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Show m ! ". f F Socially Inclined i ;T The demise of the big social function Is the j ; w most notable change to chronicle In the little his- I . j, tory of Brighara street for the year that is draw- j ' ' it; The small affair, less troublesome, less vulgar, I ' , ,k more cheering and infinitely more select, has ': -! ) X surely come to stay. It wag not with us before, ? 1 ! ,' but it has grown in popularity until it has almost superceded the gaudy event where the beautiful f j 4" rooms were a dream in cerise with ten thousand t ' oleanders stacked from the basement to the attic, ; , j '.j." while a string orchestra slipped "the Spring ', i , 41; Song" from a recess behind the punch bowl. ! , ; The large affairs are so ungainly and such a ' . - bore unless, of course, they happen to be dances or skates at the rink whore people get a chance v ' to start the circulation without being squeezed ,f 5 ,; to a whisper in a death grapple for a sandwich f ; and all the appurtenances thereto. ' j 'M Large affairs make an awful hit with the I j ' m dames who never get a chance to sprinkle fa- i 1 'M thor's diamond dust except at semi-public func jr' tions, but the people who know, consider an invl- ' :j tation to one of these spectacular exhibitions only ; a matter of course, while the telephone call to j- "a small and limited" means much to those who ' Jj 11110 t0 ke comPHni0nted occasionally. ,fc "Surely," Eaid a matron who, is suffering from , : fatty degeneration of the ego, "surely, you aro ( ' ; 'M going to disclose the name of the only real leader (, ijil of society very soon." f ; , I t Nothing would give greater pleasure were it i j B possible to do it, but the subject is further than ' j over before from "nite settlement. It has been ' , I . :' 1 suggested that the lucky number might bo fas- ' ; jjp toned on one of those who is among the absentees v,',' just now, but nothing is further from the truth, ' and the honor, if honor it be, rests entirely with ; J; three women. Just when two of them will concede ! C it to the third is veiled in mystery, but it will not ; ,r be until the crocuses have come and gone thrice L twenty times. Illli I ' i ' ' Trial marriages, or rather the discussion of Srv I I them, has almost taken the place of bridge since ' mk i ' ' "& Mrs. Elsie Clews Parsons broke into the lime h fl; . ' !, light with her views on the subject as expressed ipS1 ' 'Is in lier new book, "The Fa Tilly." 1 lf f - j t m One writer has cleverly said that it Isn't mm I' ''.If'', fi trlnl niarrln8es that cause the troubles of life, fH I ' ' "I 'B 1,111 mnrrlag0 trials-" P f : M Some of the discussions now going on at the m - If bridge and 'dinner tables are, to say the least, jjfjlj i! ;. 1Z startling, even if the book itself is almost com- fjji;j I ; :i i M monplace in giving expression to the views held IP; i : ' ! by so many people In this progressive age and' MfFn $ day. Hfffi j "fj Naturally, the publication of the book has In! ! 1 1 j opened up a new line of indignation on the part II j . ' ' m of tlle mlni8ter8 out. notwithstanding, the young C ' im typhoons from that source, there is much good jj ff ' sense in some of the arguments made by Mrs. h " 'j; jra ; For instance, one paragraph "written by this M i lady on race suicide in which she states that It In i 'Ml ls often a result of solicitude of probable off-Ill off-Ill 'Ji 1 spring" is entirely in accord with latter day con-H' con-H' , if'-l ' dltiona as they exist in thousands of instances. H ' ra' '1 SUmmInS UP f sItuatIon w111 meet a hearty response in many who maintain as she does that "voluntary1 childlessness is np-illy among those classes who have the acquired knowledge of self control, but' who hold the good of offspring to bo of, primary condition, and are "unable to anticipate egonomlc' returns sufficient to make children desirable." - -v The latest advertising minister to startle Gotham society Is the, 'Rov. -Donald Sage Mackey, pastor of tlje church that has atn'ong its members the President, Mrs. Russell Sage and Helen Gould. The doctor announces that upper Fifth avenue pours out liberal contributions for soul saving every year, but that real Christianity Is handed a lemon from the heart out every time his fash- Mrs- Samuel Newhouse, who has spent a great deal of time in London society, where she has been one of the most . . popular of the American women. ionable parishioners get a chance. The dear doctor oppresses some fatigue at the veneer designated des-ignated as respectablflty, and says that the only way to bring the derelicts tp their senses is to establish a mission In the hdart of the gilded palaces, where fashionables may be talked to by the reformed drunkards from the slums who have been through the mill, and can point out. that the way of the absinthe slpper Is not what It Is Is cracked up to be. The S. & N. (straight and narrow) the doctor asserts is not even a branch line oh the social highway, and so confident is the divine that hlsj scheme will be the , candy, that h expects to have a mission' established in every city of the country where he thinks the work ls needed. Just how Salt Lakers will take to the new advertising scheme of Brother Mackey's, is problematical, prob-lematical, but it is the consensus of opinion that there are -'enough churches here already without stirring up the social herd to a point where the different cliques will be even moro antagonistic. i & The old, old tale of the handsome engagement ring and the chap that "couldn't pay'' is being re told with new relish locally. ' It Is almost an axiom that when a man sees the look of ineffable love that comes Into a girl's eyes as she gazes at the stone, he