The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-31

T HE present week is the last of
the solemn weeks of Lent. The
inference is that n large share
OF the penitence which was
supposed 10 be the rule throughout the
six weeks OF that season VIII be
crowded into this one week, for never
before has Salt Lake had such a
merry Lenten time. The sackcloth has
bceu here, Of course. hut ashes have
goEc so woefully out of fashion in these
days of gas tor fuel that the sack
cloth has lost It's old-time significance
and is now made into stylish garments
for modish spring wear. The prayer
books. which were wont to be the in
Soparable companions of the fair sex
during Lent, have been replaced by
the vanity box. and no one game OF
bridge has been seriously interfered
with bv the fact that week day serv.
sees were held In the churches. Even
for those who have held sort OF Sc.
aucstered existence for the past few
works the dreSsmaker has been more
popular than any other individual
The Country club is undergoing its
annual spring houscceaning and
will bc ready TO open formally
about the midcle of the month.
The house committee Tor this
year is composed OF r. ". Boyer.
Mrs. William Reid and Robert
G. Gemmeil Mrs. r. &. Gemmell
heads the entertainment committee,
but owing 10 her absence from town
the others have not Yet been named.
On the tennis committee are :. X.
NeeI, o. j.. Salisbury and Franklin
Roberts. While the greens committee
is composed OF Jack Gilmer, Q.
!. Salisbury, f. T.. McGurrin and
r. II. Parker The few mild days |
of the past week drew large numbers i
Of the club members and guests to the
attractive pace, although the Wet |
weather Of the past two days damp |
enthusiasts somewhat. A tennis game
was planned for today, but will of
course be called off
The most important society event Of
the year in high school circles-the
annual cadet hop-will be given on
April 10 in the Odeon, and the affair
will doubtless eclipse any of the hops
OF previous years. The young men in
charge comprise the Officers of the
battalion, and they are making prepa-
rations for an affair Of which the bat
talon of the present year may be
review will be given, and the hop will
ne under the patronage of Governor
and Mrs. William Spry, Adjutant and
Mrs. j.. A. Wedgwood, Mayor and Mrs.
Samuel C. Park, President and Mrs.
J. T. Hammond, Superintendent and
Mrs. d. II. Christensen, Professor and
Mrs. George A. Eaton, Miss Ella Dukes
and D. A. Callahan.
The coming week will be filled to
the very end with stdead calm'' In
the realm of society. Being Holy
week, nearly all large affairs have
been put aside till after Easter, and
meantime the only events arranged
beforehand are small dinners, lunch
cons OF informal bridge parties. Mr.
and Mrs, Lee Charles Miller will enter.
tain at dinner Thursday evening for
their guest, Mrs. Foster, and on Tues
day afternoon Mrs. George D. Keyser
also will entertain at small bridge
party for Mrs. Foster.
The men of the Press club are busy
these days selling tickets to their ball,
which is to be given in the Hotel Utah
on the evening of April s. There is
some talk Of making the affair an Oh.
dInary dancing party without fanc~,
costumes, but doubtless the club mem.
bers, who number more than seventy
five. and their wives, will all be in
costume. The tickets may be secured
from the men of the club only and the
various newspaper offices.
Mrs. Joseph Nibley, whose picture
appears today, is one Of the most at
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