The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-02-16

Friends OF the Y. M. c. A. and Women's
Auxiliary Travelled Far and Wide.

Auxiliary Travelled Far and Wide.
One of the most successful, IL not indeed
the most successful OF ali the entertain
ments which the Women's Auxiliary has
undertaken both from social and from a
H. ancia point OF view was the much
heralded Trip Around the World, which
took place Friday night when four of the
most delightful homes of the city were
thrown open to members and friends of the
association.
Each tourist was provided with a coupon
ticket, the first coupon on which carried
him as far as Boston, where at the resi-
dence OF K. f. Dudley number of good old
American patriots and pioneers had con-
scented to appear once more, as young,
charming and gracious as OF yore, and here
President and Mrs. Washington, John
Alden, Prlscills, Miles Standish and
Pocahontas, accompanied by an Indian
youth with a magnificent chieftaln's bonnet
of eagle feathers, all received In due form
and faultless dress of appropriate STYLE A
large collection of Indian curios and quaint
utensils of early days was shown here and
the travellers were served with Boston
baked beans, coffee and sandwiches.
Yokohama was the next stopping place,
and here the tourists refr eshed themselves
with draughts OF the finest tea amidst a
profusiOn of typical sunshades and lanterns
of grotesque, and truly oriental, designs.
The handsome residence of Mr.. II. P.
Wolaver seemed so completely transformed
into some typical spot in the land of the
rising sun that it seemed but natural to al
tempt to seat oneself gracefullyi?) on the floor
to await the attending Japanese maid with
her tiny cup of tea. Then here too were
the Emperor and Empress of japan them
selves!
Merry old England, and no less a place
than Buckingham palace, was the next goal
at which the rapidly moving tourist trains
stopped, and here there was no tourist so
travelworn or begrimed or humble that he
did not meet Queen Victoria herself and
her royal family. Here, too, 1t was found
that by some strange affinity, either for the
royal society, or the punch bowls In the ad
joining room, one of the most typical
travellers of America, true Wandering
Willie, with tomato can hanging at his side
and an ugly club In his hand, had taken up
his abode and with droll American wit and
humor filled place peculiarly his own.
frna a ba
on terms of intimacy with the whole court
The jewels of the court, carefully guarded
by uniformed officers, were shown to the
admiring travellers and then the guests left
the elegant Keller residence to make their
final stop at another not far away.
Washington, American soil once more!
Uncle Sam, himself, greeted the travellers
as they entered the ID. NJ. Christian resi-
dence and as they passed along and met
General Shafter, Admiral and Mrs. Dewey
President and Mrs. Mckinley, and even
Queen Lilionkalim, they were suddenly
made aware that there were still other
notabes In the rooms and Josiah Aliens
wife and the husband of the latter came i'm
for full share attention. Coffee ice and
cake were served and the Marine band
scored notable success.
1t would be useless to attempt to name
every person who contributed to the sue
cess of the evenings fun. Every person
who was in the different receiving lines
had spared no pains to make the imitation
as perfect and as near like the original as
was possible both in costume and in other
ways, while in addition to this, a most
striking resemblance to the originals, both
in form and feature, was found in many
instances, causing no small amount of sur
prise as we'll as amusement.
The Auxiliary committee which had the
matter ia charge, however, Mrs. Harland
p. White, Mrs. ID. Ii. Lamb, Misses Muir
ray, Carr, ellison and Turner, the president
of the Auxiliary, were especially entitled to
great credit for the thoroughness of their
preparation. The ladies who opened their