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Show ODR WAY OF COMMEMORATING PIONEER DAY the descendants of the brave men and women who made the desert waste blossom as the rose, and all other citizens of the great commonwealth built by them, an opportunity to purchase such goods as they may need at prices very much lower than our regular figures. Is to give We quote on only a very few articles: Sale Starts Saturday Morning, Continues Until Night of July 23rd. o 24th. WE CLOSE PIONEER DAY, JULY per at the Country club was one of the best ever served there. The coaches were used and as The bride and the bride to be were were not of the party, but the drivers both made honored guests at lunchworking for it, there were no eons during Ihe week. The bride of merely to mar the spills old-fashion- . ed g. the day, Mrs. Thomas Davis was enJl Jl tertained at that most hospitable of one is in the loveinterested Every homes, the Downey place on Eighth lorn swain. The of quality East, and one might add by that most his admiration, is so like the . gracious of women, Mrs. Downy, Sr. The affair was quite in keeping with the home and was a rare compliment to the fair young bride. Mrs. Davis will doubtless receive a gseat amount of entertaining during her stay in the city. The other luncheon was given by the Mesdames Ferry in honor of their little sister, who is just now the center of attraction as the girl who surprised every one. The tables were spread on the porch at the Country club and about a score of the closest friends made by the dainty maid since her advent into Salt Lake, were present. It was an ideal summer affair. Jl J That was a real camping party which left Thursday for the old ranch in Salina, near the southern boundary of the state. The party will be chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Rood, and the romantic spot will doubtless see the culmination of a pretty little romance which all have been interested in all winter. I see Miss Park is to join the party later, coming in from Colorado. The old ranch is well known, having been the scene of many a gay time with representatives of the family who own it. Jl Jl That was a specially jolly little coaching party given Monday evening by the John Marshalls for the fair visitor from the coast. And the sup its The most interesting event of the present time in local society affairs was the announcement made last Sunday of the engagement of Miss Ferry and Lieutenant Merrill. The' affair was foreshadowed in Truth last Saturday, but it is evident that the young man in the case did not accept the advice of the others in regard to the important step. However, they are all showering good wishes at him now, and as the maiden has shown her good sense in preparing to leave town, the various functions planned will surely be of a nature to leave them both ready for the festivities. If the round of gaieties should make him look as miserable as they have the last victim, it would be a great not strained its involuntary. He gives an occasional look of adoration, and she in response turns a pair of optics ' on him calculated to induce almost any .cind of spasms. The men who have been granted the privilege of meeting her (I hear that he limits them to those of his own intellectual misfortune. caliber) do say that she is clever and all that is to be desired for an ideal quality of mercy, ' ante-nupti- My reformer. al . jl jl sweethearts said that shell be mine. I thought her quite divine. Indeed, What a piece of nonsense it would Why did not she my suit resign. be if Salt Lake society people should And thus to me remain divine? take up the new fad and pay fools to Jl jl make life merry for them. There are There are a number of chappies so many fools who are doing it now home from college or elsewhere just without compensation of any kind, now and they are giving daily exhibiand the enjoyment is surely as Intense as if there were real dollars put into it. tions of the correct thing in clothing. A pair of them went up . Jl Jl And speaking of fools, you remem- street one day during the week wearber that there is no particular kind ing trousers, which to say the least, so interesting and absorbing as an old were fearful and wonderful to behold. fool. Theres one on exhibition at one They reminded the beholders of nothoi the clubs a good deal of the time, ing so much as the first pair carved and like most of them he is quite un- by a country matron from "dads conscious of his honors. leftovers, and showed a commendable effort to allow for growth. Jl jl Above these indeed away above, there were I hear that Nannie Marshall Gray two of the daintiest caps, almost large is to come forth again next Tuesday enough for a lad. The evening with a jolly little supper for coats which intervened were also cut Miss Kirkpatrick. They should make with a view to future growth and the a striking team together. general bagginess of the suits was ac Jl Jl up-to-da- . o .UTAH'S GREATEST DEPARTMENT IN THE SOCIAL REALM. home-comin- Co te STORE. centuated by the baggy expression of the mouths peculiar to young men who use the outsides rather than the insides of their heads in their daily vocation. If some of those boys had fathers with a convenient woodshed and its accessories there would sure be something doing. Jl Jl Shes a fair little blonde thing with a tendency to scrawiness and a nose to which nature has given a decided upward turn. Notwithstanding this she has an inclination uncurbed to elevate the said feature at all things not in her class, and she is especially fond of making odious comparisons between the east and this place. She was confiding to a bunch of people the. other afternoon at the Country club that she did none of her shopping in this fashion-forsake- n place, and she added as a sort of sop, You know, we did not know that there were any shops in Salt Lake. We thought we were coming to a perfect wilderness, like the wilds of South America, you know. There was a bright woman in the crowd, and before any one had time to laugh, she said, I had no idea, you know, that the eastern people were so ignorant in matters of common geography. . Jl jl Theres a new preparation on the local market warranted to turn the hair gray in less time than it takes some people to get cold feet The reason for its popularity is the apparent success of a certain youthful individual whose locks are almost hoary. Every one Is waiting for an announcement from the maiden. Jl jl Theres one young ofllcer at Fort Douglas who has such a fondness for |