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I 8 GOODWIN' S WEEKLY. I BS Saunterings BS H There have been plenty of divertlsements for M the different cliques in society during the past H .seven days, though no large affairs have int r- H rupted the calm. Even if anyone had the heari o M give an elaborate entertainment, guests enough H could not be found to make it a success unless it M were in the afternoon for ladies only. H A smart little dance was given by Mr. and m Mrs. J. Frank Judge at the Tennis club on Thurs- H day evening for Mr. and Mrs. Ralph R. Lee, who Bj dropped in from California on Wednesday. Mr. H Lee and Mr. Judge were college chums and Mrs. H Lee, who was formerly Miss Jessie Druback of H this city, has a large number of friends here. H There have been any number of informal din- H ners and luncheons and teas, the spring-like H weather stimulating the interest of those who H have been in the habit of hibernating for two or H three months. H Mrs. C. A. Walker gave a luncheon, Mrs. P. H 0. Schramm another and a third was given by H Mrs. C. E. Groesbeck. Mr. and Mrs. Groesbeck H has taken the Newhouse residence on East South H Temple, where they propose to entertain a great H deal following their return from New York in M April. H Mrs. Robert A. McConaughy gave a, luncheon H at her home on iMonday for Mrs. John Reed of H Denver and Mrs. Frank Lt Parker entertained H for her also before her departure; a delightful H tea was given fo those musically inclined by H Mrs. Clifford R. Pearsall of Haxton Place on H Tuesday in honor of 'Mrs. J. H. Leyson; Mrs. H Louis W. Crltchlow was hostess at a tea on Mon- H day, which was in the nature of a farewell be- H fore leaving for Oklahoma, where she will reside; H and an elaborate tea is scheduled for this after- H noon, of which Miss Felice Lyne is the motif and H Mrs. H. B. Whitney the hostess. With the above H and numerous other smaller affairs and the club H meetings of daily occurrance, there has been suf- H ficient to keep most of the ladies on the trot since H Sunday. H Mme. Jeanne Jomelli entertained at tea at the H IJtah on Friday afternoon for Mrs. F C. Schramm H and a number of her friends, who have met the H singer during her engagement here. Mrs. H Schramm is an old friend of the artiste whom H she knew in New York several years ago. B H In an issue of a daily paper published here H during the week, a fulsome description was given H of an affair at which the wash lady of two Brig- H ham street families was the hostess, and in the M same column was a little yarn regarding a tea H given by the wife of a man who is the revered Hl janitor of an apartment house. Far be it from H the democratic newspapers to descend to the H snobbery of publishing a society column for so- H ciety people or refraining from making theipub- H lie laugh by eliminating some of the beauties that H adorn the society pages now and then. H H The News Letter of San Francisco vouches H for the following, which might have been true if H it didn't come from Sam Davis. The yarn runs: H The day Sarah Bernhardt's leg was cut off, H Sam Davis of the Forty-nine Camp, who is an old H friend of the distinguished Parisienne, wired as H follows: H "Sarah Bernhardt, m Bordeaux, France. H "Would like to exhibit your leg in the Forty- H nine. Camp, proceeds to be devoted to any charity H; you name. BBj "Sam Davis." The reply was anxiously awaited by the Forty nine Company, and finally it came: "Sam Davis, Forty-nine Camp, S. F. "Which one?" 'Sarah." Some interesting developments are about to take place, it is said, in a couple of society house holds in the southeastern part of the city. In one the beautiful wife has declared that she will not stand his performances any longer, and in the other the man has said that he has never been so happy and enjoyed such peace of mind as since his better half left for the Atlantic seaboard. How either affair has lasted so long has been a mystery to those in the known, and the results of the recent declarations will be awaited breath lessly 'by the town tabbies who are tucking trunks for Turcos. Among the ladies who comprise the Neighbor hood House association, two of them very promi nent in the organization, as well as being lead ers in society, made a strenuous effort to have the legislature look upon the bill appropriating funds for the charity with favor. Wbile it was up for consideration in the house the other day and these ladies were seated there, one old fool in the august body promptly arose and said that he had been fighting against these road houses for years and didn't propose to vote for one now. There was silence for a moment and then a wild scream of laughter that was caught up all over the room, and took some time to subside. Which only goes to show how much intelligent thought is given by nut legislators to each question brought before