The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-04-09
LIFE IN ENGLAND.


park AS it rarely is even nj he height OF the
season There is drill-likc. almost automatic
precision in tho mannuvrce IT hyde Iark.
Each hour Of tho DAY is sacred TO particular
t,rrn Of parade duty, and it /, absolutely i'm
possible to shorten or ttrnn-pose the allotted
limo 10 be srcn driving when you should be
riding. or tu be s"on Mt all except within tn"
linesarl intrcnchmcnts Of the camp OF fashion
Is 10 vote yourself nobody. You nj once be-
come rrprObatC. an outlaw, compared To-
whom the exile in Siberiantmnos.i n cheerful
member of society.
Icnin.; alone tho early hours. the pride Of
tho morning. when babies. pcrumbulators. and
nurscs combine exercise and amusement by
rather cirumscrlbcd and unhnowcd march
past the Horse Guards. and where accidents
Invariably happen in front OF Tho sentry boxes
which nee Nss,ato a heightened stNpragc before
tho tall soldier. wo reach II O'Clock. Hundreds
OF cpuestrans flock into Rotten Row every
forenoon. emerging on all sides. and throngihE
tho space between tho Corner ana Ecming-
ton Garden gates They never swcrvc nor
wander into other paths they pace the CON
yentioual trcadmi with the same regularity
MS the blinded mulo Of n Spani.h norla and
they never sccm to weary OF the daily routine.
They are all there The little shapec1s
Amazon Of five on hcr shasey shetland, with
long hair nearly touching tho pony'S back and
riding close to the tall carriage horse and the
protection of the old coachman tho mature and
equally shap"lcss mutron who takes her
morning gnntrr instead Of Bantiug. Behind
these that wcll-known, invnriable inimituble
British silhouette Of tho square shouldered,
whtr-haircd gray.whskecol gentleman OF
sixty; rorly is the adjective which becomes
him So vol. There is so much Of the rudy
III. Ia ri.l ..a
either u large gray horse ora fat cob, and may
DO minister u banker, or Il railway director.
II he is shnbbily dressed he may DO a lord; in
which cn-c The groom who follows him rides by
far the hnttcr hors, Ofthc two ror il Is considered
supreme good taste to seem careless OF horse
flesh when ones stables are full. All the
young mon are very much alike in appear
ance, but they affect divers styles. The languid
ones rarely 20 out Of walk: also those who
hire their horses. as they aro never quite sure
OF them. Those who own no racing horses
generally look like jockeys in private life and
sit rs il thr Park were course and they had
tremendous jumps in front oil them; when they
reach the end of tho Row and wheel round
they Just casually glance right and left, shorten
their stirrups. and seem to say: This Is the
way should do it if ever did it, Their hair is
cut very short. their trousers are marvels of
almost appear to have been forgotten They
do not associate with other cnuestrians, nor
talk to ladies. They occasionally stop at tho
railnGs to exchange few Clipped words with
kindred spirits who derive infinite solace from
suckinG canes that look like whips or whips
that look like canes. If you SEQ these very
noisy young men on foot'aficgward they strike
you as very meek. awkward. and speechlcss.
They do not commit themselves in words even
on their favorite amusement, hut still they
carry out the national idea of outdoor exercise
and healthy enjoyment.
The women still wear those worry short and
peculiarly ungraceful habits. which no perfcc-
ton of fit can render graceful to a short girl
riding a tall horse; she displays her foot. and
beneath it the saddle girths. and has the effect
OF being out of all proportion More low round
hats are soen now than of yore when 1t was
considered mot tho thing to be seen in any
except mans hat. Dark green is the prevail
ing color. 1t is a pretty conceit to say that all
English women ride WELL many do, of course.
but some are certainly not to the saddle born
and their hearing on the reins is cruelty to the
horse = mouth. Sometimes batch of six or
seven girls come flying past palpably escorted
by a Wunty riding master, and they scatter all
before them in their headlong charge, Many
try IN" rails. aud display pretty fcats Of horse
manship for tho benefit Of the bystander,.
Those are generally unattended save by a
The deusve summer sunshine filed the side
alleys with pedestrians. and u motley crowd
they were. Sab!es and muls Jostled parasols
ana spring honnGts; some were IN winter man
ties. others in June costumes. y. B.-June in
the almanac. IL summer month: in London
June Is sometimes not 80 cold Us Christmas.
and occasionally almost genial The prevail
ing fashion for ladies' is to wear u sash with Il
dress attached; al least there is every reason 10
believe that n skirt turks somewhere beneath
those hugo bows and loops and ends, but il
cannot BE- proved. Every now and then wo-
m srp liar In = ire or "a
an is generally young and good looking. But
the long tan gloves. a glitter of gold where none
should show II shade of terra Gotta in tho
friazIed hair, an, extra fril on tho skirt which
explain why other women look at her out Of
50 square,, Beauty ] regret t. say, also dis
tnction. and especially good carriage, are
scarce both among those who ride to be looked
at and those who come in order to be seen.
When the CLOCK on the Park lodge points to l..
pedestrian, and euuestriaus vanish like light
ming. A few feet moments and the Row is
silented and deserted. The Park remains
hour. and the fairy godmo'tcrs wand has,
changed the pumpkins into coaches. instead Of
But March. which, came like a lamb. is
now going on like II lion. The wind roars. tho
snow falls and tho premature butterflies must
too soon abandoned chrysalis,.
Our earliest remenbrance Of one Of our
plcasant"St sOvereignS, dates from the time
when We loved 10 sing:
IaAy Queen Anne She sits in ne sun,
White asa lily aud brown IA bun
lido not think it ever struck us then that her com
pleNiUn WAS Janus-likc and We much preferred
her TO what she was when she became strictly
historical and got mixed up with Marlborough.
Bolinghrukc and politics. After losing sight
OF her for Il time, We came across her again in
our waudrrinss. This excellent lady must
have lain dormant through most Of her natural
life for there IL hardly castle, grange. manor,
or abbey in England where II hdcOus four
poster Is not sacred to her royal SAUNDERS. eX-
cept whom IL similar one IL SHOWN as having
been Slept in by Queen Elizabeth. In fact, they
balance each other a. evenly as the oiiiees Of
the Duke Of Wellington and the Duke of York
In our squares,
BY steadily disregarding n score or two Of
ugly statues life like no doubt, ono might al
most fancy ono, had done with hcr, when she
again sprOutcd up in the most oYcrpowcring
and appalling form Of ALL she was rcsuscitated
In furniture. Springs and stufing. ease and
comfort wcrp banished in her name sho became
utterly dlsps,ocatcd from buns. history and
beds, TO revive in spindle legs Chippendale and
sti1 backs, Some rash nnuvNtoT added sun
flowers. he stalks Of dafodils sleeping daisies.
and We became wildly, improbaby, intoierably
Hsthetc. MOL this is already 'old-fushioncd.
We haye abandoned the ndjectiyes We are
nouns, aesthetics! Indeed. We are nothing il
not ~. sim this Is not absolutely criminal,
There Is no act of Parliament. no remote and
intricat" clause III re something or other 10