Show The Calico Ball The longanticipated event of the seasonthe grand calico ball given by the Unity Club for the benefit of the Deseret Hospital took place at the Theatre last night It was understood that the auditorium and stage were being fitted up for the occasion but no one dreamed the decorations would be of such an unusually un-usually attractive character Early in the evening carriages crowded to the stage door with their cargoes of festive dancers and it was only a brief time until the brilliantly illuminated place was filled with a talkative and smiling throng Notwithstanding Not-withstanding the fact of the most unfavorable state of the weather the floor was constantly crowded with 125 couples at each time It is as needless as impossible to attempt at-tempt a description of the brilliant assembly and it is enough to state that it was by long odds the finest thing of the kind yet given here The supper cooked and prepared by the Jadies of the club was as remarkable for its variety and abundance as for its surpassing surpass-ing excellence Every person per-son was treated with the utmost courtesy and there was nothing to be seen or said or done which could mar the general good will and harmony which prevailed pre-vailed The ladies of the club are certainly deserving of great credit and their untiring efforts to make the calico ball a decide success were met by the liberal response that their enterprise and energy merited The Deseret Hospital has certainly most valuabla friends in the members of the Unity Club II |