Red Ribbons

- Charles R. Whitman, Esq , of Ypsilanti, will addreas the Reform Club next Sunday afternoon Opera House, 3 o'clock. - Mrs. Alva Worden, of Ypsilauti, is to give an address on temperance in the Detroit Opera House iiext Sunday evening, March '21. - Mrs. Boise, of Grand Rapids, liad a Very large audience last Sunday aftornoon. Sbo is a good talker, but misealculates tho point of attuck in gmng 30 mucli of her time to the advocaoy of prohibition. Just novv the combined effort should be to prevail upon men to stop drinfciog. - ïhat pitcher contested for by Schumacher' und O'Mera brouglit in $115.60. O'Mera was the winner, his vote scoring 740 agaiust41G recorded for Schumacher. After the result was dcclarod on Monday evening tho pitcher was presented to President O'Mera by Owen Donuelly. -The St. Thomas' Temperance and Beuevolent Society nettod about 82.10 by tho St. Fatrick festival and pitcher contest ; and the Reform Club. about 633 from the pitcher. -The temperance celebration of St. Patrick's day held last Saturday evening at the Reform Club rooms in the Opera House, under the auspices of St. Thomas' Temperance and Benevolent Society, passed off successiully. K. 15. Frazer, the principal orator, won new lauiols. The other speakers were Hon. D. liothuue Duftieid, Ilenry üordon, and Joshua VV. Smitl), of Detroit; and J. W. Fitzmaurice, of East tíagiuaw. i'ather Van Erp's Sunday cvcning lecture was a fitting eulogy of the patrón Saint. - The Reform Club celebrates its anuiversary uext week, beginning on Wednesday evening. The list of speakers has ulready been givea in tho Aegus. - The Womens' Christiañ Tem peronea Union olecled the followmg ofliuers on Tuesday afternoon : Fiesidcnt, Mrs. D. S. Wood ; Vice-President, Mrs. P. L. Page ; Secretary, Mrs. Mary E Foster ; Treasurer, Mrs. A. Ton I-'rook.