Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1882-08-31

| uritl mowers aS n trimming for bal
dresses and for the hair still continues.
and small flowers are generally the
ones most preferred. The taste fol
private thcatricals, which grew 20
strong at Long Branch and other sea.
side resorts during the season, is likely
TO keep alive during the winter. and
the amateurs will thus have unlimited
opportunities of inflicting their crudi-
ties and nerve on their long suffering
friends. a curious feature of the I'M
dying desire for novelties, by the way,
is that banjo playing is being revived
again, and from being an instrument
of torture in the hands Of the negro
minstrel and the variety theatre song
and-dance man, is becominga IL welcome
acquaintance in polite society. The
piano is pronounced vulgar, the flute
horrid, the violin bore, and the cor
net n nuisance. 1t is only the dulcet
twang of the instrument which the la
mented Mr.. Gaily, the troubadour.
played so well that can soothe the ag-
ltated heart. An appropriate costume
has OF course been invented for the
1alr banjo twanger. 1t consists of a
skirt of mahogany red gingham. or
WOODEN stuff, with tunic Of gaily flow
cred sateen in the same shade. The
hat has dashing and wild appearance.
with lot of impossible pleats on one
side, and its most striking feature is
brigand crown. As the skirt is rather
short, barely touching the feet, a young
lady arrayed in this way is perfectly
irresistible, and armed with the mod
ern substitute of the Lutte of former
days, the heart of the young man must
indeed be obdurate who can resist
her
All is activity in the theatrical world.
The plaza iii Union Square swarns
with professionals. Last evening
number of theatres were reopened for
the season. The Black Flag had its
first night at the Union Square thea
ter Tie Blackbird chirped at Ilarri-
gan y Hart's, and Ranch 10 was shown
at ilaverly's Tile Blackbird, although
voted a.success 10y the large audience
of lirst-niglterS, is not likely to prove
such IA card as the Mulligan series for
liarrgan d Hart. In fact, the opinion
is general that Mr.. llarrigan should
have well enough alone and stuck 10
strictly American vaudeville through
which his house and his company have
become famous. The piece is superblv
mounted, and Dave Brahan has fur
nished some good music. but it lacks
the familiar air which patrons OF this
house have become accustomed to-
Selma Dolaro still attracts large audi
ences to the Bijou, and it is wonderful
what farorite she is among men,
The ladies now and then are apt TO
think her COSTUMES and her manner a
little too rtsIHe, ana would prefer she
played more to them than to the stern
er sex, but Selma is content 10 let them
cavil. la her acting she combines all
the languor of the English woman of
the world with the ardur of the Span
ish girl of the people. She has what
the men call speaking arms and
when she languidly swings them and
swayS her body in dreamy delight TO
the music of the castagnettes in her
own little Spanish song, the house in
yariably grows enthusiastic. Theo's
pictures are in the show windows, but
they We're evidently taken some time
ago. People who have seen her re-
Gently say she has somewhat maturer
in appearance; In fact they assert she
has grown quite stout. Another SOU
brette who is likely to create some
what OF a sensation this winter is the
popular Nienncse favorite, Josephine
Gallmeyer, who for decade has been
adiniringly termed "Our Pepi by the
amuscment-loving people of the gay
city on the Danube. The Thalia The
atre will bring her out, and no doubt
this house will be as much of an at
traction TO American theatre-goers as
1T has been during the last seasons
when Geistinger was the magnet. A
new theateri is TO b. openc | in Harlem,
called the Mount Morris. Thus com
binations can now play five different
engagements in this city ON upper
broadway, ut the Windsor, the Grand
Opera House, at Niblo's, and i'm Har.
lem. The Grand Opera House, which !
Is now under Mr.. Abbey's management.
has been beautifully fitted up. In fact.
the alterations and new decorations
have cost Abbey n great deal Of money |
and he feels a bit anxious about the |
result. But il the business is at all |
we'll managed, Abbey cannot fail to
come out ahead. There is no stage i'm |
the city equal to that of the Grand |
Opera House for spectacular perform
Inces. The outlook generally for the
'olning theatrical season is a brilliant
)ne. There seems to be plenty of mon
y among the people, and they appear
% be in mood to spend it. lin fact,