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Show Saunterings H Perhaps there's going to be a bachelors' H dance, but that which was scheduled for the 19th M of the month will not take place next Friday, M but early in February preceding Lent. The rea- M sons are various. About twenty-five dollars a M day conies into the treasurer, and no definite H plans will bo consummated until all of tho 1 money necessary is at hand. A round dozen of m the boys came across right away, but the neces- HH sary balance is arriving in dribbles, and besides M six or eight who are really alive have left town, M and another twelve are so balky and giving so m many petty excuses that unless they trot out with H the coin by post time, which is noon today, they M will probably be among those missing on the fes- M tive occasion. H mm 1 The excuses of some of those who have de- v clined to be included is a scream. A number m really can't afford the pressure, but to hear others H whine that they owe no social obligations after M reciprocating for years is too much. M In numerous instances, when the matter of giving a perfectly good party was broached -the m "prospect" said "sure, count me in, how much M is M "Twenty-five dollars." H "What well, 'er, I'll try to join let you B know in a day or two; you see I can't tell whether m I can be hero that night or not." H So girls maybe you're going to a bully good H party, but this isn't a promise. It rests with the 1 penny pinch is, and if we can catch them and M give them cocaine enough to deaden the pain H while the pocket nerve is extracted, you'll have Ej at least one bully good time before Lent. H H With the arrival of the othpr companies of H tho Twentieth, including a nuiu' r of handsome H "youngsters" among 'the officers, the tempera- H ments of tho girls in society aren't doing a thing H to them, and they are anxiously awaiting the M meetings which tney hope may mean so much M before the summer is over. H The Twentieth is heralded as being one of the H crack regiments of the army, and perhaps it is m not too much to expect that we may soon seo a H resumption of the festivities at tho Fort after M tho officers and ladies become acclimated, and H have been properly received by tho people in f town. H In the meantime, it appears that our eld H friends in the Fifteenth will soon be marching H through China. H H Speaking of "Modest Suzanne," the new H Vienne e opera in which Sallio Fisher of this H city has mado another big hit, the Call Boy in H Topics says: "The whole flist part of "Modest H Suzanne" is so reminiscent of "The Girl in the H Taxi" that I thought for a long time the play- H wright was trying to give that frisky young lady H a twin sister. Maybe this similarity was due to H tho adapters. We have seen adaptors to queer H things before. In fact, they generally do queer j things and wo generally have to struggle pretty H hard to recognize a piece after they havo laun- Hj dored it. One thing must be said for "Modest H Suzanne," however: It is very pretty and tune- I ful in many parts. Thank God the adapters do Bl not, as a rule, adapt the music. As tho police H do not understand tho language it speaks, they j don't know whether it is sensuous, sensual, las- H civious, immoral or merely sweet, so they let it Hj I alone. Not that there are any of those decried H qualities in the music of "Modest Suzanne." This B is no "Blectra" or Salome." JH Tho cast has been very carefully selected and Ifll is thoroughly efficient. Sallie Fisher In the part H of Suzanne is as sprightly and charming as over j and her songs are particularly tuneful, partlcu- I larly "Confidence" and the waltz oh, tho waltz of course, that had to be. What would a Viennese Vien-nese operetta be without it? "All the World Loves a Lover." But why, oh, why, is it necessary neces-sary to have any more sturs of the "Moulin Rouge"? Have we not been surfeited with them 'the would-be-naughty representatives of a would-be-naughty place? And their naughtiness is just like the naughtiness of the Moulin Rouge, naughty only to New England schoolmarms. Wih the exception of a few matinees and a coup' of one-night "stands the society circus has been as dark as Erebus, and tho outlook is bleeker than ever. Really there is no occasion to anticipate the lenten season, for it would be a tough task to try to be quieter. The trouble is that California is too near to Utah, and the coast habit has become fixed with so many, that the holidays are hardly over each, season before the social herd, thoroughbreds, mavericks and all wonder how quickly they can get there and how long they can stay. It is remarkable, too, that they should caro to escape from here during the early months of the year, for as the choir members mem-bers stated when interviewed in New York, "they saw nothing there they couldn't find at home." Maybe they didn't it depends- upon what they were looking for. According to gossip from the capital, Yvonne Townsend, who, with her father and mother, lived here not so very long ago, proposes to add portrait painting to her list of accomplishments, and has joined one of the classes at the Corcoran Art School. Here she may be seen twice a week, looking more attractive than ever in her studio costume. The Townsendf live rather quietly on tho edge of the fashional e district and make no bones of the fact that they must be careful of what money comes their