, 1877-06-25
American Indian, Ia hfs skfns and feathers turns
| up on an afternoon as a feature nt mn nrtIttte

l
OF ofhcr European capitals,
r,,,x.p ApMi7s or So .AnaoN OF 1oxnuzs.
Ihsre 1Ih;, Is 81 no weakly polite giving way to the
OF tl'yer zones and raccs conform In their n,a1l-
ners and dress, and pay Difference to the Anglo
saxen & &xernac,ilar; English dignity anl ignor.
parade field Of London, II extausts the excuses
of the b'h1r and intellect for bringing men and
womsn toeether. Eating, ts the flrst and last
ii9ntlp may not te very. cxh!laratine. but a bot
tle Of sherry, with loaf and eleesu placed be-
tween you aud an Engl!sllman ou table, pro-
claims hts having accepted you on eren terms 81
plays an essential role III the drama OF tho Lon
don season. soclety offers .you tts breakfast nt
y o'clock. At2 you arc demanded for lunch.
You arc arranged to accept tea aea West End
an hour before midnight. You drink coirec al
cup, anu y!sls se!cntt'g cabinet or an athletic
nats IN The morninE: You drive TO the Koyel
Tomorrow tho programme is not less exacttng,
but unchanged. An artists studio or garden
pavilion is pretc1t for u morning meal al fra
| co. Theretsa 2 ride in the park for midday, and
| tuted at night for your Parliamentary host Of
yesterday. So on for succession Of days until
ne en- o. the seas1n 4opa'' fairly through
120 NIGHTS IN A DREss-coAT,
and TO receive liberal education. Amid The
storm OF engagements, cvcn the Aumbles, actor
who enters for part "a hooked with appoint
rash as TO acccpt an additional, obligation with.
out @ W.T. snapectlng the card which fio carries Of
ILLS polite pron.fscs. .
Good sogietty becomes frequently informal In
the aeaeon'a heat and rush, All it, Members
arc l!ablo to oral md tmpromptu Invitations to
breakfast. A would-be hostess tor a dinncr-
insty, concerned during tn, hurrying season to
secure the appropriate number Of sittets for her
covers, Ut tho ilrst opportunity accosts her men.
tally appointed guests as to their engagements.
A Young parllainentarlan Or rising artiat
bending dcicrential1y over his tablets, IN rc-
ts''rS, spo'nsc to sush polite summons, iss stock
.iaoleau OF the drawing-foom, as we'll % Of
Punch, during The height Of the season.
a LONDON season tnay be accepted practically
Or rnmanttcally, as yol will. An Engl!shmaa
fhs Sf ill., SsS sos s
phcrc ia perceived as commonplace. But 10 an
American in the Englisb social world there &C.
ours . good deal that Is like fiction. and ffe-
qucnt Guggestions Of tho romantic. Lie Is sur
rounded BY historic names, and Ia
CONSTANTLY MEETING NEMANKAnLB PERSON.
AGES,
Of whom he has been accustomed only to read.
He threads Ills why between castcs ahl acquired
d.tlnctions. After. conversation, perhaps, with
Marquis, or a political Minister, lie Is intro
duccd without infection to Ills tavoElte English
novelist. a moment 1atcrllc Is face to faeo With
j
fessor, who ilavo bccn his earliest mentors In
tho path Of science. London, by its position,
is tile only capital city In the world which as
ecnblcs and ayaila Of for it, soctety the whole
multitude OF conItry's celebrities. A hnlf
dozen miles by rail bring at the call Of the Lou
don hostess, as surely as to Queens commits
Sion, the savants Of the great untversitlcs from
their laboratories OF libraries to be your iriciuiy
cOfloqu[sts Tor IN evening. They were only
nanics md authorities before. They have sud.
denly become actual personalities, nslting Qucs-
tons and specuatlng over conversational Issues
~ nodestly as others. Extraordinary chatac-
glisn life faTors good many elements Of tilt
dramatic impossible to republican society. Brit.
ISL Institutions shelter tho broken careers OF
Europs. Hero Is the second son of pcerngo
title who hos married respectable singer is cut
OF from tho help lss family by the niesaianec,
Inns changed bis politics md entered Parliament
among tho Libcsa!e. Lie grects you cordially
yGu % ,a French Of Amercan because he has bad
etlger-halrcd ltalian woman, one OF tho fcrs1d
feminine rcvoiution1st8 to whom Cavour was
p!osegc, Will tell you longer than you can listen
of secret cabn's aroun1 tho red fog OF '4s. You
eccost nephew OF Mcndc]ssohn and son Of
afoschccs.
HERE ARE rAoL1os1,
tlo lanseuso Of halfecntnry. ago, and 6ignor
with which yuu belieyod tho world lal rs clfett-
ually done d With any other historical roman.
ccs. Tho olc has resumed her art as tho teacher
singing. Th'cy aro both foreign and DO nostou.
eequcnt1y como under tho codp Of English e1clu-
sion, being admitted, despite their callngs, Into
London pnraors, whers they aro supposed tU re-
decoration they lend to good society. In tbs
same room urs half o dozen other suggestive
and startling names, "niia. and struys from tho
asts o. stranded from conttnental m eonyulsionss
them In nj American drawing-roun would Ect
the COMPANY agog But, 40 that they hnye kent
or got Glenn md reputable, the all-cmbrucing
5ooi 81 LonaSn ,,oclety takes ttsn quite placid
recalling for which tho season finds time, you arc
asked to contribute for Mrs. Black. Dyron's
Mud OF Ateils,h an Engisllman's widow,
hs grown Sa ad po9rh in 'pto
The heart Of tho London season Is reached
AT TIN AND or MAY.
The last Of tho great families have arrived from
tho country, and the Continent has poured In
tho gathering plpeo Of the world. fho streets
Of West End ato dcnec with easrlages until they
aEe no longer thosouRhfares. Fashion blocks
crowd. through the month Of June, tho spaces
In front of the Royal Academy Of Art. The
afternoons arc glitter Of wheels. the park Is
rage, Regent street wilderness, Piccatlilly
maze. be'gravlasqanrc. with its stately houses,
Is o'ways too classic Tor aCftatlon; bat pass
through Its neEghhorhooa at noon, a1,d troops OF
ccgucstFa1ta are mounting for ilottcn Row. At
~ the afternoon q landau with lamc Of arms
palace. tIlline for the park or dlnner.
Al Tue greater md lesser houses giyc balls
or receptions In hlay. rhoy repcat tt,ctn In juno
and rcilcw them in July. For Duchess, Lady,
or Mistress to appoint night for her particular
entertainment, when a hundred Of her rsnk
sha'l not have aleo:opcned their doors, Is sall to
bc % delicate and responsi1lo q atrokc Of tacties
ns tho pitching Of q ilci4 for battle. but when
the occasion l'as been elloscn, there appears to
tho Eucsts nu mistake. Art conccals art. 4
London entertainment seems to be tho growth
pt ntoclal organization rather thaa heinvrntiop
Ut hostess. It 10 never faulty In tastc, though
1t Mny not bo finished In tho requirements of
art. S0etety'a fruits hayu 50 Often ripct,cl up
on this Vigorous tree Of tho London season, they
nr0 Always mellow anu satisfactory.
Tho height Of tho season !Ba
PERPETUAL HOLIDAY.
One hundred thousand pcople u1o eagerly and
systematically engaged over the spaces Ut West
End searching foF pleasure There Is asl event
every morning, for which smaller capital than
laby ytonfc London would require week OF d.
Ecstton-a parade Of troops, an afistocrutsc mar-
rIn9c, k0Ynl 4lldEegs over sa!lle Yenernble or