, 1879-07-24
A FRENCH FAIR In LONDON.

Carresnnndtnct Stte Tnrt 7rftuHr.
LONDON, july 8--0nco ayear or so tic Albert
Hail, built 10 he a temple ot tile Muses. and a
ptons monument to Albert the Good, hut too
big for either, Is found to i,e OF sonlo
usc. Onc Of those happv Instances oc-
Cured yesterday. A fair or fcte had been
organized hy French rcalden.s Of London
In MD OF tue French Hospital anu two other To-
6tIiHttons, and this was teil In the Albert Hall.
Fairs are no uncommon thing In LONDON, hut
this is llc first OF fs kind tho first which has
been 80 e|abosatcly arranged, anil with sn 1nauy
new 3caturcs. France mud Eagland each con-
ttihuted freely to make II a succcss; uni u
very,hrlllFant ssiCress It certainly proved, from
all pt'infs OF view. Tho announcement that
tho Royal Princes md prlnccsscs would
he present reused Of cuurse much
loyal feeling. The announcement that
the laltes Of the Comedlc F5ancaise would hold
stalls was possibly a greater attraction etilt
Many ladies Of fashion. mos. Of lie fashionable
beauties Included, wctc advertised as patroD-
csses Ht,d atall.kcepers,-nut for the llrst time,
however. The hanl Of HE Garlic nepublleains
Fssdsnt o s R
public. The conservative Frcuchnau will be
Ahnckca to hear tint they p1Ayeu uhe Marscll-
fafsc in t,c atreets Of London IS they marched
through; the Prince within hearing.
don Is for the most past lunciltnE. It seemed
safe to 70 later. hut pconfo who pushed ,j.at
presumption too tar missed part Of tho enter
tatu'urut. At 2:l5 tllcru was already crowd
10 the arena the central .rare Of the treat hait,
oyal-shuped. ard Of which all the seats had been
takrn In order to set up booths. iou saw Us
you entered that French hund had been ut
work. Everything was light iu structure and gay
In color, md but for the sfTns orer the
shops the whols might have passed for furry
cncan,pmcnt. The French trt-eolor was every
where. The signs bore tho nu1ucs Of the ladies
who bad turned shgpwomcn for the occasion.
The French Embassy wGs represented By the
Cotntcssn Dc Mantebc]lo. and other legations
acnt their best names and prctttcst wo1eu,-
atmc. dc bylnndt from the. Netherlands, the
Comtesso' stccnbock for Sweden, slime. dc
had givcn her name as one OF the patroncsses.
hut TIL account of the recent death In Mr. Wclsii's
family, which hns Withdrawn theln from society,
WAS unable 10 he present. America had, never
control OF Mrs. Konafds. who sold champagne,
lrcs, and fruits, md drove roaring trade ali
the nftcrnoou; smother where Mrs Adhir pre-
sird With equal profit. North atnt South Amer
the Baroucsa pcncdo. vile OF The brazilian Mi,l-
istcr, who found MI ATTRACTIVE ally in Mrs. Henry
Schlca!necr, with Mrs. Ecrnal Osborue az AIDE
dc-eamp to the latter. Among English nasncs
most conspicuous were Lady $kelsnesiale, Lady
Hood, Mrs: stoucr. the Marcb'ooess OF Head.
fort, and Mrs. Borthwlck.
At thc extreme cid wcro three stalls which
dsn1ayed no Individual name. but wers all In.
belIed nlkc, Coincide Franchise. Whttller
you wanted 70 20 70 THESE or not, you were
borne rresistib!Y thltcr by tile tide nf humans
ty which set steadily from tic entrn,Ice OF the
hall onward past the booths Of arlstocrntie bla-
xonry, and etraiEht to the cgutgnl KtaIl of the
French Company. You know nlready VINO Was
In II. You havo rcah enough OF thu passion OF
London for one woman during thtso las. few
weeks to guess thAt the nricatess Of this
Bcrnhardt. Early rs It ts, you uust b!dc your
tine before yotI can get near cnough to tic
shrine to make my personal offerings Ia your
own behalf. There aro men ind women Ia the
u'i tliis Is mt thu first tinu that female curios-
lty has shown Itself kccn 10 naEc cfnso ac-
qilalntance with the great actress md extraor-
diuary woman whose name ILLS evcryboiy:s
c1cito fen.ionc enthusiasm. All crca,ny
white, from tue hns which yoa can sec
to the eye of the imagination; With clouds of
psicsless II. lnca about bout, her sl'ros,. a,ti !
like skin. don't presume to oifcr my own
opinion OH such mysteries. ] AM only repeat
tn., III i,lsdlhtd and sober way, sumo of ll!c
eu'ogtcs l heard nasscd OF this triumph Of tho
drcfsusnker's art by ladies' who are themselves
the 1iylnE witnesses OF sklli not Mltrh in-
ferfor, a.Ml 50 presumably good Judges. On the
left shoulder the crtutuy white tccpcnrd Into
!ne pae yellow o. safG :' rnses. h,,u oser t',s
namas aau a5s r;nns %eIe br aFdwh ' ioses o' VIC
sa,ts sat "nG' ,a MiscI , IooIv aM S "'ees ~ an,
.o'.s 9. ystsom nv nanSnEt .H ~ tooss.y
as eayaiser,s ,,' boots IN ne % oldsn t!nes' bc'
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