way. It speaks volumes in their favor that the frank admission of a flattened flat-tened purse has not diminished their prestige. Emlllo de Gorgoza and Emma Eames, both of whom have many personal friends here and thousands of admirers, have signified their intention inten-tion of spending several weeks in Zion during the coming summer, the guests of the Clem Schramms at their country place, which the Schramms will build just a mile or two north of the Lagoon. Possibly, too, t'-iere will be one or two other distinguished geusts old friends of Mrs. Schramm's before tho warm months aro over, but we're sure of the popular Gogorza and tho charming Eames. Recently they made their first public appearance in New York this season at Mrs. Hawkesworth's "Chansons en Crinoline" at tho Plaza, and the Herald said: "The feminine portion of the audience was eager to see husband and wife together on the concert platform. If they looked for any unusual little touches of sentiment sen-timent they were disappointed." But accounts seem to differ, for another writer says: "Emillo led Emma out on tho platform with tender solicitude, so-licitude, kissed her hand wtih reverent adoration and when they sang several duets together they gazed ecstatically into each other's eyes, and warbled the love songs as though they really meant them," Col. and Mrs. Holmes gave another beautiful dinner at the Amelia Palace on Tuesday evening, even-ing, and following, about fifty of tho younger set, the guests of Hal Lamb, danced until midnight. mid-night. The dinner, with covers laid for twenty, was an elaborate affair, and the dance which followed fol-lowed was one of the pleasant interruptions of a week which in the main has been rather tiresome. Within a day or two, Mrs. J. E. Woodward will be here from Governor's island, 'and Mrs. Baldwin and Miss Katherine Judge from Detroit, and all three will remain a fortnight or possibly longer. They have spent tho past six months X in the east, and while possibly Mrs. Woodward and Mrs. Baldwin will return in February, Miss Judge will visit Mrs. A. V. Callaghan after their departure ,' Ellis Freed is expected home from Europe within a short time, and will be accompanied' by his mother, Mrs. C. M. Freed, and his sister, Mrs. Esther Filer, both of whom, however, will remain in New York. Of late .they spend the greater part of their time in Franco and Italy, and will, in all probability, not return to make this city their home. t ."l An elaborate tea which was attended by hundreds of their friends, was that given 'by Mrs. Louis -Jhn and her daughters, Mrs. Hugo Druehl and Miss Cohn, at her home on South Temple street on Wednesday, The residence was beautifully decorated for the occasion wjth, masses of roses, ribbons and green, pink and yellow yel-low predominating in tho general scheme. The hostesses were assisted in receiving by their guest, Mrs. M. Lesser of New York, and others who assisted In the dining room were Mrs. Jacob Moritz, Mrs. A. J. Gorham, Mrs. Sol Slegel, Mrs. James L. Franken, Mrs. Milton E. Lipman, Mrs. J. L. Cohn, Mrs. D. W. Lipman, Mrs. M. J. Brines, Mrs. R. H. Officer, Mrs. Milton Ogglesby, Miss Edna Dwyer, Miss May Critchlow, Miss Loreen Leary, Miss Mildred McMillan, Miss Minette Baer, Miss Carrie Sappington, Miss Elsa Bamberger Bam-berger and the Misses Stella and Elsie Colin., The luncheon given at the Hotel Utah on Wednesday by Mrs. F. L. Oswald was attended by thirty guests, all of them being of the younger set. It was given in honor of Miss Hazel Oswald and was a very pretty affair, Among the officers and ladies who arrived at Fort Douglas with the battalions of the Twentieth which reached here Wednesday, aro Major Richard Rich-ard C. Croxton, Mrs. Croxton and Miss Croxton; Chaplain J. M. Moose and Mrs. Moose; Captain C. C. Smith, Captain G. V. Pond, Captain A. M. Shlpp, Captain G. W. England; Captain J. W. Petty; First Lieutenants B. P. Johnson, John W. Craig, A. W. Gullion, H. D. Schultz and Second Lieutenants R. C. Cotton, G. B. Glover A. R. Underwood, R. C. Ditto, R. P. Hartle and H. G. Ball. Captain Arthur Tirasker of tho special corps is also temporarily stationed at the fort. ,i What's this? Tights at the Kirmess, and half a dozen wonderful dances that from description promiso a wonderful treat for those who attend on February 8th, 9th and 10th. In one of tho most beautiful of the spectacles, half of tho girls will bo in red the blossoms and the blades of grass in green, and this is said to be one of the most startlingly beautiful dances planned by those who are rehearsing the young ladies, From the personnel of those who will take part in this dance, the grass is going to bo very healthy looking look-ing grass, of luxuriant growth, and the blossoms blos-soms will be worth seeing, too. - In honor of Miss Beatrice Behrends, Misu Margaret Walden, who has since left for Southern South-ern California, where she will reside permanently, permanent-ly, entertained at a delightful tea Sunday, assisted as-sisted by ber mother, Mrs. A, M, Walden, and tho Misses Dorothy Rooklldgo, Josephine Weil, Aline McMillan, Rose Evans, and Isabelle Shiffer. From the News of Wednesday evening, we I clip the following: ! "Mrs. James Daugherty and Miss Angela Kinney Kin-ney have returned to their home at Portland, Ore., after a pleasant stay with their daughter, Mrs. C. W. Whitley." Such is fame in circles smart in the far west. |