The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-28
Brilliant Affair at Knutsford.

The brilliant event of the week Is the
social world was the card party given
Wednesday evening at the Knutsford
by Mrs. Susanna Bransford Emery.
The entire parlor floor was thrown open
and decorated by Huddart in most
attractive fashion. The card tables were
arranged in the red and green rooms,
which had been transformed into
veritable garden of flowers Pink and
green We're the colors chosen for the
red room and green and white We're
used in the green room. Tall palms
encircled the rooms and acted as a
background for the hundreds of bril-
liant roses and carnations which threw
out their graceful blossoms over man
tells and window sills. Across one cor
ner of the red room was a bank of
foliage plants, filled in with dozens OF
American Beauty and Meteor roses.
Rising above it on either side were tall
columns of palms, the whole being sur
mounted with branches of the fuschia
loaded with bloom The .mantels were
arranged with a solid bank of roses,
filled in with palms and foliage plants,
and glistening among the flowers were
the lights of myriads Of fairy lamps.
The doorways We're arched with aspar-
agus plumosa and adorned with hang
ing baskets of carnations and roses.
The score and tally cards were paint
ed for the occasion by a prominent
artist of Cleveland, o. They were Amer
lean Beauty heads done in water colors
and tied with huge butterfly bows or
delicately shaded ribbon Each one was
a. work of art in itself, and at the con-
clusion of the game they were pre-
scented to the ladies.
Des Fosses' string orchestra was sta
toned in the hall and rendered a choice
programme during the evening.
The ladies' head prize, a beautiful
cut-glass powder box, mounted in sill
yer. was won by Mrs. Albert P. Taylor.
The gentlemen's first prize, silver
card case, by Mr. Robert G. Smith.
Mrs. J. Robinson Walker won the Ia
lies second prize, "A Kentucky Cardi-
naI' and Aftermath" beautifully
bound and tied with broad satin rib
bons. The gentltmen's second prize,
the Maude Adams edition of The Lit
tie Minister" was won by Mr.. w. 3
Mccormick. The consolation prizes were
prettily framed photographers, and
were won by Mrs. Sarah e. Bransford
and Mr.. I. A. Benton.
Mrs. Emery's guests were Judge and
Mrs o. W. Powers, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Rooklidge, Mr.. and Mrs. David
s Murray, Mr.. and Mrs. George l..
Nye, Mr.. and Mrs. I. A. Benton, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Brown, Mr.. and Mrs.
a.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Franken, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Keyes, Mr.. and Mrs. Mon
tague Ferry, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Ferry. Judge and Mrs. King, Mr.. and
Mrs. Windsor V. Rice, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
S. Bransford, Mr.. and Mrs. Pearsall,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. V. Shelp, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Bailey, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Rob-
inson Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. James Fer
ris. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Officer, Mr..
and Mrs Ryan, Mr.. and Mrs. Hooper,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lamb of Park City, Mr..
and Mrs Thomas Kearns of Park City,
Mrs. David Keith, Mrs. Albert Taylor,
Mrs. Mackay of Boston, Mrs. Witcher
Jones. Mrs. Charles Reed, Mrs. God
dard of Denver, Mrs. Bransford, Miss
Murray, Miss Weber, Miss Beattie,
Miss Freed, Miss Carter, Miss Hunt,
Miss Keogh, Miss Williams of Los An
geles, Miss Bransford, Miss Stella
Bransford, Mr.. F. c. Schramm, Mr..
Shirley Weber Mr.. Knox, Mr.. Rich
ard Colburn, Mr.. George Lawrence,
Mr.. John Critchlow, Mr.. Irvine, Mr.. j.
IT. Goodwin, Mr.. Traver, Judge Hiles,
Mr.. Robert Smith, DR.. Chaddock of Los
Angeles, Mr.. Cleaver. Mr.. Barnett, Mr..
Henrotin, Mr. w. S. Mccormick, Mr..
Clarence Mccormick. Mr.. Henry Nc
Cornick. Mr.. Samuel Newhouse, Mr..
Fouke of st. Louis, Ex-Governor EN-
cry of Boston.