Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-14

QuCeQ 10f the nfSI tllne 2t l)oly 5 ne0tfe.
The play has been quite a success in Lon
don, but rs MIR. Daily has, rs usual, "adapt-
ed" it, the chances are that it has lost
much of its effectiveness. Laura Don's
new play "a Daughter of the Nile" in
which she was to open her season at the
Standard, could not be produced last
representation. Matters were in such con-
fusion in the house, the carpenters being
unable to get through in time that the
people could not be admitted. The play
if ut all well constructed ought to live, for
in it Miss Don will introduce a number of
specialtieS which are very novel. Among
other things she will draw an instantan-
eOus Crayon portrait before the audience,
and play whole scene made up as Il mar
hle statue. NOw-a.daVs, if Il play intro
duces no speCialties, it is voted bore, and
Miss Don will therefore probably please
that queer mass of many heads, termed
the public. The first night has been set
down for tomorrow.
Madame Theo is hard at wok rehears-
ing her company. In my letter of two
weeks ago | stated that the new Casino
would not be ready for opening on the
11th of September. From the looks of
the establishment, Aronson will be fortu-
nate if he can open its doors by October.
He either makes wild promises or he lacks
the energy and ability to fulfil them. At
all events the public is beginning to get
tired Of him, which is very bad for a
manager, and particularly Il new one. Mr..
Grau will thus be compelled to bring Theo
out at Haverly's Fifth Avenue Theatre,
the scene of the triumphs of Aimee and
Paola Marie, in every respect a very
desirable place.
Herbert Spencer, l am assured by all
acquaintance who met him while travel
ling in the Catskills, is physical wreck.
He is mortally afraid Of meeting anybody
or being talked to by strangers, and thus
confines himself exclusively to the society
of his travelling companion Dir. Edward
Lott, and spends his days in roaming
through the mountains. As regards writ
ing, that is out of the question at present.
But as he purposes to make an extended
tour, going as far as Canada, and not re-
turning to New York until the latter part
of the present month, his health and
spirits may revive under the change of
scene and air,
The fashionable world which has been
spending the summer at the seaside, the
mountains and the watering places, is
nearly all in town, but thus far the unde-
cded weather has prevented the fall fash
ions from asserting themselves in any but
a tentative way. Turbans are at present
worn great deal, both the English and
the feathered variety being equally fancied.
The prevailing cOlors of the new hats and
bonnets are quiet aud inclined to darker
shades. Maroon, olive and terra Gotta
will be the most funcied, though a new
color termed dragon blue will find favor
with many. Small South American birds
with rich plumage, and long ostrich featll-
CrS will enter argely INTO the ornamental
ton of hats and bonncts. Plush and vel
vet ribbons will be substituted for silk
and satin as strings for bonncts. The
French steamer of last week brought over
q number of new hats made as sailples by
the great French m0distes, and through
the good offices of IL leading importer of
millinery goods, MAS enabled to have Il
look at them. They are surprisingly
beautiful.
Diamonds will again be worn II great
deal this year, and fashionable ladies
seemingly cannot wear too many of them.
During the summer they are not worn
much at the watering places, but at the
last garden party at the Grand Union at
Saratoga. which practically closed the
play of them as to fairly dazzle the eye.
The real fall event WAS the opening of
the fall meeting of the Coney Island Jock
ey Club. The Sheephead ay course is
becoming the Ascot of America, and it is
as much duty for the fashionable world
to be present at the Opening Day. Cup
Day, and Long Island Stakes Day, as to
attend a first night at the opera in winter.
Last Saturday there were over fifteen thou
sand people present, nearly one half of
whom were ladies, and the sight from the
quarter stretch was surprisingly beautiful
The wealth of charming faces and the ar
ray Of gorgeous toilets, was suCh as TO at
tract even the most confirmed spcculator,
and make him for moment forget the
horses and drink in the charming scene.
The British rife team has arrived by the
steamer Alaska, and Judging by their ap-
pearance, they will indeed be hard men to
beat. The militia were anxious 10 receive
them with military horses. and Col. Austin
Of the Thirteenth kindly volunteered to
bring out his command as guard of
honor. and offering at the same time to de-
fray all expenses Gov. Cornell however
could not resist the temptation Of again
parading his usual dog in the manger poll
cy, and refused his consent. He seems to
have the singular faculty of making more
enemies when he needs more friends. The
International Military Rifle Match takes
place at Creedmoore on the 14th and 18th,
and meanwhile the sound of firing at the
butts is almost unceasing. for with but a
few days intervening, the rival teams must
keep in constant practice.