The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-01-26

ten 10 MN Dy the girl. lnis vi
course will open the sluice gates
again. The spectacle is not edifying.
And yet, strange are the workings oil
a woman's mind, or rather feelings
this girl even now would marry Flem-
ing were ne willing. / am so in
formed by person who knows both
parties.
The first of the great masquerade
balls is over. The French Society
l. Amitie gave their tenth annual
masquerade at the Academy of Music
last evening and If course the place
was packed after midnight l. Ami
tie is not the French ball, il is but the
preliminary canter. 10 use racing
phrase, to the grand pageant of the
Cercle Francaise de al'Harmonie
next Monday. Then il rapid sue
cession come the Elks, the Lleder-
kranz and the Arion pageants. .he
ball-goer will be pretty well worn out
by the beginning of Lenr. The sea-
son Of penance and sorrow this year
begins on the TN of February and
thus all extreme worldliness will
have to be compressed into twD
weeks. While at the Amitie ball,
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It struck me, that somehow the taste
| for masquerades and carnival ex-
travagances is on the wane in New
York. There were crowds, Of course,
but the crowd came more to look on
lhan to take part in the fun, aud this
is bound to kill such affairs, for when
fun en- maSqAe becomes funereal 1t
ceases to be fun and everybody walks
home tired" in the vernacular OF
| Wall street. Besides the societies
'vho get up these affairs are not spend
ing any money for pagcants and mon
Ster surprises and this very clearly
shows what way the wind is blowing.
TIE ST. hn's Guild, which every
year gave one of the famous Martha
Washington receptions. has this
year decided TO give no public en-
tertainment. The truth is, society
has had so many private entertain
ments this winter, that the partici-
pants in them seek rather more rest
than additional excitement.
Apropos Of the Milwaukee hotel
fire, our Building Inspectors are
actively engaged in examining every
public house of comfort to see whetl,-
er the mems of escaping from fire
are adequate. Now, according to
the statement Of one Of the inspectors
of the department, every one of the
big caravansaries is o death trap IN
case OF fire. but the system of vigil
ance inaugurated in the leading es-
adjustments is calculated TO reduce
thf danger from flames to mini
mum. Only about three weeks agoa
fire broke out in one Of the most
fashionable hotels in upper Fifth
avenue. One of the pipes was over
heated which set fire to the flooring
and then to the carpet in one of the
rooms. The porlers headed by the
engineer who had been well drilled,
went to work with an energy which
produced the best results. In ten
minutes they had ripped the burning
floor up and in half an hour the hames
which might have caused dreadful
loss of life were extinguished The
hotel people were anxious to keep
the matter out Of the newspapers,
and this statement here is the first
that has appeared regarding the oc-
curence. l shall not mention the
name of the hotel in question, but
it is in Fifth avepue not very far
from Central Park.
A Catholic priest of my acquaint-
ance had an amusing adventure ina
street car the other day. He is one
of those few clergymen of modern
days who remain poor because they
find so much misery to relieve. Hc
was riding in a street car on his way
to sick CALL In his pocket ne car
ried a large memorandum book
Beside him sat gentlemanly look
ing man who was busted with O news