The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-12-28


such IN arrangement, will take bis star b
other countries. Her success In New Yorl
has been phenomenal, and Mr.. Abbey pro
poses to make the BEST Of 1t another season .
ppssiblA
Mary Anderson's sister Ii beginning to enjoy
some OF the reflex glory OF the young TRACE
dienne. The sister, according to great many
observers, is even prettisr than Mary herself
and she Ii certainly younger and pu,pper. She
10 constantly to be seen about the theater
though her manner IL very unobtrusive and
retiring When she attends performance Of
"A Winters Tale" she IL usually the most 20
berly and dimly attired young woman In the
audience, not that there Is any reason for &c
doing, for the wealth Of Miss Anderson's
family at this time is very great. They have
always been retiring and modest sort Of
people, and the characteristic seems to
strengthen as the family increases In pros
psrity.
Did you ever shave a womanf was the
queer question put to an uptown barber by q
customer who was being shaved. MANY q
Time" said the barber, who went ON to tell Of
his experience In that line Of business
There are ladies in town who have quite
moustache, and others who have something
like chin beard, and have operated on
both kinds. shaved the upper lip of a lady
yesterday afternoon to prepare her to go
to a party She keeps down the growth Of
hair by clipping it, but she wanted to look
extra fine on this occasion. Some of them
who are troubled as she is pull out the hairs a
few at time, till they get rid of the whole
growth, and there is now an electrical way
of removing them without pain from any
part of the face, but know Of ladies who
get BARRIERS to shave them at times, and
others who can shave themselves just like
men. tell you there are more kinds of
folks in this barbarous world than some
people know Of"
A favorite choice with Boston invalids for
escaping winter is to take a trip to the balmy
Azores islands A line Of sailing banks runs
there from this port and ON the winter trips
there are always number of passengers
fleeing from the cold. The climate of the
islands is said to be delightfully."- even, and
eating oranges is the prevailing pastime.
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A Unitarian minister in a recent sermon
made some remarkable remarks upon the
Apostle Paul He said that if Paul were
alive to-day he would probably be accepted
as the kind Of man out of whom an average
mayor might be made.
The minister didn't explain whether he
meant to be severe on Paul or to fatter
Mayor O'Brien.
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The unfortunate suburbanite lwho lives SO
far from the steam cars that he has to ride
into town by street car devotes about an
hour of each day to mentally abusing the
economy that prevents street car company
from making it's long route cars something
besides portable refrigerators. The cars
have been newly painted and have some
very handsome signs, but inside they are
just as cold as they were when first intro.
duced in this city, nearly forty years ago. It
does seem that in forty years some means of
heating car might have been found that
would make car riding in the winter less of a
misery that it has always been. The West
End railway requires a good deal Of horse
flesh. Recently $20O,0O worth Of horsehesh
was bought for use during the winter Evil
IDENTIFY the company regards electric rail
reading as still an experiment
s*+
A Christmas eve gathering such as few |
have ever seen or heard of occurred in the |
s, mems chapel Monday night. Despite the
common notion that seamen on shore are
drunken, lawless set of wretches, careless of
the ordinary amenities of life, here were over
$50 veterans of the winds and waves celebrat
ing the great festival and acting anew
the scenes of their childhood Instead of
Il Christmas tree they surrounded
full-rigged ship, from whose rigging hung
useful presents for every tar. All these
sailors were strangers in this port, and most
Of them were foreign-born, speaking many +
tongues. They were sober, clean
and well-behaved, They were the guests Of
The chaplain, Capt. Nickerson, who carries
on this mission The mariners often prove
eager disciples, and the Sunday prayer
meetings are often attended by over 200 o.
them.
The hotel business here is a bonanza 1t is
asserted that Young's hotel yielded about
s13OOCC net profits the last year, that Parker's
was not far behind and that the Adams
louse Melted $50, 600.
Rev. w. F. Davis, the stalwart home mis-
,ionary who was imprisoned for year for
preaching on Boston Common, is putting in
winter of hard missionary work in those
Wisconsin lumber camps whose outlawry and
lepravity have become SO notorious. Mr..
Davis has previously labored for the evan
yelization of this region. He sometimes
ramps through the woods from twelve to
wenty miles day in the course of his duties
The running track in the Boston Athletic
,lub's new building is considered the best in
his section of the country. 1t cost $1,000.
There is hardly a place in the service of the
.ity of Boston, even the laborers', that can
,e entered save after passing the civil SER
rice examinations prescribed by the state.
)nly the department heads are exempt from
hese examinations
A canvass of the chosen legislators is said
o show that the prohibitory amendment has
10 chance this year.
Rev. 10 Cook is expected to pitch into the
,arochial schools in his February lectures
Architects who think their art is some
hing higher than a trade are disguised