night. ~ that with the stage there was
more than quarter OF an acre Of clear
lancIng srace.
Tho uoor was cnrpeted and cocoanut
pilm leaves were trained upon tho
walls The three galleries which run
around the theater were draped with
Nd white and blue stripes, rpnnnlrd
viih stars. and American flags were
syerywhercl The boxes were filled with
flrh parto Rlcnna. and the girls upon
he floor were the daughters Of the
swell people " the island. No one was
admitted without an invitation. and the
hoisand odd maidens present repre-
serted the very top OF the upper crust
Il poft0 Rican society.
This men wcr, u the same class and
thr whole gave me a new idea OF the
urst Of the subjects whom Uncle sam
has annexed.
AMONG THE BELLIES OF SAN
JUAN.
wish the correspondents who have
been writing letters home 10 the cncct
that there IL colorcd blood In all Porto
HcauH could have attended this ball.
] have never sccn better types " the
pure Laiins or Spanish. The complex
Ions were all darker than ours, but
could Gee no traits Of the negro, ana
doubt u there was woman In the
room who had such blood In her veins.
II was CaucaHipn crowd. and re-
markahly good-l0oklng oHe. Hundreds
q the women were as well dressed. and
dressed. than the women you sec nj "A
White House reception. There were
many short sleeves. showing plump,
dimplcd white arms and beautiful
necks. The gowns were not cut 30 low
no TO show the swelling % the bosom,
and such as were docollotc were iilled
90 with embroidery. The cOlora. with
the exception OF perhaps hair dozen
gowns OF black lace. were salmon pink,
fky blue and white. All were OF dane
Ink length and nearly all were well ut
ting.
Take a jump In your Imagination
from the United states to Porto Rico.
and Ut with me In one OF the theatcr
boxes, and watch the crowd MS I saw
Z, last night. venture you have never
sren a prctticr sight. What a lot VI
beauties are whlrling about on the iiOor
below ual They are straight and Hlen-
der and every one IL brunette. Not
one o. them " dumpy or Oyer-fat. Each
Is Just good nrmful and they are all
petite and exceedingly graceful. what
BEAUTIFUL hair they have. and what a
loi Of itl II II as black as the patent
leather shoes Of the men, except where
u has been busted with powder and
turned thereby FOR the evening to gold
How we'll the hair IL put UNI II In
DRESSED In a knot Just back OF the
Crown and II pulled out "a Ia pompa-
a1uf % that IL makes the dear little
beads Of the maidens look larger.
THEY ARE NICE GIRLS.
Now east your eye at the faces. Are
hey not swcet7 They are full of fun.
tll rcnned They look like nice girls.
god girls. modest and pure. as l doubt
tgl they are. See how they laugh aud
mat with their partners, and how they
Aep W the dance throughout the even
~ IL 10 only while dancing that they
lave the chance Of being alone with
hsif heauN, Tor according 20 Spanish
tsitnm when they sit down they must
late their places by their married sis
hA mothers or aunts. who act as
Now the dance Is over and we can OBJ
.'fe thcm at rest. What Tyysiy eyes
,tey havc' They are large, black and
qaid, with long lashea and rather
lsAVy brows. which are accumulated By
u'lr pale brunette faces.
EXPERTS WITH THE FAN.
Notice how they use their fans. Every
Nt has one and she keeps II always
notion She fans herself three times
.hd then with n twist OF the wrist
arrows the folds OF the fan together
Ahp,her twist and II Is open IN the OPP
FSle way and she II tanning herself