The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-10-08

81. err crack military organization, and
Ntll she may be. 1t advertises the city
The Boston food fair, under the au-
spices of the Boston Retail Grocers' as
ISOLATION, was opened to the public at IL
pclock on Monday, with the usual ora
torical effeGtsrand accompaniment. Al
though we have had food fairs in the
past it is but fair to say that the present
exhibition is without exception the most
+ comprehensive and best arranged Of its
a kind ever given in Boston. There are
/ several novelties, butthe one that is sure
to attr@C1 most attention is the Maine
exhibit Nwsth it's hunters cabin and
! great variety of mounted game. This
4 feature is In every way meritorious alu
deserving ot mention, as are the Ihu~4ue.,
features announced during the run of
the fair.
Aside from these special features. it
is hard to tell why people should rush
in crowds to the Mechanics building
and pay their money to visit food fair.
An exhibition of that kind is pure ard
simple an advertising venture. The
building is hired, the hCCr space divid-
ed up to suit the demands of advertisers
and everybody who pays for floor space
is there to in some way get back the
money he eXpends. This he expects to
do in general way by the advertising
h $ wares get while on exhibition and by
the liberal use of flyers, dodgers and
Pamphlets. The more people he reach
es the better his investment, but the
public pay not only an admission fee,
bat indirectly the other expenses as
well. .
A letter from Boston at this time
would nOthe complete without some ref
erence to the death of that old time Bos-
tonian and sterling actor, Joseph Proc
ter Fully six feet in height, as straight
as an arrow, even in his late years, no
enc could -'o"get the man when once he
was called to his attention. AS known
to most persons, Proctor was intimately
ASSOCIATED with that thrilling melo-
drama, NICK of the Woods" These
WHO, saw the play could never forget
PrQgtor, his bleeding knife held aloft at
ARMS Length. as he uttered those words
of import And dreadful meaning, "'Tis I,
the .Ilbbenainosay!" I have no words
of communication or apology for the play
but, the fact that Proctor could make
1t stir the pulse of men is a tribute to the
Wonderful ability of the actor who is now
gone An artist has left us.
Now is the time for the autumn social
season to reach it's height, which means
that there is little social interest going on
in the town, The summer season is prac-
tically closed, so far as hotels and cot
tages,- go, yet the country houses along
shore and in the suburbs are gay With
house parties. Golf is the fad of the
hour and keeping hundreds away from
the city, wherever links beckon. Many of
the older and conservative families have
returned quietly, leaving the young folks
to enjoy the outdoor sports wherever
round. Society makes no attempt at en-
tertaining in town until we'll along to-
ward Thanksgiving, and even then the
season is much too long for the health
of many of the devotees of fashion. Sum
mer recreation and outdoor sports alone
make a winter of fashionable dissipation
possible.
Boston has been baseball crazy for
some days, but the disease is subsidng.
Unexpected triumphs often make people
insane. When the aggregation that rep
resents this city went to Baltimore to
engage in the decisive games with the
Orioles no candid judge of the game ex
pected the team to win the pennant.
That they succeeded against such odds
is all the more creditable. The boys were
given a grand reception, or rather series
of receptions, on their return and, to use
an old expression, "owned the town"
Will the magnates reward them when
the next salary list is made out?
1.-The Maid of Marblehead" will soon
be presented by the Colonial opera com
pany 1t is the work of three Boston
writer's William M Browne being re-
sponsibie for the book. Arthur Macy
has written the lyrics and Edgar A. P,
Newcomb composed the music. A short
tour Of New England will precede the
Boston run, to be inaugurated about
Nov. l. A. w. Campbell is the man
ager.
"The Girl From Paris which will |
come to the Park theater next week for a
long engagement, has already run for
1000 night in London, at the Duke OF
Yorlx's theater, where it still holds the
boards, and is conceded to be the most
popular OF present day entertainments.
Three hundred nights is it's New York
record at the Herald Square theateP.
On Sunday evening next the largest
special train ever devoted to theatrical
people will leave Boston for New York
1t will be used by the Bostonians and
THE Sporting Duchess" company, both
of which are directed by Frank l.. Per-
ley. The special will consist OF eight
ba ggage cars, three coaches and three
sleepers.
Robert Taber has abandoned all idea
Of starring in this country this season.
He has been engaged by Henry Irving
for the Lyceum theater stock company
in London. In the spring, Julia Mar
lowe will join her husband, and they will
appear together in the English capital.
Cora Tanner, who created the role of
Lady Desborough in THE Sporting
and who appeared in 1t con-
.inually up to the present season, was |
specially re-engaged for the Boston en- I
gagement this week, in order that the
ill-star cast might be complete.
There is every reason to believe that
he Bostonians will net the largest sum
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