, 1879-06-11
TILE NAUTCu DANCE.

How 1t Was Dnncett before Wafcs-And
S0me ttrtipnt1ona nn thu Standard Ut
Mor:.l. in I:nslnnd,
IT, n. Conravs Lonfon Letter to RaliImors Gaskt.t.
There Ia quiet smi1s going around ancnt
Gen, Graut In 1ndia. The smile began iu Cal
cutta, cams to London via Paris, n'd II Is Gully
fair 1t should bo passed olt TO America. Spens-
Ing Of the Nautcsl dance at JcYpore attended
by Gen. Urant, the Herald lcnortcr says: "rhe
girls wore heavy garments embroidered" md
ntltls: "Thc Eautch tancu Is meaningless. 1t
Is not oven improper" Tile fact Is The tlhEcs
was maue dull and rcspecIahlu for the sako ot
tho Grant purity. Wien tn: Prince OF Wales
was o,t here md went to sec thu dance 1t was
nut considered necessary t" be 80 clasrful,
IND the Sautcll girls entered III their bal-
tho wast consists only of jewels. They danced.
too, for tbs Prluce like tst|. Tho Prinre of
Wnies WI. ."hfgnly delighted" bs tho NautctI
Ill rxprrssIon Of " Resignation tinted WITH des.
pair" nor did he, like Jol1n Russell Young,
suppose 1t a religious ceronsnny. The fcetln;
which tho llntoos thus exhibited Of tho differ
for prnvo aiul what for iii American rtrsl-
dent nay, nftcF tile snfe laA passcd, suggest d
thought to tho political PHILOSOPHER.
Notady llrrc, not even tho plons papers.
the Nautcl, danco and itH nHdltiea; l,lt, had
Gen. t;rant betn equally celstl-ensy, 1he tncl-
dvnt might hare become factor IN tho ,llirl-
tcrminolarv. MT only no, but hero IN Eli
twceu Royalty ard nobility, and thu .uidd 10
unI lower classea. Gladstone, bright, Or
Fnratcr Would 10 hocialtY ruined by haying u.s.
koclateIl with them atorlcs which ure freely COLI
fts s ss1! 'fxs s1v @ "" b.t G5s r. IL. s cants a:
Int u eoeric word which 10 thu eoldfcrs Is Hat
Lasphcrny." Sn In dcrtis us we'll az words thu
rrtyslrgcd class Is privileged even In it, relation.
personal rlaractcr Of Queen victorIa, tho En-.
s.tsh ariktocrncf tnars scpntatioh not sub
stanttlty different fraln what it hurr IN pcroLs
Nun called Iicent!ttus. 'l1,r ThackcraYs 0i thu
future will picture theso Idle unper folk pretty
much n. their forsfathers are pictured. Lung;
rcstlcucr In this country has gradually Induced
thc Lest En.l[s!! noss!. The sad way, N
Which her beauty worked out J., FER 'rr,1 M
| Of beauties WHO approach too nuar th,.'
duzzlitS ilatnr Of the high idlers Ut tie suelul
summit, brought up with fccllng Ut immunity
o1ly t"n o.nary r. ofa's ; Put " sos'nss
to,sby, tic actress, when hardl5 out Of viii.
hood, hut OLD In korenw. ehss nlcta1lcholS
story. Shs belougul to hgh family, bang
nccc Of Baron Dousc. hut oel'!!; stFattensd III
.ura,.s she we,1t OIL tlIc slago IN Plymouth: Mr..
| Kuusby, tna1agcr Of small llIeatre ln Jtrsuy,
persuade.l her to CLIQUE With lin, arti st'e BE-
ca,ne the thcatrieal stur u ttat ittilc island
Tom TAYLOR, the playwright, an a summer tout
.lrru saw !lcr act, Mn!l kuuw ll'a! ler sa!cnt nn
beauty tncnt gold in lontloa. She und her hus
baud were cxslY persuaded to come, and Tom
Taylor being ut tlls II1ia theatrical crttc OIL tht
I.unuotl Iffast In Oxenfortl's ausenct. did 1o1
full to make her debut and f'rss engagement .
great success.
81 a,l artstss In London was In play ( lavt
lnaltun resists. with horror, tlsu advances ot I
cclltloll8 llMke. ifIt, alas, that which tho p.0