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Show x ' 1 T 1 i : Th Bright tai Effulgent Smart Set. As a general thing those of us who live In the West are thankful for it, but when we think of the fun we sometimes miss by not being in the East it has a tendency to make us regret that we are so far from the fountain head of hilarity. Of course we have circuses and tendeffeet and such things out here to make Ijf e more joyous, but there is nothing to compare with the smart set at Newport. It is positively thd greatest show on ' earth. . ' ' 1 ' r -. ' ,' ; .The latest exhibition was halcyon and vociferous vocifer-ous Mrs Oelrichs pulled it off. The event was advertised ad-vertised on the bills as a "ball blanc" and there was more gle than if it had been a ball high." All the women wore white gowns and jewelry and the men I wore white satin knee breeches and white silk stock-, stock-, ings. It yas rather' a hard task to get them to don the attirethat is to get the men to do ,lt. Those who have been observant here at bur own Salt Lake are aware that the legs of the average man ar& not exactly calculated to arouse much enthusiasm in lovers of tbe beautifnl. Nor are white satin knee breeches and white silk stockings the garb that will . enable the ordinary male human being to appear at his best. Naturally, the men balked, but the Women Wo-men bad their way and the "ball blanc"1 was given strictly as advertised. ! It must have been a rare and edifying spectacle. Mrs. Goelet was there with the stolen jewels that weren't stolen, but the bright particular star of the - effulgent constellation was our old friend and never-failing never-failing source of delight, Harry Lehr. He led the cotillion arrayed in a costame of hunting coat, white nether clothes and a magnificent chain of rhine-stone rhine-stone buckles draped over a waistcoat, of Japanese tan silk. ! : Well, the best we can do is to read about it and wonder what sort of game laws they have in the -East. j . . , |