The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-05
Flow she Shah is Made Fun OF In
from VI %. Conwa!'s London Letter in the Gin
cinnaii COMMERCIAL


rrrom ". d, Couway's London Letter in the Gin
cinnati CommcrciaLl
IoSpoS. July 19.-While the Shah wa;
among us all public recognition OF any. drol
aspects OF his visit were dccorou<iy sup
prcssed-a at least they were suppressed in
public. There were innumefabic queer
Stories about him. and you have read them
i'm America, but they We're not read IN Eng
land. But now that he is gone, and none OF
his suit is lett save one poor felloW--AllrZa
Minaesiantz, who the Prussian Minister
saws was not OF the Shah's suil--locked up
in Newgate, who was inconsiderate
enough TO invite 4 municipal banker
to inspect nh admirable process he
Possessed for engraving Russian roubc
notes time for having our laugh seems
til draw near. Aud 10 one is more able to
siyc us ourrightS in this regard than Mr. +.
c. Eurrand. This gentleman has pcrpp
trated Il niece of fun called Kis>i-Kissi,"
which was brought out at the Opera
ComiQuc on saturday evening. aud ha>
kept tilcutrc.goiny London IN Il roar
all This week. The Opera Comlquc j, the
newest OF our theatres, and represents 4
hit Of Paris Imported into this metropolis.
Ii was IN enterprise Of MI. kingston
Artemus Wards friend and fellow
trayCler-whu is the cievereSt" OF
Inanasel:t and has provided on the site Of tho
HOLY Wei! (to which, in old times Pagan and
after them christian pilgrims ilocked), n we'll
spring OF delight in the. SPARKLING and oab-
bling operas OF UnenBacis, Hcryc, and Jonas.
In tie present case Mr. BurnanTs charming
librctto has been welded to the spirit
music o! Ofenbarh'S :" Lille lie ~~Tuiipa-
Iap," and the result is one, Of the bright
est entertainments which London has had
for many day. No printed edition oil
the words has teen issued or IS 90.
tuiDab!e, perbaps because it would have
played TOO easily into tue hands OF the New
Workers., WHO are always on the LOOKOUT "
pick ur these theatrical tit-bits in an irrcgu'
lar way 50 I must trust to memory. Ane
elcyerest thing is, perhaps, the makeup o.
MIR. Henri CORR, who Represents s 9.
distinguished visitor under the name Q, luz
padisbah Doo-Deen.v This inonarcil, on
his arrival home, contides to his wives ahe
councillors that tho Engalsli shsis.ea On cai y
;n~ him Shah. which he was dissusteu u
.;md rrn,e,aansiy similar to AN exclamhtiof
~ theirs meaning 8 Poo, W He illustrates
IN Thorn the manners and customs OF tae
Wsst Nv ;,niiating the English : swell "saut
diamond fine Scotch Jig. which he declares e
~, ,i,a G,shionable dance OF our best society
~ n. III tha sights he witnessed In England
S'amWo olwicn Infants each the "son Of,
o,,, .hish roared Justify in their nursery
ssnS other sft,ings-that which threw hin
into she greatest ccstacy was Madame Tus'
sand,s waX-Works (for which, as Is kindly
ssi.' by5 ours artists, the Shall neglected
mi, the galleries and exhibitions OF art
pressed GU bis attention. de thought o.
buying up the whole waN.work, exhibition
for his ARMY, but feared the figures might
run under FREE He felt Illuminated al
inding that in England all the shalls Were
koInee employed inthe most mcniai oeeu-
cations: rGey were called "Siiah-H0men.'
The padisbah appears with an elegant cir.
.et OF pawnbrokei's tickets depending on
ais breast, and he patheticaly ccnsesses
{ .shep asked aoout his jewels, that, ewing ie
the heavy expenses Ut his journey, he hat
been compelled to visit !,
Oh, my prophets seai uncle - ss
The English member Of Parliament Is dc