The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-06-04
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Mrs. George L. Moffit of 2104 Vine
street, accompanied by her little
daughter, Marguerite, left on Monday
for Galesburg, ILL.,, to be gone for a
month.
Mrs. Elizabeth Nj. Dubois and
grandson, Alfred Dubois, will leave
for Canada about the middle of June
to spend the summer.
Mrs. Frank Mccarthy of Texas was
guest of honor at delightful lunch
con given last week by Mrs. John J..
Mullins at her home, 1925 Gilpn
street.
Mrs. Frank w. Barry and children
will spend the month of June in Ne
braSka.
Mrs. c. F. Hynes and daughter,
Miss Eva Hook, and niece, Miss Ma
nlie Eader, returned last week from
an extended visit on the coast, and
left Immediately for their summer
home in Dome Rock.
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Countess Anna Leary, one of the
most popular women of New York s
exclusive society, is the guest of Mrs
]. J. Brown of 134O Pennsylvania
avenue. Upon her return east Coun-
tess Leary will be accompanied by
Mrs. Brown and Miss Helen Brown.
who will spend the summer with her
at Newport.
In the big conflagration of last
Monday, when f1re-fighters dropped
from suffiocation while they battled
against the flames, NJ. ]. O'Fallon
turned over his office near the burn
ing building for temporary hospital.
The O'FalIon Supply company was
resting for the holiday, as was every
other commercial house in the city,
but when the news Of the catastrophe
reached Mr.. O'Fallon he opened his
building and saw to it that every
thing that could be done was done
for the injured fire-fighters
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Torrance F. Owens, chief of the
Denver fire department, was overcome
by smoke at the Spratlin-Anderson
fire last Monday, and for a time was
in a serious condition. Chief Owens
has distinguished himself on numer-
Gus occasions for his bravery, and not
the least courageous act of his serv-
ice was leading the ffremen into the
smoking building on Monday. The
FIRE had been under way for over an
when the alarm was sounded not a
flame was to be seen, but the smoke
was suffocating With every precau-
ton consistent with their work, the
men labored under Chief Owens,
dropping right and left when the
smoke became too dense to permit
them to breath. Not very long ago
Chief owens took an indefinite leave
of absence to recuperate from the ef-
fects of an injurey received in the
discharge of his duty. His condition
after Mondays fire, for a time ap-
peared to be serious. Assistant Fire
Chief John F. Healey of Sacred Heart
parish was another hero of the Sprat-
lin-Anderson fire.
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Last Sundays Kansas City Post
pays a pretty tribute to Miss Jane
Hynds. formerly of Denver, who now
lives in Kansas City. Miss Hynds re-
Gently visited at her old home, and
was extensively entertained by the
young social set of the cathedral par
ish. The Post, in a gossipy story
about the charming girls of Kansas
City society, says:
Jane Hynds is just as nice as her
name, but she isn't particle old-fash-
ioned; on the contrary she is very up
has other good qualities besides her
looks; she is a girl who abhors gossip
and tries to say nice things about peo-
pie instead of unkind things She
thinks it just as easy to find the good
in a person as to find the bad
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Mrs Alice Tennent, a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Petitclerc of the
cathedral parish, is winning new lau-
rels in musical circles. Mrs Tenant
or Miss Petitclerc, as she is known
in the theatrical worlds playing an
engagement at the Pantages theatre
in this city, She has a splendid voice
and when the season closes she will
spend a little time visiting her par
ents at 1921 Emerson street.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas d. Long had
a large number of their friends out to
witness the first production of "The
Monitor and the Merrimac" eat
Elitch's Gardens last Friday night. 1t