A Big Audience

About 75 young ladies, who had worked very diligently for tliree er four days to trim up dresses in earnival style to represent 60 oc 70 liïerchants aud tradesonen, who uad douated all the way from oue to five dollars to be representad, appeared on the opera house stage Thursday evening In a co-smoraina of art and trade before a $113 audience at 15, 25 and 35 cents idmission. Of the total recelpts which will foot up'to over $175, Mr. Geils, the Chicago promoter, receives 70 per cent. and St. Luke's Parish Aid society the remaining 30 pír cent., which wil! make a very fair purse for the society and a much bett.er one for Mr. Gerls. The audience, which was a very large one, seems to be highly pleased with the evening entertainment and eaeh young lady as she appea,rel attired in an appropriate costume to represent some certain ürm was invariably greeted with a generous amount of applause. Many of the costumes were very lavish in design and showed a very painstaking effort. It would take a very lengthy descriotion to do justice to the entire number and justice can only be done by saying tnat all the participants were eiegantly and appropriately eostumed. The grand march which was the finale of the evening and was led by Miss Allen, who represented Little Lord Pauntleroy and Miss HWhinson who, dressed as a newsboy, represented the Washtenaw Evening Times. Their leading through intricate figures was perfeetion. The music for the occasion was furnished by Mrs. Jennie Pack and Mr. Oscar Gareissen, who played the' marches, and the oíd opera house orc-hestra which furnished an overture.