The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-01
SOCIETY

The day is to be the gayest New
Years day seen locally in several
years. Not alone are there to be many
informal at homes, but several rather
large events, both for the day and the
evening, will lend merriment for all
classes of society. The younger boys
| and girls who are home for the hOli-
| days are putting in every minute posi-
bic of the first day of the year for a
good time. and the older folks are all
willing to make this a real day of
pleasure. The army people are not yet
| settled definitely enough to have many
formal affairs, but Lieutenant Colonel
Arthur Williams, Mrs. Williams and
their daughters and guest will receive
the garrison people at noon today.
| Governor and Mrs. Cutler will not re-
celYe formally on account of a be-
reayement, but, of course, many close
friends will call Others who will be at
| home TO their friends are Mr.. and Mrs.
! w. H. Cunningham at their home, AIS
| Third avenue; Mrs. T. c. Bailey, Miss
Edna Bailey and Mrs. Charles Post will
| receive from o'clock on at the Bailey
home on South Main street; Judge and
Mrs. Andrew Howat and Miss Jane
Howat viii be at horne from till
O'Clock at their home on Seventh East;
| Mr.. and Mrs. George Keyser will re-
| ceive their friends afternoon and even
| ing; Miss Katherine Judge will receive
at the Judge home; the Misses Pearl
and Nora Van Colt and Miss Beth
Dunbar will at home at the Van Colt
home for the afternoon, and many
| others Will hold at homes more or less
| informally.
The marriage of Miss Constance
Kirkpatrick and John r. Van Fleet
will take place this evening at the
Knutsford hotel The wedding, which
will come as a great surprise to- the
friends of the young people here, will
be quiet one, only the brides mother
and sisters being present. Mrs. Kirk
patrick and her daughters, Miss Kirk
patrick and Miss Constance-"Mose, -
as she is known to her friends-have
been staying quietly at the Knutsford
| for a few weeks past while prepare
lions have been going on, but no one
has known of the affair. Mrs. Walter
E. Stone, another daughter, has just
come from Goldfield to be present for
the wedding.
Mrs. John NJ. Zane of Chicago, who
has been spending the past few weeks
here, entertained yesterday at a beau
tifully appointed luncheon at the Alta
club, thirty of her friends being pres
ent to meet her sister, Mrs. Stewart
| The large round table was laid in the
gold room, and decorations of Ameri-
can Beauty roses were used. An i'm
mense basket filled with the gorgeous
flowers formed the centerpiece, while
| around the base of this was a row OF
| incandescent lights embedded in plu-
mosa, and plumosa strewn over the
| space added to the effect. The guests
were Mrs. Ferdinand j. Fabian, Mrs
T. G. Weber, Mrs. w. Montague Fer
~, Mrs. George Y. Wallace, Mrs. W. S
Mccormick, Mrs. T c.. Bailey, Mrs
James E. Jennings, Mrs. Karl A
Scheid Mrs. r. c. Woodruff, Mrs. ]. l.
Franken, Mrs. George L. Nye, Miss
Georgia Weber, Miss Katherine Ged-
des, Mrs. Kenneth C. Kerr, Mrs. Will
liam Reid, Miss Alton Young, Mrs
| Windsor V. Rice, Mrs. Sol Siegel, Mrs
Joseph E. Game Mrs. Arthur H. S
| Bird, Miss Hanauer, Miss Ida Hanauer
Miss Lloyd, Mrs. Benner x. Smith
| Miss Keogh, Mrs. Margaret Zane
x y =
Witcher and Miss Addie Zane.
The Kearns home was the scene last
evening of a merry gathering of little
folks when the three children of the
family, Edmund, Thomas and Helen
entertained nearly a. hundred or tneil
friends at a dance in the beautiful ball
room on the top floor of the house. The
entire house was lighted from the tor
to the lowest floor, and holiday trap.
pings were everywhere in evidence
Strings of red bells graduated were
festooned from the central part of the
ballroom TO each corner, and ferns de-
corated the windows. An orchestra il
one alcoye furnished beautiful music
and a punch bowl was placed in the
| oil AZ at1ly1 ~
served punch. Mrs. Kearns was alsC
assisted by Mrs. Conlon of Park City
Miss Fitzpatrick of Chicago and Mrs
Murphy of Butte. Later in the evening
the children passed downstairs to sup
per, the tables being laid in the dining
room and the library. A large T
shaped table held the greater numbe
of the guests, while the older boys and
girls, who remained later to watch tbs
year out, were seated with Edmund a
a round table in the library. The same
idea in decorations was carried out
and favors of hats for the boys anC
baskets for the girls were at eacf
place.
; Miss Reta Bellinger entertained {
large party of her young friends las
evening at the Orpheum, followed by {
: supper and watch party at the Bellin
/. | ger nome on Filth East street. Int
party was chaperoned by Mr.. and Mrs
H. c. Belinger. and the guests wer'
Miss Merce Lewis, Miss Dorothy Rock
lidge, Miss Irna Brown, Miss Lucille
Clark Miss Ethel Tyree, Miss Marga
ret Walker, Miss Vera Edwards. Mis-;
Margaret Dunn, Miss Winnifred Brice
Will Game, Russell Mcintyre, Morton
Cheesman, Darwin Richardson, Rel
Midgley, Clarence Dale, Carl Snow, Bei
Thompson, Earl Coombs and Mar VaI
Colt.
Miss Stella Fabian was the hostess
yesterday afternoon at a delightful
! bridge tea for Miss Edna Dunn, wh'
. leaves shortly to return to school. Fou
tables of bridge were played. and prize
were won by Miss Bess Mcmillan, Mis-
Mildred Mcmillan, Miss Lorene Lear.
and MiEs Jeanette Luman. At the tie;
following the young hostess was assist
ed by Miss Carrie Calvin of San Fran
cisco, formerly of Salt Lake, VIII
p poured tea.
Mrs. Harry David Cue and her bah.
have arrived from New York and ar
with Miss Edith Sherman and Harr,
Sherman for a part of the winter
Mrs. Cue was formerly Miss Helel
Sherman of this city. Mrs Alma. d
r Katz of Portland will probably be her