Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-01-02 | Page 2 | New Year's Day Was an Ideal One

NEW YEAR'S DM WAS AH IDEAL DUE Clear Frost) Air and Bright Skies With Plenty of Sleighing. lli .ir, frosty nlr and bright skies, with plenty of sleighing and skating, made New Year's day an Ideal one In Salt Lake It; And Salr Inkers mado the most of these favorable conditions. Sleigh bella Jingled hII day and far Into the night; merry parties of skaters found their way to the several ponds at all hours of the day, while the streets, especially In tho afternoon, presented a holiday appearanco from the fact that so many were wending their way to the clubs whore the good old-fashioned custom of receiving on New Vein's day was followed The Commercial club nnd the Young Men's I'hrlstlan association both kept open house tho greater part of the day anrl evening, ana many were tho members mem-bers and friends who spent a pleasant hour or bo benoath their hospitable roofs. At Commercial Club. Al the Commercial club a very attractive attrac-tive display was arranged in the dining-room, dining-room, the work of Chef l . Brodberg and his assistants. John j tz and John Fisher. Ha.i : 1 1 1 r R v mil was responsible for the very InvltltiK arrangement of the edibles, Which would have done credit to the chef Of one of the fashionable New v. ork cafes. And what on nrrny of good things there i was! The table was laid In the form of a hurseshoe and fairly groaned under Its weight of turkey, rtsh, salads, lobsters, ox tongue, salmon, ham, roast geese, roast chicken, rakes, nuts, candles. Ices, fruits oyster COCktalls, champagne punch and 1 eggnog. The meat, llsh and cake were ornamented ng only a first-class chef can ornament, and the whole spread was the most attractive that has yet been dls- j played on New Year's day. At the Y. M. C A. 'the Young M n's Christian Association lold its first annual New' Year's recep- i tii n, keeping open house from I to 6 o'clock In the afternoon and from 7 to 10 O'clock In the evening An ore;hestra was Stationed In the hall anel rendered a fine piogramme of music during the- reception hours Frank H Stephens ree. ived tho guests in the main h ill, assisted bv W illiam il-liam H Tlbbals and H. B. Tuttle. All the boys' rooms and the bachelor quarters w ere tin own open lor the gUSStS, who numht-reei about 500, and who were escorted escort-ed about the building b a number of members of the association. So delightful delight-ful was the Urst annual reception that the event will hereafter Ih; looked forward to with special pleasure. Members of th. Y M t A will this evening enjoy a b0b-8li d ride to Murray, leaving the association building at 7 o'clock