The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

/" HE pertinent question is being
discussed in society circles
everywhere. "why is patron.
ess!'' just what is entsilcd Oh
ono who accepts the honor OF be.
ing patroness for any sffair, Is II
all an empty honor, or is there some
real worth counecsed with the office
and some real duty attached to it2
Take tho ease OF some great charity
affair. for instance. Arc the women
who are named as patronesses sup
posed to be merely lending their names
TO the movement. or arc they supposed
70 90 in with SOME degree OF serious
ness for the support Of the charity. or
for the ultimate success of the affair
in aid of the charityl IF thc former,
II would seem that they are lead
letter, for the people who 10 ..hc real
work of preparation arc surely as high
OF standing and as much a credit TO
the orga aoiIatlon as are those whose
names are used for patronesses. Even
more complicated is the matter Of act
ing as pstronosses for dance given
by the young people. who Of them.
selves decide very wisely that the
names OF some older people should be
connected with their entertainments
given outside private homes. Is there
no shadow OF responsibility attached
honor7 Would il not be better 20 de
cline to act than not 10 act at all
There aro so many samples every
where Of this allowing ones name TO
be connected with some efsir-social
charitable or what not-and then
throwing care TO the winds and letting
the ''other fellow do all the work.
that it is high time a change was made
in the manner of selecting pstronesses.
One Of the popular young benedicts
in society is the basis Just now of a
huge Joke which his friends are telling
with great relish. II seems he has a
passion for recalling distant relation
ships with the various members of the
fair sex, with whom he has a Twin. |
ming way to say the least Recently
in spare moment he rang up a
frieud-a fair one-apd began:
Hello, dear one! This is your
cousin Dick.
.'Hello!" came rather surprised
voice over the phone.
Are you all alone7D
NO. not quite. When did YOU
come to towni''
"Well. I like that, Can you man
age 10 go out soniebt''
"No, not tonight. for Mrs. Blank is
out and this ism 7 my night out
"Mrs. Blank is out? ] thought YOU
were Mrs. Blank
ooh, no. I'm the maid. and i
Dick from Brigham City. and ] was
expecting him.
Everyone is on the aui vive 20 see
If there is tenor in 1.-The Girl of the
Golden Vest who will have the cour-
age TO 10 as did the great Caruso-
introduce the "rag' dance in the
gorgeous production locally. There are
80 many who claim they have never
seen either the grizzly bear or the
other raging dances tha.. this fact
alone should impel them TO see a real
professional demonstration. OF course
there are plenty who will he properly
shocked Gust rs there were in New
York when Caruso Showed them ~.
but they will not be taken seriously.
Meantime with no practical demon
raging. the rage for the forbid
den dances still continues, and the
Young people are making rapid prog
ress toward proficiency. II is said
that several of the engaged couples
are qualifying in order 20 hold their
OVID when they 20 on the forthcoming
weddlng Journeys either east OF west.
Tor not TO be able TO dance rag
brands one as hoPelessly provincial
-, The Morning Glory Dance is the
title of what promises TO be an espe-
eially attractive affair in the coming
kirmess, and the group of young girls
SHOWN today are enough to make anv.
one lover OF morning glories. The
girls IN the picture. reading from left
70 night. are Miss Isabel Sbiffer. Miss
Vera Edwards. Miss Denise Karrick
Miss Josephine We'll and Miss Marion
0oerndorfer. All OF them arc gifted
dancers, three of them having carried
on heavy houors in the "Pinafor -
production last July at Wandamere.
Two nights OF the kirmcss are TO be
devoted especially TO the high school
and she university, Friday evening,
Feoruary ?, being known as "hich
school night and SATURDAY. February
10. as university night - Parties Of
Inc young people have already becn
made up to attend on those evenings.
Inc cause for which the kirmoss is 10
pe given-the free kindergarten--has
snnsted tne hearty cooperation OF
everyone. and the "show promises 20
oe marked success IN every respect.
From Kalispell. Mont. como most
dattsriDc reports of the dramatic work
Of Miss Jeanne Russell. who in privato
life Is Mrs Ray Brandon. a popular
salt Lake girl. Mrs Brandon is
daughter of Mrs. NJ. 4. Afford and sis.
ter 70 John A. and Goldsbury Afford
of this city. As Miss Jeanne Russell
she has been on the stage for the nas.
few years and is meeting with markod
success IN her work. She has brenI