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Show IB1 I ! Saunterings B j The members o the Country Club are becom- B in" some stirred up, believe me, over the attempt 1 of a few of the members to make It a real estate H investment company. Because a certain real estate M firm has made an offer for the Country Club prop- m erly greatly in advance of what was paid for the 1 place when the last deal was made, a local paper M published a silly story to the effect that it was H the desire of those belonging to the club to change m the location. H This is just as untrue as a dozen other state- M ments in the same article which was not written M j by a club member, but obviously by someone who B is entirely unfamiliar with the wishes of most of M those in the club. M It was said in this brain storm emanation that i the present grounds are not right for golf, that 1 there 4s not room enough for a polo field m and that a little stretch of sage brush on Twenty- H fifth East, near Ninth South would be just the m place for a new club. m Could anything more lovely be imagined? B Just think how invigorating it would be to take 1 some old car to Ninth South and then op off three m or four miles toward the eastern hills some nice B July afternoon, all the time bearing in mind that H after two or three years one wouldn't have to take m the walk, for the destination toward which one m was bound was said to be on the proposed route M of the extension of the Emigration car line which, B when completed, might be induced to ramble up B at the week end and come back by the end of m another week. m Of course, if polo playing continues to be the m rage it is at the club at present, and it is found m 'that the stable room is insufficient to house the M great number of valuable polo ponies now there, M it might be necessary to move, though Bob Hark- M ness says that the pony has p'enty of space as it m is, and the run for it from the club to town is am- m pie, though the accommodations for spectators are m hardly what they should be. m As a sample of what splendid golf grounds the 1 lower part of the east bench makes, there are M members of the club old enough to remember the H grounds back of the old club at the Gilmer place, m and if they want to break in another stretch of M country like that they are Spartans. H It is said that the ground in that section is H the kind to furnish natural hazards, and that is H the only line in the story containing a gleam of in- H telligence. Surest thing you know, they're natural H hazards, and it would be the worst possible judg- H ment on the part of the club members to give ' vUp their present grounds for any such a location. H And all but a few of thenv know it. i M Just as comet parties are getting all the rage, Hf Mr. Halley's pet begins to get away. Comet par- Hi ties have been the best excuses in the world for a sort of continuous New Year's eve, and there are numerous members of society who won't admit it, but they're sure they saw at least a dozen comets at that watch party down in the country Wednesday night. George Bernard Shaw in a letter to the London Lon-don Times has a sensible protest against the general gen-eral mourning that London women in all circumstances cir-cumstances are affecting since the death of King Edward. An excerpt from his letter reads: "Take the case of a man with a profession or business from which he has a few hundred pounds a year, with three daughters at the nearest high school. The school is compelled to go in mourning. mourn-ing. The dresses provided for the season have to be discarded and new black dresses bought. To a court official it may be inconceivable that so trifling trif-ling an expense should be a hardship to any one. "The remedy is to drop the vague expression 'decent mourning' and to define the wearing of a violet ribbon as appropriate mourning for royalty. This would be correct, inexpensive and pretty. Why our schools should be deliberately made hideous with black because an honorable public career has come to its natural close in all peace and fulfilment and with a cheerful memory is not apparent to any healthy-minded person." Many long motor trips and country parties are being arranged for a week from today, the additional addi-tional holiday on Monday giving the usuai week enders an excellent opportunity for playing overtime. over-time. There will be the usual resort openings which society will, as usual, escape, some extra doings at the Country club, which will be participated in by the members and twice as many friends, and for the rest, the long country roads, the canyons and the other open spaces. The Duke of Montpensier is headed for the wild west to rough it for two years in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. For this terrible experience ne is bringing along two valets and a chauffeur, and when he returns will go to Anam to manage his estate along the lines of the least resistance as experienced by him in America. O you duke you'll like the place.. Those in the west who have heard the- great Cavalieri and who have been charmed by her voice and wondrous beauty, are watching her affair af-fair with Bob Chanler with interest, and the amusement which always follows the eccentricities of genius when genius is supposed to fall in love. The other day she summoned her lover from New York to Paris. So under an assumed name he took the first boat to escape the interviewers, and made a flying trip to the French capita!. In his eagerness he rushed to Lina's mansion on the Avenue de Messine, and in response to his hurried ringing, the servant came to the door and informed him that the diva had gone to St. Petersburg. Peters-burg. Cavalieri of the famous "love and friendship" message is probably going to give the wealthy New Yorker the swiftest Marathon of his young career, and he'll be handicapped at that. A contract with' a great singer (whethor in marriage or grand opera) if the authorities on the subject are to bf believed, is one of the quickest routes to the prematurely grey, now known. Mrs. Edwin F. Holmes was the guest of honor Tuesday at one of the prettiest parties of the spring, given by Miss Afton Young at her home in Red Butte hollow. Red peonies were used in decorating, and an elaborate menu was served to the honor guest and Mrs. George Y. Wallace, Mrs. Thomas Kearns, Mrs. David Keith, Mrs. O. W. Powers, Mrs. T. G. Webber, Mrs. J. L. Fran-ken, Fran-ken, Mrs. Prentice Gray, Mrs. George J. Gibson, Mrs. Walter Stone, Mrs. Kenneth Kerr, Mrs. William Wil-liam Reid, Miss Webber, Mrs. Lester Freed, Mrs. Charles D. Rooklidge and Mrs. LeGrand Young, Jr. Mrs. L. M. Bailey entertained at a missionary tea Tuesday afternoon for a large number of ladies. la-dies. Among others who helped make the program pro-gram enjoyable were Mrs. Harold Seigel, Miss Hilda Greeson, Miss Joy De Camp, Mrs. Thomas Weir and Miss Ethel Paul. The ladies in charge of the Free Kindergarten are making elaborate preparations for a record crowd at the production of "St. Elmo," Tuesday evening at the Colonial, the proceeds of which performance per-formance will go toward the maintenance of the kindergarten. The ladies are anxious to add a day nursery to care for the babies of the working women who have to leave the little ones at homf dally and whatever is realized from the benefit performance will go toward this end. Mrs. J. M. Arrasmith entertained the Afternoon Bridge club at her quarters at the Post on Tuesday. Tues-day. Luncheon followed the cards. Miss Margaret Walker wi 1 not return from Miss Bennett's school- in New York until late in the summer, going first for a visit with friends at Greenwich, New York. For Mrs. Will Dinwoodey and her sister, Mrs. Kindlesplre, Mrs. Heber M. Wells entertained Tuesday afternoon at a delightful tea. |