Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
ADDITIONAL SOCIAL

ess Thursday at tea in the Univer-
sity club, the affair being to meet Miss
lone Morrison and Mrs. George ID. Key
ser. The club was gorgeous with holt
day decorations of red and green,
great quantities of evergreen with nu-
merous red bells hanging in all the
archways and decorating the walls
throughout the Railways. The entire
main floor was placed at the disposal
of the hostess, and the picturesque
library, with its dark red and oak fur
nishings, lent itself admirably to the
use of the Christmas colorS. Here the
receiving party stood, while across the
hall in the north end of the large din
ing room the punch bowl was placed.
In the dining room proper long table
filled the center of the room, from
which coffee was served. This was
decorated with an immense cluster of
poinsettas, which filled the central
part, and two handsome crystal can
delabra with red candles and shades.
Here Mrs. Mary e. Gilmer and Mrs.
George Phelps Holman were seated at
the tea and coffee urns, and in the
room beyond Mrs. Russell Schulder,
Miss Mary Smedley and Miss Beatrice
Cheesman served punch. All around
the rooms hung the college penants
from the various colleges, with the
Christmas green's intermingled With
Mrs. Morrison in the receiving line
were her daughter and Mrs. Keyser
and Mrs. j. M. Dart, while assisting
her in entertaining were Mrs. w. G. |
Hall, Mrs. w. H. Dickson, Mrs. George |
G. Moore, Mrs. w. w. Chisholm and |
Mrs. A. H Peabody.
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An elaborate and unique dinner was |
given Thursday night at the Alta club |
by Charles w Whitley. The large oval |
table was laid in the gold room and |
completely surrounded with a bower |
OF evergreen trees over ten feet in |
height. Through these trees were |
strings and festoons of many colored |
electric lights, more than a thousand
being used in all. On the table was
a low decoration of handsome poin.
settas in their gorgeous beauty. Can
delabra formed of deep red roses were
used for candles, which gave the only
light. Quantities of holly hung from
the electrolier above, and holly and
Christmas tokens of all kinds deco
rated the walls of the room and the
mantel. Behind screen an orchestra
was stationed, furnishing a program
of musical numbers, and gifts sig.
nificant, humorous or costly, were laid
at the places between courses. The
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. j. Frank
Judge, Mr. and Mrs. Heber M. Wells,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter G. Filler, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward S. Ferry, Mr.. and Mrs.
A.. V. Calaghan, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Walker, Miss Anna Mccormick, Miss
Addie Zane, Mrs A. e. Walker, Henry
Mccormick, and d. e Burley.
Mrs. Ledyard M. Bailey entertained
about fifty friends Thursday afternoon
at vaudeville" party at her home.
Among the numbers rendered were
"The Dolls Tragedy" by Miss Agatha
Berkhoel; "The Old DOLL" by little
Susie Russell; the tambourine dance,
by Miss Martha Johnson; some funny
stories by Mrs. William Igleheart;
some Chinese and darkey songs by
Mrs. ]. r. Walker; a group of old
fashioned songs by Mrs. Martha Royle-
King; some mechanical doll stunts by
Miss HOLSTER Hancock and Miss Jes-
sic Home. At the tea following the
program Mrs. Russell l.. Tracy and I
Miss Blanche Kimball poured, and
they were assisted by Mrs. II. B. Beat
ty and Mrs John Weir Christmas -,