New-York tribune., 1883-12-17
NOTES FROM LONDON.
ART AND sOCIALIsM-MISs GRISwoLD-MlsS
ANDERSON-A RETIRED DIPLOMATlSI'

at present on Transforming this actual earth lnto
something to which Paradise is commonly regaracu
as the antpodes He announces himself as ooclai.
Ist of new species He is not Socialist pure anu
simple like the late Karl Marx; nor CHRISTIAN
Socialist like the Rev. Herr St0cker, with "noin
Christianity means Jew-baiting; nor an Aharchis'
like the Young French baker who tried last week 10
regenerate mankind by shooting NJ. jules ferIy'
Mr. William Morris is none of all these. lie Is an
Art-SoclalIst He has been giving lecture OF V"o
lately on the relation between Art and Soclalisln Vi
Art and Commerce, wherein he proved hlilsoll &"
formidable rival to Mr. Henry George in the preach
ing of pillage. Mr.. Morris is, moreover tie 'i''''
urer of a band of brothers known as the Democratic
Federation, and in this capacity has signed MS
name to the most recent manifesto OF that forlnid
able bodv | must confess that am indebted IN
directly to Mr. William Morris for my knowledge OF
its existence and of its aims. A correspondent
whose letter The Standard of yesterday morning
prints in large type, supplies an account Oh .hs
manifesto We learn from It that the total produc-
ton of the United Kingdom being Y65OO,OOOOoo'
no less than S. 900 100000 of that amount Is ap-
propriated by Landlords, Capitalists and 'FRONT.'
mongersn leaving only 81 50O,OOOO0O for the fro-
ducers We are taught that the handful OF
marauders who now hold possession OF the land III
towns. mines, parks, mountains. moors," have no
whom they wrong" We are warncd.that " tho Gre
ation Of wealth. being social business" it Is
high time that the exchange of the produce should
he social too and removed from the control of ndI-
! vidnal proft;" whatever that may mean. We are
told that National banks-this will interest wall
Street-should absorb all private institutions that
derive profit from operations i'll money or credit.
| And we are hidden finally to believe that all
wealth is due to labor therefore TO the laborer all
wealth is due y which is rather a neat specimen OF
! one of the commoncst of logical fallacies
Mr. William Morris. you perceive, has been sitting
at the feet of your Californian apostle ot anarchy
! the Mr.. Henry George abovcnamed, ana has per
hans little bettcred his instructions. Mr. Henry
George is lat present. content TO plunder only the
Landlords Mr. William Morris and the Democratic
Federation whose funds he holds would still further
cqualze matters by plundcrng Capitalists ana
Proftmongers. This last is a new word ID seems
10 include a great deal. The correspondent whom
am ouoting suggests that IT should be made 10 III
clude Mr.. William Morris. Is he queries this IN
quiSitivo writer the same Mr.. William Morris who
started and still conducts the woll-known Morris
Wall Paper Company ia OxfoTd-st.W II he Is. why
don't ms workmen. TO whom all the wealth OF the
| company is due, make a beginning by walking into
the shop and emptyins tho till = And he adds: II
| Mr. Morris should happen to De himself on the
! premises at the mcment when this Democratc-fod-
eral achievement was being carried cut they might,
perhaps, carry hi, principles a step further by
cnptying lis pockets and pledsing his watch at the
nearest pawnLrokcrs"
So they might. and il is difficult to see % what
Mr. William Morris could complain if they did.
But II they did they would do another service TO
cety: if not to the cause Of Art Democratic Social
| ism. They would Immediately lbccome capitalists
| themselves They would cease to be OF the number
of wronged millions. and present themselves A.
part of tho handful Of marauder," " whom some Of
the millions still remaining wrongcd would be per-
fectly entitled 10 rob as they had just robbed Mr..
! Morris And 10 on dd pfnitum. This is a practical
difficulty attending the process Of equal distribution
which the advocates of IL have never dealt with
| argimentatiycy. Possibly Mr.. William Morris, on
having the case put to him in this extremely prac-
teal and personal way, will attempt n more COM
/ pcte solution Of the problem. He will not let us
| hope content himself with pointing out that the
Morris Wall Paper Company does not exist but that
he is in fact the head of firm which appears IN the
directory as Morris Il Co.. glass painters, docora-
tors. upholstcrrrs and cabinet makers. 1t may be
open to him to explain that the extremely high
prices he puts upon his work aud wares are due to
the extremely high wages he pays his wOrkincn
Aud then a statement from his worknen would be
in order. aad then another manifesto from the
Democratic Federation 10 inform us why it's Treas
urer ass gus only part of the produce of their labor
To- his workmen. when, according to their and his
programme. 10 the laborer all wealth is due.
Miss Gri5wod the American prima donna Of the
Grand Opera in Paris, made her first appearance In
England on Saturday at Crystal Palace Concert.
Most people who care much about music know, !
SUPPOSE that Crystal Palace concerts rank with the
best in England Mr. Manns conductor and or
4. .IT a..
confined to England. Mis- Griswold sang the scena
from Ambrose Thomass opera of " Hamlet known
as the air du Grre, which the musical critic of The
Tines describes rs putting the power Of the ex-
ccutant to a very severe test adding:
That test Mis-, Grswold underwent with remark
able success Her voice Is a soprano of great com
pass and excellent quality; the upper aud middle
registers of her organ well developed. only the
lower notes lack the resonance which time and fur
! thcr study must bring. Her method Of production
shows all the advantages of the school in which she
/ was trained, notably that distinct enunciatiOn of
! the words which French opera owes TO he tradi-
| tiOns of Cornec and MOliero. But beyond ths the
/ young artist possesses what no training can give
! rare intelligence and genuine dramatic feeling
Miss Griswolds proper sphere j. the stage, but as
concert singer also She is of success If she will
avoid such sOiccisms that Of singing by way of n
second piece "A very familiar and harmless ditty,
| which might pass muster nt n ballad concert but
! which wholly out OF place at the Crystal
/ Palace
Miss Griswods reception was of a singuarly
favorable kind not the less 50 that the orchestra,
who may be accounted excellent judges, led the ap-
plausc which was bestowed without stint on our
countrywoman believe Miss Grlswod although
| her success in opera has been of marked kind in
the presence Of of the most critical puhlics in
the world means for the next few months to devote
herself to concert singing in England. There is TO
be sure, no opera in England during the winter.
Even the philharmonic concerts do not begin till
February. A place the programme Of the first of
these concerts which first in their kind in Eng
land, has already been assigned to Miss Griswold.
Meantime size is to be hcar, elsewhere; probably at
a Monday Popular Concert in St. Jamess Hall to
! begin with.
| may qnote also with rcforencc % Miss GriswoId