Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-28
CetywayO's London Life.
London Truth.

Cetywayo is very much pleased with
his new quarters. The house is Meas.
antly situated, overlooking LsdV HoI
lands park, and has a good sized garden
IN the rear 1t is furnished strictly in
accordance with English tastes by the
ubiquitous Whiteley but the ex.King
and his suite DO not take kindly to the
British bedstead, and, in fact, have dis.
pensed with that civilized article of fur
niture, preferring TO sleep upon the floor.
On his arrival, Cetywsyo explored the
house from garnet to basement, examip-
ing every nook and corner with childish
curiosity, and was evidently filed with
establishment He is an early
riser, and takes his bath with
commendable regularity, and lis very
particular as to his washerwoman. His
indoor attire is a suit of blue serge of
the nautical type, and he wears on his
head gorgeously embroidered smoking
cap. CetywayO receives his visitors
seated upon an ottoman in the centre of
the capacious drawing room. He is a
great stickler for etiquette, which is
strictly observed by his followers. The
visitor is invited to take chair in front
at a respectful distance behind AS His
Majesty can only speak a few words of
broken English, the conversation is
carried on through an interpreter, Mr.
Stepstone generally acting in that ca
pacity. The King shakes hands with
cordially, and cOnverses with evI-
dent freedom and earnestness. He
is grave and dignified in his bearing.
and apparently does not possess much
sense of humor. Nevertheless, he ap-
pears to be capable of perpetrating a
joke with his followers, who frequently
laugh heartily at his remarks. AT the
end of the interview the King says
Good bye" in English, and again shakes
hands with pleasant smile. The visi
tor cannot fail to be impressed by his
child like simplicity and the absorbing
nature of his aspirations. Though he
asks many questions with keen desire
for information, his inquiries all have a
direct bearing upon the object of his
mission. He does not fail, however, to
express gratitude for the warmth of his
reception by the public, which he evil
IDENTIFY regards as a favorably augury.
So far Cetywayo is pleased with all he
has seen in England, and even, 31irGbile
dtctal, has no fault to find with our much
abused climate. Our English ladies,
however, do not come up to his standard
of female grace and beauty, which may
perhaps account for his awkwardness in
their presence; or perhaps he may be
haunted by tender recollections of the
faithful spouses who followed him into
captivity, to each of whom he dutifully
wrote during the voyage. On being in
troduced to lady at Southampton, he
was overwhelmed with confusion, and
was hardly less embarrassed when an
other lady presented him with a gold
locket. In other respects he shows
commendable readiness to adapt himself
to our English institutions. He has not
quite got over a feeling of distrust at
a staircase, but he and his followers have
learned to manipulate knife and fork.
Cetywayo is famous t1encher-man. He
takes his meals in company with his
suite, two of whom-Umkosana and
Ungobozana-com his armies
against our troops at Isandula and
Rorkes Drift respectively.