Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-21

Charles Wyndham. who is pursuing
prosperous career in the United States. and
who is consequently being interviewed IN
every CITY that he visits, observed 10
7eDorter at Boston: Although American
managers charge half as much as the
English for admission, they and their ac-
tors make more money than their BRUSH
cousins, which is TO be accounted LOT,
take it. BY the fact that not only are your
houses larger on the average. but that
your prices put the theatre within every
bodv's reach II this he so, would not
English managers Of large theatres De
wise to reduce prices"'
How .gudgeOns are still the prey Of the
London sharper is amusingly illustrated
By lady. who carries her case TO the
columns Of Society. Having answered a
matrimonial advertisement she received
the appended: Dear Madam: Your ad-
vertisement appears as -. II YOU
Will send me the usual fee Of Il, and
agree TO pay me so more after mar
rage. | Will then forward letters from
YOU to such gentlemen as you may select,
and. if need be. will also put you IN cor
respOndence with other suitable gentle
men from time to time till you are mar
ried. No charge beyond the { till mar
ried. Let me know if YOU agree 10 these
terms: and if 50 send me p. o. .. for the
Il. made payable to Marcus ListOn, and l
will act.'
A correspondent writes: Cannes is
slowly recovering from the disastrous
snow storm which few weeks ago broke
50 many shrubs and destroyed 80 many
flowers. The weather is not as warm as
it ought to be. but the judgment Of the
CannOis that il is as cold as England
l. cart ir1V c4,-a rrorfsr-ufld Tho hotels
all full, but people are beginning to move
on into Italy. The Duke Of Argyll is at
the Villa Ansom. Lord Acton at the Made
leine, and Lord HoughtOn is at the Prince
de GALES. sir Julian and Lady Gold
smid are expected every day from India.
Cannes has enormously increased Of late
years, but ii has lost none Of its beauty.
Mr.. Gladstone, il is said, compared II 10
Babylon. because Of its hanging gardens.
Mr. Irying's meditated visit to sand
bingham. the Prince Of Wales royal resi-
I dence. has started anew the gossip about
knighting him. on the subject. Labou-
+ chere has his opinion: Nothing can be con-
ceived more utterly silly than for a per-
son to wish that his lineal descendants
: should IN sHcHlG slcculOrt,m have SIT.
prefiXed To their names-indeed. seldom
/ month passes without the newspapers
& calling dLAcNLiJI ~ sBlllc Il ans
mitter Of this prefix either figuring in the
dock or seeking parish relief. Against
! personal titles there is no such objection.
I They simply denote. by an honorary pre-
fix. that the bearer Of them has, or Is
{ supposed to have. laudably distinguished
himself in some way Or another. III
I leaders Of orchestras in theatres are made
! knights, why should not actors be:
Racing in Paris has become a species Of
fashionable madness. With the multipll-
cation Of suburban race courses. horse
/ racing has become colossal swindle, like
thimble rigging and card sharping, car
/ ried on by associations Of thieves and
/ blacklegs Of all categOries. And now, TO
1 keep up the variety Of the scene, the dem.
/ Ht0nde is preparing to cast line in these
/ troubled waters in the person Of the
/ blonde COmtesse Latischetf. who has es-
( tablished a racing stable, and chosen as
her cOlOrs blue striped with Ciei 0r. The
Comtesse LatischefFis, Of course, a coun-
tess in fun. Her equine profile has long
I been familiar in the haunts Of the ROYAL
I GOmmeuX brigade. Another teadresse.
who has become famous in the same field.
is announced 10 make her debUt shortly at
the Hippodrome in haUtc ecOle exercises.
In Paris the Jockey Club is the last ex-
| preston Of the huut ton. Its President.
the Marquis de Gontaut-BirOn, who died
two weeks ago at the age Of eighty, mar
( ried into the De Nun family, and he him
/ self was descendant Of one Of the oldest
and finest families Of the French nobility.
and closely related to the D'HarcOurts.
the Saint-Sauyeurs, the De Lignes, the
/ D'Ursels. and the Francquevilles. Officer
( in the ROYAL Guards, he was one Of the
faithful who accompanied Charles y. to
/ Cherbourg in 1880. As he was going on
board the Great Britain the King con-
ferred upon him the Cross Of the Legion
Of Honor, a nomination made IN ertremts,
which Napoleon III. had the good taste
to ratify in 1853. 1t is believed that the
| Marquis successor at the Jockey Club
| will be the Due de la Rochefoucauld-Bi-
saccia. who will thus become fifth Presi-
/ dent, his predecessors since the founda-
ton Of the club, in 1893, having been Lord
/ Seymour; the Prince de la MOskOwa, son.
in-law Of the banker Laftte and father OF
the Duchesse de Persigny: the COmte
/ Achille Delamarre. and VI. BirOn.