The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-04

80 baneful - to temporarily kin the
book trade and injure the theatres who hates
MUSIC and whose aesthetic sense was most grained
by Madame Tussands wax works, being made an
honorable member OF the Society OF Arts Those
bigwigs attached to American colleges, who confer
degrees upon unschOlastlc Chief Magistrates and
Members OF Congress, can henceforth fall back
upon England for precedent. Though too, the
spectacle Of the Shah drew away the public
from the more legitimate drama, the theatre
is not permitted to turn o penny by turning
His Majesty into ridiculsl The Lord Chamber
lain, keeper OF the public morals, who makes
himself universally beloved by the marvellous con-
sistency with Which he regulates theatrical censor
ship-taking
FRIGHT AT POLITICAL cARIcArURE
while tOlerating unadorned indecency-has once
more covered himself with glory by signifyng his
dspleasure ut burlesque on Shahing and de-
manding that o certain Mr. CORR shall not look
like Nassr-ed-deen To this bull Mr.. Kingston, tho
manager, replies:-"Unlortunately, Mr.. Henry
Corri, who personates the Padishah Doo- Deem,
happens to bear strong resemblance
to his Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia. To
get rid Of that resemblance have instructed him
to make up his face differently and whiten ~
features, 80 that he may not have even the con-
plexion of o Persian. hope that when ne Is thor.
Oughly whitened 1t will not be thought that Mr..
Corri is portraiture Of any ilustrious parsonage,
aud that Mr.. Burnand and myself will be exoner-
ated from the charge Of wllfuy burlesquing any
sovereign whom 1t IL our duty to respect" What
will happen to the Christmas pantomimes, which
are doomed to hold the Shah up to nature,
won't predict. Undoubtedly the Lord
Chamberlain has already put o rod in
pickle for them. II managers had tho spirit OF
men and chose to combine they could
ehto
only fawning that pays. Lord Mayors know IL,
consequently royalty never gets so wen treated a.
in the city. What Lord Mayor wouldn't spend the
peoples money freely for the sake Of title' When
THE PRINCE OF WALES
returned thanks at st. Paul's for his recovery Q
LORD Mayor was bar0netted and Sheriff
kniyhted. The reigning Lord Mayor is baro-
Melted and sherirs are kuighted, because--to bor-
row Mr. GIadstones own words-"Of the splendid
reception accorded to His Majesty the Shah on his
late visit to the city" No wonder that the city IS
always lying in wait for great people, The city
means trade. Trade means vulgarity. Titles mean
fashion. Fashion means heaven. "Give US each
year our King or Shah and lead us into Court
circles" Is the aldermanic prayer. Talk about the
caste of India II pales before that of England yet
the Marquis OF Lorne recently declared at a meet
ing OF working men" that "classes In this
country were more closely connected than in
other nations and they could not be classi-
fed" This he stated in spite OF the fact
that merely because OF his being marquis and
the husband Of princess he had, Notwithstanding
his youth, been asked to preside over y meeting
ut which mature men, like Lord LyttletOn, Mr..
Mundella, Mr. Tom Hughes and others assisted.
English subserviency to rank Is an unending sur.
prise to me; but never was so astonisned as when
Mrs. Grey, leading woman sulraglst here, Invited
this same young
MARQUIS OF LORNE
to take the chair at meeting IN support
OF cO-educatiOn Of the sexes. n VIII preside,n
replied the noble marquis provided no woman 10
allowed to speak," False to her SEX Mrs. Grey with.
out consulting the committee who would never have
listened TO such On insulting proposition, bowed
acqluesence. The coon ess Of this dctation strkeA
me the more f0rcibly because the first woman
heard speak here In public was the Princess Louise,
his wife Evidently princesses may rush in where
plebeians must not tread. Undoubtedly the foolish
young man acted upon the wishes Of the Queen,
who is violently opposed to the woman movement.
Victoria, ruler of the British EMPIRE opposes the
equality Of the sexes before the law. Consistency,
thou art not Guephl FREE LANCE.
VERY LATEsT.-The Shah has bought bicycle for
the use Of the harem Here is capital opportu.
nifty for the Shahesses to run one another down.