At Last

After numberless trials and tribuíations, the opera house was opened with a fine entertainment Thursday night. It has seemed a long time that Ypsilanti has been without an opera house but the one just completed is well worth the waiting for, being handsome and compete in all its appointments and decidedly a credit to the city. Seven hundred and ninely persons can be seated comfortably in the house, of which 472 seats are down stairs; and the arrangement is such that there are not half a dozen poor seats in the building. The decorations are in tan and terra cotta, and are most restful and pleasing to the eye. One of the great advantages of the opera house is the large amount of room, nothing being cramped or crowded. Particularly is this noticeable in the dressing room arrangements, which cannot fail to win the approval of all artists wlio appear in the place. The seats are handsome and remarkably comfortable. They are wide enough to permit each person in a row to care of his own elbows, while the rows of seats in the gallery are placed far enough apart to prevent the knees of one row of persons f rom punching into backs of the necks of those below. The stage opening is v'ery large, measuring 27 feet, and wil] be ritted with 14 full sets of scriiery. The room will be brilliantly lighted with gas and tlectrie lights, which are so arranged by means of switch boards and gauge lamps that the lights can be lowered at i leasure by a man behind the scènes. The orchestra pit is conveniently arringed, having an entrance f rom the basement, which also is large and clean. The opera house, complete;!, will cost 820,500, every dollar of which has apparently been expended to the best advantage. Following is the program which was rendered at the opening entertainment: "Before the FootHghts," and other Belectlons ïpsilanti Orchestra] Society Addresa Hon. A. J. Sawyer. Ann Arltor Coster Sonii II. 1Í. Winn Address .Prof. A. Qeorge Tenor Solo Mr. John W. ]ui-r Baee Solo- "The Windmill".. ..Mr. o. Gareissen '■Sounds Froni the Sunny South'1 Orchestra Conelu 'in; wi; h t!ie musical far( o "Sir Marmaduke".. ..By the Euterpe Concert Co