Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-22
OLD-FASH|ONED
BALL LAST NIGHT
Historic Poems Of the Old Lion
House Scene of Brilliant
Gathering.
SOME UNIQUE COSTUMES.
Governor and stan and Numerous
Descendants of the Pioneers of
or ~ in Attendance.

AT o'clock last night the historic
rooms OF the old Lion House were
thrown open. and through its doors a
procession of quaint figures passed,
which to the uninitiated might have
suggested a gathering of shades OF
denizens from a world a century or
half a century ago. They assembled
In room filed with antique relics
cherished as priceless heirlooms OF
these veritable ersonages-spinning
wheels. the improvised candlestick of
the pioneers of AZ. q potato followed
out and filed with grease with Wick
in the center to shed It's dim light side
by side with a brass candelabrTl which
had done service to colonial DANES in
the time OF Washington and host OF
other objects which made apt ana PIC
turesque setting for the enlivening
scene. Flags and washington pic
ture were patriotic emblems blending
with the rest.
AS the rooms filed a strange line
| formed in the big parlor where Presi-
| dent Brigham Young had often pre-
| sided over occasions Of state. line
| of uniformed men, Gov Cutler and his
| staff. with Col. Plummer and others
| of the National guard was formed, fol-
| lowed by the dlgnitaries OF the l.. ID.
| S. Church, and then a nondescript file
| of figures in costumes ranging, from
| the stately colonial garb OF George and
Martha Washington. to the pioneer
! farmer and his wife, In the homespun
and calico that did service for full
| dress In IA. Two pretty girls Of Lap
| land and Denmark, walked side by
side with Scotch lassies sporting the
cap and plaids of Burns historic
| land: and with them men and women
| In wedding flneIy taken from clothes
presses dedicated to sacred relics OF
the past.
HISTORIC GOWNS.
one OF the interesting gowns was
! that worn by Mrs. Laura w. Taylor,
which had been In the Nauvoo temple.
| Old ornaments were used with 1t and a
| lace collar also of long ago
| Mrs Bathsheba Smith and Mrs. f.. 3.
| Wells We're there In appropriate old
| fashioned gowns: Mrs. John Winder
" ore cap brought over from England
! over 100 years ago, and as another
| curiosity tiny crepe shawl in which
| an infant had been found on a door step
many years ago,
Mrs Susa Y. Gates. president of the
Daughters. wore an old-fashioned
gown of white muslin. and the mem-
bers of the reception committee. Mrs.
| II. c. whitney, Mrs. G, ID. Piper. Mrs.
! j. d. Spencer and others wore colonial
dresses with powdered hair and white
| berthas. over the regulation old-fash-
| eoned skirt. Mrs Mary Schwartz
Smith was one OF the quaint figures OF
| the evening in her gown OF rare pat
| tern of many years ago, and wore the
| quaint jewelry of the time.
Mrs. Donetta Smith Kvsler wore a
| gown made In England over 60 years
ago with mauve basque over black
velvet, and wonderful collar and head
gear Mrs. Morris b. Young gore
gown once belonging to her aunt, Eliza
! X Snow, made of home made SILK,
| trimmed with handmade lace present.
| ed 10 her in the centennial year. 1876,
SCOTLAND REPRESENTED.
Mrs. Minnie James Horne was a re-
| production of her mother, the late lsa-
bella NJ Horne, IN gown. cap and
shoulder shawl which belonged 10 the
latter. one OF the most noticeable cos
tunes OF the night was that OF Mrs.
George Margetts IN a Scotch costume
representing tho oldest clan IN scot
land. Her shield with It's great amber
setting was one of the curiosities of
the evening and the dress altogether
| one OF the successes OF the event.
Mrs. c. s. Wilcox wore n quaint
| gown and hand made white lace
shawl brought over from England 90
years ago in a sailing vessel and car
! lied In an OK team across the plains.
Mrs. a W. McCuno was there as
Mexican sonora in black lace costume
| ana mautilla, and her daughter, Mrs.
| Ray McCune- Naylor. was "A picture I'm
her Spanish mantilla brought from
| Peru. her face framed IN a pretty poke
| bonnet, bright with roses and ribbons.
Miss Annie Lynch, secretary OF the
| Pioneer Daughters wore one OF the
notable costumes of the evening a
| gown of silk gown OF the wonderful
construction Of 90 years ago, and an
antique brooch OF Roman mosaic
brought TO California by the gold seek
eIs Of 40, Mrs, Georgia Clawson Foote
was one OF tho prettlest colonial fg-
ures there Nith her SILK bodice over
hOunced white skirt. powdered hair
and patches, and many others OF Ike
nature were seen adding 10 the pictures
OF the rooms Two prominent charac-
ters were those Of Mrs Lucy Wolsten-
holme and Mr. Walter Lamoreaux. who
went as Quakers' and Mrs. Julina
Smith wore a fac slmile OF her we'd
ding dress OF 40 years ago, Mrs. Elias
Wright wore a "Greclan bend" variety
of gown with sncque of long tabs in
front aud short back, With long ear
rings and brooch OF gold, Miss Rose
Young OF Ogden wasfa' dainty daguer-
reOtype in q short polQnaise of pale
blue over short white skirt, Mrs. John
Groesbeek was there In lavender
gown OF tho early thlrtiea, and her
daughter, Mrs. Lou McCune, In Won
derful gown OF figured muslin over
hoops, which startled the denizens OF