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Show Commercial Club Soiree. "Well, how did you like it?" Oh 1 it waa just fine." These and other expressions ex-pressions of appreciation were heard ou all sides regarding the social of club last Tuesday evening at the city hall. The hall was tastily deoorated for the occaston by the good ladies, with stiingers of red, white and blue, while tue StarSpaugiod Banner formed form-ed the backgreund. Every nook and corner of the hall had a touoh of the artistic, while the pictures of our new president were daintily framed in the national colors. Altogether, as if by magic, the hall had assumed a festive appearance. By the way, it is not necessarily gay decorations or costly furnishings or rich costumes that make occasions of this kind so pleasant, pleas-ant, it is rather the informal good cheer, the joviality and the laugtitsr which generates sunshine and makes all feel twppy aud at home, Progressive sixty-three was soon in full blast aud the oompetion for first prize was keen and spirited, after which an informal lunch and coffee was served to 11 present. Duriug luncheon our genial president called for extemporaneous remarks from a few of the gentlemen present. Henry Kearns, local manager of the Spald-iug-Liningstou investment company, entertained the visitors on the great possibilities in store for this valiev. I which were especially applicable and instructive to the many homeseeke rs present, Jaints Metculf o! Salt Lake, a former resident of Gunnison, Bpoke in the name strain, congratulating the community upon the spirit of advance which had swept through the country Dr. Albert Bjornson thought that the best resources of a country does not necessarily consist iu fertility of soil, water supply, etc. alone, but rather in the spirit and attitude of the people themselves towards greater advancements. advance-ments. William Metsalf could, if he so wished, have told all the why's and wherefore's of prohibition, but he chose rather to intersperse it with a few good "puns" which were well received, re-ceived, and last iind not the least our dauntless Beauregard was on deck with pun, prose and poetry, artistically artistical-ly inter-woven with lots of smiles and good cheer. The ''Greely" recitation' by O. W. Perkins was real funny, and the Danisn song rendered by Nephi Anderson, was appreciated by mauv. The guets present were ; Van D. Spalding, W D. Livingston, James Metcalf, Sr of Salt Lake City ; Judge J. W. Cherry oif Mt. Pleasant ; J. T. Jones, now of Gunnison but formerly of Kalispell, Mont, ; Peter Nielson, James White, JamosFelton, W, W. Wood, W. H. Shroeder, Grant Sweeny, all of Iowa. It is to be hoped, that the above gentlemen one and all, may carry with I them fond recollections from this gathering gath-ering to their own home towns in the East so, that if there should be any lingeriug misscouception iu the minds of their Eastern friends and acquaintances acquain-tances , as to the people of Utah, that they may be able to tell them, that they look, and act, not unlike their own. We feel certain, that they will tell their home people, that the average aver-age Utahu compares favorably with their Eastern conferes in appearance, manner, honesty aud hospitality, and that the Gunnison people are not an exception. In conclusion, it is opportune right here to remind the guests, that ou May 7th there is to be a convention of combined Commercial Clubs., held in Gunnison. That ou this auspicious occasion, there will be a great attempt made on the part of the club to entertain en-tertain as many guests a3 will throng the gates of Gunnison. So come again. |