The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-07

VIM k'osJ our Ulysses snaros rom England
Are We not proud we all should share with him.
These. II not exactly Shakespeare's words,
express my sentiments and those Of oil
Americans have met since General Grant
came over here. What want to convey is
that we are very proud, and the ghost Of
the Bard Of Avon will forgive me il have
substituted the. classic name Of orr
great soldier for that Of the big
sulky fellow who loafed in his
tent while his fellow Greeks were being
hammered with ''woes unnumbered" by the
confcderates of lofty Ilion. Shakespeare's
curse on him who moved his bones does
not, hope, apply to those who. with laud-
able intentions, alter his lines. This night,
indeed, the American people hive had their
pride gratifed in the most brilliant way at
the reception which was rendered to ex-
President Grant in the spacious drawing
rooms Of our Minister at the Court of st.
james.
THE SOCIETY DESCRIPTION.
Most people who have dived into contem.
porary English fiction or who have read the
pretty stories told of levees and receptions
in London or Paris would be able to fill in
for themselves the picture Of what to-night's
reception was like; but then they might SGT
about taking off a little tinsel here
and little grandeur there, and SO
would minimize the affair until it looked no
brighter than one of the thousand and one
affairs TINT take place here during the sea-
son. Thus they would do unconscious
injustice to remarkable historical event.
and what have to say is intended to round
off the outline that such meagre information
rs the stately society man vouchsafes to his
friends; as, for instance
cat the Pierreponts' reception to Grant
Ya-as; great crush; everybody was there"
or course Lady Flora has more to say
about it, but then, mingled with little
about the "lion' is SO much about Her
Ladyship's ''set" that it would scarcely re-
pay the trouble Of writing it.
''LIoN' WORSHIP.
don't wish to get too far away from Min
lister Pierreponts, but let me touch upon this
noble English cnltus, the worship of the
''iion." here IS society, blasl world Of en-
joyment. ALI that money can purchase il
has but the round Of oil things eatable,
drinkable, wearable, visible, audible and
tangible which mere money can procure
grows wearisome and may be had, too, with
out ever entering the charmed portals OF
society" Hence was the social "lion" in
vented, and aptly enough his popularity is
called '.the rage" We have them here
season after season Of oil dimensions, from
the right royal monarch of the jungle down
Lady's Maltese terrier with the hair clipped
close over his body and o comical little
tuft left on the end Of his saucy
tail, while the locks on his neck are lef:
in funny semblance Of n mane In bad
season these diminutive lions, captured on,
&c teo O.;ccxol x~;c c;col;t;oc - ...,,,o &c ~
many preserves of science or travel, answe,
very we'll for society to salaam before.
When, however, q genuine "lion" comes
along, the leonunc,di are foresworn, and
trot up and down the streets and the club
steps without anybody to admire or to
their small, neglected bodies, and they
become like Tray, Blanche, Sweetheart
little dogs all. In President Grant $50
ciety," nay, the State, saw first class lion,
and the smaller leonines Of oil degrees are,
for the moment, put OH the shelf. Let us
~ 0nA OSO AtihS thSH, uttShuCo bhu SuL
rounded BY all London's distinguished men
and lovely women, the wearers of England
aristocratic and society greatness.
THE AMERICAN MINISTER'S.
Our road is through the quiet of great
West End squares and long, silent streets
where the rich and the puissant abide in
palatial homes. We find ourselves in ST.
james, and at last the carriage turns into
the great quadrangle of Csvendish square,
with its rallied in patch of vordure in the
centre and towering mansions on the four
sides. All this is dimly seen now, for the
night has wrapped the square in shadows
save where ruby CLEANS Of subdued bright
ness stream through the closely drawn scar
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