The Rink

Miisquerade carnival, April :J. Skating parties are all the rage. Has the chewing-gum craze reached Ann Arbor. A new 36x100 ft. nnk was opened at Dumlee, last week . J. E. Wyman paid Ann Arbor a short visit, öaturday last. The latest acqmsition to the ('hequamegans is a baae-drum. Manager Sheekau, wheu last heard frora, was "doing" Menominee, Mioh . J. E. Wyman will try and pay Aun Arbor a visit at least once a week. A refreshment room at the Palace would seem to be a paying spcculation. You will always flnd seleot company at the Palace. Objectionable parties are not tolerated. Assistuiit manager Watts is constant ly gaining in popularity, especiallv wiih the fair sex. It is estimated that 15,000 people are strapped to roller skates in Nuw York City, every uight. The polo boys have been praoticing, in view of a game to be played next week, with a ludios' polo team. Our courteous door-keeper, J. C. Preston, has beon quite ill for the past week. We hope soon to see him on duty again.J There should at least be one attraction every week, and popular prices would insure a large audience ut every performance. Charles Dudley, the champion boybicyclist, and Osborne, the cuampion boy-skater of America, are soon to give an exibition here. The Palace surfnce makes a nice lawntennis court, and mi-mbirs of the univereifcy lawn tennis association have been utilizing it. for that purpose. An agency of the American Koller, a paper published at Boston in the interest of roller 'skating, polo, and other popular sports, is to be established here. The floor of one of the rinks at Indianapolis is made of compreesed paper. It is said to be very smooth, and, as compared with wood or cement, nearly noiseless. Nothing makes a fat man, learning roller skating, so mad as to have the band come in with a territíc clash on the cymbnls every time he sits down real hard. John il. Cook hasresigned themanag ment of the princesa rink in Detroit and has left that city for London, Ontario, where he is financially interested in a rink, which he will here ifter manage. A novelty, in the shape of a ladies' orange and boqust race, will take place at the Palace, this evening. Each contestant will be presented with an elegant boquet, to be carried in one hand during the contest. Be sure to go and see the f un . Miss Mamie Bliss and Will Thomas are about as fine pair of skaters as can be fonnd any where. They execute some very difficult movements with the greatest ease and grace - their polka steps being exceedingly fine. "Oh, where is my wandering boy tonight- I fear he"s gone out to drink !" " Yonr wandering boy, dear Madame 's all right. He's down at the Palace rink." The mnnagement have deoided to give another grand masquerade carnival at the Palace, Friday evening, April 3. Tickets for maskers as well as spectators will be only 25 cents. Leave your name at the office in order to secure an invitation, without the presentation of which no person will be admitted. Elegant prizes will be offered .