The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-01-17

Stone wore a gown Of peach crepe
satin and coral velvet with gold slip
pers and a gold headdress.
Mrs. Louis /. Emmerson's gown
was Of white chiffon crepe with white
velvet at the bottom. with which she
wore silver slippers and hose, white
gloves and a strand Of pearls. Her
daughter, Mrs Harold Watson, wore
white satin trimmed with fur, and her
other daughter, Mrs. Henry Ben
Ward, wore a pink and silver brocaded
gown with maribou trim.
Mrs. Omer n. Custer was gowned
IN dark velvet with gray fur at the bot
tom with which she wore silver slip
pers and gray hose, white gloves and
pearls. Mrs. Oscar f. Carlstrom's
gown was Of oak brown lace and chif-
fon with maribou trim, with which she
wore white gloves and a corsage Of
sweet peas. Mrs. Carlstrom's sister,
Mrs. Thurlow burlington, Of Rapid
City, s. D., who came to Springfield
for the Inauguration ceremonies, wore
gown Of orchid crepe with crystal
trim, a pearl necklace and corsage Of
sweet peas.
Mrs. Carlos f. Black wore simple,
distinctive gown of white crepe Mrs.
Edward letters of Kankakee, wore a
gown Of black georgette over white
satin. Miss Shirley letters wore black
satin trimmed with white flowers.
Mrs. George "A. Barr wore silver
lace over orchid satin. Mrs Richard
J. Barr wore a gold metal cloth gown
trimmed with mink. Mrs. E. D. Rey-
nolds Parsons wore a gown of black
and gold lace. Mrs. E. T. Miller wore
silver lace over silver metal cloth.
Mrs. Ernest B. Griffin wore strik-
ing gown Of dark blue velvet with cut
steel trimming and carried blue
feather fan. Mrs. Verne X. Curtis
wore a charming gown of blue. Mrs.
Robert Scholes wore a gown of blue
beaded chiffon with black satin slip
pers with rhinestone buckles and black
chiffon scarf.
The grand state ball and reception
held in the state arsenal under the d.
rection Of Hon. Alexander Fyfe, Presi-
dent Of the Hamilton Club was his
tory making event
The moving throng became a bril-
liant kaleidoscope of co1ors. There
were many magnificent gowns to be
seen, worn by the wives of the state
officers and those Of the officials of
the Hamilton club and other promi-
nent women in the Chicago delegation.
mingled with less formal attire. as
both the ball and the reception were
informal. Uniforms Of the officers
and soldiers who had participated in
the Inauguration activities and the
conventional black and white of the
men formed striking contrast.
The arsenal was brilliantly deco
rated with flags and red and white
bunting, with the great blue CYCLIC
rama which had formed the back
ground for the Inauguration cere-
monies Of the morning used as the
back curtain for the stage whereon the
orchestra was seated. The same
decorations which had formed the set
ting for the Inauguration of the morn
ing were used for the ball, huge
chandeliers being added for the ilIuni-
nation for the dance Of the evening.
Near the main entrance to the
arsenal was built for the bail. huge
box, forty feet long, wherein officials
Of the Hamilton club and their wives
were seated at the opening Of the ball.
TO this box at the close of the recep-
ton at the mansion came Governor
Small and members Of his family and
the state officers and their wives.
Their coming was the signal for
demonstration, and the orchestra broke
into the strains of Hail to the Chief "
In the Hamilton club party. were.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Fyfe. Mr.. and
Mrs. William Hale Thompson. Mr.
and Mrs. George A. Barr, of Toilet:
Senator and Mrs Richard J. Barr, Mr.
and Mrs. E. d. Reynolds Parsons.
Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Miller.
Chicago, and many others.
In the governors official party were
the governor, Col. and Mrs. "A. Z.
Inglesh, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Small
Miss Susanna Small, Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor and Mrs. Fred E. Sterling. Chief
Justice Clyde E. Stone and his daueh-
ter, Miss Claudia Stone; Secretary Of
State and Mrs. Louis L. Emmerson.
Attorney General and Mrs. Oscar z.
Carlstrom, State Treasurer and Mrs.
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