New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-16

tbe ZuIns' the Abyssinians the Egyptians, and
heaven knows whom besides. You, who DaIk s' az
Russia. but did not dare to bite, because yon no
LONGER as in 1854 had France at your SIDE 70 90 e
work And, even for this little noise, do not 20.
member that you made the poor Satani sqtolnatS ~
of all the Turkeys hand you over the Island va
Cyprusf What, John! has It not also come 20 NY
by enforcing the opium trade r. e. a'n NC, Al not
know very well where the shoe pinches; you, 90 nor
like to have your nose rubbed IN your lV,e'S4
poicy-it annoys you o, great phianthropsS, az
least then be little charitable, U, great anu mug
unanimous Christian!
How this lively critic looks on other phases OF
of English life may be from these characters
tic extracts:
THE MUSICAL ENGIIsHwoMAN.
Every woman, might say without exception
PLAYS the piano; but in private room l. na aNI
never heard lady or young glrl play wen
enough to afford pleasure to serious aihat Snc
They play without the least expression. Un9 e
Of nv compatriots and friends, distinguished
professor and composer who teaches tnIs
instrument of torture in great LONDON that
his nnnils payed without any feeling or expression
Monsieur" answered the lady with KIND smile
Il did not engage you 10 teach sentiment 10 lily
Young ladies'" g.. .
II is the same with singing. You sometimes come
across pretty voices, but they make no Impression
upon You; it is nothing eut lose NO; n,J me-
chancal action of the vocal chords, mere physician
phenomenon. . A ,-orno
lady who had travelled in Italy and studied music
there. was asked TO sing. She sang, and indeed
with n good deal of taste, the pretty song by Ar
thur Sullivan: Let me dream again.
That Young lady sings very we'll" said to
'aYSIes," she replied with little pout of scorn
but how affected she is, rolling her eyes, ana put
ting her hand to her heart All those gesIculatons
are highly ridiculous and very improper Ohe
would think she was an actress. lit. +boro in the
The English who know what awaits theI ~ tuo
drawinC-roOm have such an appreciation LOT cham
Der music that the very sound OF the piapo p oio
signal for general CONVERSATION N ta men and reward
the amateur with Thank YOU. ,
The OratoriO hOurishes i'll England 1t IS the mn
sic for which John Bull shows production. he
likes these Biblical subjects set to music. LOOK ~
him in his stall proclamation should say III MS
pewl he does not move, his eyes are closed that ne
NAV hear the better Just he closes them Whe1 e
listens TO n sermon. He is happy 1t looks as II ne
had come TO church. The Oratoro IS for nm 1ore.
taste of the delights that await HIM IN the he4t
world At the Crystal Palace, he gets his Oratorlo
with chOruses of five Thousand voices Inc more
there are the better he is pleased. Oh" exclaimed
vine services the Italians all very WELL but Tor
oTatorio you must have Engnsn singers Spu
know" / am quite of his opinion, just as to make
pastry you must have paste.
GREAT UPON WORDS
vonng Frenchman of my acquaintance went to
Spend month in provincial school 10 learn a III
tie English and teach great deal OF French, LOT no
salary / need not add. The day after his arrival,
the following advertisement appeared III the paper
of the ueellborIng town: Mr.. r., assisted by resi-
dent and visiting masters gives thorough euufa
happened to be the only assistant master OF the es
adjustment; but he was resident since he resided III
the house and he could also be said to be r!S'iHg as
he was only Il visit. SO there was nothing apSo-
lutcly untrue about the pull IT,.
English people are very great upon WORDS; lying
is rnknown / was one day travelling with an Ing
lish bishop. We were five in the compartment. On
arriving at a station, we heard cry: FIVE minutes
here = My lord bishop lmmediately began 10
spread out on the seats tayeg G P@s NJ tbe
door and asked: L" Is there any room here !" All
the seats are occupied replied the bishop.
