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Show 111 If Mill. j . DENVER'S CHARITY BALL. Never since the charity ball has been a feature of social life in Denver has it been attended by such a brilliant bril-liant audience as that which filled Cotillion Co-tillion hall on Tuesday evening. The hall was handsomely decorated for the occasion with hundreds of. incandescent incan-descent lights strung across the ceiling, ceil-ing, and potted plants and palms in every nook and corner. The dancing began with the grand march at 7 o'clock, and continued until alter midnight. mid-night. Fully 200 couples participated. The gowns worn were the handsomest handsom-est yet seen at one of the charity balls. Supper was served at 11 o'clock in the supper room off the main hall. Hundreds Hun-dreds of spectators rilled the gallery during the dancing and enjoyed, social conversation. In the receiving party standing near the entrance were the women who are-officers are-officers of St. Vincent's Aid society, the organization which annually gives the ball. The charity ball is year after year becoming a more prominent factor in social life, and aside from its philanthropic purpose is winning a place, in the hearts of the people. It is hard this early to estimate the receipts re-ceipts of the dance, but they will make a neat sum, which will go toward the paying off ol the debt on the new orphanage or-phanage building. The fund for the debt is rapidly occumulating. and in a short time the mortgage will be entirely entire-ly cleared.. The week has been dreadfully dull in a religious May. Everyone has been strain of the holidays, with the result that nothing but business has been able todraw them from the house. Of course, the Sunday services were attended at-tended as usual, but aside from that, there has been nothing going on in a. religious way. Plans are on foot for some pre Lenten: ontertainments by various organizations, but nothing definite de-finite is announced as yet.. .-..' At the high mass at Logan avenue chapel last Sunday the quartette sang the "Adeste. Fidelis" with especial effect. ef-fect. The work of the cathedral ononis, onon-is, rapidly improving and it can be classed with the finest in the city. - . , The number of holy communions at Logan avenue chapel on Xew Year's day has never been equalled. Besides the fact that it was the first day of tha new year it wa? also the first Friday, and those who are observing the Sacred Heart devotions attended as usual. The holy hour was begun at the close of the 6:30 o'clock mass, and the Blessed Sacrament was exposed for adoration until the close of the 9 o'clock mass. There was no sermon at any of the Xew Year's services. ' in tne orphanages and convents throughout the city prayers were offered of-fered up for the souls of those who perished per-ished in the Chicago fire. Many of the dead were; friends of Denver people and the shock struck home. ... . Little George Turbi9h. the 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mm Turbush of Salt Lake City, wAs buried from Logan avenue chapel on Monday, afternoon. Owing to the particularly sad circumstances circum-stances surrounding the death of the child the funeral was a most pathetic one. ..The Christmas greenery which had hung in celebration of the holiday season remained in its place, and there was no semblance of riiourning pave in tha-home which death had robbed. Rev.' Father O'Maliey conducted a brief funeral service ar-d ppoke a few words of comfort to the sorrowing parents, reminding them that their little one had but been loaned them for a time and that it was God's will to call him back. Some of the' little acolytes acter as j pall-bearers, among them Arthur and Emniett Sexton and Urban Flynn, who had been neighbors of the- family. Interment In-terment was made in Calvary cemetery. t Mr. and Mrs. Turbush have lived in Salt Lake -City for the past three .years,. only visiting in Denver occasion-ally. occasion-ally. Mrs. Turbus-h's parents reside here, and it. was planned to come and spend the' winter in Denver, possibly making this City their Jkermanent home. While the little home was being broken up and the furniture packed for transportation trans-portation to Denver the child took cold," which developed into croup, 'from which he-died after a few hours. v The body was brought to Denver by- the parents and the funeral was held in the church ' where they were married a few years ago. , . All of the Catholic schools of the city resumed after the holiday vacation on Monday morning. The attendance was remarkably good and there is a noticeable notice-able absence of contagious disease among the children. Generally midwinter mid-winter brings all sorts of sore throats and their attendant discomforts, but this year there are very few of the pupils pu-pils who are out of classes . owing to illnes?. One reason might be that the sanitary, conditions of all the schools have been thoroughly gone over and found excellent. Again, it might be the mildness of the winter weather, for a yet there has been no severe cold. Whatever it may be it is a fact that the attendance in all of the schools is quite up to the standard. 4 Mr. Charles T. Spencer, of the cathe-dial cathe-dial parish, is seriously ill at the Steele hospital. His many friends are extending extend-ing their sympathy to him, and are . hoping for his speedy recovery. Mr. Spencer is stenographer for Mr. Peter McCourt, manager of the Broadway theater and Tabor Grand opera house. Since the destruction of the Iroquois theater in Chicago last week every one has been keyed up to the ques'tion of fires, and great excitement is attendant upon the slightest alarm. Last Sunday, just as everything was inreadiness for the celebration of high mass in Logan Avenue cnapel an alarm of fire spread broadcast and caik-ed a little fright. It fortunately happened that but few members of the congregation congrega-tion had assembled for service, and there wa. no difficulty in getting out. One of the acolytes was engaged in touching a lighted taper to the candles upon the alter, when the fertoons of cedar which were need in adorning the altar for the Christmas masses tonk fire, and the blaze rapidly spread. The acolyte called for help, and the prompt action of Harry Merryweather. an usher, averted a catastrophe. He pulled the ropes of cedar from the altar and put out the blarce before the flames had spread or caused any damage. Had there been a large congregation present it is likely that excitement would have Vim migh. -f The most interesting of the sermons which Bishop. Matz has delivered during dur-ing his pastorate at Logan Avenue chapel was the one given last Sunday at the 10:30 o'clock mass. The bishop took his text from the gospel of the day, and his lesson was drawn from the doctrine of the Circumeism. The point brought out chiefly was the necessity of circumcit-ing theflesh in order to attain at-tain perfection. The paesions -which animate t"he human sour were dwelt upon, and it was explained that each one could be turned to good in order to accomplish salvation. . In speaking of the preparation for death, which should always be borne in mind. Bishop Matz referred to the Chicago theater disaster, disas-ter, remarking upon the suddenness with which 600 people were hurled into etcunity, and asked that a lesson be learned from the awful castrophe. |