, 1877-06-25

as phleGmatically ns ho cats pudding. without
any cost TO the nerve centres. Ho haa no
thought and 1co1s no need Of arousing hts fAc1ll-
agreeable sensation hnturni 10 Tia positfon Of
being surrounded BY his equnls In well sppoint-
ed tlshw'ng.roont Ordinary conversatfon on
ordinary topics suits ns well Is any other for tho
purposes Of this comfortably polite fellowship.
TUE 1ssuI.AH sni.r.EATIsrAcT,oN
anu aell'posRcaslon never foBo thetnseivcs In
tho noTvousncs OF social contacts. Tho Englith-
man docs not conceive going ont Of htnlnclf for
nation Of Of problug his sentiments. lie bas
nothlnE to otfer In rettirn as an American or 4
Frcnchtnan would have. An Engltshman Is
never resonant. IL goes Into society neither
stirring big imsgination nor his pusitont, md
consequently comes out without damnge by A.
triton. Emotion Is unconventional and miIi-
tency tntolernbIe in an English rarlor. Add to
these facts that method Is M Engtsl, tradition,
and 4 Is posstbl. to concelyo TINT there is no
limit to the national capaclty for enduring 60
ctety, and that by adopting its pleasures rs a
part Of the busincss Of life rather than IA a
special recreation Tho English accomplish tho
pas| .a season IN 'Ae world which Is not ''''
Notwitl,standing tho vast and vartcgatctl
number Of personages assembled for It's pur-
poses, tho iutilritluaia to bs encountered In Lon
don pnrlors during tho season have always tho
ENGLISH TONE AND MANNER.
The powerful EnRlish personality subdues the
elements OF society % It subtltca everything
With wl1lcl, II comes Into contact. Tho habit of
English society is less demonstratlve than Of
other nations. 1ts essential and prevailing mark
Is qutctncBs. The example of tho nrIstocracY
gives color to everything, and tho manner Of this
class Is simplicity almost to ailectation. There
Is also no necessary barrier bctwcen tho class
losseeae0 OF titles and persons without them.
To enter the world Of tho London seaaon from
whatever gate Is 10 ind no pathway iuc1oFably
closed against you. Noble and pfebcian, dis
ground aud mix fa,nllinrly together In hun.
1rcd drawtng.rooms. British nristocracy Is fond
Of decorating ite saloon with tho beat that can
be found q vii and learning: Distinguished
politics aud the professions aro able on the otl,-
cr hand, to make ilcir parlors too attroctive 10
be resisted By any moro cnsto pretens,on.
One Of the ehlef Characteristic Of the society
that enacts tho unriralod drama Of tho London
season Is, as has already been int'nated,
ITS LAcK OF 1DKA1lTr-
the principle which everywhere elto creates and
gives Incentive to the life Of the saloon.
a Tho EuEs, b, ars realizing through
wl'at they possess OF porcclve. Tho national
taste deulunls tho substantial. But nowhere,
save lu London, docs the ,opulcnee Of society
builds Itself palaces for It's meeting places,
surrounds itsclf with the eplcndor Of art, mud
oils It's saloons with tho most diverse md OK
alted personaEes, and affords to enjoy those
Father than thi5ough the snagInation. tsitas'1s IL.
manco submits to bo tanned In m atmosphere
whcre Il Is perceived as the actun1. Tho aristo-
cratic E,pglisfl purchase, ~ shclt, with The
from a too vivid exercise OF fancy.
Tho French protest that tho society exhibited
II the London season IL not pfquantt, while tho
Gcrmana say that Il u not lcarnel. II is por-
haps broader than Tho Frenchman's pIquancy,
and more understanding than the 1crman's
learning.
Its, In fact, the:only society In tho world
wholly cosmopolitan. But II must DO admitted
that It's highest aim Ia kind Of Aonslous COM
fort, and TINT It is a society without romance Or
admiration.
Tho London season begins to wane toward
the middle Of July. Tho novelty Of tho Acade-
my and the field nights in Parliament nro oyer.
The members OF tho patrieian famllles, aurfclt.
cd with tho repetition Of entertainments, drop
OF. QUO BY Que, to the country or 10 tho ContE
nent. Society Quickly follows tho van Of Its lead
crs until tho lst Of August, when tho strrets OF
West End haye grown senslbly dull. Parjsa-
less session till adjournment. But evcn before
this latter event tho last chariot has rolled out
q l1ytlo park md left the palms aud lclfshts OF
the English social year In tho rearWnrd vista
William J. Arnsstron4.