Social Doings

Sixty happy children, ranginc in age from four to sixteen years, made large audiences equally happy on Friday and Saturday evenings last. Such gracefulness, ease and dignity were never before shown on an Ann Arbor stage. The society dances were remWed in almost perfect manner. The opening march was led by Koger Morris, w ho wa s dressed in the costume of a court jef=( r. The May pole dance, which followtd, was very pretty, Sarah Hardy acting the queen in very nice fashion. Hei tambourine dance was done with all the gracefulness of a practiced danseuse. The wavy Cachuca, or Spanish dance, by the Misses Florence Green, Gertrude Chute.'.Flossie Spence, Grace Moore and Carlotta Medaris, was enthüsiastically encored. Little Bradley and Luella Granger made one of the hits of the evening in their comic Dutch dance. They wore characteristic costumes, and their wooden shoes, somewhat too large for comfort, kept perfect time with the music. The minuet-song, by MissElizabeth Gregg, of Jackson, was beautifully rendered and the accompanying dance, by Fred A. Leas, Ornw Hall, John Parker, Frank Condón, Charles Jacob, MarthaClark.MaryPeckham.JanetteKinna, Jessie Mack and Nellie Bricknell, was executed with grace and dignity. Bessie Kinna and Lillian Keating, dressed in the yellow and blue, went through the evolutions of the "Kate Greenaway" in very pretty fashion. The dancing shadows, by Miss Ethel Morris, were skillfully given. The sailor's hornpipe was rendered with vim and grace by twelve of the boys. Flossie Spence and Hardy Woodruff, dressed in national costume, danced the comic Irish tilt. On Saturday evening James E. Harkins gave several of his inimitable dialect eongs. A MEMORIAL PARTY. Mr. and Mrs. John Burg gave a party last evening in memory of their son, Johnnie, to about forty of his classmates and friends. Among the guests were : Misses Grace Haven.DellaRobbins.Edna Henion, Janett Kinna, Ruth Kapp.Jeseie Mack.Nellie Bicknell, Josie Hyde.Annie Dunster, Bertha Rose, Algie McGilvary, Addie Stevens, Bessie Stevens, Ora Hatch, Ella McKenzie, Louisa McKenzie, Nellie Kempf, Annie Hadley; Messrs. James Handy, Johu Condón, Herbert Prescott, Rice Beal, George Pain, CarlRose, Leo Kapp, Will McKenzie, Charles Traver, Charles Jacobs, Close, McDowell, Cornwel!, Sherman, Wakefield. During the evening a message of regrets was received and read, from Robert Law and Whitney Waterman, Orchard Lake cadets, who for reasons over which they had no control could not be present. AT THE LADIES LIBRAEV. The members of the S. S. Club in the high school and their friends paid their respecta Friday night to the muse of dancing. They were chaperoned by the Mesdames Barney and Leidiger. The following young people were present: llisses Della Robbins, Florence Leidiger, Amy and Alice Payne, Ruth Kapp, Bertha Barney, Clara McOmber, May Taylor, Bessie and Addie Stevens, Mabel Holmes, Minnie Boylan and Bessie Lemley; Messrs. Frank and Edwin Parker, Elmer and Rice Beal, George Payne, Cari Rose, Roland Whitman, George and Lucien Taylor, Burt Williams, Henry Laskey, George Shank and James Break ey. AT MASONIC HALL. The second Denver social, which was given by the Knights Templar Monday evening, proved fully as enjoyable as the first. Dancing was, of course, the principal amusement. The floor of the asylum was covered with canvas, and was thus made very convenient for dancers. Fine refreshments were served in the banquet rooms. About 115 ladies and gentlemen were present. Those from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Scoville, P. W. Carpenter, Will Carpenter and Miss Ruth Carpenter, of Ypsilanti; Mr. and Mrs. Mar] tin Cook, Misses Phelps and Whittaker and C. W. Stebbins, of Dexter. 