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Show (Tea nt Amelia Palace, of the most elaborately appointed Jnmcnt3 ever given In Salt Lake " tea at Amelia Pnlace Friday n. om 2 untll ? O.olock tno j ws thronged with elegantly-w elegantly-w women and presented a scene. cnnlnfJwh,ch nQS seldom if ever Jav n. . nere- Unfortunately, at the tea, .inucli to the rc gret of the hundreds of guealH. The other hoHtessep, Mrs. Brans ford, Mrs. Holmes and MIrs Emery received in tho drawinsr-raom. Here the decorations decora-tions were entirely In red, consisting of American Beauties, sweet peas and the crimson rambler. From the drawing-room the guests passed through the music-room, where the decoratlona were In delicate pink roses and sweot peas, Into the dining-room. An original and extremely effective decoration was here seen. In the center of a round table at the cas"t side of the room was a pyramid of ripe fruit reaching to the chandelier, which was entirely concealed con-cealed by branches' of ripe cherries, giving the effect of a pyramid from the table to the celling. On one side of the table was a tall cut glass bowl filled with fruits, on the other side a handsome candelabrum holding candles of rich red. Branches of the ripe cherries cher-ries were hung over sideboard and cabinets, handsome candelabra, with deep red candles and vases filled with crimson ramblers still further enhancing enhanc-ing the beauty of the7 room. At the west end of the long dining-room was a second round table and on this were placed three large blocks of Ice, seemingly seem-ingly resting on a bed of ferns and entirely concealed by branches of tho crimson rambler. Pouring coffee during dur-ing the afternoon were Mrs. Ellsworth Daggett, Mrs. Windsor V. Rice, Mrs. Benner X. Smith, Mrs. J. R. Walker, Mrs. David Keith, Mrs. Henry G. McMillan. Mc-Millan. Punch was served in the library, li-brary, where the decorations were in lavender and green. At either end of tho punch table was a stiff bow of green ribbon fastened to the base of a handsome candelabrum holding candles of different hues. Directly in front of the punch,bowl was a flower holder of beautiful design, calla lilies in Tiffany glass, each holding a cluster of lavender laven-der sweet peas. The punch bowl was presided over by Miss Helen Gillespie, Miss Laura Sherman. Miss Leta McMillan. Mc-Millan. Miss Aileen Maclean and Miss Elizabeth Mclntyre. In the art gallery, which was a center of attraction for many, vases of gallardla were arranged about the room, a very handsome sword fern standing on a high pedestal In the center of the gallery. The stage was banked with palms, making a screen In front of tho stringed orchestra, orches-tra, stationed upstairs in the Palace. |