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Show THE CITIZEN 10 BIG SOCIAL EVENT. Boxes filled with women in glittering evening gowns and men in even- ing dress, beautiful society girls, smartly garbed, and with bewitching smiles selling candy, debutantes and sub-deof Salt Lakes leading families anxiously bowing the way to a seat as ushers, and an elaborately decorated stage, on which a group of Salt Lakes smartest society youngsters danced and sang their way into the admiration of the audience marked the annual Junior Aid revue at the bs Paramount-Empres- s theatre on Wed- nesday night. Fully up to the high standard of entertainment set in previous Junior Aid revues, the proceeds of which are used in the furtherance of the societys charity work, the 1927 Junior Aid show was pronounced a complete success and a social triumph. which brought unstinted favorable comment from the audience. Many individual touches in design and color, for whfch Mrs. Nibley is noied, were conspicuously presents particularly in the Russian ballet costumes and in the toy soldier dance. Soloists of the evening were Mrs. Melvin Sowles, who has a pleasing deep contralto voice, Miss Beth WhitSociety, which always' loves to whose chief charm lies in her watch itself indulge its talents along ney, and personality, and Miss Alice musical and dancing lines, filled the pep who has a clear, sweet sotheatre. Many smart dinner parties' O'Connor, voice. were given preceding the revue, while prano The outstanding dance solo was many of the box parties continued that of Mrs. John McChrystal Walthe evening after the revue, at the lace who, with Leonard Sokoloff, forPine Lake club to which the entire of the Imperial Russian balcast and their friends hurried for a merly let, danced an exquisite ballet numcelebration of the successful show. while Albert Shepherd played the Both in originality of idea and the ber, Meditation from Thais as a violin elaborate costuming did this years A pretty duet dance show surpass former efforts, and the accompaniment. number was that of Miss Jeannette smoothness with which the producdressed as tion was given spoke Bilent volumes Harris and Ruth Nibley, Parisian dolls, while Miss Margaret for the ability of Oliver Albetri, leadMiss Florence Hammond, and er of the Capitol Theatre' band, who Nibley, Miss Lucy Dean Nibley won heart was this years director, and of the with their Sparkplug and young society folk who executed the applause Felix the Cat eccentric dance specdifficult dances and song , numbers ialty. with ease and charm. Mrs. John Burnham was manager Mrs. Joel Nibley, assisted by Rodof this year's revue, and much of its for the was responsible ney Hillam, success is due to the earnest effort of of the clever costumes designing her and her willing assistants, who included Mrs. Lynn Thompson, business manager, and the following committee chairmen: costumes, Mrs. Joel Nibley; candy, Mrs. Horace Whitney; flowers, Mrs. Senter Walker; patrons, Mrs. Boyd Park; publicity, Miss Mary Dooly; tickets, Mrs. Beverly Clenden-in- ; program, Mrs. Thomas Boise; stage, Mrs. Myra Cameron. Officers of the Junior Aid include: Mrs. Marian Bird, president; Mrs. Freeland T. Boise, Mrs. F. L. Knudsen, secretary; Mrs. . Campbell Brooks, and her husband and children; Mrs. George Prentice, who will be accompanied by her nephew, Horace Critchlow, and will leave by motor the latter part of the week for southern California; J. Wal- cott Thompson, who will leave December 20 for New York, where he will spend Christmas with his son, Walcott Bishop Thompson, a senior at Yale ,and his daughter, Miss Dorothy Jane Thompson, who is studying at Dobbs Ferry ;and Mrs. John I. Wor-the- n and two small children, who will leave December 15 to join Mr. Wor-the- n in Pocopilla, Chile, South Early among the visitors arriving to spend Christmas in Salt Lake are: Mrs. Paola Sperati of Pullman, 'Washington, who will visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milton E. Lipman, at their home on First avenue; Mrs. Nathan Tracy Shepherd and daughter, Beverly Jane, of Kansas City, Mo., who are visiting with Mrs. Shepherds parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Hampton; and Mrs. R. E. McConaughy, who will spend the holidays and winter with her daughter, Mrs. Duncan Grant t Richards, and family. SOCIAL INTEREST AT FORT. Social life at Fort Douglas is at present centering around Brigadier General and Mrs. Ralph Van Deman, commandant of the Sixth brigade with headquarters at the Utah post. A general reception was given General Van Deman upon his arrival by the Officers club, about a week ago, but since the arrival of Mrs. Van Deman, - vice-preside- nt; Harold Fabian, assistant secretary; Mrs. Sherman Armstrong, treasurer; Miss Eloise Gibson, assistant treasurer; Mrs. D. D. Moffat, chairman of committee for the blind; Mrs. Horace Whitney, chairman for sewing committee; Miss Olive Benson, chairman of motor corps; Mrs. Fred Auerbach, Mrs. Walter N. Pugh, Mrs. John Burnham, Mrs. Lynn Thompson, Mrs. Sinter F. Walker? Mrs. James Collins and Miss Myra Cameron, directors. CHRISTMAS VISITORS. Mrs. John Burnham, general manager of the 1927 Junior Aid Revue, to whom great credit for its outstanding success is due. The revue' was 'presented Theatre by Salt Lakes leading Wednesday night at the Paramount-Empres- s sub-deb-s. society debs and That urge which brings members of families separated by many miles together at Christmas time is already being felt, and while some Salt Lake society folk are hurrying to join their children or parents in other parts of the country, former Salt Lakers are returning for the holidays by every train. The greatest flood of home-fol- k back for Christmas time will naturally come in about two weeks when the hundreds of boys and girls who are attending school in other states will return fora flying visit. Among those who will leave Salt Lake for the Yultide period are Mr. and Mrs. E. 0. Howard, who will leave on December 17 for San Francisco, where they will spend the holidays with their daughter, Mrs. Chas. Pictured are two of an exquisite group of Christmas just received by KEITH-CyBRIE- Millinery Inc. N, x Ride In comfort over RED FEATHER STAGES to Californio. 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