The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-16
RECEPTION AND DANCING,
SMOKER AND BOHEMIANISN
Most Magnificent Ball in
Ogden'S History.
Given in Honor of the States
Visitors.

IN GDEN, Sept. Extraordinarily this
III largest social function ever given
in ogden was the reception and
ball at the new KieseI hall tonight by
Senator Clark. president Of the Ma
! tional Irrigation congress, assisted bv
citizens of UtaH in honor Of Secre-
tary Wilson of the department of ag-
riculture. the other government Off
! clals, delegates 20 the congress- and
! press representative
/ ne size of the thrOng that moved
; about the splendid large ballroom was
/ limited only by the capacity Of the
/ hail- Had &c been thrice as large il
/ would not have served 10 contain an
( VINO accepted invitations 10 the affair.
Prominent officials from all parts of
/ the country were conspicuous i'm the
( JhrOng, and representative citizens
I from all over Utah and neiehbOrfDa.
states were there in great numbers.
accompanied by their ladies. 1t would
| be impossible to estimate accurately
the size Of the crowd. Hundreds Of
people moved in, through and out of
the building ceaselessly for hours. The
/ great crush restricted rthe dancing
space In the ballroom on the second
I floor of the building, but the avail
{
vantage. Everyone had a good time
despite the crush.
Spirit of GeniaIity Governs.
The spirit that has characterized the
people of Ogden and their guests
throughout was never more manifest
than at last night's function. While
in d way formal, yet the affair was
dehghttully Informal in some of its
aspects and the occasion was all the
more enjoyable in consequence.
The ballroom was beautifully dec
GRATED with palms and festOons of
evergreen and flowers draped SYM
metrically about the walls A spIen-
dfd, large orchestra furnished excellent
dance music throughout the evening
the music being enjoyed scarcely more
by those who danced 10 its strains than
~ the ones who stood about the hau
and c0nVersed.
The committee took especial pains to
see mat the visitors 10 Utah were
looked after and early learned that they
mad most appreciative and compan-
ionable party on their hands. The pleas
ure OF the guests was made the first
consideration, but the Utahns present
round time 70 derive a full share Of
enjoyment out OF the evening.
Elegant light refreshments were
served in the spacious banquet hall on
the first floor There wines Of an
kinds, including champagne, were
served to the guests. The arrange
ments for caring for wraps and hats
were almost perfect, and the great
throng was received and entertained
IN a manner that left no room for dis
satisfaction, even had the guests been
disposed to be critical. which they were
not, the genial good nature of the
crowd being one Of its most striking
characteristics on all sides were heard
expressions Of the most hearty salts
faction with the entire affair and Won
der that such an elaborate affair was
arranged and conducted in such fault
less fashion.
Distinguished Persons in March.
The grand march. which began AT (
1880, probably contained more dfstin- /
guished people than were ever before =
seen on ballroom floor at one time
IN Utah. The march was led by Miss /
FANNIE Cannon of Ogden and Secre- /
tary Wilson. Following. in order. were.
Miss Minnie Kiesel of Ogden and Sen !
ator Clark Mrs. Farley Wright Of Oe-
den and Governor Sparks of Nevada /
Mrs. William Glasmann of Ogden and 1
Governor Wells of Utah. and Mrs.
Wells and Senator Kearns. About 200
couples participated in the grand 4
march.