1IEKE AND THERE. Theodore Wet zei spent Sunday in Lanslng. Philip Bach spent Sunday with his daughter in Alma. Thomas Caswell, of Indianapolis, is visiting his sister, Mrs. J. B. Angelí. James Allen and Charles Dietas spent Sunday in Detroit. O. L. Mathews, of Lansing, has been visiting J. D. Stimson. Miss Josie Henion spent Saturday and Sunday in Detroit. J.N. Riley on Tuesday entertainel lady friends from St. Joseph. Geo. Osius, of Detroit, formerly of this city, was in town last week. Miss Mate Clark is visiting her sister, Mm. Robertp, in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Calkins are spending a few days in South Lyon. J. H. Cutting entertained Chas. B. Davis, of Boston, over Sunday. Mrs. Jaa. Lorec, of Howell, has been visiting J.Clinton and family. Mrs. H. GreeD, of Homer, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. L. H. Clemout. E. W. Pratt, of Cantón, Ohio, spent a few days with Prof. J. C. Knowlton. Hugh Woodward, of Boston, formerly of Ann Arbor, was in the city yesterday. Mrs. Geo. j Johnson, of Saline, has been visiting her eister, Mji. John Bii-i:. Wkt Doty, of Detroit, spent Sunday v;.h bis p&rents, Mr. nnd Mrs. A. M. Doty. Miss Jennie Watts, of this city, is seriously ill at the Ilarper hospital in Detroit. Miss Belle Huil, of Detroit, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Nelson Edmunds. Misses Grace Spafford and Kate Osbom, of Addison.aro visiting Miss Anna Reeves. Miss Bertlia and Master Otto Schairer, of Saline, are visiting their unele, D. F. Schairer. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Howlett are spending a few days at tbeir formev homo in Lyndon. Arthur J. Moore, of Zacatecas, Mexico, is visiting his fat.her, George Moore, of Fifth-:ue. P. V. Perry and W. H. Turner, of Detroit, spent Sunday with Prof. and Mrs. W. S. Perry. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Burkhardt, of Saline,liavebeen spendingafew days with John Wahr. Miss Helen Phillip?,of the University, entertained the Mieses Holmes, of Detroit, over Sunday. Mre. S. A. Crosby and granddaughter, Miss Francés Dorr, are expected linme from Florida soon. W. W. Worden, of South Bend, Ind., bas been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Worden. John Hicks, who bas been visiting his mother, Mra, M. A. Hicks, returned to Cleveland, Friday. Mrs. J. A. Kimball,of San Luis Obispo, Cal., arrived Monday for a vish with her father, E. B. Lewis. The Peake Sisters will be given by the King's Daughters at the Congregational churcli this evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. and Mr?. B. F. Watts, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Watts and the Misses Florence and Mabel Benham spent Sunday in Wayne. Miss Margie Knowlton entertained a nutnber of friends Tuesday evening, in honor of her ruest, Miss Millie Lane, of Adrián. Erhardt T. Alber, the affable clerk with the Two Sams, was married Thursday evening to Miss Emma R Horning, of Pittsfteld. Luella Morse, of the L. S. C. circle, sends $4.45 to Miss Brown for the benefit of the sewing school. The managers of the school feel very grateiul for the gift. A party of twenty-two ladies sud gentlemen, Thursday, drove out to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Boyden in Webster, where they spent a very enjoyable evening with cards and other amusements. Dr. John William Keating ieaves today for Washington, D. C, to attend the meeting of the American Medical Association, after which he will spend two or three weeks visiting hospitals at New York, Philadelphia and Boston. At ten o'clock this morning Miss Sadie Luella Tyler and Rev. C. A. Varnum, of Muskegon, were united in marriage at the residence of the bride's aunt, Mrs. Florella Harria. A large number of friends were present and valuable gifts were received. The happy couple took the afternoon train for Muskegon. Mr. Varnum is pastor of one of the Methodist churches in that city. __