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Show IN HONOR OF MRS. TRACT. The Bail at the Walker House. The ball given atthe Walker House parlors h'st night, in honor of Mrs. Theo. F. Tracy, was, without doubt, the most elegant and grand of the season. sea-son. Not less than fifty couples of the city's elite were present to show their respect to one of tho most esteemed es-teemed of their friends, and to enjoy themselves in her charming society on the last night of her sojourn in the Queen city of lbs Rocky Mountains. To say all were Bad at the do-Lparlurc do-Lparlurc from our . mid,-,t of Mrs. iT. is but the plain truth, for j few ladies whoso guud fortune it has !becn Utah's loL to number among its fair ones, has gained so many ad' mircrs for a true womanly life ns hat she; but sad as the company were al losing her, she succeeded last evening, by htr charming pleasantness in making all feel they must be happy while near her. . At tho proper huiir fm- gathering tiie guests assembled in the broad and richly draped parlor.?, and soon were whirling in the giddy dance, to tho -swuettst of sweet music; and never has . the bright light of gas been more completely com-pletely eclipsed by the brighter eyes of fair ladies Ihrm on last evening. even-ing. Jenkins was not in town, and had ho been, with tho clearest of faculties, and the sharpest of pencils; he could only margined which was due to the assembled fair. He would have becu farther from properly de-sc.ibing de-sc.ibing them, than they were from being real angels. All wc can say of the ladies is their toiletts wcro most recherche and icotly, and the sparkling spark-ling of their: diamonds wero only outshone by that of their eyes. Not an inelegant :.guro was present, nor was there aught but bright smiles on the handsome countenances. Mrs,-Tracy is a. lovely blonde, tal', of elegant figure, with large expressive expres-sive eyes and brown hair. She was arrayed in black silk, cn train, trimmed trim-med with iacc of the same- color; tulle overdress, with full blown roses and opening buds entwined; costly coral necklace' and pendants of tho same; hair in braids and putts. The numerous other superb toilettes toil-ettes and the lateness of the hour provent description. Would that we could speak of the gentlemen as we can of the ladies. The former, as, a rule, were not homely,- nor were they handsome; neither wero they attired as they should b&- on Euch an occasion. A brief notice of a few will give a general gen-eral description nf ail. Mr. R. A. K , full dres?, with' tritliug omissions; ilw such. Dr. A. F , dress coat with posies on left lapel; very polite and danced not unlike an overgrown male fairy; musk on handkerchief. Geo. A. IS , beard too full, but easy waltzer and ladies said he wa-s a desirable pa rtuer in tiuidritles; magnificent mag-nificent gold guard; ami also musk. Major W. H. B tasty, though not in prevailing fashion; green housn bouquet in button hule; wear white or black necktie next lime ! , Sir Ar 1, characteristically and plainly attired, foreign cut; high collar col-lar bent at thtrpoiiits; posies; vory agreeable and a lUvuriu-,- guess it wa coiom. Col. W. M. J , bt'st male figure in the house; but, two vests are one too many, even if tluy uro both fine material; graceful in- quadrille, but can't waltz; probably otto of roses. Lt. J , handsome aud much sought after; full U. S 'uniform, with a prolusion of gold aud brass; decidedly decid-edly Frcnchy. . Capt. E would have nppeared to belter advantage in uniform, though he was far from being inelegant. Capt. D , U. S., uniform just suits him, and seta him off to good advantage advant-age whon standing; florimel. Lt. G , full uniform,- bright and new; Cupfi. T. It. 1 -s Dnndreary beard and considerably powdciel towards to-wards the close of the ball; it was said some of the ladies had been using lily, while, but can't speak positively; white kids with big hoie in one; saught after; hardly think it was otto ot roses ho had on his ha ndkerchicf. W. G. G , not a blonde, but good natured; black silky beard, but should have been shaved in difteront style; hair parted precisely in centre; perfumed per-fumed strongly wilh Spanish ore. lt, C. O , didn't fcal at homo. . though he should have done so; ie . good looking, his fine figure Li a bachcior.and the Ontario is one of the best mines in Utah; perfumery ! E. D t is aiways at homo und cvci ; agreeable; attired in full dress; toe , much style about the hair; foreign perfume, but not unpleasant. Coin. E. II. B , wouldn't appear ' half so well if ho wore a wi; every lady in the hall preferred the judge I for a partner; he is above perfumes. Col. P . Kwallnw-tail and cxcrllnm fit; corpulent men sometimes nmke fine appearances in that style of coat, but nut oftL-ii; would have agreeably broken thoexiian.se ul broadcloth it a rose had-been worn in buttonhole; probably night blooming cercous. J. B , Jr.; foreign air, but not Parisian. Bp. A. W. W , considerable taste; always neat, T. S ; the honors won in the pigeon pig-eon shoot rested ou his brow; too portly, but fair shape and graceful in the dance. L. U. C h; a blonde, but not artificial; arti-ficial; felt as happy its a "big sun flower;" colored neckties are never the thing for bid Is; perfumery not distinguishable. W. C. H is youthful and a bachelor, bach-elor, and therefore was winked at and sighed about by some of the handsomest handsom-est of the ladies; his attire was far from being faultless, but was passable am jng the others. Mr. H Sn l,ela borafcly adorned ina white Swiss necktie, which, unfortunately, un-fortunately, was not cut on the bias. At midnight the guests were 1c-vitcd 1c-vitcd to a collation purveyed by mine host Wilkins. The table was a perfect per-fect specimen of art, .and tho delicacies delica-cies the rarest the market afford?. The supper was purely Walker House, and cannot 1 e otherwise described des-cribed . |