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Show YOUNGSTER GIVEN Nineteen-Ten Is Made to heel That He Is Welcome in Salt Lake. WEATHER MAN SMILES , . UPON DOINGS OK DAY Open House Is Held by Clubs; Feasts at Various Jn- stitufions. Young Xinetecn-Ten. the scion of an ancient house, acquainted himself with Salt Lake Saturday and in (he opinion of the majority of the residents of this city he is one of tho best representatives representa-tives of the limc-hoiiorcd family that this cily has known. Xot in many years has Salt Lake enjoyed en-joyed as pretlj- a day, climatically speaking, as was New Year's day, 1010. The atmosphere was balmy and the sky was remarkably clear. Heavy wraps and furs were dispensed with by I hose who made the annual calls. It "seemed more like spring than mid-winter. The most ostentatious opou-houso hold in the city was at the Commercial cjub. An olaborato menu had been arranged by Secretary Joseph E. Cainc and his assistants. More than -100 -pounds of turkey were served during (ho afternoon and evening, in addition to suckling pig, Jish and an arrav of temptations that would strike terror to the heart of a dyspeptic. .More than 1500 persons were ont erf .'lined (, the cluh. Tho delicacies wore tastily ar ranged on a horseshoe table at one end of the big grill room and the work of the steward, chef anrrnhoir assistants occasioned much favorable comment from those who were fortunate enough to have invitations (o the club reception. recep-tion. About 1000 pounds of food was served during the day. Feast at Elka Olub. ' At the. Elks club Exalted Ruler James W. Collins of B. P. O. E. lodge No. S-T had arranged to care for all wearers of the antlers who chanced to call. Tho decorations wen? extremely pretty and several hundred persons on-joj-cd the hospitality of the club during the day. There was a musical programme pro-gramme and refreshments were served. AY. Mont Ferry onvciatcd as chair-mau chair-mau of tho reception committee at tho Young Men's Christian association at tho open house" held Saturday afternoon. Nearly 1000 perscms visited the. home of flic association during the day and a big crowd witnessed tho athletic, exercises ex-ercises and saw the University of Colorado Colo-rado basketball team go down to defeat 1)3' an overwhelming score. Tf was the first time that the entire association house had been thrown opon to the public, on New Year's day. Out at Fort Douclas the officers, attired at-tired in the regulation dress uniforms, made tho regulation call upon tho commander com-mander at high noon. After ihe customary cus-tomary exchange of felicitations, informal infor-mal receptions were held at a number of the quarters. Quiet at the Hotels. It was rather quiet about tho hotels during the. day. a marked contrast to the liveliness of the night before. At Christmas time, the hotels are pretty well deserted and the early year influx in-flux docs not commence until about Jan-nary Jan-nary 15. Commercial travelers and tourists invariably make it a point to be homo at holiday time, and with the exception of the New Year's celebrations celebra-tions participated in principally by local lo-cal residents there has beeu little activity ac-tivity in a social line, at the hostclries. Warden Arthur Pratt of the state prison gave his charges a special din-, nor in honor of the advent of tho new year. Matron Roso Pickett at tho city jail fed'her charges a number of holiday extras, and Deputy Sheriff Bert Seager. assisted by Deputy Joe Burbidge, made the load of the. county jail prisoners a little lighter by arranging a special "feed." Throughout the city the usual calls were exchanged and "in -nearlv every home in Salt Lake the arrival of tlve new year was observed-with special holiday hol-iday dinnersi The Alta club and University club entertained a number of persons during the day. |