Show SWEET CHARITY the society people dance A great attendance ac the ball in the opera house the erand charity ball was a crowded success there were over two hundred couples in attends uca at the opera bouse a id probably a hundred or more fickeis bolt whose did not attend but the good kind ladies 0 bravo pravo who managed the affair felt they had al received their reward when they witnessed the crowded ball room and bow immensely every one enjoyed him or herself it was a arand gathering and evera one was there no restrictions restrict iona wre put upon attendance but every one whose purse wai plethoric enough to cuare 75 acts for the poor was admit tend at the ticket office mrs ased sold tickets aad mrs bartow held the ahe kela mra reed and mra backman were door not as scowling a look as the beaular male door keepers assume when one tries to in on his cheek mrs aluie and arp mattio nelson wore badges indicative of their authority as door manageri ma they friej to look nerce a times but in fact all the committee were so ault of their labors that they hept smiling and smiling on every one the grand march should have begun at but it was nearer when the grand procession procesa ion started out the delay was no fault of the lady managers for they were realy at the appointed time but just then ane lights went out mr reed smoot rashed over to the factory to nod the cause it waa ascertained bamo bomo city official had turned the water of the race off presumably fearing the frost would cause the race to overflow its banks and inundate the streets no notice of this necessary precaution was served on the woolen mills co aa should have deeo done so the dancers had to sit in darkness except the light of ona or two lamps uncil the engineer in charge of the electric lights could get steam ap when the lights again illuminated the acene the rand march waa begun the gillman orchestra struck up a pleas ing air and mr reed with mrs wedgwood led out with mr wedgwood and mrs smoot following it was a long procession and it would be useless to try mentioning all names among the number however were noticed mr and mrs berry mr and mra JW pike mr and S schwab mayor hoybook Ho lbook and mrs koperta Koo erta dr aud mrs hamberg mr f J jones and mrs annie J alkina dr aad pike mr warren loose and mm loose mr and mrs magliu mr and mrs mr and mrs hendrichsen mr and mrs chamilton mr beck and mra hoelz and mrs W M and Mr sJohn barey sir and mrs havercamp mr and mrs andrew eggertsen Egger lsen mr and sirs T E 1 Thur naan mr and mrs wro SO trong prof nelson and lady mr and mra will march J D dixon and lady mr logan paul and liea mr brig johnson and lady mr and mrs williams mr hy jensen and lady mr richard alev and liea bachman mr and mr hove mr and arg greenhalgh and a great many young men and young ladies the boys and girls of the regular dances there were also a number of distinguished tors the dancers served with sherbet by alias venice pike rebecca at the well she presented a pleasing figure some young ladies in costume also distributed free bakers famous cocoa the ball was kept merrily going antil 12 all dancing for sweet claritis Clar itys sake |