The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-10-22


The fact is, the average Bosto ni3H
likes music, but he likes also to ha
somebody else pay the bills. We had an
excellent opera company at the Cas- e
Square theater for year and light ana
standard works were presented at POI u
lar prices Everybody said, THAT is good
and as it should be-" and there was a
general wall when the announcements was
made that the venture was to END. A
great many people said the con 2any
should return, and Music Love
"Vindex" and Others in communicate ;
to the local press, made demand UI thls
nature To answer this, a gentleman
representing these in charge of the COM
pany publicly announced that it was
quite possible to get the company back,
if it's friends would come forward and
help to do it financially. He called upon
the music-hungry public to 'come out
of the woods" but nobody has seen any
results from the call. That view of the
jmatter was altogether too practical
Some day, we may also lose the Sym
phony and then won't Boston how'll
1t is said everybody has some fad, and
working on this idea, a clever Boston
girl has evolved a new form Of entertain
ment, which she calls Fad party" At
these parties each guest is supposed to
take some object representing his or her
pet fad, and talk about it, tell how il
was acquired and Why-in fact, leave
nothing untold. This naturally brings
out an unsupported side of ones ac-
quaintance-a peep into his or her LIE
hitherto undreamed of. AS a result Of
one evenings sport here recently enc
Harvard man confessed to a fad for shirt
studs, another for gay neckties, another
photographs of celebrities. Men of Cd
er tastes confessed to a fad for pipes,
scrap books, old books, china, etc. The.
ladies' fads were decidedly varied, and
consisted of old programs, rare lace,
beer mugs, fans, turquoise stones, men s
neckties, horeshoes etc. Almost every
one has some interesting hobby. Try
the scheme on your friends. 1t is anus
ing and instructive as well. ..t.a
The Boston Fruit and Flower mission
closed its work for the season on Satur-
day last, and its record for the year is
one its promters may we'll view with
pride. The carrying of good cheer into
the hospitals and homes of the sick is
indeed mission of love. According to
the secretary, during the present sum-
mer 54,247 bouquets of flowers have been
distributed among many institutions,
In May there were given away IT'S
punches; June, 1854; July, 10,823; Aug
ust, 15,165, and September, 6937. One
day in the latter part of September is
especially well remembered by the ladies
in charge at that time. 1t was "asteT
day." and these flowers in variety and
great beauty were all sent to the City
hospital other kinds of flowers on that
day were sent to the usual places. The
largest day of the season was May 49,,
when 2416 bouquets were distributed
AS the season Waned the institutions
were first dropped from the lists, and
the personally known cases of invalids.
and other people were given the prefer
ence in the matter of contributions Ev--
cry city should have flower mission.
There are people who are unkind
enough to say that Boston bought an ele--
plant when it secured its celebrated
horseless fire engine. We have had the
Jumbo four months, and in all that
time few people have seen it, because.
there has been no two-alarm fire since
it went into commission. The kick comes
from the fact that in order to have the
engine ready at all times to respond to
a call it is necessary to keep 80 pounds
of steam up all the time and to do this
requires 235 pounds of coal per day. This
is quite a bill of expense, but time may
justify the outlay, for we shall not al
ways escape CONGREGATIONS where the
great engine will be found Invaluable.
The men who are kicking on the coal
bill have not been heard saying a word
about the fact that for the last fiscal year
the city expended over $1,000,000 more in
Us street department than it did the
previous year.
The first of the musical productions to
be exploited under the direction of
Charles Frohman will be THE Circus
Girl" the remarkably successful Eng
lish lyric comedy, which has been run
ming for two years at the Gaiety thea
ter, London, and which is now in its
sixth month in New York city. The
will be headed by Amanda
Fabris and will soon be heard in this
city.
That all the pretty girls in THE Girl
From Paris" do not have to come from
fdTlS Is We'll plONSu ny the ldCl lIdA
two of the very prettiest are Boston
girls, notably Misses Hattie William
md Mamie Forbes, two young ladies
who not long ago were at school in this
city.
1.-The Mayfiower," which Daniel Froh-
mans company is to produce next week
1t the Hollis, should appeal especially
20 inhabitants of this state, dealing as
t does with the exodus of the Pilgrims
rom Holland and England and their ar
'ival in Massachusetts.
"Gayest Manhattan in which a num-
Der of pretty girls arrayed in costumes
representing the various newspapers
reated much talk at Roster & Biars IN
New York last winter, will be next
weeks attraction at the Grand Opera
House.
James ]. Corbett, who has been play
ng recently in New York, will be seen
shortly at the Grand Opera House. this
ty, in his comedy drama, "A Naval
,adet."
After the two weeks engagement of
De Wolf Hopper in Eel Captain" at the
fremont, Mrs. Minnie Madden Fiske
will produce Tess" for the first time in
his city.