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Show I I II I THE CHA TTER-BOX "s H , 1 - r IliJ HE little romance H ' I Jfr1 fljil oi tno Pullman Hi 1 I III car and tno roll ro-ll jffi i III cent hride una Hf jll HI brxdegroom is B JP iiiiib jjl. "iijji!1! one of the best Hj 4 o'clock stories Hi ' ' of the season. Draw your chairs clos-B clos-B er, girls, lor this is a true tale. H j Eecently a young couple journeyed Bin westward for a brief honeymoon and H $ there 'were other brides and bride-B bride-B grooms, as -well as many bachelors, B who choose the California trip and a B lew fieetlng days among the orange B groves and flowers. Well, it seems B that during the early hours of the B morning a certain petite bride longed B for a glass of -water. She did not wish B( to disturb her sleeping sweetheart, so B she crept to the end of the car all B by her lonesome. Now, as all "chick-B "chick-B ens" look alike to a gentleman of 1 dark complexion, so do all sleeping K compartments look alike to a dazed B' little belle who has not been used to U traveling and who does not remember t the number of her berth. At last she m, found it and with a sigh of relief m snuggled down for the remainder of m her .beauty sleep, spoon fashion, bo-B bo-B side her "soldier laddie." As the train H hastened on she snuggled closer an . R put a little white arm about his neck B and softly caressed his face. Sud-m Sud-m denly she felt cold would she faint? M Or, oh, dear, if she could only die Hf right now; if only the floor of the R train would open and leave her upon H the cold steel rails! Horrors! What H -could she do? If she were to scream, H the car would be awakened as well as H the sleeping hero (?) iFor she had H made a discovery. H When the little hand stole across B the face of her husband it encounter-H encounter-H ed a stubby, bristley little doormat H of a moustache and her beloved John H never possessed one! What could the Hl poor girl do? For a minute she lay H there tense, hardly daring to breathe. H Suppose this man should wake up? H What then? Oh! for the protecting H arms of father or mother or John. HJ Where was this soldier she had B promised to "love and obey?" Stealth-B Stealth-B ily she stole out and retired to the B rear of the car and racked her curly Hf head to remember the number of their H berth. Was it One? No, it was Hl Seven. No, it was oh yes, she re-B re-B membered now, as the car swayed B. and she saw that awful number Three Br half way down the aisle. Yes, it was Bj Three. Why had they taken such a Bjj number? They might have known B some calamity would have befallen B them. B And again she made the journey Bi'j down the aisle. Then she reached Bri the -privacy of berth Number Three. Bk i Sleeping John was aroused from his Bg slumbers and given a detailed ac- Bl count of the tragedy. John was for KaHBBIIBifl getting off at the next station if that youiu be any comfort to nis uttie bnue. ino, tnat did not appeal to lioi. buo nad always wanted to go to Cali-ioi Cali-ioi nia una tuis first opportunity bnouid not be spoiled by a mere man witu a nasty little moustache. (She had always bated tiiem anyway). You can never understand the whims of fl. woman and young John realized this as she made her decision. "Now, darling, we will stay on this train as 11 nothing has happened; and in the morning when we go into the uining car for breakfast 1 will show you tnat horrid man and you can do anything you want to with him; but 1 think I would like to see what he looks like in the daylight." Of course bridegroom agreed and the two settled down for a few winks of sleep before sunrise. When they awakened porter was giving the second sec-ond call for breakfast and she scrambled scramb-led into her pretty new frills and fur-bulows fur-bulows to look her best at their first meal together since she had become Mrs. John. At last she was ready and they made their way to the crowded diner. "Oh, John," she cooed, "I feel rather nervous; do you suppose after all that awful man was really asleep last night or was he only pretending?" John vouchsafed no answer for the whiff of bacon and eggs at that moment mo-ment was more to his liking than even visions of that awful man with the scrubbing brush on his upper lip. Into the diner they hurried and she was all eyes for the villanous black-eyed black-eyed man. (All villains have black eyes and pointed moustaches). She stole a furtive glance to right and left. So did John. What was their amazement to count six men, all with upper lip appendages, busily engaged with knife and fork! Poor little bride, it was pretty hard luck never to know whose moustache she had caressed or whose manly back she had cuddled close to, thinking it was John, of course.. And John Well, John positively, though tenderly, declined de-clined the honors of "mixing" with all six of those stalwarts especially-after especially-after they had slapped Hoover in the face, each and every one of them, by eating meat on meatless day! JHE slender, wilting type of fem-vL' fem-vL' ininty did not appeal to Boxer, His was the athletic girl, "the real American girl," as he termed her. His eyes early turned to the "laundry-queens" "laundry-queens" as their muscular arms flashed flash-ed in and out of the suds and lifted, huge bundles with ease. He loved, the girl with a sturdy build "and a. chest, yes sir, a chest that counts,"" as he declared enthT Jastically to his-friends. his-friends. When he decided that college and first year in business had entitled him. to a home of his