Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-07
Adelaide NELSON'S Funeral.
[Oiive Logan in Gin. Eaq'

Here is the procession. Four mutes abreast
lead Ii, main proper men look you; men Of pre-.
sence decently attired, In no respect resembling
the berry lOw-priced article furnished at G :
ond-claSS funeral. Then the bier, drawn by four
powerful black horses. from whose high-reined
beads nod sable plumes. They are palled in
black velvet and Grape, black velvet and black
hueS generally predominate; nevertheless. the
rehdiSSaHce OF the epoch, by which the glory OF
GODS own rainbow hues are made to gladden.
the sun Wearted eyes OF our race, has entered
even here.
The horses harness mountngs are richly sill
VeIed; The cornice which tops the hearse is an
the body OF the vehicle is q rich dark blue,
almost black, the biue-bIack of the darkest
shades OF the plunage OF some rare and lovely
birds. The mystic monogram OF the Saviour's
self. II. Sis done in silver. The coffin,
being eff English oak, is a soft yellow; its
mountings are silver; the silver plate it bears
says only: Lillian Adelaide Nelson, died at
Paris, August "a 1880" The flowers with which
the coffin is loaded lend nothing 10 the har-
nony of color, for they are all without excep-
tfon white. Had she been that angelic virgin
OF sixteen yonder, cllnging to the cross, AIDE
lade Nelson's friends could not have been
more unanimous in their selection OF white
blooms tit Ior tie decking or the maiden Ophe-
LAS tomb.
Just behind the hearse walks the Doctor OF
Divinity who has been praying, and VIII pray
again, for the eternal repose OF this young NOR
tai gone He wears the crimson hood TO his
white gown and the Oxford skull cap. He Is
supported by brother OF the cloth OF lesser
SldnClDS. linen come the A more
grfef-stricken party never saw and yet one
can not fail to notice this strange tact. There
are no relations Of the dead actress here either
by birth or marriage.
The chief nourner is Rear Admiral Carr Glyn
to whom Miss Nelson last sumIer herself told
ne she was 10 be married. The secret was con,
tded TO me, not TO be repeated and has never
oeen In pint before. No need for secrecy noT,
The delay which took place In the nuptials was
made necessary by various considerations one
of which was that Miss Nelson, with insttnc
Toe not no don rGTnr l0r
Enhanced should be herself married before a
stepmother should be called IL to take posses
sion OF the place Of honor at her fathers table.
Are you and the young lady frtenda?n
asked.
THAT we are" she answered in her pretty,
:souled manner. ''She sends me her
horse to ride In the park"
Another veXed question In regard to the mar
Rage was that, although, to obtain her divorce
from Mr.. Lee. Miss Nelson became a natural
lz tsd, citzen CT the Inlted states there was
with the commission OF bigamy in case OF a
second marriage, as the English law does not
recognize the validity OF American divorces
made 70 dissolve English mariia ges. At any
rate there might have been a struggle. and here
among the mourners, Is the lawyer who would
have been her counsel Mr. George Lewis, j.
By his side, his eyes SwOl en- with tears which
fall like rain as the slender coffin is lowered
in the earth is her last years Romeo young
Compton, Who loved her-as almost every one
kLoWs-bOth on and Off the stage. He knew
well, poor boy, that the day would come soon
when he would be asked to dance at her wed.
ding. He little dreamed that first he would be
mace pall-bea1er OF her coffin. Behind him.
leaning Gu the arms OF various men OF disC1nc-
uitn, ell dressed III the deepest mourning. come
a number OF artistic women OF dramatic
Fanny Josephs, Mrs. A. Mellon and Helen
Barry, woman who Is content to do what
Adelaide Nelson never did, namely, TO offer her
beauty alone, unsupported by study Or genius
as an apology fer her presence OF the stlge
| cast glance at the coffin as it lies deep In
earth almost completely covered with howers
ON top of which is program Of Miss Nelson's
last performance on the stage, and as | am
taking one OF the broad outward paths toward
the gates a man approaches me and lifts his
NAT; bag I paIdon I'm sure he says defer
my hand (Which had fancied had quite con-
ceaIed], "notes?"
mo offense, 'ope," he continues, with
bland smile which makes his face strangely
familiar, though, as the saying is, can not
place him; 'but-seeing notes-ventured to
mention It,"
Mention what?n
Tears and Company, s45 Upper Graves
street. Vest
Who are they?'
.'Bag pardon-uDdertakers" with another hat
lit and blander smile. l recognize him now.
lie continues biandly: If notes for the
pass him and sink upon a stone bench, a
mass OF verdure, peopled with an infnitude OF
snail creatures worlds.
tie groyelfng spirit Of commercial enterprise
will stand Of abaShed. Admiral Glyn the ritu-
al1Stic recior'S SOL, her husband Lee, young
Compton and many other mentor who could
resist her faScinctiOn-loved the lovely and low
ing Lillian Adelaide Nelson. Jehovah's thun-
derbolt strikes her, and she becomes the damp
moist BODY Mantiini dreaded sinking into and
the last offices to her beauteouS form are rem
dereG with business lndlfferentfsm by-be sure
the print the address correctiy-TearS and
Company, 345 Upper Graves street, West.
PE0TCGRAPHING EXPRESS TRAINs.-A California |
operator has had great success lie photograph |
ing a EorSe at full gallop. Messrs Marsh Bros |
photographers. ar Henry-o on Thames. England |
have Just obtained some interesting pictures OIL |
the Great Western eXpreSS-the 'Flying Dutch |
man"-taken while running through Twyford |
station. at q speed or nearly sixty miles per |
hour. The point or view from which the pho |
tograph has been taken is On the port bow OF
the express, and the definition is admirable, the
details OF the locomotive coming OUT as sharply
as the stationary objects in the view. Messrs
Marsh Bros, are now making flying shutter
which. when applied to their camera, will re-
Cuce the time OF exposure OF the plate to - 10Th
OF second. With this new shutter they hope
TO get thoroughly satisfactory photo graph OF
an express train taken brOadSide on.
Ceramic buttons are coming into fashion