The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-05-09
London Society.
lristOCracy Behave Themselves.

- NOOJ SA0O44OL VI SIedJ LONDON
houses and the luxuries, beauty and
richness of their interiors. Ihave often
passed Cromwell house, and it seemed
nowise different from the miles of dull,
leaden, block-like houses which line the
mile OF Cromwell road but have Just
been there to witness some tableaux vi
wants, and gained fresh perception of
the almost fabulous wealth which the
higher classes of London now possess,
and OF the extent to which they manage
to surround themselves with spIendor. |
Entering beneath tenda, stepping up
on purple carpet across the street flor |
royalty was to be present., we pass
along large corridors and up q great |
Venetian stairway, amid walls covered |
with superb pictUres-amid statues re- |
Ginning and statues standing-along |
suite of rooms each finished and tinted |
like a work of art, until we come upon |
a balcony, but one closed in from the !
open air by great walls of French glass |
There are, indeed, two walls of crystal !
one ranged with every variety of flow
er from every part of the world, while
the other was ablaze with lights, and
through it was seen hall adorned in
the most beautiful style. In this hall
there were seated about 300 persons.
At one end was an organ, at the other
stage with a dark green curtain before
it. The ceiling was covered with ale
gorical frescoes, the cornices were a net !
work-a face, one might almost say
of white and gold And beneath sat a
company containing the most aristocrat-
&c and wealthy people Of the West end.
One could have detected this in various
ways. Margaret Fuller used to say to
her friends that when in London she
could recognize the aristocratic ladies
by the elaboration with which their
hair had been dressed, which, indeed,
is not bad sign but they who look to
fine jewels as a test will be mistaken,
rs the middle-class ladies wear the big
gest jewels.
But the most unmistakable indication |
of the rank of any company is always
furnished when prince, or other mem
Der of the royal family enters. All
classes beneath the highest receive such
with noisy snobbery; the aristocracy
rise quietly, and then sit down when |
the royal parsonage is seated. Then, |
the aristocratic ladies are much more
gauzy, decollete, and a la Vatican in
their dress, and are very apt to shock |
the middle-class lady with whom they
come in contact, though the dress of the.
latter is more costly, rich and loud. |
There was in the company at Cromwell |
house (the residence of S. B. Freake, |
Esq.,) group of the parveRu kind, who
made themselves known. One gentle |
man loudly protested that it was high
time for the curtain to rise, and another
responded to party who wished to get
seats, that he had "found the most ex-
IRENE difficulty in getting the people to
sit IN one another's laps. They seemed
to feel some objection to it" Such ex-
pressions brought hundreds of surpris-
ed and flashing eyes upon these utter
ers, who quickly subsidized into silence.
The tableaux were extremely beauti-
full. They were got up under the SUI
Perintendenoe of the royal academician
Mlllais, who was assisted by the artists
Holmes and Lumley. Most of them
were famous pictures presented by fair
ladies and handsome men, and accom-
panied by exquisite vocal music, rem
dered by amateurs, and suited to the
tableaux. The first thing we saw after
the lights were lowered was faint disk
OF light on the center of the green cur
tain this swelled larger and larger,
until at last it became a large, moon
like circle, which framed the picture
. We had the Field of Alma" (after n
picture by the princess royal, repre-
sented by vivandiere holding a cup to
the lips of q dying soldier; the ere
treat from Moscow" of Vernet, by a
wounded soldier protecting his boy
amid the snow with his cloak and one
arm, while with his other hand he
grasps his pistol, looking with hard
scowl upon the galloping Cossacks.
Then we had a beautiful scene after
Vatican, "Fetes Venetiennes, " where
in lady and youth in picturesque COS
tunes were in the act of dancing on the
sward, while younger girls and boys
lay about amid heaps of flowers. Break
ing the Spell awakened great enthu-
siasm-the lady caught sleeping by her
lover amid roses, lilies and pomegran-
ates, being singularly beautiful. The
same lady appeared as Julietta with he1
Romeo. The " Princess in the Tower q
was a capital representation of Paul
Delaroche's masterpiece, and his ma
RE Antoinette Returning from Trial
aud Gin Prison were exquisite-not
the less because the lovely lady who
stood for the chief figure could not re-
frain from blushing. AIillais's "BlacB
Brunswicker "a knight parting from
his fair bride-Saint Elizabeth of Hun
gary in two pictures Zone with children,
and others, were all given with consum.
mate taste and skill. AS an illustration
of the completeness with VIII ch ths
affair was arranged, may mention thai
lust before the tableau of Marie An
toinette appeared, a small choir neal
the stage began to sing the "Niserere.
Soon after they began, loud voices from
behind the scene broke out with tn,
wild Marseillaise, almost drowning
the softer chant in front. While tn,
revolutionary hymn was being sung tt,
disk expanded and revealed the naples
queen surrounded by the fierce red-cap