the body. Lyster Chambers, well known here, is now en gaged by a moving picture concern in the east which recently put on "Gretna Green," the pic ture being taken at Lakewood, New Jersey. By permission, parts of the George Gould home and estate were used in the work. The last dancing party of the Commercial club series will take place at the club on Thursday evening next, and besides the dancing there will be cabaret features and a fine supper will be served. The news of the marriage of iMiss Ethel Essey of Hanford, Cal., and Bertram Nixon of Reno, caused a flutter in at least one heart here. When Bert Nixon visited Salt Lake in the fall to be best man at the Lewis-Tuttle wedding, more than one designing mamma thought it would be a splendid idea to corral young Nixon's affections and his millions. But the Nevadan escaped and now he is in Honolulu on his honeymoon. Mr. Nixon is the only son of the late Senator George S. Nixon of Nevada, and has a fortune that will keep the wolf from monkeying around the front gate forever. The usual controversy which begins soon after the opening of every world's fair as to what constitutes beauty in the nude and what is in decent has begun in San Francisco. Speaking of the nudes of questionable character in the Pal ace of Fine Arts at the San Francisco (Fair, Tantalus in Town Topics of that city is prompted to say: These are the nuds which some of our so ciety critics regard as merely naked, which they dub indecent, About these the controversy rages, and it is a real controversy with two sides of well balanced argument. The echoes of this controversy reached the Bulletin office, and caused Mr. John D. Barry the Bulletin's New England conscience, to write: "The unsophis ticated judgment, free from Continental tyas, might have objected to the almost gratuitous use of nudity. For a popular exhibition, even the widely-traveled and broad-minded lover of art might have been persuaded that a conces sion to prejudice could have been made without any great damage to art." That is putting the case cleverly, though no more cleverly than some I of our society matrons have put it in my bearing. l You will easily recall the picture which started ' the controversy when I describe it to you. It is the picture of a young lady sitting up in bed with the manifest intention of taking breakfast. The breakfast things are beside her. The young lady is evidently in possession of a nicely heated boudoir, for the possibility of taking cold has not entered her pretty head. She has thrown aside the covers, and it appears that she culti vates a custom which was quite general about three hundred years ago. That is to say, she is in the habit of doing without a night robe. It appears too that when she awakens and is ready for the morning coffee she scorns the comfort of a peignoir. In other words, this young lady breakfasts in bed in the same condition in which Lady Godiva rode through the streets of Cov entry, and the only Peeping Toms are the stu dents of art who visit the gallery where she hangs. It is true that the lower part of her body is veiled by a drapery it may be a veil or it may be an exceedingly filmy serviette but this serves only to call attention more emphat ically to her exposed condition. And that is why the picture incurred criticism. As I say, a group of fashionable matrons viewed this canvas en mas3e. Opinion immediately divided. "Inde cent," said one young matron whose views are worth noting. "Brazen creature," said another of a more conventional outlook. "A fine work of art," quietly interposed a third. "Nobly con ceived and executed with masterly technique," supplemented a fourth who has used a palette herself. The debate thus begun has spread through many coteries. Parties have been made , up for the particular purpose of inspecting this I picture. I The argument on behalf of the picture is couched in various terms. "To the pure every- y thing's rotten," I have heard one vivacious ma tron say. She has no patience with those who keep a New England conscience, she declares. And she clinches her case by quoting the Garter motto, "Honi soit qui mal y pense." Another lady who is bookish yet bold refers her oppo nents to Bernard Shaw, who, she says, has writ ten that the suggestion, gratification and educa tion of sexual emotion is one of the main uses and glories of the fine arts; that body and soul must be impartially catered to in art; and that the production of a voluptuous ecstasy is well within the legitimate province of the painter. This, she says, justifies the picture of the young woman breakfasting in bed. She has been so w frank in defending the picture on these grounds that even some who Jiavo arrived at her con clusion from different premises look at her askance. "Heaven help the young person who is brought up to believe that an undraped fig ure is an abomination" 'is another of her re-