The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-26
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by hall uoy 80. ;.
Lyric hall lies Just this side of the
ForJy-second street. station aionp the
line oil The Sixth avenue elevated road,
and you can lCUK INTO Its windows
from tae passing tralu. IT was after |
o c!Och when tGe Inylted guests ana
their friends were recognized by the
anxious committeeman who were tax
ing tickets az lnc top OF tine stairs.
The committeeman ,ied IN different dl'
rections. shouting lor Nh. PAU, and
Mir. Paul arrived beaming with delight
and moisture, aad presented huge
bouquet 10 Mrs. est. and welcomed
her friends with hospItable warmth.
Mrs West aud MISS Chamberlain
took OF their GalS and the men gave
up their coats, not without misgIVlngs,
TO a sleepy yuun. man who said pleas
antly, a he dragged them into the
coat room window. that they would
be playing in great luck if they ever
saw them again
~ don't need TO give YOU 10
checks, he explained: Just ask tor
the coats with rcal 1ur on EN-. NO
body else has any.
There was a balcony overhanglng the
floor, and the invited guests were es-
corted TO IT, and gwen seats where they
could look down upon the dancers be-
ling badges with edges OF silver fringe,
stood behind their claIEs and poured
out champagne 4or them Iavishly, and
tore up the wine check which the bar
keeper brought with il, with princely
hospitality.
The entrance of the invited guests
created but small interest, and neither
the beauty Of the two English girls nor
Lester well-known FEATURES, which
smiled from shop windows and on eV-
cry ash barrel in the New York streets,
aroused any particular comment. The
employees were much more occupied
with the lancers then in progress, and
with the joyful actions OF one OF their
number who vas playing blind man S
buff with himself, and swaying from set
to set in search Of his partner, who
tired to the suppeT room Tor crackers
and beer.
Some Of the ladies wore bonnets, and
Others wore flowers IN their hair, and
a half dozen were in gowns which were
obviously intended for dancing and
nothing else. But none OF them were
in decollete gowns. A few wore gloves.
They had copied the fashions OF their
richer sisters with the intuitive taste
they waltzcd quite as well as the la
dies whose dresses they copied, and
many Of them were exceedingly pref
ty. The costumes Of the gentlemen
varied from the clothes they wore
nightly when waiting on the table, TO
cutaway coats with white satin ties,
aud the regular blue and brass,but.
toned uniform OF the hotel.
81 am going to dance. said Van
Bibber. IF Mr.. Perriot viii present me
TO one Of the ladies'.
Paul introduced him TO a lady iu a
white cheesecloth dress and black
walking shoes, with whom no one else
would dance, and the musicians struck
up 1.-The Band Played On" and they
launched out upon a slippery floor.
Van Bibbcr was conscious that his
friends were applauding him in dumb
show from the balcony, and when his
partner asked who they were, he re-
pudiated them altogether, and said he
! could not imagine, but that he guessed
! from their manners they were pro-
! fcssional entertainers hired for the
! evening.
The music stopped abruptly, and as
! he saw Mrs. West leaving the balcony
! he knew that his turn had come. and
as she passed him he appIauded her vo-
ciferously, and as no one else APP
plauded even slightly she grew very
| red.
Her friends knew that they formed
! the audience which she dreaded. and
she knew that they were rejoicing in
her embarrassment, which the head of
| downstairs departments. as Mr.. Paul de
scribed him, increased TO an hystericai
point by introducing her as "Miss Ellen
Terry, the great English actress, who
would now obljge with q song.'
The man had seen the name of the
wonderful English actress on the bill
boards in front of Abbey s theatcr
and he had been told that Miss Terrel
was English, and confused the two
names. As he passed Van Bibber he
drew his waistcoat into shape with q
proud shrug of his shoulders. and said
anxiously, ~ gave your friend gooc
introduction, anyway, didp t 9''
"You did, indeed Van Bibber an
swcred. .'You couldn't have surprised
her more: and ii made a great hit viii
me. too.
No one in the room listened to tb'
singing. The gentlemen had crossed
their legs comfortably and were cx
, pressing their regret 10 their partner
that SO much time was wasted in sand
! wiching songs between the waltzef, anC
the ladies were engaged in criticiziu,
Celestine's hair. which she wore in
bun. They thought that it might b
English, but it certainly was not thei
idea Of good style.
Celestine was conscious of the fac
; that her husband and Lester wer
hanging far over the balcony. holdin
their hands TO their eyes ns though the,
). were opera glasses. and exclaimiu
with admiration and delight; and whe,
she had finished the first verse the
pretended TO think that the song wa
: over. and shouted Bravo, encore,
. and applauded frantically. and then AZ
$ parently overcome with confusion a
, their mistake, sank back entirely froI
e e sight, Ma r...r.a ,.o.. ,.
er" Van Bibber's partner said TO hin
+, II seen her al the hotel frequently. Sh
q has such IL pleasant way With her. quit
- jadylike, She's the only actress I eve
,. saw that has retained her timidity Sh
q acts as though she We're shy. don't she?