, 1873-07-20
A MAN or FASHION.


Hloxv II London Swell Worries Through
tho Dnys
Tho London correspondent OF tho Boston
Post writes: hnyo ftfend-though do not
Boast OF hi1n-who is D smon-puro London man
OF fashion. Ho Is the second son Of d Lord, and
hab an income Of five Thousand pounds yoar.
OF course ho ia not 40 ungontleinnnly rs to on-
gnge in any occupation four tho old Baron,
his father, would mako Bhort work Of his lvo
Thousand If ho dared to hint apurpoHo Of going
into trndo." And wl,at docs ho do ? Ho seems
to DO tue most onyiable OF mon, for mover saw
mortal moro perfectly contented with everybody,
himself included. As lis daily career is a type of
that Of high London society in general, I will
sketch you in his porson he represents, moro
perfectly and oxhaustively than anyone know,
tho spirit of ariBtocratic London in tho season.
Ho risos in his room at tho Albany at ha1f-past
8, and breakfasta ut the Junior Carleton, close
by; akims tho Times. and ohats with his boon
companions TIL 10 o'clock. Promptly with that
hour Ills groom appears with tho slcokeat OF
clestnutB, which he mounts and uakca for
Rotten Row. Thoro ho dlrts hears tho latcst
IN hours briBk cantor. From tho park he goes
to 1unch-uot to tho Junior Carleton, but to
somo West End house likely enough ho drops
in to lunch with Lady Dlanche, and thon goeu to
1uuCQ q GtNolA LILO WILL AAu5 1AA1e14st~bAn+ Ar
lounges at lunch timo iuto porhaps half dozen
houses, nhoro he taAos nibb1o at tho delicacies
and has refreshing chnt. The afternoon Ia
full of engagements 1t Is d 5eto chanlpetro at
Richmond OF Putney, match OF cricket at
party in tho gardena Of buckingham Palace or
Windsor, a crack game Of billiards at the club, o
meet of the hounds In Hiddlosox, q drive Into
Kont or Surrey, NIL hour at tho Exhibition,
pleasant It&lo party to tho Acadomy, or q white
f,nf& ~ 11r5n u, IN u. Inn
brain is in palfoot muddlo what, among so
many things, to do. There is Patti al Desele-
mona ut Coyont Gartlen, and ttoro is tho be-
witehing lima di Murska as Margares 9f Talo;s
g. nrury Lang; there is ST 3nn1s H. n,ane ae
Jow" at tho Adolphi. But Lady Tompldns is
going to give au 70 at homo" and tho Countess
Of Crnnborry's bull must not DO neglected thero
is o musical soirea ut Sir Titus Hto'a mud tho
aasquo at 9anbury House cromorao. With It's
tempting, aud not less 80 Tom Hopkins' baell-
olor punch" So our man Of fashion, whom
practice haB mado subtly perfect, drcsscs him.
self ingoniously with view to variety OF projects
1Io drops for o while into his box at Covont Gar
den aud 1nalcs tour Of tho bo1ca OF his nc
quaintanceB. Hero he goes no moro than my
plobian may see for half crown who, from his
porch in tho amplithoatro," may gaze. down
upon the most dazzling e-ray Of dreas' Jewels,
on d night IN the mid-acason is wonderful /;
everybody is as Respondent III lie or ahe can do
viso everybody enjoys himself and tho Theatre
is a saloon as we'll as q theatre, wlero society
goos to mako itself hoard and soen ~ well as to
lston and behold.
What q brilliant, noisy, clattoring London It
iB, ono OF those limpid Juno nights J.. There ia
something infectious in tho gay sounds aud sight
of which tho stately quarters west Of the parks
are full. Every othor house is alight from top
to bottom !; tho roll Of equipagos is .ceaaoleas !;
tho burly, ourly-wiggod, scarlet-coated, cockaded
coachmen are everywhere; the csoutcheona on
the coach doors glitter IN the gaalight; littlo
covered ways from tho doors Of lofty manafona
TO the curbstonoa, with carpets laid bonea.ll, OBJ
struct your way At ovory othor atop and ns you
pass, cloul-like forms pop out Of tho carriages,
whisk by IN 4 twinkling, aud hurry along in over
the carpe.cd pathway not 80 quickly, however,
but that you aro dazzlod by glitter Of jewels
and q Skinner OF silk. Within, there ia tho
euEluod hubbub Of conversation, or porhnps
tho rumble Of q waltz all around about Is bustlo
and rattling and you ask yourself II these aro
really tho melancholy folk which tho blthe old
French chronicler Of the fourteenth contVry 30
lugubriously describes. My fashionable friend,
WHO seldom goes to bod, in tho season, until ho
has mule hiH appearance in half dozen West
End drawing-rooms, clearly enjoys It gil, and
comes out no1t morning as only au Eugliahman
can-as fresh md ndred-chcokod as il he Lad just
come OF Deyonshiro farm.