The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29

Edwards and Miss Vera Edwards will
entertain at bridge on Tuesday after
noon for MYs Richard Dosey and Mrs.
Senter Walker Mrs. a. Fred Wey
and her daughter, Mrs. Vaughn Paul
have issued invitations for tea the
same day from $ until & TO meet Mrs. f..
Creighton Largcy. who is their guest
use Of her home at 364 East Brigham
street to the ladies OF St Mark s guild
for a silver tea from to 6. also on
Tuesday Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Miller
will entertain the members Of their
bridge club at their home on Tuesday
evening. Mrs, George f. Felt and her
mother, Mrs. Ellerbeck, will entertain
on Wednesday afternoon at a kcnsing-
ton tea ut the Felt home. Mrs Rudolph
Dumbeck will entertain at a bridge ten
at her home on Thursday afternoon,
II has come to be quite the fashion
to speak Of the passing of various
things, ard the latest thing to be re-
corded as really passing is bridge. The
way in which this alleged amusement
has gone, or is going out of date Is
something amazing to behold. In most
of the large cities cast and west the
game is no longer played. and strange
to relate there has nothing (of SINH
lar naturc) come to take its place.
There arc many reasons given for the
decline in the popularity of the game,
but chief among them is the fact that
even society folk no longer have time to
kill Bridge Is essentially a game TO be
played for money, and failing this 1T
grows more or less inauc. To the busy
woman whose days and nights are filed
with events whether of real or Of fan.
cicd Importance. IT becomes II great
bore to have 10 sit and play a game
from which no revenue VIII accrue and
from which Very little pleasure can be
derived. 4 game of whist in The even
ing (if an evening can be spared) or
even of poker may be mental rclaEa-
ton. but few have time for it during
the short and crowded afternoons.
Mrs. James II. Moylc entertained
half dozen friends at an informal
luncheon Yesterday nj her home in
honor Of Mrs, William r. Dinwoodey
OF Napa, taking her guests later by
motor 10 the football game on the T.,
of L. campus.
Mrs ". W. Ritter entertained at a
pleasant event Yesterday afternoon
musicale and literary tea at which the
wives Of tho regents OF the university
were especially asked 10 meet the other
ladies connected with that institution
either as members Of tho faculty or in
amy other way. The beautiful home
on East First South WAS bright with
purple and white cosmos, and the hos
tess was assisted in welcoming and ear
ing for her guests by Mrs. j IT. Kings.
bury, Mrs, II. c. Whitney, Mrs. Jobn
u. Spencer, Mrs. \. :. Bower and Mrs.
Frank Jennings. The programme of
the afternoon was the reading of
.. Madame Butterfly by Miss Laura
PouIson with musical accompaniments
by Miss Lorcne Learv
Mr. and Mrs. \ G.. Mackenzie enter.
tained party of friends al a supper
at the Louvre on Friday evening fol-
lowing tho recital given by Miss Dor
rit Evans. their guests being Miss
Evans. her mother. Mrs. David Evans.
Ernest }. Evans. Spencer Clawson aud
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Dougall
Invitations have been issued by the
Young Ladies Sodallty of St Mary 3
cathedral for their second annual dane
ing party. to bc given on Friday eve.
ming. November TO- at the Odeon. The
affair is in charge of the officers of the
sodalitv; Miss Margaret Mcmahon,
president; Miss Rose McDonoueh, vice