feels, frequentlythat the size of the stone is the turning point between his chances' and those of the other fellow. This poor chap hated to try one of those "pay as you go" firms, so he stood off a high class jeweler anad armed with the needful he won her heart(?) and mamma's approval. Now, owing doubtless to the stress of other things which go with such large rocks, such as theatre tickets, flowers, confections, confec-tions, etc., etc., he is still standing off the man behind the handsome show case. But woe betide! he has already received a "last call" and unless he puts up soon there'll be another disappearing view. & & & What a gay week the youngsters will have of it from Christmas till the end of the year, and then beyond. There's the big dance at the Sadler home on Wednesday evening at which a bunch of the prettiest, the wittiest, etc., will be the hostesses. host-esses. Then there's the cotillion at the McCor-nick McCor-nick home, at which again the youngest will be the entertainers. Following this there will be a little turning of the tables by the boys home from college, who will show their friends a royal time at the Ladies' Literary club on Friday evening. Then there's a hop given by the bachelor officers on the first night of the New Year, and all these besides the regular rush of the holiday season. 4t J5 The expected and announced has happened and the popular young lieutenant and the handsomp girl mentioned some time ago in these columns as a probable match to be shortly announced, stands revealed as Lieutenant Samuel Parker and Miss Delia Janet Richards, who is easily all of the description de-scription given above. It was a rather out of the way trick to put the affair in the eastern press first of all, but of course there's no accounting for the way these young people do when once the occasion arises. They are receiving all sorts of good wishes, for both are well liked in town and at the military post. The clever Mr. Digby Bell, who conducted a personally supervised "Education of Mr. Pipp" and of several others, at the Salt Lake theatre some little time ago, is making a hit with the army folk. He has extended through his manager, the freedom of the house to Uncle Sam's navy boys on the occasion of his opening night in Washington. He has announced that this course is an attempt to uphold the dignity of the warrior war-rior and to show his scorn of the ruling not to permit army or navy uniforms in the play houses of Mew York. jfi The rare hospitality which has prompted tho gracious and honorable members of the board of directors of the Alta club, to so open their hearts that they have granted the freedom of their hearth to their friends, the fair sex on the two hi,;li holidays of the year, has moved the most hardened to tears, but whether of joy or hysterics no ono knows. Making proper obeisance, the "ladles, God bless 'em" have extended thanks and say hey Will go If they're sufficiently urged, and be thankful. t$ The sailing of Captain arid Mrs. Sidney T. Clb-niaa Clb-niaa today will be the occasion for numerous secondary sec-ondary messages to find their way to the steamer off New York. Announcement cards will shortly reach Salt Lake friends giving the London address ad-dress of the Clomans for the season. It goes without saying, to those who know Mrs. Cloman that one more "American abroad" will be" added to the list of conquerors. Miss Lillian Woodward, who was Mrs. Cloman's attendant at the weddling, will sail January 8 from New York in company with Mrs. D. Moore Lindsay and her son Crawford, Craw-ford, and will join the Clomans in London. tC One of the admirable sights of a busy shopping shop-ping week was that of a matron one of the handsomest in the town, dressed in a heavy leather leath-er automobile coat of the kind worn by a real working chauffeur, and stocking cap drawn down over her ears and around her neck. There was no disguising her, if that was what she attempted, for only her style of beauty could withstand such . an exterior covering, and she retained the same in all her charm as when, faultlessly gowned she steps from her carriage. . & & The stork has been busy up on the northwestern north-western coast as well as In Utah, ,and has brought to the home of the John Anderson Berry.3 in Fort Casey, Washington, a young son, the new army man having made his appearance on December Gth. The Salt Lake friends who recall the lieutenant lieu-tenant through his relation to one of the sweetest girls Salt Lake had are Interested In knowing of the event, his second marriage having been strictly on the quiet. Quite the largest affair of the. week, and one of the most delightful of the season .was the reception re-ception yesterday given by Mrs. Seth W. Morrison in honor of her daughter, Miss lone Morrison, one of the Wellesley graduates of the year and Mrs. George D. Keyser, a bride of thp past summer. sum-mer. The affair was given at the University club, and was attended by a great 'many friends. ,5? 0? & There's to be a big, big Christmas tree at the Ferry home on Brigham street, and all .the little fairies and the big Ferrys, too, -will - be there awaiting the coming of Santa Claus. Besides the home tree there will be the usual provision of trees and gifts for others, not so fortunate. & & & There are a number of Christmas' and New Years' packages to be delivered which a long legged bird is preparing for the holidays. The range of his flight is wide this year, and Saint Nicholas will not be In it when once he lights. The Tarbets have been particularly fortunate in their stay in New York, having had a visit early in the month, from his royal highness, the stork, who left with his compliments a small son of. the name of Alexander II. |