When the poor lady had been sent a'i2ut her bust
ness we called his lOrdsips attention 10 the Iac5
that there only five of us in the carriage. a1
that consequently, all the seats were not engaged.
81 did not say that they were, answered Fly ioTu'
Il said they were 0ccHpted'
TIE BRITISH SUNDAY AND BRITISH RELIGION.
No visiting on Sundays. The children read the
Bible or the true stories of some wonderful CONVEX
sion ont of tract that has been left at the door by
an agent of the Bible Society. Ill.
A good Englishman never goes out during churGh
time. If he does not mean to go to church. he
alleges a slight indIspOstiOn as an excuse. lheTe
are very few who admit that they are not church
goers there are none that boast of it.
One SUNDAY morning while l was on a visit TO an
English family, | proposed a walk. son of the
family offered to accompany me. AS we were
leaving the house, he noticed that had taken my
walking stick. Take an umbrella SAID ne; III
looks more agreeable"
john Bull will never be able to be very proud OF
his Sabbath so long as the publlcchouses are 5epi
open on Sundays. There exist fifteen hundred
thousand persons in London whose existence IS
problem and whom church seeks 10 attract
TO itself. The arstOcncy, the upper ana lower ma
die classes all 90 to church and chapel; the lower
classes 90 to the tavern and get drunk l;et us
close the publc-houses on sundays" cry lhe LIBEL
ais and the pbilanthTOpists. Let us Keep theiil
OPEN cry the Conservatives, bishops ana arcl-
bishops in their van. :" Cur museums, plcture,gal-
leries, theatres concerts, everything Is ciTScq oi
SUNDAYS" said Conservative 90 me. We nave
our comfortable homes and clubs where we can pass
the day without finding the want of other attIac-
tons but the people OF me lower CASES bsye r II
is to our interest moreover, TO leave them the
only they possess and appreciate, % lolg rs
they are stupeiied with drink they Will give us no
trouble. The day close the public houScS OF
London on Sundays We shall have terrible reyolu-
Ay. terrible indeed! One look at the faces of the
women and men who frequent. these drlnk-shOps
will persuade you how terrible. The thought makes
one shuddcr.
Bible or beer: Gospel OF gin; no other choice on
Sundays no mtermedium III tins country OF con
trasts. 1t is, Nj. rainc says Paradise or Hell:
no Purgatory in England
Children must not play on Sundays once saw
two little creatures of six or seven playing win
oranges in the street gentleman went mp to them
and gave them severe reprlhianulg ior theif
naughtinesS. Old maids are terrible on sundays;
woe be to the children who fall into their clutches
of ali the religions enumerated in the preceding
CHAPTER the Roman Catholic and Apostolic IS the
least popuar "No POperv p is still the cry Of the
English people. The Quakers, the Jumpers, the Sal
vatlonists, the RaneTs, none of these alarm them
but a black shaven priest calls up memories of the
stake and Bloody Mary :" A scalded child dreads
the fire" say the English The hatred of Popery IS
pushed to the verge of absurdity. Thus, Tor IN
stance Good Friday is considered especially by dis
senters as a day of public rejoicing, kind of Bank
Holiday; the great thing to do the very opposite
to that which is done in Rome. This is the day ON
which Jesus died: let spend it i'll retirement, we
say in France "ThIs is the day on which Christ
saved u.s. let us rejoice" say the English In spite
of this, most English people still abstain from eat
ing meat on Good Friday.
TO see Professionalism in all IT'S austerity, you snst
go to Scotland there Cavism i'll All it, severity Is
practiscd You see i'll Scotland tritiing Is not coun-
tenanced nothing is done by halves no leylty or
frivolity is tolerated. know Scotch Presbyterian
minister who teaches the Lords Prayer to his chill
dren cane i'll hand; each hesitation or mistake IS
punished by good cut across the back OF the small
snnnlcant In the eNes of those gloomy Chrlstlans.