The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-17
SUCCESS ASSURED
At CHARITY BALL
Great Annual Event TO Take
Place This Evening at
OdeOn Hall.
ATTENDANCE PROMISES
TO BE REC0RD-BREAKER
Everything Is in Readiness and
Gathering Will Be an
Enjoyable One.

All up for the Charity ball tonight!
From present indications it will be the
greatest social event of tho year. Hun
dreds of tickets have been sold, and
the attendance promises TO be world
breaker. The ladies who are giving
the ball for the benefit of st. Mark s
hospital have been moro than repaid al
ready for their efforts by the heavy
call for tickets. Everything is in readi-
ness, and when the orchestra sounds
! the strains of the grand march it is con
! fidcntly expected that the number TAX
ing part will tax the capacity of the
| floor space.
The ball is to be given at the Odeon,
on North Temple street, and the music
will be furnished by the Odeon orches-
ira. The decorations are on most
elaborate scale, and surpass anything
Of the kind ever attempted before at
one of these annual events. There will
be masses of flowers and streamers,
yards of bunting, and myriads of cleo
trio lights will be used to increase
the attractiveness of the decorations.
The ladies have fairly outdonc them
selves TO make this the gala event of
1905
1t is expected to start the grand
march promptly at 8 o'clock, and this
and Mrs. William C. Jennings. They
will be followed by Mayor Bransford
and Mrs Windsor V. Rice. Other men
and women prominent in the social and
business life of the city will be IN the
line. The nurses from the hospital Will
be there. and as they have been asked to
appear in uniform, their presence will
lend to the attractiveness of the occa-
sion.
Attention to Guests,
AS the guests arrive they will be re-
ceived by the president, Mrs. William
C. Jennings; the secretary, Miss Jane
Howat Mrs T. S. Bascom, chairman OF
the executive committee, and by the
members of the executive committee,
which is composed Of Mrs, Windsor Y,
Rice, Mrs. \. +. Gorham, Mrs. William
Igleheart, Mrs. w. Ii. Child, Mrs. w. p.
Kiser, Mrs. Warren Benjamin and Mrs.
j. 4. Reeves.
An efficient corps OF ushers has been
provided, and the guests, after returning
from the wrap room, Will be escorted
to the reception room The floor man
ayers for the dancing Will be Robert j.
Glendinning, Harry Shearman, George
Y Wallace, Jr, and Glenn Schramm.
special insignia has been provided for
at the ball, and besides wearing the
badge of membership in the association,
they will also have a band of blue NIB
bon about their left arms.
The Charity ball has become an AN"
nual event which is yearly looked for
ward 10 with the utmost interest. Each
wear il improves. and some new and
20 hp11
added This evening the ball will be
the banner event Of them all, and the
attendance will undoubtedly surpass
that of any previous event OF this ma
ture.
Supper Feature.
A feature of the evening which must
not be overlooked will be the supper.
The preparations for this have been car
ried on in a most elaborate manner,
worth the price of the ticket. The com
mittee which has this part Of the even
ing's programme in charge IS composed
of Mrs. Edward Kimball, Mrs. C. L.
Pearsall, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Gallagher. Mrs.
Miller, Mrs. McGrath, Mrs. Paul. Mrs,
Broadhurst and Mrs, G.. G. Verbryck.
The mattresses Will be attractively cos
tuned, and the decorations in the din
ing hall will fully equal those IN the
dance hall.
The other committees having charge
of the various phases of the ball are:
Tickets, Mrs. j: A. Reeves and Mrs.
Warren Benjamin; decorations, Mrs. E.
NJ. Allison, Mrs. W. W. Armstrong, Mrs.
t. 3. Beatty, Mrs. e. B. Critchlow and
Mrs. n. p. Henderson; punch, Mrs. Rice,
Mrs. Bascom and Mrs Kiser; adver-
tising, Mrs. Child, Mrs. Coray and Miss
Howat; programme. Mrs. Powers and
the Misses Bancroft.
Tickets will be on sale this evening al
the entrance TO the hall.