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Show SUNDAY/August 3, 1997 J8 PUZZLES COLUMNS Page J-2 Page J-5 Emcee Michele Stratton-Dorton gets a kiss from husband Harvey Dorton,left; guests Phillip and Becky Bamberger, above, and Pam Keller and Jack and Lanny Barnard, below, enjoy the party. Croquet, stargazing and auctionraise $80,000 in seed moneyfor Red Butte Garden. Any evening in Red Butte Garden and Arboretumis a delight, but the English GardenParty June 28 was especiallydishy what with the croquetplayingset dressed in whites, English ivy topiary centerpieces and perfect weather for stargazing with after-dinner coffee and champagne. More than 300 guests gathered on the patio of the Cottam Center to chat, admire the garden and bid on items such as twoairline tickets for JUDY MAGID any U.S. destination, 2 Bahamas cruise and myriad objets d'art. Red Butte Garden and Arboretum provides a world-class botanical gar- with Carol and Richard Fay, Hays den, arboretum and natural area to and Nonie Gorey, Robert Saks, Ernie The garden party provided about Shauna Kerr and Neena Ashton shared chairwoman honors. Commit- foster understanding ofregional horticulture and ecology. $80,000in seed money, so to speak Staff member Colleen Bryan urged guests to competein the “sti et” contest, and C.J. and Karin Iacona, Brad Simonsand Larry Bridge were thereto demonstratetechnique Onlythe centerstance(not a golf ance] is allowed.” Advisory-board member Dorothy Andersonstopped to talk with emcee MicheleStratton-Dorton and Harvey and Isabelle Mariani, Virginia and Bob Bliss and Bill and Julia Reagan. tee members Becky Bamberger and Ruth Draper were there with Phillip Bamberger and Bill Crockatt. Pam and Paul Keller mingled on the patio along with Pauland Terrell Dougan, Nancy Reuling-Hardy and Malin Hardy, Bill Neff, John Price, Scott Ingham, Wade and Patty Edwards, Merline Leaming, Tika Beard, Doris Taylor, Kathy Hillis, Ralph Ashton, Dorton, and Don and Kay Cash came back from the Utah Shakespearean Susan Amoss and Don and Beverly Director Mary Pat Mathesonvisit- Giles, Bob Keener, Martha Healey, Ted Capener, Barb Guy, Hap and To- Liz Colton and Barbara Burnett chat- shiko Kimball, Paul Van Dam, Rita Fordham, Linda Gamble, Steve and Susan Denkers, Carl and Janet Min- Festival in CedarCityfor the party. ed with friends and supporters, and Photos by Judy MagidyThe Salt Lake Tribune Dorothy Anderson of Red Butte advisory board. checked out the auction tables along ted with Howard Landa and mother Esther Landa. Advisory-board chairman Sandy McOmberwasthere with d daughter Elisabeth r, Jeanne and Dick Kimball Sudbury Guests included Nancy and Clark den, Lanny and Jack Barnard, David and Connie Katz, Patty and Noland Schneider, and Zeke and Kay Dumke. Karin and C.J. lacona helped demonstrate the propercroquetstance for party guests. Our Language Has Goneto the Dogs “Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls.” — Victor Hugo. EASY SPEAK Py Our souls harbor a googolplex of ani malistic tendencies if our languageis an accurate indicator. Though dog eat dog mayfit our current level of civilization. the original English and earlier Roman adage was dog does not eat dog. Thankfully, flaunting wealth by put ting on the dog does not entail skinning Fido and wearing his pelt. Coined in Civil War days, the term may referto the cod. JULENE E, FISHER dled lap dogs doted on by some nouveau riche The cat’s pajamas cannot be bought at the nearest pet store, for which my Kitty Katherine is thankful. Kilty Katherine is the cat's pajamas, as well as the cat's meow and the cat’s whiskers, For some inexplicable reason, American schoolgirls of the late 1800s (great-great-grand- mothers of today's Valley Girls?) meant outstanding or rad when they coined thesefeline expressions. Youmight not think a cat getting out of a bag and a pig being in one had much in common; in old England they did, At the marketplacea wily farmer might display choice suckling pigs. As a courtesy to buyers, he placedthe pig ina poke (bag) to be carried home. Fine, except sometimes the Pig turned out to be a cat. Thus, the wise consumer never bought a pig in a poke be might be letting the cat out of the bag when she got home. From the mists of Lima, Peru, to the monsoonal downpours of Hawaii, I have seenlots of rains. I have never, however, seen it raining cats and dogs, Northern European myths held that eats could influence storms and dogs wind — a possibie reason present deluges refer to cats and dogs. Neil Ewart, author of Averyday Phrases, thinks “ag fish and frogs would be more appropriate, Substantiated accounts record fish and frogs being lifted by waterspouts and deposited with rain oa terra firma We busy bees in Utah may be naive about the Aair of the dog. In ancient Lat in, medicine prescribed plucking the hair of the dog that bit you, burning it, grind: downhair of the dog today are trying to cure a hangover with the same stuff that caused it I hope you do not consider today's col: umn doggerel — Pry written. If you were happy as a clam (at high tide when clammers cannot harvest them) while an, ee browse through Straights from the Horse's Mouth by Teri Degler and /¢’s Raining Cats and Dogs by Chris. tine Ammer, I did. Julene B. Fisher, West Valley City, isa former teecher of English as a second language. Send comments and questions ing the ashes to makea paste, then rub- to Basy Speak, The Salt Lake Tribune. bing the whole mess in your wound to cure you. Using the same logic, those who or e-mail her at easyspeak@sltrib.com P.O. Box 867, Salt Lake City, UT84110, |
