The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-15
SOCIETY

| AFFAIRS ever given In town was tnc
] coming out tea which Mrs. Enos A.
/ Wall gave yesterday for her three
daughters. the Misses Selma, Alice and
Mary Wall. at the Wall home on Brig
ham street. The spacious rooms of the
| house were all closed from the heat OF
the outdoor air and were made deli
ciously cool and fragrant with the
summer flowers. Pure white ard green
predominated in all the rooms. the
drawing room, where the receiving
party stood, being especially attractive
! with great masses of st. Joseph lilies
| banked before the fireplace, with guam
| titles of ferns and palms. Huge bowls
| of Shasta daisies were on either side,
| and ferns formed a background for the
party In the dining room white sweet
peas with ferns decorated the tea table.
a low mound of the flowers forming the
central decoration. Palms and flowers
graced the Railways, and in the library,
where punch was served, the same gen.
eral color effect was seem
The guests were met at the door by
little Miss Olive Wall and Naomi Hoff-
man, and Mrs. Hall and her daughters
stood within the drawing room TO re-
ceive their guests. Mrs. NJ. b. Whitney
assisted in entertaining the company,
while Mrs. A. Fred Wey and Mrs. S. II.
Pinkerton sat at the table and served.
bian and Miss Eleanor Stewart Miss
Lorene Lear yand Miss Eudora DAILY
served punch. An orchestra stationed
at the head of the stairway furnished
delightful music throughout the after
noon, and during the hours, which
were from 3 till 6, nearly 800 friends
called.
Many handsome gowns were seen,
those of the receiving party being es-
naciallN nnTRWnrrhN
an imported gown of Irish crochet lace
over white satin, with trimmings of
rose point Miss Walls gown was of
ivory liberty satin with gold lace trim
ming, and was made in Empire princess
style. Miss Alice ware gown of crepe
de chine. with Irish lace over cloth of
silver for its trimming. while Miss
Mary wore a simple lingerie frock with
Val. lace.
The big event of today is to be the
charity card party this morning at
Rowland Hall for the benefit of the
Hospital Aid association. Thirty tables
have already been sold in advance and
number of ladies will entertain pri
vate parties of their own. Through the
generosity of the merchants the punch
and other refreshments have all been
donated. and punch will be served dur
ing the game by Mrs. A. S. Bower. with
a corps of the younger girls to assist
her. Following the last rubber at each
table ices and cakes will be served on
the veranda. The place is admirably
adapted for outdoor affair, and
number of ladies will entertain private
parties of their friends, giving their
own prizes as well the regular.
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Miss Romola King entertained
party of twelve young girls yesterday
at a luncheon at her home for her
guest. Miss Leigh Whittemore. The
decorations were in pale pink and
green. a huge basket of individual bou-
Quets of the flowers forming the CEN
terpiece To these were attached pink
ribbons. which extended to each place.
and which. when drawn, brought TO
each girl a corsage bouquet. Green
candles and pale green shades were
used to light the board. The guests to
meet Miss Whittemore were Miss Merce
Lewis. Miss Winnifred Brice. Miss Vera
Edwards. Miss Marion Oberndorfer,
Miss Bernetta Oppenheimer, Miss Elsie
McMillen, Miss Ethel Tyree, Miss Eliza
Dey. Miss Marie Odell and Miss Irene
Leonard.
Mrs. John S Upham was the hostess
on Monday at a beautifully appointed
bridge tea for her guest, Miss Burk-
halter. who leaves shortly for her home.
Five tables of the game were played,
the rooms being fragrant with the cool
green of ferns and white flowers. Prizes
were won by Mrs. Edwin Butcher and
Mrs Arthur Williams. The officers
came in later for tea, when the hostess
was assisted by Mrs. Kneeland Snow,
Mrs. Edwin Butcher and Mrs. James
Arrasmith.
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ATrc 7 HafE ~
Ward and Mrs. Paul Potter of Fort
Douglas all left yesterday on the noon
train for San Francisco. Mrs. Ward
will go to San Jose to visit her mother.
Mrs. Jamison. but the others remain in
San Francisco. Mrs. Robert c. Boyer
leaves shortly for Los Angeles. Most
of the other ladies of the garrison will
remain at the post through the time the
regiment is away.
Mrs A NJ Noel of Kansas City is
here to visit her niece. Mrs. Alexander
C. Ewing, and will remain for the rest
of the summer. She is accompanied by
her friend. Mrs NJ. s. Wallace, who
will remain for visit of month
Mrs. w. r. Wallace entertained her
card club yesterday afternoon in honor
OF Mrs c. o. Whittemore of Los An
geles. Prizes were won by Mrs. Whit
temore and Mrs. Fred Reynolds.
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Mr. and Mrs. David'C. Dunbar have
just returned from a short outing in
the mountains at Mountain. Mr.. Dun
bar goes the last of the week for a
camping trip with friends at the head
waters of the Weber river, to be away
some weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. John c. Niven and Mrs.
Waldemar Van Colt and her daughter.
Miss Pearl Van Colt, have taken a cot
tage at Coronado yeach, where they
will be at home for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. C W. Spalding and
their daughted Sybil will leave shortly
to sail. on Aug. 10, for Germany. They
will remain abroad a year, and Mrs.
Spalding will study music in Berlin.
Mrs. NJ. H. Kervin has taken an
apartment in the Virginia and is at
home at No. for the summer.
Miss frances Evans entertains at an
afternoon affair tomorrow.
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Mrs. Nellie K. Montgomery will leave
within a short time for a visit with her
sister, Mrs. John Longmaid. in Henela,
Mont.