Burt Laughs at the Big Suit

President W. R. Burt of the Ann Arbor railroad drifted into the Bancroft last evening. There was not a trace of apprehension in his ruddy countenance that he would be called on to pull his weasel skin and come down with the $5,000,000 which he was sued for recently, and he laughed in referring to the matter. "It is simply an echo of the petty troubles to which about everyone connected with the Ann Arbor railroad has been subjected the last six years, and causes no alarm. There have been pending three such suits against persons connected with the road, and one was recently decided. The reason I was picked out in the last case was that I had stated to the reorganization committee, when the sale of the road and reorganization of the company was put up, that it would require a large sum of money to put the road in proper shape for business. This the parties starting the suit assume was an effort on my part to depreciate the value of the property. As a matter of fact, there has been as much expended in placing the road in shape for traffic as it was sold for, and we are by no means through yet. The road is doing a nice business, in fact, all that it can do with the facilities at hand. You know, of course, that cars are very scarce."

President Burt stated further, that General Manager H. W. Ashley, who tendered his resignation some time ago, and was reported as slated for a responsible position on the Baltimore & Ohio, has  withdrawn his resignation, and will remain with the Ann Arbor.—Saginaw Courier-Herald.

The Chocolatier a Big Success

Another Neat Sum Added to the Piano Fund

The chocolatiere at Mrs. Wm. Wagner's Wednesday afternoon was a most brilliant success in every way. ln spite of the extreme cold the attendance was very large and the money proceeds even greater than at the last one. Another neat sum has been added to the fund for a new piano at the Y. M. C. A. rooms. But the financial returns were really the most insignificant part of the success. There was a perfect lack of stiffness and formality, of any show of strained intellectual brilliancy or of fashionable attire. Dress was not noticed. Differences in social station none—were thought of. The contact was heart to heart. The greetings, the expressions of personal interest were genuine, possibly all were surprised to note how naturally the sweet spirit of the Christ comes into our best social gatherings and makes them choice indeed. All present were hopeful that they might be permitted to attend many more of these chocolatieres. The next will be given by Mrs. Wm. Goodyear, on Washington's birthday and will be looked forward to with much anticipation.