Ypsilanti

The Tresbyterian C. E. society gave a candypuü'in the basement of the church '1 uesday evening. Beginning with tonight, the Twentieth Century Club will give a party in the Ladies' Library hall regularly every two weeks. The talk on " IIow to Study the Bible," given by Miss Abbie Pearce at the Y. W. C. Á., Monday evening, was most helpful and interesting. "The Girl 1 Left Behind Me" will be produced in the opera house next Monday night. This has no reference to Chas. Bishop's Adrián girl. The song recital to be given by Max Heinrich will be given on the evening of February 15, instead of next Monday evening, as before announced. The Fedagogical club met Tuesday evening. Dr. Boone read a very instructive and interesting paper on " The Function of Training Schools." Beginning with last Sunday, a fortyhour devotion was held at St. John's church, conducted by Father Kennedy, assisted by Capuchin monks f rom Detroit. The nevv carpet will be down in St Luke's church before next Sunday, and new cushions for seats and covering for the kneeling hassocks will soon follow. About 88.00 were cleared by the Congregational ladies at tlieir noosense social, Friday night. The money will be used toward buying a new carpet f or the church. Dr. Emily A. Berm will give a talk on "First Aids to ttie Injured," at the Y. V. C. A. home. next Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. All women are invited. Admission free. ïhe opera "Olivet" will be given in aboat four weeks, under the management of Messrs. Gareissen and Dodge. ïhe second rehearsal was held Tuesday ■ vening, and nearly forty persons will take part. The oilicers and chairmen and secretüries of committees of the Y. W. C. A. held a conference at the Y. W. CA. home. Wednesday evening, to consider plans f or more effective work. Light refreshments were served. The soloists for ihe "Creation," to be given by the Normal choir, are as follows: Soprano, Miss Jenny Osborne; tenor. Mr. Frederic W. Carb'erry of Detroit; basso, Mr. Gardner 8. Lamson of Ann Arbor. Mr. Wm. Yunck will act as concert master. Two small boys, who go to the Seminary, were heard talking to each other the other day. " l'm not af raid to go to that house any more, even if they have' had diphtheria there," said onê boy, "because they've had it all desected." Disinfected was what he meant. Died, at the home of Mrs. E. A. Wells, last Friday afternoon, Mrs. Trances Young, a'fter a long illness with paraiysis. The remains were taken to Clinton, Iowa, for interment. Two sons, Ilarry Young of Chicago and Cari Young of this city, survive her. The examination of Earl Nash, who was arrested for breaking into .1. M. Tucker's blacksmith shop Jan. 8, was held before Justice Childs last Friday afternoon. lie was bound over to the March term of circuit court, and the sum of $500 bonds not being f urnished, he was taken to the Ann Arbor jail. Next Monday evening, Jan. 25 is the date for the song recital to be given by Max Ileinrich in Normal Hall. Mr. Ileinrich has given several recitals in Ypsilanti and has grown into such favor with our concert goers that no further mention of the concert is aaecessary to insure a crovvded house. Next Monday morning the chapel exercises will be in honor of Henry Barnard, the flrst United States Coïnmissioner of Education, the occasion being his 86th birthday anniversary. Mr. Barnard is still living in Hartford, Conn., and all through New England the schools will hold similar exercises. The Saturday evening suppers at St. Xiuke's church will begin again this week. These suppers will be in charge of the Choir Chapter and the üanctuary Chapter, the Choir Chapter having charge this month. The bill of fare has been changed. and it is the intention of the managers to make these the best suppers ever given in the city for 15 cents. Gardener Laidlaw of the M. C. flower gardens has as handsome a collection of Easter lillies, azaleas and narcissus blossoms as one often sees. Few persons have any conception of the amount of work it requires to keep this immense hothouse in tirst-class order. A countless number of litt-le plants are already growing to be used in the l.irge design next year, whieh is sure to equal. if not surpass, in beauty any previous design. Twenty-four years ago last Tuesday Mr. W. H. Sweet began business in the store he now occupies. At that time the store presented a very different ap pearance frorn what it does now. The ceiling was 3 feet lower, the store was not as long by 20 f eet: it had a little low front and the handsome large windows which it now possesses had not yet appeared. The upstairs rooms were used simply for storerooms. instead of which they are now transformed into a flnely equipped cloak and millinery department. The Demo ceat extends best wishes to Mr. Sweet for another 24 years of successful business life. The program of the Wednesday afternoon recital this week was arraiiged by Mrs. Jessie Pease-Scrimger. The following pupila took part in the program: Misses Edith Newcomer, (race Paxson, Nellie Wallbrecht, CJarabel Drury, Belle Ross. Marie (iore and Mr. C. G. Parsons. Among the best numbers were a piano solo, sonata in E liat, Jst movement, by Beethoven, which was very iinely played by Miss Belle Koss: thetrió, "LiftThinp Jíyes," f rom "Elijah," was beautifully rendered by Misses Ellis, Ayers and Warner, and the program wÁs ended with the piano solo, "'Serenade," which was recently compnsed by Mr. Frank C. !■ mith, of the Conservatory faculty, and which was played by Miss Myra Bird, also of the facúlty. On account of the examinations.the Wednesdayafternoon recital will be omitted next week, and on the following week the program will be in charge of Miss Lulu Loughr-iy. This will be the first recital in which the children will be the performers, and can not fail to be interesting. Xext week Friday evening a violin recital will be given in Conservatory hall by the eminent young violinist, Ilerwegh von Ende, un'der the auspices ot the Conservatory of Music. ïhis recital should cali out a good sized audience. Tickets 25 cents. At the council meeting Monday evenit was decided to run the electric lights all night, for three months as an experiment, beginning this week. the board to keep a caref ui account of the extra expense and report upon same. D. Hitchingham was the lowest bidder to furnish timber for the construction of the flume at the water works.his price being f169. The Board of Public Works was authorized to contract with him for the timber, and also were requested to ascertain what it would cost to put the electric light towers in first class condition. Last week a young man named Ernest Kinney, wtiose home is in Tuscola Co., was on his way to Ypsilanti, vrhere he proposed attênding Cleary College. He stopped in Detroit for a few hours, and while there made the acquaintance of a pleasant appearing old man who made himself agreeable af ter the most approved fashion. His talk was so smcoth and his tale oí' woe at not being able to pay the charges on his baggage, was so pitiful that he linally became possessed of Mr. Kinnev's ffiO, giving as securitv a bogus check for 81,000. Mr. Kinney came on to Cleary College, sincere'y wishing he had known something more of a business education before he struek Detroit. The work done by the Ladies' Literary Society has been so interesting and successfulthis winter that it has bei-n found necessary to form an auxiliary club, which will meet in the library parlors every other Wednesday afternoon, alternating with the regular club. The new club will take up a different line of work, the subject chosen being "A Trip Through England." A meeting was held Wednesday afternoon when it was expected that the new oflicers would be elected, but the election was obliged to be postponed until the next meeting. ' he vicepresident of the old club, Mrs. V, ill H. bherzer, will be president of the auxiliary. and the nominating committee, consisting of Mrs. (riiy Davis, Mrs. Woodruff and Mrs. Walterhouse, will look up suitable persons for the other offices.