Our Paris Utter.

Manawatu Herald, 14 November 1893, Page 2

Our Paris Utter.

(KKOM OUR OWN' COHBRSPOV»EN'C ) A new edition of the •' Wack hook" in prepared by the Parisian master tailors j his work in which, they insert the names of all those customers who do not pay; ' was originally published seventeen years ago. The method by which fhG.Botfk is compiled is that every tailor gives the namp, address, and profession of every customer vyho has not paid up with regulariJ-.y, and any person who is a bad payer ihids the channels of credit barred for him whenever the book is consulted. ■ Of the* names which figure in the list a large number arc marked " profession unknown." In those- cases where the profession isjknown the Jto|joj^^ are tradesmen, 254 of whom* "appear, in in the book. Commercial travellers come next with 185, then students, 74 ; publicans and journalists/ 8l r " of each ; professors, 72 ; engineers, 50. There are also-included -4£|ajlistß, 40 actors, 40^8emip|0pi^S, 87 druggists, r 36 jifi^a§)^|^jip|r^ichi - tects, 27 doctors/ 27 jfeVdfera; 27 working men, 16 mi|BiOM^| 14 "rentiers," 12 b^kmaj^^iu|d 7 sculptors. To me hpn^l^MfpoDcierges, be it said, jfchat flj|ri»r^it)nly only one black sb^f^MMera, an honour they far less nunifroas iv(^tioiu^i^Bjß'ptologists and ex-^jwpß^i^^^ost; apposite entry in is that of "one ne^o/*S^^|^;- : The fortunate Busdans^h^ are coming next month in Fraftcfeiwill be overwhelmed with hpspifcaHties. As the programme of thetiAieff^has not been made oat as ye^lij;^" impossible to give full particula^itbout them. Suffice ifc to^say^<or s the moment, that the sailors \*iir be gorgeously treated, and in 'Parts they will reaeive a ,recepHon 'jrhigh <rlll not soon be forgotten %f the Visitbre. The programme for the. performance at the Opera Has been drawn up and is I belies as JollM^-pJt ! commences with ibedvmurl w the " Roi de Lahore," by Manent, followed by the fourth act of "/Hamlet," then the overture of "Henry VIII," and the third act of. » Sftltfmento," the overture to i^^afcrie/' and the fifth act of 'vFausti" .-JEhwe will be a long entr'acte in the coarse of the evening, during which the Bussians wilt visit the <' Foyer de la sause," and have a supper in the Grand Foyer. At the concision of the programme given above, the orchestra will play the overture to the " Vie pour le Czar," and then the coytajnJwill rise on a special ballet entertainment with choruses. The Russian Hymn will be sang in Russian, and Musoovite dances will be performed by the chief terpsicho-

rean stars of the ballet. There will be about 350 persons in till on the stage, attired in Russinn costumes. The whole is to end with a grand apothevois representing Peace, uniting France and Russia. All the attractions will not be on the stage, for a distinguished artist is to design the programme, a celebiated fan maker '.ijri.ll present every lady spec tafcorwith a silk and lace fan, and a .renowned confectioner will also provide each lady with a box of . bonbons. Tbe prices of admission will vary from eight francs for an amphitheatre stall to 1000 francs for a stage box.