own he looked about lam. no was much sought alter and considered a catch for any girl. But only tue athletic ones were to his liking. However, a slim, tall damsel of unconquerable will, determined to carve her initials above his bungalow bunga-low fireplace and she went in lor athletics ath-letics alter confiding her scheme to an aunt who was practical and an admirer ad-mirer of her niece. Into the various games she went. She took up golf and tennis, walking and even boxing particularly those feats which would make the arms strong and developed. de-veloped. She began to risk elbow sleeves a thing she had never dared hope to wear before. Her face grew a healthy tan. Her step was supple and strong. Her whole being radiated health. Candy was shunned, for a regular training table was set at home. Her room looked like a welterweight's welter-weight's apartment. Only the championship cham-pionship belt was lacking and Joe who loved the healthy girl with the arms, "yes, sir, the arms that show strength." Soon she received an introduction through the artful wiles of the aunt who could plan like a general staff. Joe sized up, his new acquaintance and when she actually, a little later, boxed him and scored one or two, he fell for the plain band ring and the black suit, the crowded church, orange blossoms and bungalow. And today she is one of the best swimmers in the country and knows how to handle Joe from the reveille of "Big Ben" to the first snore of nightmare. And Joe he adores her. Little does he know that his stalwart helpmate a few months agone was a veritable poster goddess of slender mien and vegetarian complexion. But he adores every dimple in her arms and caresses her as a bear would greet his cave partner. And he loves her best with the shortest sleeved waist she owns; "for you're a wonder for strength," says Joe; "and such arms I never saw on any soap Amazon!" yHE popular young belle is an-V- nouncing her engagement to lier soldier sweetheart, to all close and interested friends, and the wedding wed-ding bells will ring late in the spring time. For the past three years she lias been one of the most attractive .girls In younger society circles and "will be missed by many friends when the regiment is ordered eastward, on to France. During the long winter months her "happy box" will be filled -with the daintiest donations from the bridesmaids-elect who will find time Tjetween Red Cross meetings to sew lor the young bride whose clever fingers have fashioned so many dainty articles for her friends. By-the-way, there may bo another interesting Christmas announcement to come from Los Angeles. A certain young belle has announced that she will spend a month in southern California, and as her particular beau, who has been devoted for several years and who has recently entered the service of Uncle Samuel, is stationed at a California camp, wedding bells may ring with the bells of Christmas and orange ' blossoms mingle with holly and mistletoe. JHE following news from the San . K) Francisco Bulletin will bo read v with interest in Salt Lake, a reproduction reproduc-tion of the portrait of Mrs. Jackllng also appearing in the Bulletin: Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Jackllng had their portraits painted during a recent visit to New York, and the artist, Irving Wiles, made wonderful likenesses like-nesses of both subjects. The portraits are life size and will hang in, the Jack- M lings new apartment at the St. Fran- w els. Mrs. Jackllng's picture is delight- Jl ful in its color plan. Soft pastel ' 'r shades predominate. Irving Wiles, the artist, is one of the best American portrait painters and has received honors in this country and in Europe. His portrait of Julia Marlowe Is considered a masterpiece. VfRS. JOSEPH OBENDORFER X has announced the marriage of her daughter Helen to Thornton Gilmer, Gil-mer, a son of Mrs. Mary Gilmer of this city, the marriage having taken place Friday afternoon, December 7, at the Mission Inn, Riverside, California. The bride is well known in Salt Lake, being a sister of Mrs. Marc Lippman and Henry Obendorfer, the well known pianist, and a niece of Mrs. J. E. Bamberger. Bam-berger. After a honeymoon In southern south-ern California Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer will make their home in this city. Fff R. AND MRS. FRANK W. JEN- - jL NINGS announce the engagement engage-ment of their daughter Katherine to Edwin Peterson of Ogden. The marriage mar-riage will take place Thursday evening, even-ing, December 20th, at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Leroy Din- woodey. The bride will be attended by Mrs. Adolph Quist as matron of honor and Miss Dorothy Jennings as bridesmaid. Little Margaret Din- woodey, a niece of the bride-elect, will be the flower girl and Stanley P. Dar-ger, Dar-ger, a fraternity brother of Mr. Peter- y son, will act as best man. A large reception will follow the ceremony. A number of delightful social affairs are being planned for Miss Jennings, who is one of the most popular of the younger society girls. Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Adolph Quist was the '$' hostess at a prettily appointed tea in her honor at the Quist home on East North Temple street. The tea table was beautifully decorated with violets, the flowers forming a low mound in the center of the table. At the four corners of the table wore sllvor candlesticks can-dlesticks that held lavender cathedral candles and were shaded In the chosen chos-en tint. Presiding at the tea and coffee urns during the afternoon wero Mrs. T. K. Werner, Mrs. Leroy Din-woodey Din-woodey and Mrs. B. B. Byer. Fifty guests were bidden. SN interesting wedding of the week was that of Miss Iluth fatorer, daughter of Mrs. R. O. Storer, and Lieut. Itenwick McNiece, which took place Tuesday evening at the homo of the bride's mother on Blaine avenue. The ceremony was performed per-formed by the Rev. Josiah McClain in the presence of the relatives of the couple and was followed by a reception. recep-tion. The bride wore a handsome wedding gown of white silk net over sliver cloth with a long tulle veil, caught with sprays of orange blossoms, blos-soms, and her bouquet was a shower of bride's roses. The drawing room was beautifully decorated for the occasion oc-casion with a wealth of white Japanese Jap-anese chrysanthemums and delicate sprays of white narcissus, the flowers being arranged in largo white enameled en-ameled baskets. The bridal couple stood in front of the broad fireplace, where were festooned two large American Amer-ican flags while on either side were potted palms and ferns. A decorative scheme of pink was chosen for the dining room and the table was centered with a low basket filled with pink roses and sweet, peas and tied with pink tulle. During the evening a number of the close friends of the bride assisted in the general entertaining of the guests. Lieut, and Mrs. McNiece will spend their honeymoon honey-moon in New York. Lieut. McNiece and Ills bride are well known in educational edu-cational circles. ONE of the largest social events of the week was the December meeting meet-ing of the Catholic Woman's League held Tuesday evening at the Ladies' Literary club. A number of the young girls of the association presented a clever little one-act newspaper playlet, play-let, 'Her First Assignment," with Miss Blanche Marks in the leading role, assisted by Martha Struck, Miss Anna Daily, Miss Loretta Malone, Miss Isa-belle Isa-belle Griffin, Miss Margaret Jenkin-son, Jenkin-son, Miss Veronica Jenkins, Miss Katherine Driscoll, Miss Alma Benolt and Miss Catherine Fitzgerald. The playlet was given under the supervision su-pervision of Mrs. A. H. S. Bird, president presi-dent of the League, assisted by Mrs. John C. Daly, chairman of the program pro-gram committee. During the evening even-ing a delightful musical program was given by the Hyde Boothby quartet, Miss Romania Hydo, Miss Janet Thompson, Mrs. Lydia White Boothby and Miss Gldys Wickens. Following the entertainment refreshments refresh-ments were served in the dining room when the tea table was gay with an artistic combination of the Christmas colors. In the center of the table was a large silver basket filled with deep red Richmond roses, while at the four corners were silver candlesticks filled with crimson candles and Bhadod In red. Presiding at the coffee urns wero Mrs. Frank J. Hagenbarth, Mrs Elizabeth Eliza-beth J. O'Brien, Mrs. W. H. Bintz and Mrs. William McCaskell, who were assisted by Misses Gertrude and Katherine Kath-erine Geoghegan, Miss Margaret Falk, Miss Dorothy IFargo, Miss Dorothy Jenkinson, Miss Mary Lee, Miss Pa-trlca Pa-trlca Hodgson and Miss Katherine O'Connor. The following young girls acted as ushers: Miss Mary Hughes, Miss Celeste Laramie, Miss Margaret Rogers, Miss Marguerite Shea, Miss Genevieve Malone, Miss Rhoda Bru-neau, Bru-neau, Miss Virginia Gillls and Miss Anna Gillls. The members of the entertainment en-tertainment committee of the league were the hostesses of the evening and included Mrs. J. B. McEnany, Mrs. W. F. Hodgson, Mrs. J. A. Slaughter, Mrs. N. A. Robertson, Mrs. Otto Fisher, Mrs. Louise Tltcomb, Mrs. John T. White and Mrs. James O'Connor. IHE annual New Year's eve ball KS to be given at the Alta Club promises to be one of the most elaborate elabo-rate affairs of the holiday season. The executive committee of the club has charge of the arrangements and the members of that committee include Former Governor William Spry, J. M. Bidwell, James E. Jennings, A. V. Cal-laghan Cal-laghan and D. G. Boynton. H SILVER tea was given Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. F. L. Sprague in the Buckingham apartments apart-ments by La Maraine auxiliary to the Sprague hospital corps. The proceeds will be used to buy warm garments for the members of the corps and the following matrons assisted during the afternoon: Mrs. J. J. McClellan, Mrs. James Vincent Sadler, Mrs. L. E. Sprague and Mrs. Percy Sadler. XN honor of Mrs. W. T. Bell, a recent re-cent bride, Miss Naomi Hoffman entertained at a prettily arranged luncheon Monday afternoon at her home on East South Temple street. The long table was prettily decorated with pink Enchantress carnations in crystal vases and covers were laid for fifteen. Miss Hoffman will leave after Christmas for the Denishawn School of Dancing near Los Angeles, where she will do special work. Mrs. Hoffman Hoff-man will join her daughter later In the winter. Mrs. T. A. Williams, assisted by her daughters, Mrs. John Hardy, Mrs. Henry G. Richardson and Miss Edna Willams, will entertain at a large tea this afternoon at the Williams home on East Second South street. Mrs. Rachel Miller, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. George Heintz and two small sons, left early in the week for Long Beach, where they will spend the winter. Mrs. C. H. McMahon returned during the week from an extended eastern trip, haying visited with her mother in Detroit and spent several weeks with her nephew, Captain Parker Monroe, Mon-roe, at Camp Dix, Now Jersey. |