Fourth Was Quietly Spent

FOURTH WAS QUIETLY SPENT

By Many Residents of This City

SOME ANN ARBORITES

However Celebrated the Day Elsewhere Going to Lake Resorts and Other Places

The Fourth of July passed quietly in Ann Arbor. Many persons left the city early in the morning, going to Detroit and many of the lake resorts. The cars for Detroit leaving between 8 and 10 o'clock in the morning, were crowded with persons bent on celebrating the day while there was a large outpouring of people to Whitmore Lake and other summer resorts near by.

The pleasure seekers who went to Whitmore had the advantage of those in town in being able to enjoy a refreshing lake breeze all day. Landlords Stevens and Smith gave their guests most delicious and elaborate dinners and in every way looked after the pleasures of their guests. In the evening a dance was given at each hotel and a large number of people tripped the light fantastic in spite of the warm weather. The fireworks displays were excellent.

Those who remained in Ann Arbor generally spent the day at their homes. It was almost too warm to go far from the shade of the trees or the protection of the verandas. At 10 o'clock the thermometer registered 93 in the shade and at 12 o'clock the mercury had touched the 95 point. In the sun the mercury fairly sizzled in the tube. The ice cream and soda fountain parlors generally did a good business. In the evening there were many fine displays of fireworks.

There were no accident of a serious nature reported, except perhaps that of young Charlie Heuser, the bootblack, whose right hand was quite severely burned by the explosion of a giant firecracker.

Many residences were decorated with gaily colored bunting and "Old Glory" was gracefully displayed from houses in different parts of the city. Though the day was an unusually quiet one yet there was much patriotism shown in the display of flags and other decorations and in the fireworks exhibition of the evening.