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Show Saunterings H There is a flno old Irish gentleman well know H here, though ho does not reside in Salt Lake, H who is very fond of his children and very proud H of his grandchildren, and every time a new H grandchild arrives, he puts $1,000 in the bank to H the credit of the youngster. Recently, while on H a trip to the northwest, a telegram was handed H him announcing the birth of another grandchild H here. He looked it over quizzically and then ex- H claimed: 'ftly lord, those folks are trying to H break me." H H Jack Rooklidge, who has 'just returned from H San Francisco, reports that Bill Bridgeman is now H in charge of the coast branch of the insurance H company in which Mr, Rooklidge is heavily in- H terestcd. And this,vjust as one in a reminiscent H mood, was beginning to think that nearly all of H thoso who used to "belong" in the old days wero H married or dead or something like that. San H Francisco should look very homelike to some of H the boys with John Critchlow, Bill Bridgeman H and Arthur Copp leading the procession. Come H over some week-end, fellows, and wo will all H drop down to Mr. Freed's apartments for break- H fast, iliyrum Dunn has signified his intention, of H joining the party immediately upon notification. M Ah! That was the life. Eh! What? Hj H The best club in this state is the Weber club H in Ogden, and the fact is being continually dem- H onstrated to every Salt Lake who visits that city H and has the opportunity of enjoying the prlvl- H leges of the club. H There is a camaraderie there not to be found H in any club in Salt Lake and a good fellowship H and hospitality that are absolutely lacking here, H not to mention the excellent service and splen- H did cuisine. A visitor might sit in a local club H until the end of his natural life and when the H mortician came to carry him out there would be H no one to inquire regarding his identity. But H up in the Weber club, whether they know a man H or not, they make him feel at home in ten sec- H onds, and the spirit that prevails is general and H not confined to any particular clique. Plenty of H men about town in the metropolis can learn a H good lesson from the Junction City. H H From Wyoming came a plaint recently, when H one of the most prominent cattlemen in the state H was informed that another of his charming H daughters was to be married. Upon receipt of H the news he exclaimed: "Those girls of mine H haven't any business sense. They always get H married in the haying season." H h One of the most attractive affairs of the sum- D mer season was the dancing party given at the H Country club on Tuesday evening by Mr. and H Mrs. C. Ira Tuttle and Mr. and Mirs. Edward C. H Parsons, who were assisted in receiving their H many guests by Mrs. R. L. Downing of Los An- H geles. Seldom has the club presented so pretty HH an appearanco and the perfect behavior of the jf veather man added considerably to the enjoy- B ment of the evening. Both the platform under the H trees and the reception room at the club were H used by the dancers, the Troubadours being sta- H tioned on the veranda, and so well did the guests M enjoy themselves that it was long after mid- M night before they departed for town. It was one HH of the happiest affairs of midsummer. Eg H An informal dancing party of the week was B that given by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. P. Kiser at their HI homo on Thursday evening, with Mrs. Riser's H brother, Lyster Chambers, as the motif. Fifty of fl their friends "were present to enjoy the affair which lasted until it was almost time to don the motoring apparel for the numerous outings that were planned for the week end. Mr. Chambers will be .here a few weeks longer before departing for New York. The dinner he gave recently at the Country club was a smart affair, including much clever detail which was particularly noticeable in the place cards, each guest reading something apropos in the form of a quotation from Shakespeare, slightly trifled with. Preceding the Tuttle-Parsons dance on Tuesday, Tues-day, Miss Miayme Noble was the hostess at a dinner din-ner for sixteen, given in honor of Miss Jane Duffle, Duf-fle, the charming guest of Miss Mildred McMillan. McMil-lan. A few of the September brides, including Miss Mary Luman, Miss Virginia Beattie and Miss Lucille Lu-cille Purefoy will be the guests of honor at a 'tea which will take place at the Country club on Tuesday, at which Miss Dorothy Ingram and Miss Dorothy Marioneaux will be the hostesses. The marriage of Miss Marjorie Short and Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Lester B. Moreton took place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Short in Los Angeles on Wednesday evening. Both are former Salt Lakers, the bride having lived hero previously, and Mr. Moreton is the son of J. B. Moreton of this city. Mr. Moreton, Miss Ethel Moreton and a number of friends left for the wedding early in the week. Following their honeymoon in the east, they will return to California, where Lieutenant (More-ton (More-ton will be stationed at the Presidio. