The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-13

of Fairy Beauty, where he will sit upon
throne and bold his regal court. The revels
the splendors of the day. The next morn
ing King Carnival will have disappeared as
suddenly as he came He and all his quaint
attendants. in motley garb, will have van
ished into air, into thin air. Whether they
will return depends upon the way in
which the monarch and his troop dis
port themselves in their unwonted revel-
ries. If their frolics are harmless. as we
believe they will be, their humor genial and
their influences for good, then the first visit
of King Carnival will not be the last, and
New York will give him the same annual
welcome that he has in Rome, Venice and
New Orleans. In the meanwhile let US treat
him in a manner worthy of his own dignity
and of our hospitality.
Our London and Paris Cable Letters.
as he sat in front of the orchestra at Albert
Hall, in London, the other day. when he
saw the English aristocracy filing out
in tho midst of the wonderful harmonies
of ''Die Walkiire" we should probably find
that there was a great deal mere pity than
contempt in his heart, but doubtless
little Of both. With all her gigantic
patronage of music London has looked at
the Zalc,mftn,tsil. with timidity as much
ms repulsion. The impresarii held back
from Wagner religiously until very lately
and now only give him in small
doses. They would give anything
likely to pay. but school Of satirists had
your solemn Englishman, though he can
enjoy certain kind of fun, always wants
to know whether lie is paying to be en-
lightened or amused. The Wagnerian
school is full of strong points. and such
always attract the humorist England, for
lack OF plucky managers, got the satire be-
fore the music, and hence we may be
sure that the fifteen hundred sent
holders who went to Albert Hall
last Monday expected nothing more than
whirwind of brass, thunder
of drums and n roar Of deep German voices.
Thus prepared it is highly probable
that they heard only what they
listened for, and voted it bore.
But Wagner will grow on them
in spite Of their British impassiveness, and
after while we shall find them going for
course of musical sensations and TRANQUILITY
enjoying it with as much languid delight
as a Chinanan exhibits when he sits down
with his opium pipe before lamp to puff
himself into pleasant dreams. Paris has
a musical entr'acte just now, but she
manages to fill it up with couple Of dra-
matte successes. Wonderfully fecund fell
lows those Partisan authors The Prince of
Wales has been catching it at the hands of
the temperance people because he went to
the Licensed yictuallers' dinner, licensed
victualler being Anglice for rumseller.
The Prince went, however, SO that those
who look forward to dinner with the future
King need not be afraid that they will find
only cold water on the table Mt the Eng
lish White House Buckingham Palace The
action Of Albert Edward is almost enough to
make Mr.. Dodge go back to the Union
League Club with it's wicked bar, which
we suppose has tin pipes in it. Cour-
bets prospective revenge in painting
his enemies to pay for the column destroyed
by the Commune under his direction has a
delightful righteousness about it, but the
best point for Courbet is that he will prob
ably escape half the penalty through pro-
cess called dying before the great fine is
paid.