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Show NEW YEAR'S EVE AT CLUB IS BRILLIANT AEEAIR Shortly before 9 o'clock last night, automobiles began to pour their occupants oc-cupants into the lobby of the Colonel Hudson building, at the corner of Twenty-fourth street and Hudson avenue, ave-nue, and a little after the hour the original "white way" of the city was lined with empty machines. The attraction was the big New Year's eve celebration at the Weber club From the lobby of the building the guests were taken to the club rooms in the elevators. They were received receiv-ed on the promenade by members of the committee and, after having their wraps removed, were escorted to the dining room where a table ft' bote dinner was served until midnight. The gentlemen were all attired in the conventional full dress and the ladles added to their personal charm by being gowned in many of the latest models When the guests, numbering upwards up-wards of 250, were all seated at the tables, committeemen passed in and out among them, distributing paper hats to the gentlemen and "favors" to the ladies. The hats were of different dif-ferent colors and grotesque shapes and. when placed on the heads of the recipients, gave a genuine carni val appearance to the room, and from that time on the spirit of the occa sion reigned supreme A feature that added beauty to the novel scene was vases of pink and white roses that were placed on tbe tables. The 'favors" presented to the ladies included small toys, such as tin tops, mimiature animals and birds, grotesque dolls, noisemakers. etc., and as the tissue paper wrapping wrap-ping was taken from each one, laugh ter prevailed. Each lady present received re-ceived four or five of these presents as souvenirs of the first New Year's eve celebration in the new club rooms The noisy fun began early In the evening and. In addition to the social conversation at each table, many impromptu im-promptu stories were told and songs were sung by the merrymakers. The committee, however, did not expect the guests to furnish all of their own entertainment, so a company of ten professional entertainers was en gaged for the occasion. In the company com-pany were Wilson and Lenore, the singing, jodllng and whistling duo who will present their act at the Orpheum Or-pheum theatre the rest of the week; the Oxford quartette, composed d Merifield, first tenor, Thomas Quinn, second tenor Joseph Kileoyne. second bass, and H. P, Alley, first bass The quartette will also be heard at the Orpheum this week. The company also included Leila Landrum, Flor ence Howard and Olive Campbell, vocalists, vo-calists, and E. R. Howard, pianist, who form a troupe of cabaret entertainers enter-tainers from the Maxim cafe in Salt Lake City. The Orpheum orchestia was also present and gave excellent service. The work of the able entertainers gave real tone to the celebration and furnished a large and appropriate pro gram of singing, dancing and whis tllng numbers, that lasted until raid night Every number glen by them was enthusiastically received and the committee received special commen dation for securing their sen Ices. As the hands of the big clock at the east end of the dining room met at the midnight hour the llchts were dimmed and, to the accompaniment ot the orchestra the crowd mingled their voices in singing "Auld Lang Syne " While the beautiful strains of the en during old ballad filled the room, gaiety gai-ety was, for the moment, put aside, and as 1913 passed out and the New Year was ushered in, memories both sad and Bweet were brought to the minds of all. The song ended, the lights again shone brightly and the noisemakers were brought into full play and for ten or fifteen minutes nothing could be heard but the din of horns, bells and other mediums of noise. Then the dining room was quickly cleared and the celebration was close 1 with a dance on the tiled floor. The music for the dancing was furnished by the Orpheum orchestra The affair was voted to be the biggest success of its kind ever held in the city and the committee who arranged it were congratulated. The New Year's Eve committee ot club was: R. E. Bristol, chairman; Arthur Kuhn, W. E. Sanderson, F. W. Gentsch, P. T. Wright, I. L. Reynolds, I and J. D. Larson. |