Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-20
|lONEER BALL
/ TOMORROW NIGHT
nah Daughters to Appear in Old
Time Book Muslin
Glory.
oNE RIG CRUSH is PROMISED.
,,.,cb 10 be Headed at the Lion
House by church and State
Dlgnitaries.


Fl io M, pioneers will draw out from
NV S ,avender-scented bureaus old menu
'no ,Ith which to bring to mind the
,aded glory of book muslin dresses OF
100 draperies of artificial flowers
and quaint old hoop earrings.
Tho Lion House will once more DO
ana with merry throngs. come to pay
i .hs,r respects to thousand long for
aa,,sr modes Of wooing Terpsichore
4 Pa The indulgence in innocent gaiety.
Every indication points to there be-
,nr a great crush at the annual event
ana already the caller is getting his
voice in trim for balance to your part
mars. hal 'aman left; tune, tum, tum;
. Soca do--a little more dough--all prom
i eOede" and kindred eXhortations long
since forgotten in the ballroom.
4 Not the least interesting feature Will
no the grand march led by the digni-
taries of the Church and state who Will
4 start from the parlor and make tour
! through the halls, ballroom and other
chambers of the historic old Lion
House.
Then supper will begin--a pioneer re-
indulge in before the advent of the
French chef in the west.
Judging from rumors that are being
circulated the pioneer costumes to be
worn by number of the guests will
be both historic and unique. Those not
so fortunate as to come from pioneer
stock will don their best bib and tuck
er. evening dress or whatever they feel
most at home in, the tout ensemble
having a sort of before and-after eff
feet, costumes ancient and modern. in
fact
TYPICAL OLD TIME BALL.
SO that the younger generation may
sense just how old time balls were
featured in Utah In the early days the
following from the pen of stranger,
gentle" as he calls himself. is re-
Produced:
Before our ride with Rockwell, we
received notes of invitation to certain
festivities in the Mormon academy of
music, intended for the commemoration
b, our national independence. These
festivities took the form of a ball. and
Afforded such an opportunity for study
ing Mormon sociology as three months
ordinary stay In Salt Lake might not
have given me.
That Fourth of July fell on a Satur-
day. In their ambition to reproduce an
clent Judaism (and this ambition is a
key TO most of their puzzles) the Nor
mons are sabbatarians of a strictness
which would delight Lord Shaftesbury.
Accordingly, in order that their festivi-
ties might not encroach on the early
hours Of Sunday Cor Sabbath as IL is
notlceablv called by all sects who have
the Jewish idea of the day. they had
shn hall f1a T,.t
stead OF the night of the Fourth. l
could not realize the risk of such an
encroachment when l read the follow
ing sentence printed upon my billet of
invitations: Dancing to commence at
4 D. M"
AT THE THEATER.
Our party and friend whose position
as agent of Wells-Fargo ministered
unto him an abundant entrance every
Where in Utah, were the only Cei.-
tiles whom / found invited by President
Young to meet in the neighborhood of
400 saints. We repaired to the opera
house at O'clock, feeling a certain
degree OF remorse at seeming so Stuck
up as the lateness of our arrival must
make us in the eyes of people who had
been cutting ''pigion wings" since 4p.m.
un entering the theater, we were sur
prised to see how remarkably IL had
been improved since we stood on the
sage IN day light, listening to Heber c.
hlmoall, and seeing the women busy |
IN the preparation of the festive trim |
nlngs. Fragrant ropes of evergreen |
hung IN symmetrical festoons from the |
cofnice and the edge of the galleries: |
oners wound spirally about the pillars |
aha wreathed the capitals. A great |
central chandelier was similarly orna- !
llenIed, While interspersed among the |
phe and cedar We're immense garlands |
ana punches Of natural flowers. native |
asu exotic freshly plucked that day.
me nsnts We're so abundant that I'm
sne galleries the heat was oppressive.
anu the whole hous was Illuminated
hsd,iy as well as could be accomplish
gu py gas The boundary between
s.ase ana parquet having been obllt
S ,,i.s by planking over the seats flush
WIN lhe former, the whole area OF
' ovIl was thrown open to the dancers.
" "aaiiis as commodious n ballroom as
oouu o. desired by any pleasure seek
- W me world, A Mormon band gave
n,Ht 70 the music OF the occasion. They
iLlaseu quite as well as the ballroom
,Ia.1 o. most eastern towns no larger
' 'Iun SAT- Lake City, If we except those
,r y nvse population has become somewhat
= , ,unvnlbsa' and what they lacked i'm
i oy they made up IN quantity we
,,ought out our entertainer Rripbap,
touns, To thank him for the flattering
Irg5eepuon made In our Gentilo favor
NC was standing IN the dress circle
y the theater. looking down on The
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