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Show FASHION SHOW ID TEA AT BERTHA ! FDR BENEFIT OF RED CROSS IS SPLENDID EVENT ID BRILLIANT SUCCESS The spirit of democracy held sway yesterday afternoon at beautiful Ber-thaua, Ber-thaua, where gathered, from every quarter of the city, citizens of all representative rep-resentative classes of society to make a wonderful success of the Fashion -Show Tea given under the auspices of the Ladie.v Literary club to raise more mercy funds for the Red Cross. Berthana was a splendor of light, color, vivacity and good cheer as hundreds hun-dreds of guests filed into the midst of the function and enjoyed the hospi tality of the society matrons who cleverly clev-erly planned and carried ou the affair. af-fair. Some found their entertainment in dancing to the divine music of the Lillian Thatcher orchestra which, by the way, was a service donated to the cause by Miss Thatcher, Others sought the end of the ball room where tea from silver service was poured and served by society matrons, who are now thinking more of the good of their country than of society functions. The ladies of the club decided on the event less than a week ago when apprised of the fact that the Red Cross funds were being used faster than they were coming In. and they have worked indefatigueably In the short space of time. But it was a greater great-er success than they anticipated and they are glad to have been able to do something for the cause in this manner. man-ner. While definite figures are not available today., it is estimated by the members of the committee that the proceeds which will be turned over to the Red Cross will be approximated (600. The event opened at 4 o'clock and the first hour was given to tea and dancing. At 5 o'clock the Fashion Show feature began with a pageant of little girls dressed all In white, except little Louise Eccles who was dressed in Oriental costume and led the pageant page-ant They marched from the reception room out Into the ball room where they formed a circle and sang a number num-ber of patriotic aire to the great delight de-light of the guests. During the function little girls carried car-ried baskets of flowers to sell to the guests, the floral companies of the city, generously donating them. Some of the little girls sold candy with their flowers and ihey were very successful in a financial way. One feature of the chances lor the guests to paste a T'nited States flag over the face of the kaiser. It was noticeable that the boy reserved the eyes for himself at the finish of the ahow. He told all his patrons not to place their flac: o i r the eyes, as they were resorved. When the function was over and the guests departed he pasted flags over those domineering eyes. In the center of the north wall of the ball room was great lighted Red Cross, the symbol of the order of mercy. In the center of the piece, appearing ap-pearing to be holding her arms out to the world in an appeal for mercy, was a woman dressed in the American colors. col-ors. This piece was donated for the occasion by the Ogden Furniture company com-pany and was arranged by Mr. W. W. Clawson and Miss Luclle Wallace, both of the furniture firm. The committee com-mittee expressed themselves as very grateful to these parties. Mr. Clawson havinjjj worked all through the day i helping them to arrange their settings. One of the very' pleasing parts of the Fashion Show was the representation of Scowcroft's "All-Overs," these being be-ing romping costumes for children. This was portrayed by four children who were, Julian Eccles, Frank Wright. Marietta Mclntyre and Elizabeth Eliza-beth Mclntyre. The next feature of tho Fashion Show was a number of boys in scout uniforms doing useful work. They carried car-ried garden tools to show what a real scout may do. The boys in this number num-ber were Taylor Eccles. David Eccles, Mack Boyd, Talmadge Boyle and Montgomery Woodruff. ic from the orchestra continued all the while and between numbers iug. From one standpoint the most Interesting In-teresting part of the Fashion Show lie display of gowns and costumes for women. A number of the most handsome and graceful young women of the city wore gowns of all discriptions to show the latest models kept by the modistes of Ouden, all the principal firms dealing In women's apparel being be-ing represented. And while the gowns were beautiful there was not a note of gorgeousness, the dominant note being be-ing a trend toward the spirit of conservation. con-servation. Only two party or evening even-ing gowns were displayed, as the of the business firms so med to be to show how well a woman could dress in the more simple gowns. One of the most beautiful gownB shown was a black and white effect from Burt's, which was worn by Miss Lop-hclla Lop-hclla Ilunyon. After each of the firms represented in the costume show had had Its representatives rep-resentatives sent into the ball room by Mrs 1 C. Eccles, chairwoman of tho committee on arrangements, the entire en-tire fashion parade was made in a body to close the show. It was a most beautiful displuy in which the following follow-ing girls took part: Miss Runyon for Hurl's; Miss Cleone Rich, Wolfers, for Wright's, the Misses Pauline Wright, Margaret Bnohmiller, Lenore sorsby, Mildred Smith. May l'orlerfleld and Mrs. Phyllis Rice. The women of the committee were very grateful for the generous support given them by the merchants. All the prominent merchants In the city gave the women ;i card ad to hang on the wall of the ball room, and paid from $6 to $10 for the privilege. They netted net-ted about $200 from this source alone, though some of the merchants gave them articles to sell instead of the ad.' The blue room was made Into a sales booth where Mrs. Luke Wright and Mrs Koscoe Cwilliani had charge. Their sales were quite large, many women making purchases of food articles, ar-ticles, such as home-made jellies. The function lasted until 7 o flock and then tho guestd, having been delightfully de-lightfully entertained, filed out. The committee on arrangements was composed com-posed of tho following ladles: Mes-dames Mes-dames D. C. Eccles. R. B. Porter, E. C. Rich and Jos. Scowcroft. The other members were Mesdamea L. R. Eccles. president, H. B. Bagloy. Arnold Bowman, Bow-man, John Cullev, I 'r d 15 Clark, William Will-iam Douglas, W. H. Dunn, J. S. Dee, I. N. Fulton, P. Herdti. C. W. McCune. N. J Thomas, J. H. Thomas. J. Douglas Doug-las Watson, Jos. E. Wright, W. C. Wright and C. V. Zinn. Considerable credit for the success of the affair is due Mrs. 1). ('. Eccles as chairman of the arrangement com mlttee and Mrs 1 eRoy Eccles. Both these ladies worked untiringly to make the entertainment the most auspicious event of the year and to assure the Red Cross a goodly benefit. At the tea the following ladies poured: pour-ed: Mrs. I. N. Fulton, chairman. Mrs Archie Bigelow, Mrs Edward Blchsel, Mrs. M. S Browning. Mrs. A. R. Hey-wood, Hey-wood, and Mrs. Chapin Day ; Mrs E. C. Rich, chairman. Mrs. Edward Carver, Mrs. E. O. Wattis. Mrs Ralph Bristol, Mrs. Warren L. Knisely and Mrs. F. M. Drlggs; Mrs. O. W. McCune, chairman, chair-man, Mrs. Joseph E. Morrell, Mrs R D Robins, Mrs. R. S Famsworth, Mrs. Fred Hess and Mrs I. L. Reynolds. Mrs Fred G. Clark, chairman, Mrs. W H. Meal, Mrs. E. I. Rich, Mrs C. S. Cooper. Mrs. H. H. Spencer and Mrs Orson Douglas. |