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Show 3 . The header of Society in Salt LaKe. "5 Is there a leader of society in this city. To you who remember when everything south of Third was an apple orchard or a field of sagebrush, the question may seem a little previous, but they're discussing it at the teas and fighting over it at the dinners, and there you are. Opinions are so widely different and so many sides of the question are being brought up, that it is a wonder that there are'nt more cliques and clashes, but the ladies are still resting under a white flag, though an undercurrent of unrest pervades the social atmosphere. at-mosphere. Society leaders are not made, they're born, but their cohorts must be well officered, and their scouts ever attentive, from the little hen party to the public reception for some one with a cunning hammer all tied up in baby ribbon is rambling around ready to "knock" at the slightest opportunity. oppor-tunity. A society leader must know how to advertise. Where to place the matter, and how to write it. This art is the first qualification. The next, thing of importance Is tact, and without it, she might as well go back to the cosy corner. It is a most es- Isential ingredient in the make up of the leader, if it is lacking nothing doing. If you are not secure se-cure in your position on the throne, look out for the lady behind the fan. As a dangerous element, "bad actors you have met" are angelic in comparison. compari-son. Miss saying the right thing in the right room, at the right time, and you stick a trident in your own ambition. But for the leader locally. There's Mrs. Victor Clement. A most charming and cultured woman who gives the daintiest, prettiest affairs. When you receive her invitation, you know that there's going to be a clever idea introduced, and that nothing will be stereotyped. You'll be beautifully entertained by her and by her splendid husband, but. In perfect innocence, she occasionally invites in-vites warring factions the same night, and then again she does not entertain enough to be a real leader. Then there are the Ferrys. Mrs. Mont and Mrs. Ned, too very popular, and entirely different ladies. Mrs. Mont is very accomplished, but too temperate temper-ate to be a real leader, and Mrs. Ned is too frank to be allowed to hold the reins. She is cleverly outspoken, a much finer quality from one point of view than the subtle tact of a leader. An ideal woman is Mrs. Channing, but not a society leader. She is too fond of her home and her husband, hus-band, to be extremely popular with all the different differ-ent sets, though she can count more real friends than most beautiful women. A stunning woman, and one of the smartest in the smart set is Mrs. Jacob E. Bamberger, but she does not take an active part in enough of the wiater gayity, to be the recognized captaihess, though the affairs given at her home are most Perfect in every detail, and her artistic taste un-excelleu. un-excelleu. Mrs. B. P. Holmes is a charming hostess, who gives the niecest kind of affairs In her Palace home. Her dinners are dreams and her invitations invita-tions are a great privilege to the fortunate ones, but she does not entertain enough to lead. There's an air of elegance about Mrs. "Walter G. Filer, and her entertainments absorb it, but she does not lead. She is ambitious, but her ambition ambi-tion does not carry her past a comfort that would be broken by putting herself out for society. Mrs. 0. W. Powers always entertains cleverly, but there are not enough cosy little evening affairs af-fairs where the men could be invited. The first lady of the State, Mrs. Heber M. Wells is a good hostess, and a lovable woman but she too if she has an ambition to be leaderslacks activity in the giving of affairs. Mrs. 0. J. Salisbury is most skillful in the art of making friends, and there is always a pleasant anticipation in going to her pretty home, but she does not concern herself with enough factions to receive a unanimous vote. Neither one of the two most beautiful women in the city, Mrs. Dave Hempstead, or Mrs. George K. Fischer, would take the trouble to edit the blue book, but if good looks decided, well, which one would lead? Mrs. David Murray is an expert on informal affairs af-fairs which have a charm about them all their own, but when she doesn't like people she sensible says so, and that is not a leader. Mrs. Rob Walker would make things very interesting in-teresting if Rob didn't prefer home quiet. As it Is she is indispensible in her own good crowd, but not with every one. At the fort, Mrs. Sturgiss is in command, but she does not lead the folks from town. She would like to lead though, and will make a strenuous try. Mrs. W. H." Cunningham is beautiful and accomplished ac-complished and as sweet as brides should be, but she is not entertaining as much as before she married. mar-ried. There are others many of them who do not realize the power they could weild but they do not try. Mrs. Ira Lewis, Mrs. Daggett, Mrs. Tom Jennings, Mrs. Charles Walker, Mrs. Babcock, Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Bascom, Mrs. Sol Siegel, Mrs. Geddes, Mrs. Holman, Mrs. Druehl, Mrs. James Jennings, Mrs. William Igleheart, Mrs. W. V. Rice, Mrs. W. A. Nelden, Mrs. Perry S. Heath and Mrs. Woodward. Then there is Mrs. McCor-nick, McCor-nick, Mrs. Downey, Mrs. Harkness and Mrs. Wallace, Wal-lace, the ladies of some of the oldest and most distinguished dis-tinguished families in the city, but they too do not lead, probably because, they do not care to take the trouble. And the leader I hate to tell you, but there isn't one. |