The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-18

coming week VIII be tDc polon'
ial tea TO be given Thursday
afternoon at the home Of Mrs
Lee Charles Miller, on East First
South street. Heretofore, the local
chapter--Spirit of Liberty-always has
entertained it's friends with an elabo-
rate luncheon. This year the plan is
TO pay for q share in memorial table
for the national association and the
members of the chapter have hit on a
plan which viii combine this object
with a delightful social affair, sdy
the twenty-five bridge tables provide
for the affair have been spoken fog
and many others are planning to at
tcud the tea following tho bridge. 4
musical programme Of we'll selected
numbers viii he gwen under the dircc.
ton of Mrs. Jack TAYLOR. and num-
her OF ladies Of the chapter will assist
in various ways. Mrs. Frank L. Dodge
IS chairman Of the committee in charge
Of the affair. and assisting her are
Mrs. George V Wallace, Mrs. II. C..
Wallace, Mrs. Z. c. Richmond Mrs,
Harold Janson, Mrs j. r.. Oglesbv aud
Mrs. Frank B. stephens.
Numerous other teas are arranged
for the other days Of the week. Mrs.
James l.. Frsnkeu will entertain at a
large and elaborate tea at her home on
Monday afternoon. Mrs. Eugene B.
Palmer will entertain at bridge the
Eanie day and Mrs A. II. Cowie Will
give a silver tea for ST. Paul's guild
IN the afternoon at her home. 255 First
avenue. Mrs. Jack Keith and her sis
ter. Miss Bella Blyth have issued ipvi-
tations for a tea at their home in Hax
ton place on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs
james A Hogle will entertain ST tea
\
J. G Dugan viii give bridge tea al
tbe Hotel Utah in compliment TO her
guest, Mrs, Helen Dugap Helmet OF
Washington D. O., also on Tuesday
Mre. 3. D. Evans and the Misses Evans
heve cards out for three bridge teas TO
be given on Thursday, Friday and Sat
Nyday afternoons at the Evans home on
Third East street. Miss Lillian Bccke
VIII entertain al miscellaneous
shower and bridge tea on Saturday for
Miss Puma Purcell.
The event Of the social season is
over. and NO one can deny that the
bachelors made of themselves the per
fectton of hosts. The ball was easily
the best affair ever given locally, and
VI was so evenly balanced AS to youth
aud near-youth that even the non.
dancing guests had "a splendid time.
The gowns were gorgeous and some of
the new effects in headgear were strik.
Ing and in many cases most fetching.
The most startling effect WAS the pres.
eoce of a real live Nell Brink lev
drawing in the person OF the aitrac-
tive Miss Marie Odell, who looked as
If she had stepped from the Nell
Brinklcy picture just for the affair.
The stunning head dress of blue
tod all ,rIi et,gl,
Of the debutante that every one agreed
that her costume was the hit of the
evening. Many Of the gowns, made
their premier appearance. an innoVa-
t'on in local circles where al this par.
tlcular season most of the evening
gowns have been seen before. A par.
ticularly handsome group Of dcbu-
laptes enriched the place with the
dainty girlish frocks which are com.
ing in for dancing purposes, and which
acted rs appropriate frames for their
fresh Young beauty.
Only few days remain before the
poor old overworked trio-the world,
the flesh and tbe third party 90 into
absolute retirement for six weeks and
take much hnccded rest cure. The an
Dual cutting down of lists for bridge,
the annual scgregatIng into cliques for
more seclusive gossip. the annual doses
of tones and the annual refraining
from all giving in the interests Of
charity will all be here once more
within the next few days No wonder
that poor old Satan, who rules society
for the remainder of the year gets
discouraged: the job would be too big
for him, so he gives it up. The season
devoted to prayer, lot no one suppose
is for that alone, and the penitencc is
not for ones soul so much as for an OPP
portunity to plan the spring wardrobe
and, in the case Of daughters, the sum-
mer campaign.
Ism y it encouraging to realize that
the idea of humor In regard to ST.
Valentine day is undergoing a com
plete and thorough cbangea The utter
absence of the hide0us unsightly
things formerly thought to be
comic" valentines this year was
one of the most encouraging signs of
the times. Time was when one could
see almost nothing else displayed for
weeks before the time for the patron
saint Of lovers to make his annual visit.
when shop windows we're filed the al.
most indecent things and no one was
free from their malice and venom, for
II waB seldom little else Now the ap-
pearance of one is a rarity and no self
respecting person even the small boy
would be seen with one. 1t may be
that this is the beginning Of the end of
nrac{ieaJ ioLes and all the attendant