The daily sentinel., 1905-09-01
JOLLY GOOD TIME
Old Maids Glory; The
Rebekahs Have Opera
House Crowded and
Give Excellent Show

most to overaowing last night by
people out to enjoy the performance
OF the "spinsters Convention" pre-
sented by the Daughters of Rebekahs
and judging by the generous and fire.
quent applause the entertainment
proved pleasing to the audience.
The service of Prof. Boyer's or
ehestra had been engaged and sever
al excellent selections We're render
ed before the performance began.
A beautiful drill by twenty little
girls was the first feature Of the pro
gram. The little girls were admir-
ably trained and executed the many
inticate figures and poses with much
ease
The convention of the old maids
then opened. The scene was con-
vention hall. gaudily decorated with
emblems of the Young Ladies Single
Blessedness Debating Society. There
were long rows of hearts strung
across the room. each bearing some
word dear to the heart of an old
maid such as man" "matrimony,"
'love," marriage" etc
The spinsters gathered from all
parts of the country There were
about thirty of them, and everyone
was a sight worth seeing, the kind of
old maids YOU read about and see
pictured in the funny papers There
was a great variety of costumes, the
styles of almost every year for the
past half-century being presented
The ages ranged from forty to eighty
some were feeble and some were
spry. one was an invalid and one was
deaf. 1t was a great aggregation
and created wave upon wave of mer-
riment
The president called the meeting
to order and explained the purpose
of the society organized for a cam
paign of misunderstanding The roll
was called. the minutes read all the
formula of convention gone
through with Each spinster in ans
wering the roll call gave a short ad-
dress and every speech made hit.
The trials and tribulations of the so
ciety were given publicity. Address
es were made on various subjects,
club songs were sung. drills were
given and there were many other
features.
Late in the session when all were
bemoaning their fate of single bles-
sedness Prof. Makeover was an
nounced. He with his assistant an
cred the convention hall and explain
ed the powers of wonderful ma
chine which he had invented. He
said that this machine was capable
of making handsome young girls
out of the oldest old maids. The
announcement was received with
wild joy and all the old maids plead
ed with the professor to make them
over. The machine was brought in
and one after the other of the old
spinsters were placed in the model
oscpe. the wheels started to turn
ing and she was rejuvenated and
transformed into a lovely little girl
or young lady, every time a new
being came forth from the machine
she gave some demonstration of her
accomplishment either as a soloist
reader or a whistler.
Finally one of the old maids in
sisted upon being transformed in
to man and the professor attempt
ed to carry out her wishes. but his
machine was wrecked and in their
madness the remaining old maids at
tackled the professor and put an end
to his life and the performance clos
ed
1t was an uproarously funny home
talent entertainment. Every one OF
the ladies' who acted as old maids
carried out her part successfully.
The make-ups were all splendid. III
would hardly be fair to call atten-
ton TO any one character for every
one of the performers did well.
The performance was success
from start to finish, the audience was
decidedly well entertained and left
the house highly pleased. The door
receipts were pretty large and the
ladies probably realized handsome
sum above the expenses.
Tonight the "Spinsters Return
companion piece to the "spinsters
Convention will be given by the
ladies' assisted by number OF gen
tIemen. Thels play is equally as
funny as that of last night and VIII
doubtless be witnessed by crowd
ed house. The ladies deserved much
credit for the excellent performance
last night, they have worked faith
fully under the direction OF MISS
Scott. of Detroit, to make the en-
tertainments pleasing successes ana
their efforts along this line las'
night were rewarded.