A Big Hit

The way people jammed in at the opera house Tuesday and filled np he seats would have conveyed the mpression that another "Unele Tom's Cabin" show had stvuck the town, ut to those who were acquainted with he character of the attraction it neant that they were there to witness he long heralded "Spinster's Fortnightly Club" entertainment whlch was put on by local talent under the luspicés of the Choir Chapter of St. Luke's church and the treasury of the ebapter was greatly enriched by the eceipts. The plot of the play was that a number of old inaids, whose matrimonial desires bad sought no more reallzatlon than Torn Barkworth's asjirations for congress, had banded themselves togetheT to mutually help each other out of the state of single rnssedness. The scène opeaed up at one of the meetings oí the club and reporta of committeer and dlscussions on subjeets that would tend to entrap the wily bachelor or the susceptible wldower were the rder until Prof. Makeover appears wltli a patent procoss for making over old inaids into jewitching, and accomMished young girls. The mere mií:sestion that such a thing was possible caused the members of the club to signify their wlllingness to try the experiment with the hope that the average Republican of Ypsilanti would grasp for the job of being Tostmaster Bogardus' suecessor if Ooigtessman Spalding would give him the equator sinile. An old maid would h allowod to enter the kabinet. The assistaut would turn the crtnk and iustead oí tho antiqu.ited and dried up discard that entered the mysterious box there would appear the ace of trumps in the shape of a mest attractive bit of feinininlty. The flrst business of the evening was the roll cal!, to which each raember of the club resonded with some well known quotation in regard to the over important subject of "man." In ibis portion Miss A'bbie Roe made one of the great hits of tlio evening. Xow Miss Roe stands no move chance of ever getting a job of traveling as the midget freak jn a side shoiv than any newspaper outside of the printing combine does under the present modus operandi of the comrnon council. Her height for a womau corre sponds in a remarkable degree to that of The Times rei:resentative for ;i man. Her quotation was "Man wants but little here bolow. nor w.ints that little long," with the acceat on the long. The costuming or rather the dresses worn by the spinsters in the entertainment must have been resurrected out of some long forotten recesses which the Aniprican Hi.stovic.il society vvould delight in beeoming acQuuinted with the lotation. Of coursj tliey were all elabórate in details and they were genuine, but they were manufacturad and sewed togetJier long before old General Ypsilanti ever fought his memorial büttle in Greece. The "Market Quotations" was anothor feature of the program. The club was supposed to keep a watchful eye npon the fluctuatious of any raale beast and a special committee reported upon the susceplibiliry of "eligible"' men. The report at the meeting af last night was as iollow's: Capt. John P. K . Fairly active. David R. M . Out of the market. Chas. E. K . Immovable. Lieut. P'red L. G . Fluctúa ting. Bert W. F . Nodemand. .Tabez B. W . Unchanged. Frank H. R . Quiet. Dr. DeWltt S . Steady, very steady. Fred, W. G . Very uncer,tain. Hon. Bert W. C . Cornered iu a foreig'n market. Dan L. Q . In active demnnd. Bert H. C . Lively. Seward C . Slightly depressed. Elmer O. A . Heavy. Darwin C. G . Looking up. ChaTles S. S . Beginning to move. Frank MeK . Flrm. Clark C. W . Shaky. Tïacy L. T . Slow. Still another feature was the disoussion of dress reform between Mts. 1 W. Carpenter and Miss Hattia Teeple, in which the forner stood fortli as the champlon oC bloomers. Very good characer portrayal uiay be aserlbed to Mts. F. A-. Barbour, Mrs. O. M. Hemphill, llrs. B. L. D'Üoo, Miss Marsh, Mrs. Sherman, Miss Maude Parker, Mrs. G. C. Amsden, Mrs. W. H. Guerin, Mrs. Iainkin, Miss Densmore, Mrs. F. W. Johnsou, Miss .Tennie Moore. Prof. Makeorer's sarapkvs were gijacefully enacted by Miss Lucinda Lee, Miss Alice Shelden and Mrs. Xellie May Hewitt, who made stunning efi'ects as society girls, the iatter being worthy of special n.ention from her depictlon of the "eanoeiiig" girl. In' renovaiing the old maids ihe following duplicates were turned out of the machine: Miss Winii'red Wallin; Miss Ab-bie Oxvcn who played two seleetions on the violin; Miss Bessie Vroman, pianiste; Miss Winifred Chllds; Miss Louise Smith in whistling special t les; Miss BatclieMer; Miss Alice Bogardus in "rag timo" dancing with D. h. Quirk, jr.; little Violet Wilson, vocalist. As Prof. Makeover and Caesar, his asKistant, D. L. Quirk, jr., and Charles Sweet made decided hits. Taking it all in all the entertainment was the very best amateur event of the season and those who a'tended got niany a liearty laugh ïor their money. Those who were not present sliould have boen.