The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1882-09-15

leaps into we'll and Egypt fees from
Paris, only to find her mother in an
old woman with whom she has taken
refuge. In the last act she returns tC
America where the play terminates in
the usual manner. Outside of few
shortcomings the piece was enacted
very we'll on the first night, and as it
has Character, life and originality in
it, Miss Don cannot fail to be amply
repaid for her labor.
Last evening Theo opened at the
Fifth Avenue. The house was pack.
ed and the renowned French opera
bouffienne was made the object of an
ovation. She appeared in "Mme.
pArchiIuc," and a better play she
could hardly have selected. Her
voice it is not of the best. 1t sounds
thin sad shows the marks of usage.
b 1t her playing is simply perfect. We
thought that Ainee's shrug and Paola
Manee's arch smile were perfection.
Theo combines all their peculiarities
and adds to them chic OF her own
which is indescribable. Manager Grau
has raised the price of admission to
her performances. This is an unwise
move ePatti's experience of last year
ought to have convinced him that a
grasping policy does not pay.
There is but little of ioterest to re-
cord in the fashion world. Tartans as
dress goods are very fashionable this
fall. They are cut on the cross, with
kilted4 skirt and frill below the
1ounce covered with twine lace. For
ladies of slender figures they are very
becoming, but to those whose charms
are expansive, they are very trying as
they sgnify their actual avordupois.
Check silks are to be more worn than
previously, trimmed with frills of lace
in kindred shades. The colors are as
a rule less strikiny than those Of the
woolen tartans, and are assimilated so
closely >shat no particular shade OBJ
trudes itself. The latest device for
ladies nandwork, which may serve as
a souvenir to be offered to their gqn.
tleman Nends, is to paint monograms
on satin enameled with wreaths of
flowers. This satin is used as lining
for silk 'i.ats and is not alone very
pretty Yst very useful for indentifying
ownership. Among presents for. la
dies a number OF pretty novelties are
show. One of them is a new lace pin,
made of gold and diamonds. Boar's
teeth I also made into ladies pins
.ana y popular iustxat present,
as sfs5stso baiigie pins.1 One firm
shows pins made in the shape OF
caterpiliars, wnich are very beautiful
indeed. Novel effects in earrings are
produced by hanging golden aco:ns
from very slender wires or chains of
gold. Candies are now put up in very
expensive boxes, some Of which cots
fifty times as much as the contents.
They are made in all sorts of fantastic
shapes. such as old moldy shoes,
chunks of cheese, punches of cigars,
bundles of wood, paving stones and
what not. Confectioners also but
fancy gew-gaws in whatever packages
they make up. They consist of paste
board grasshoppers, butterflies, birds
and other kinds OF animals. All those
things are imported from Paris and
they are not alone very tastetully but
very artslicaly gotten up.
Some activity is noticeable in the
literary market. The publishers are
making extensive preparations tor the
holiday trade and the indications are
that ,he deuge Of gorgeously bound,
chamn2ly Illustrated, but in liter
arv sense. trashy works will be re-
newed. A number of valuable new
works are to make their appearance
however. If not the most important,
at least the most timely one is book
whicI, the Putnams will publish very
shortly. The suggestive title is:
the Egyptians. 4 tail Of
shame. Told from the British Blue
Books" By j. Seymour Keay. 1t
is a narrative bya well-informed En-
glishman, jealous for the honor of his
country. The book is Of peculiar in
terest and power, throwing light upon
the causes which produced the present
exceptional and complicated state of
affairs in Egypt, and making clear
some of the grounds for the bitter
hatred of Europeans which found fatal
expression in the massacre OF Alex
andra. The story as given, each
statement being verified by reference
to the official documents, constitutes
one of the most fearful arraignments
ever made against a Christian Nation.
On Thursday next the international
Rife Match begins at Creed
moor. Judging 10y the practise shoot
ing, the Americans stand but little
chance of winning. There is next to
no betting over the contest, the direc-
tors of the National Rifle Association
having taken particular pains to de-
clare the match not sporting event.
In what little speculation there is how