The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-10-14

get on the stage. This is a fact which
cannot be denied and swindlers and
sharpers of all kinds make use of this
mania to line their own pockets. To
glance at the number of advertisements
in the HERALD" Offering debuts, plays,
previous experience, on payment of
sums ranging from $50 TO $500 is enough
to prove that there is plenty of heartless
wretchcs of this kind who would not
hesitate to rob silly woman of her little
all by holding out glttering promises.
The only way to stop this business is for
all actors to unite, and the minute one
of these wretches appears in print with
an advertisement which is a swindle on
the face of it, to properly denounce and
expose him in the newspapers. The
LETTER would be only too glad to arrest
them.
Theo, who has been playing out of town
for some weeks has returned to the city,
and last evening opened at the Biiou q
pretty and cosy little theatre, but so small
that l cannot possibly see how Grau
could extract more than ST, 900 a night
out of it, even if it were packed from
lobby to gallery. There is no denying
it, Theo is not success, and her failure
is worse because of mismanagemont. 1t
was foolish to let her open her season
when the weather was still hot, and be.
fore people had got back to town. Then
Grau made worse mistake than PATHS
manager made last year, in raising the
price of seats before she had appeared at
all Had Theo been a phenomenal sue
cess, it might have been advisable to do
so. but the people who paid the advanced
price were astonished to find that Thto
could not sing; and as regards her act
ing why Testie, Aimee, Paolo, Marie has
done the same things before with the
same amount of chic and much IN, re
abandon. So poor Grau was laughed
at Tor trying to play big game Of bluff
with the public. This week Theo will
appear in LA Timbale d Argent"
piece which has not been played in New
York for five years, and then only Tor a
few nights as the press sat down on it so
severely, and denounced tas out-French-
ing everything French which had ap-
peared before this. Perhaps La Tim
bale d Argent" will bring IA argent" to
Maurice's pockets.
There is no doubt that Mrs. Langtry's
visit to this country will encourage priv
ate theatricals to great extent during
this winter, as the women of upper ten
dun will naturally try to measure
strength with Jerseys fair lily. A ead-
ing Costumer, some days ago told me
that he had already received several Or
ders to design new costumes for num-
ber Of society people anxious to display
their powers of mimicry on the stage.
Strange to say number of the charac-
ters to be represented are Shakespear-
ian.
The reign of the close fitting Jersey
Jacket which was intended to set forth
all the charms of the Female form di-
vine" is on the decline; that is to say,
everybody wears it down to the scullion
in the kitchen and the girl that strips to-
bacco in the cigar factories. Quite na-
turally the upper crust will theref re
find this garment horrid and vul sar In
stead of that the long Rcdingote which
envelopes the form like domino, is all
the rage at present among those above
the low ranks in the social scale alluded
to above. Thus we perpetually wander
from extreme to extreme. Among the
latest DEGREES of fashion is the tabooing
of the wrapper at the breakfast table.
La Mode has declared its presence to be
too "tamiliar." In its place sacques of
cream white Oriental flannel, trimmed
with full jabots and frills of white ace
and long, looped satin ribbons, are worn
with dark matinee skirts at breakfast.
hand satchels are still greatly fancied by
ladies' At present they are quiet large
and fat; they are made in all styles and
in various kinds of leather. Those made
of English seal, leather or goat skin, can
be had from 81 25 up, while those made
of real alligator skin,-the fashionable
material-cost from SIS up. Quaint look
ing monograms in long silver letters are
placed on one corner of the bags. As
soon as cold weather sets in, fur satchels
will again be carried, and various styles
in sealskiu, black and natural beaver, as
we'll as chinchilla are shown in the stores.
Fashion at present requires that the
satchel should be carried on the arm.