The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-19
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Professor Goodwin Smith, or Cornell University
toe wlio used .Lothaif'' ~ mirror with sach
dtsagreeabic .ssui, 70 himself lcciured last night II,
The large and handsome ban OF the Aae,phi Ae-de-
nv, Brooklyn. The audience was very large very
respectable aud very much surprised at Mr. smiths
hefSotnei, everybody evidently supposng mat the
man who chsmponed America 80 brayey during
the rebellion must have grown gray, or at least OLD
In the process But the Professor has liberal hair al
well rs IDEAS. with side whisSers and mustache ana
shoulders that are ''quite the thingn and his
'four,1 Which was good a, tours 20, was relieved
from dulncss by plentiful outcroppIgs OF wit
aud liberalism. He began By SAYING that
he would spare his hearers the voyage and intro
duce them directly 10 London with la twenty-five
square miles oiarea and three million inhabitants; It's
splendid quays lining the banks OF the Thames; Co
vent Garden, where citizens love 10 ger whsr OF
the couatry from the flowers and vegetables and
the loy, which is The PRIDE OF England The best
TINE 10 London Is at I'VE O'Clock
In the morning, when The snokcstacks
are at rest. London would sufIocaie
n were not for IT, parks right In the the
city. You can walk three niles on turn Every-
whsre here are public squares thar serve "a
lungs 10 the city. The city unfortunately, is the
reaiu. Of the Lord Mayor and aldermen and OF
numerous guilds relics OF the Middle Ages now
little iorc than dining clubs. Il am hangryr said
a boz - IN alicrmln. "i.ucky dog was the
answer II wish was" Parliament ], now taking
from New York. At westminstcr are the
Houses OF Parliament. vast plies built nj enormous
expense. II you should be led BY curiosity TO hear q
debate You would mud the standard OF elocution
nigh. Most members are content to make them
serves understood, leaving the grammar TO Proyi-
dence and Tie reporters. over the House OF LORDS
hangs m anne sphere OF decreptude. The acous.
ties OF the hau 80 poor tiiat members go out
n
the debate IL about. They sit AZ night
becallse che minister, are in tnefr of,ige,
during the day. Thcy wear their hais during he
sesslon--tiic Old symbol Of independence. Hard by
Is Westminster Abbey. the incst OF our catncdrais.
~. James. the Official abode OF royalty, IL dlngy
pile OF red BRICK and II there Is anything more f
cuOiis Than the Old World customs mai prevail
on reception days Is seen the endless
train or carriages. the vchicular antlp0dcs
Of TIC republican buggy, with coachnan and
iooiman, aud Tor one Dilssiu moment their occu
pants are seen happy ia the presence OF thei Queen
Theoretically Tue queen IL az the head Of the realm
but practically she cannot choose her own attend.
ants, while that man who goes about unattended,
ebOwea by Tie crowd, Is the real king. ne can cut
on the Queens revenues n she onead him,
u Marlborough, the residence OF the Prince
Of Wales and the exposure OF scandal.
princes they should abolish the hereditary claim
ana take upon themselves scfgoyernmcut FOR
must LOOK s 4 MARLBOROUGH House. pcc s Is s" az
med every thing that can make man; even the
cnOtce OF a wife ~ denied him, so that he has NOT
the chance OF being redeemed ny affection. An
Eneiish prince Is merely political fetish,
whose speeches are written for INN aud
put into ms mouth by hls keepers.
London society Is regulated by Parliament, which
Is regulated by the hunting season. so that really
society IL governed by the habits OF the fox. Pariu-
meat meets from the middle or February to July.
vanity Fair - best seen at the opera. We are TOO
b,ose FOR plays. In Pail Mall are the palaces. In
habtei by clubs. where bachelors can have every
luxury except a cradle. Clubs are SAID
10 be ADVERSE to matfm0ny. They
pig that women must reduce tho millinery
bills anu learn To cook but when the wrong or
inatrmony turns up and the cold mutton appears,
husbands who belong 10 cluDs generally have bust
ness III London. After his first visit to America
Professor Smith felt inclined 70 sympathze with the
EenucKian who did not dare 10 90 out after datk IN
England for tc ar Of failing on Al oxford twenty
four colleges are cOnfcdcrated into university with
an advantage not TO be gained when they are
scattered 10 America. We 500 IN these Old uni.
versitics what generation OF work TO the same end
can do IL IL greatly TO the credit OF England tnat
n has anv climate al all. tourist asked an Old
woman II Il raIned Gil the time. mo, sir,' said
She at sometimes SHOWS" The English knew how
20 make bread. Some parts OF Tho AngloSaxoG
race arc too intelligent; The British housewife ~
stupid enough 70 go about tl3 process u the
\ ptalnest way. and ~ secyses good reevsA