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Show Judging from the bright appearance of the full, round harvest moon last night. Thanksgiving day will dawn bright and clear, with Just such a perfect day as Utah can best display. Tho holiday will bo quite generally observed, with dozens of dinners here and there, club, homo and public events too numerous to montlon. Tho Country club will have a special golf feature In the morning and a butrct luncheon lunch-eon afterward. At all tho clubs for men the luncheon and dinner menus will bo elaborate, while tho same will bo truo of the leading hotels. Tho Important evening eve-ning event will bo the supper to bo given by Air. and Mrs. R. H. Channirig at their home. Mrs. Thomas Kcarns, ono of the moat gracious of hostcssos, received several hundred friends yesterday afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock at her beautiful homo on South Tomplo street. It was an Ideal dny for an afternoon tea and It eemed that all society was present at the first largo event at tho Kcarns homo In several sev-eral months. Tho decorations wero not elaborate, but wero beautiful, consisting almost entirely of chrysanthemums In various shades. As the guesto entered the reception hall an Immense vase of tho yellow flowers greeted the eye, tho same color being used In the library. Tall vases of white 'mums formed a protty background back-ground for tho receiving pnrty In tho drawing-room, while those of a plnklsh-lavcnder plnklsh-lavcnder hue graced tablo and mantel In tho Moorish room. Red was the color carried out In the dining-room and tho effect was beautiful. Indeed. Aji oxqulalto cloth of cluny laco over rich red 9atln covored the dlnlng-tablo. In tho center of which stood a silver bowl of American Beauties. Silver candlesticks, with shades and candles of deep red, stood at cither corner, with cut-glnas bowls of confections confec-tions further carrying out the prevailing color. Vases of Beauties and deep red chrysanthemums graced sideboard and cabinets, the Beauties also decorating the punch table. Assisting Mrs. Kcarns In receiving her guests wero Mrs. Hoyt Sherman. Mrs. Ezra Thompson, Mrs Robert Rob-ert J. Glendcnnlng, Mrs David S. Murray and Miss Wilson. Mrs. Samuel Adams of Denver presided at tho punch bowl and was assisted by Miss Elizabeth Cosgrlff. During the hours of the reception delightful delight-ful strains of music floated down from tho balcony, where a atrlngcd orchestra was stationed. All In all, the tea was ono of tho most elaborate of the season. Ideal hostesses are Mrs. William S. Mc-Cornick Mc-Cornick and Miss Keogh. They were receiving re-ceiving their many friends at tho McCor-nlck McCor-nlck mansion on Capitol hill, and all through the afternoon brightly gowned women of fashion wended their way northward to pass a few moments with these two hostesses. The moment tho doors were thrown open to the approaching approach-ing guest could bo heard from within the soft straino of sweet music to the accompaniment ac-companiment of tho sum of many voices. The spacious hallway and all the rooms of the lower floor had been most artistically artis-tically decorated with a wealth of au-tumra au-tumra prettiest flowers relieved by masses of palms and smilax. The drawing-room, where the hostesses received, was especially effective, and the scene looking from the hull either IMo tho dlnlng-room or parlor was most beautiful beauti-ful Mrs. Bird and Miss McCornlck assisted, as-sisted, and also assisting was a bevy 0f Salt Lako'a most interesting women. A verv largo number of Invitations had been issued, and. an most ot their friends responded re-sponded in person, the hospitable homo vras filled until far Into the nitcrnoon, and one and all declared It one or the pleasant-cst pleasant-cst and most successful receptions of tho year. An "Evening with Tennyson" will bo riven by Miss Grace Delle Davis tomorrow tomor-row evening at the lrlrst Presbyterian church. Mrs. Joseph H. Young and family probably prob-ably will not rcmovo to Denver mull after New Year's. 1 Mr. and Mrs. John Reed will irrlve from Denver this morning to puss the holiday holi-day with Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Andrews. They will bo welcomed by old friends. Heber Goddard will return from Idaho today to begin work for his concert next weelc Tho Chronicle staff will celebrate th evening by giying a large ball tonight at the university In honor of tho Colorado collcgo football team. Mrs. Heber M. Wells, Mr. AValdemar Van Cott and Mrn. Charles G. Plummer will bo thu chaperons. Tho Alumni' association of tho high school will give a ball at Chrl3tensen h on December 2. , Mrs. A. C. Ewlng will entertain at a luncheon on December 5 at tho Kcnyoii. 1 The usual holiday matlneo and evonlng danco will be given at Chrlatcnscn a today. to-day. M Mis. AV. II. Culmor and Mies Jlnsu! Culmer. who have been tho guests of Mr. Hnd Mrs. Arthur D. Lynn, will leave for their homo In Dillingham, Wash., next Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Hoffman loft this morning for St. Louis and an extended ex-tended trip through the East. Mrs. C. P. Goody and her daughter, Irene, have returned from a six weeks visit to St. Louis and other Eastern cities. Dr. and Mrs. William A. McEncry were guests ot honor at au laborato dinner last evening at the homo of Judgo and Mrs. William C. Hall. A mound of winter win-ter fruits formed the center-table decoration, dec-oration, with vases of yellow and white chrysanthemums at cither end. Invited to meet Dr. and Mrs McEnerny were Senator and Mrs. Thomas Kcarns Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cosgrlff, Mrs. AlnBley and Judgo Robert N. Baskln. Mrs. Thomas Kearns has given up tho Idea of going to Washington before the holidays and will spend Christmas with her family here. Salt Lake and Nevada friends will bo Interested in learning of the marriage of Mr3. Lillian J. Porter and Elton Lee Tipple, Tip-ple, both of Eureka. Nov., which took place yesterday afternoon nt 5 o'clock in tho parlors of the Wilson hotel. Rev. B. M. Hogan of Cordon academy performed per-formed the ceremony, In the presence of a few Intimate friends. After tho ceremony cere-mony a supper was served in tho private dlnlnc-room at the Wilson. Later Mr. and Mrs. Tlpplo left for a month's visit In St. Louis and Chicago, at tho end of which time they will return to Eureka to mako their homo. Tho ninetieth birthday of Mrs Sarah Curtia was the occasion for n family reunion re-union and very enjoyable party last evening eve-ning at tho homo of Mrs. Nellie Colton on First WeBt street. It was a family party entirely, but tho guests numbered moro than fifty Dlnnor was sorved at 6 o'clock and. In addition to vases of white chrysanthemums, with ropes of plumosa, tho table was ornamented with an Immense birthday cake, with ninety small white candles All of Mrs. Colton a children now living were there. Including Mrs. John Trewcek and Mrs. William Husbands of this city. Mrs. B. A Pear-con Pear-con of Idaho. Mrs. C. C. Conley of Venice. Utah. Edwin Curtis of Logan and H W. CurtlB of Blackfoot. In addition to tho sons and daughlors, several of the fifty grandchildren and the sixty-six great-grandchildren participated In the cnjoyablo event. |