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore S. Amussen left for the East yesterday, and will sail shortly for England, where they will join the bride's mother, Ada Dwyer Russell. After a brief tour of the principal cities of Europe, all three will return to America. Amer-ica. Mr. and Mrs. Amussen will reside, for the winter, in Chicago and Mrs. Russell will resume her work on the stage in New York. Dr. and Mrs. Grant Self ridge are the quests of the J. Frank Judges at their country home in Cottonwood. They arrived a week ago and have been shown much attention by the smart set since their arrival. Dr. Selfridge is one of the most noted specialists on the Pacific coast and both he and Mrs. Selfridge have always occupied occu-pied a very prominent place in San Francisco society. so-ciety. They are great patrons of the arts and it was Dr. Selfridge who was foremost in planning the Henry Miller theatre that was to be, but the plans did not .materialize on account of the fire. They will be here a few days longer before be-fore returning home. The Salt Lake friends of Major and Mrs. Sidney Sid-ney A. Cloman, who had expected to see them at the exposition at San Francisco next year, will be disappointed to learn that Major Cloman is no longer military attache of the exposition. Major and Mrs. Cloman will go abroad early in the fall and It is thought probable that he will receive an appointment to one of the foreign for-eign posts, either at Panama or the Philippines. On their way east they will visit in Salt Lake for a day or two. The reported engagement of Peggy Lundeen, playing in "Love Watches" in New York and Parker Whitney of San Francisco, was an interesting inter-esting bit of news to Whitney's Salt Lake friends, and now comes the story that he was jilted. When Peggy wired for the price of a ticket to San Francisco, Parker hesitated, in fact refused, having in mind his recent experience when he paid another young lady's interstate fare, and Peggy is reported to have wired, "if that is all you think of me, it is all off, goodbye." Perhaps there will be a reconciliation, however, how-ever, for the Whitney estate is conservatively estimated at a million and a half, and as Parker's Park-er's share will be a quarter of a million, it ought to be worth a reconciliation, not to mention the j fact that their friends say that they are really, truly in love. Mr. Whitney's first wife was Miss Daisy Parrott, with whom he eloped. Recent arrivals who will make their home here are Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Whitaker of Chicago, who have taken a house on (First avenue. ' They ? are charming people, and Mrs. Whitaker is a 111 southern beauty of the brunette type. They )ft have been the guests of honor at a number of y informal events given since their arrival. Cards were received during the week announcing an-nouncing the wedding of Miss Lallie C. Anderson Ander-son to Lieut. Henry Balding Lewis, who was for- ' merly stationed here with the Twentieth infantry. The wedding took place recently at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. A copy of the Los Angeles Examiner of recent re-cent date contains some interesting reference to a number of people well-known in local society. It is an account of a "diner de tote" recently given at the Country club at Santa Barbara by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Filer, in compliment to Major and Mrs. Wm. Holmes McKittrick. The Examiner says: "It was one of the smartest of the smart af- fairs yet given this season and more than 'half a hundred guests participated in the unique function. func-tion. "Originality is a gift not denied Mrs. Walter Filer. Each guest was requested to wear fancy head dress and the request brought forth the graceful Grecian fillet, the powdered coiffure of Colonial days, rich Oriental head dresses and the hair adornments of all periods of history. "Small tables decked with French caskets and colored candelabras, were scattered about the room and dining and dancing were enjoyed simultaneously sim-ultaneously in quite the approved French fashion. There was a cotillon, led by Mrs. Thornhlll Broome and Loring Coleman, generally conceded to be the best dancers of the Country club set. ' Mrs. 'Broome's piquant face was framed in a Russian princess head dress. Mrs. Filer was gowned in white, suggestive of dews and mists and her hair was heavily powdered. Mrs. McKittrick Mc-Kittrick adopted the modern craze for colored wigs and wore one of deep blue matching her gown. A Cleopatra head dress was chosen by Miss Nina Jones and Miss Beatrice Miller, a tall, graceful brunette, appeared as a Spanish girl. Mrs. Talbot Walker was a sunshine effect in a gown and wig of deep yellow. Her house guest, Miss Marion Zeile, wore a blue wig 'with a most charming veiled effect. Mrs. Oliver Dwight Norton and Mrs. Milo Milton Potter were stately figures, representing respectively the Duchess of Devonshire and the Empress Josephine." The altar boy was late for he last mass at old St. Mary's last .Sunday. If he had be.n juBt a little later the congregation would have seen a blonde young man in tweeds and spats serving I mass, says the Prattler in Town Talk. For n Count Montgelas was just about to leave his pew ' and go to the altar as a volunteer acolyte when the tardy youngster came out of the sacristy. It would not have been the first time that Mont- rtjjt gelas served mass in California. At San Mateo one Sunday morning the altar boy failed to put in an appearance, and Montgelas took his place. Count Montgelas was educated in a Jesuit college col-lege in Bavaria, and served on the altar as a y youth. He hasn't forgotten his Latin and re- mains perfectly familiar with the ceremonies of " mass. If he had served the twelve-fifteen mass at old St. Mary's a number of his dancing friends would have seen him, for that is the most popular mass in San Francisco and quite a number of our belles and beaux attend it. |