The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12

! placed so as to bring out Oeautliul
! footlight effect. Just back of the Or
chestra was a frame draped with SILK,
| in which were set fifty incandescent
| globes, forming a letter b. Rich tapes
tries completed the decorations Of the
west end. The sides of the room were
draped with lace curtains and twenty
five fine etchingS We're placed along
the walls. the south wall having also
a large mirror suitably draped. On the
east end was the greatest triumph OF
the decorators art. Here were hung
two large etchingS and two magnificent
silk curtains, one each on either side OF
the middle space. In front of the middle
space was little table of handsomely
carved wood, with some rare china
dishes, containing cut flowers, confec-
lions, sailed almonds. Just behind this,
hung low, was a rich oil painting, while
just above the painting was a large
mirror, dra0ed with the curtains, and
in which was reflected the entire ball
room pageant. One standing before it
seemed looking through a easement at
the scene of rare beauty.
The hallway, extending along the
south side of the ballroom, was curtain
ed off just east of the ballroom en-
trance, by rope portieres, thus form
ing a room which was utilized as
waiting room between dances. The
trebled till the place fairly throbbed
with light, but the rays fell through
tinted globes till the air seemed to pull
safe with yellow and purple color
waves. Pineapple sherbert and cham
payne punch were served, and attend
ants were present everywhere TO do
the slightest bidding of guests. a col
onnade was especially constructed from
the street to the hotel entrance, and
every guest was a guest from the mo-
ment of leaving home till the return,
as carriages conveyed each one to and
from the ball.
Christensen's orchestra from Salt
Lake furnished the music, and the
scene, as the dancers. the ladies with
exquisite toilets and the gentlemen in
regulation evening costume, Whirled
about in the may dance. or oromenad-
ed amid the brilliant lights-was one
long to be remembered.
There We're six extra numbers On the
programme, and each of these was
named for some one of the single six,
who had also given a ball the previous
evening.
At 1890 the carriages took the guests
to the Reed, where d banquet of ten
courses was served Merriment was
the order. and several imprOmptu toasts
We're given. At about 2:30 the carriages
were again ordered, and the bachelors
ball was over.
In reply to the invitations sent out
but one regret was received, ana this
from a party obliged to be absent
THE GUESTS
of the occasion included: Mesdames
Armstrong, Abe Kuhn and r. J. lay
Tor, chaperones; Misses Tavey Nc
Kay, Thomas, Henderson,, Conroy,
Stevens, Conger, Douglas, Blair, Annis
Brown, Burkett (Salt Lake.. Hayes,
Leda Kuhn, Haley, Schansenbach, Eva
Kuhn. Park (Salt Lake., Nettie Will
son, jamie Taylor, Mccoy, Lettie Her
rick, Scowcroft, PEBBLES, Flossie
Wright, Boyle, Hulaniski, Croci6er;
Messrs. Mcintosh, Roy Scoville, Harold
Peery, Horace Peery. Stecher, y. w.
Smith. Robinson, Alf Brown Kircher,
Conlisk, Fred Burt, Horn, Gus Wright,
Oscar Kuhn, Weatherby, John Brown,
Henry Stevens, John Pierce, Eaton, D.
H. Adams, Saunders, Massa.