New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-08
LONDON GOSSIP.
AN ENGLIsHMANs NOTES ON ENGLISH
TOPICS

LONDON, June g.
Society is overwhelmed just now with
food of rak As IL enough In the Houses
of Lords and Commons there arc conferences NJ the
Fisheries Exhibition and on Monday the Duke ana
Duchess of Connaught TO open an exhibition OF
Irish lace nc the Mansion House. As happen with NV
Friend Mr. Alan Cole the only male person out OF
the trade who understands artistic pro-
duct may tell you having authority thai tnere
IT, az Sir Charles Coldstream has IT. nothing In II,
Just the reverse Of Colonel Sellers twaddla about
millions I'm every scheme he ancies Irish lace-mak-
ing ia nos native industry There Ia no native industry
IN Ireland except dairy-farming OF very primitive
kind cattle grazing and pigjobbing Everything else
Is imported purely agricultural or rather grazing
country.
The cause of Irsh lacemaking is not far TO seek In
Ireland nearly every where else III these old coun-
tr,es there are too many women In Ireland, as il
happens to be Roman Catholic country, the priests
encourage early marriages and the result s more ana
more women for whom no profitable occupation can DC
found An attempt Is made to place the young women
of the laborng small tenanafmer class as domestic
servants but We get with Biddy on ts siae
of tina Atlantic At least Engsh cannot get on
with her. OIL and water will mingle as soon ~ English
and Irsh servants barring the, fsh-sodierserVant
whom have found capital fellow. all over the world.
Too many mouths caused the Introduction OF
lace-making into Ireaod In the famine year u was
Thought that the idle should be made TO work
They lave only partially acknowledged the obligation
Irish lace excepting only from Yougha IT, strictly
speaking not ALI but imitation OF the fine work
of the Continent Now aud then 1t Is good initiation
40 good that hear ladies to possessing rish
lace They prefer their douncings and Fittings 10 oe
taken for Belgian lace Brussels 1t is all called
an this eouutry This is another OF injustice 20
Ireland, The laces made there WILL however, only
pass In q crowd" Their slovenly execution and want
of artistic dedgn make them at known to tho con-
posseur The Irish peasant woman has clumsy hand,
Mill ehgt qaod ddn,nara She Is lazy aapdasn
kiud OF person. and would rather make lot OF common
stu than one good piece OF work for the money
But II win be great with Jove in his chair Of
the skies Lord Mayor" the Lords ana Ladies' and the
Miss O'Gradys," and the Duke of Connaugnt 90
the fore" The lace shown would be ridiculous Al
Brussels but 1t will at this moment ia London where
ererythng ia interesting. make nine days WOE
der Nothing like fpe pointace be male In Ireland
tin competent s.a Of designers is engaged at present
II is hands without head fight against Belgium and
brains Nottingham and machinery.
Tho Prince of Wales staying all the latter
part of the week Frederick tombstone At Stock
bridge close to the racecaarss which very snug
little meeting is held. Very beautiful Is Stockbrdge
race course and fAsorite with Lord Abingdon aud the
division who used to tran with William aud john Day,
and Themselves trained In the ways Of the Turf oy
Lard Abingdon while he yet Bunny sinrt" those
gentlemen--tlat is all who are left 81 them now con-
po.e WHAT is called "the Princes lot which also In
sporting scribes call the arstocrAtie division among
whom may be counted beside tho Heir Apparent. Lord
Abingdon and Frederick Johnstonr the Duke oil west
minister the Duke OF Beaufort and Lord WeslmoTcland
What with r1umphs Of Peregrine. sbnioverbcna Or
Geheimniss ST. Biaisc, Foxha, aud Haekunss. Knight
OF Burkhley aud Primrose H. the "swcis" as the
.book.s car them have not badly during the last
years. the Tnri having amply compensated
them for any falling on In the rent
OF farms The other day the Prince OF
wales nomioated Ircquois. mr. Loriiisrd's horse,
to the stockbrdre Cup which that good sound animal
won ye1y easily, making nothing OF bs speedy oppo-
nents This Is feather la Yankee Doodes nat
ana makes him OF mscaroni than ever. Juds'
ing from easy In which rrsaa beat iro1nos
at Asco., the FrcncAmaD must be "oniandout| tho
best horse now training IN part Of the world I'M
les. Amersc, han another FoxnSl esonish with Ia
tie autumn hanecaps
Mr. -Gillie" Farquhar has decided retire
from The theatrical profession. after being q"
ornament OF she same for very short rcriof His fam
lily have oous, hiu on IN ether woris sett'eI an
income upon him condition that be aoand01s INC
career Of "Ge" IL great deal olevcrcr than
he iocu or talks He u Stunned like p,stlence by tue
old ogss Of the GaTno Club. whom he dstarbs by his
haruu searan salle- sod the Beestczk Cu5h-ts ehaa
him numerically. But he ka0ws his u tie book. lie
knew that hIs iather. Horace farquhar. esteemed
rightly or wrongly TO De the most osagreeabe uiaa In
Iond0n has social ambition aud would Eo pearY
mad he. GiIe" went the stage ~ he went ihnfe
London langaod the point, ssd pretended IL was
Horser a solemn banker who hal turned actor. Al
las. II cou he borne longer and Cile" has been
ma lie comfortable II is not trick, for everybody
has heard Of disrcpatabe Pase threatened the
head of sae family thai he would take broom a1h
sweep crossing Of his father. house II be were
not allowed decsat competence IL IL needless To aay
that be got nothing Till he actwy appeared ono wes
morning broom In hand sweeping vigorously aud beg
cling copprs Of the psssersbE Then the family 10
ter. and e never wanted for hts fayorte food brandy
and water. tl the action OF tine removed him 20
ano;hcr world
Doubtless snch eccentric young gentlemen not
aepear worthy OF much sympathy. Tins, however, 10
quite mistake Our seandsious law OF prinoeen'turs
and more de.esiabc custom OF strict settlement over
lives. which insures perfees entail thro" upon
society pack Of welbrcd. gocdiook,ng. impsrfectiy
educated znd often wholly incoDpeieat paspers whose
blood bluc that Of their elder brothers, aud
whose tasrs az least expensive. These are tie
"detrimentals" against whom managing mann mas bend
their most savage frowns Marriage, IA tins country.
Is luxury for the wealthy. In o'dsn times younger
sos could be pairred OF the country somehow. IL
DOWN git clever he could be got into Parliament and
given great chance Of wealthy marriage or a good
place quite good lac cond be worked into The
diplomatic service; II degree lower IN intelligence he
would do for this Church sad the family nving then
the Civil Service, tue Army aud the Navy. But
competitive examination deprived the Government
ocea the Army and the pabilc services generally OF its
brightest physlcaD ornament that unless American
daroseh with beauty aud doarsJ aud marry
pretty young men, We shah not know what 10 do
with them.
II Stems absolutely any but the ndurated
Tory mind that brother should enjoy thirty
or forty thousand pounds year. while the
other or others should ind difficulty In
geturg onctwenet OF that The present Marquis
Of salisbury, with huge rrni-ro, tho secoud son
OF tue late Marquis, and during the life OF his elder
bT0taert VINO died Lord CranborBe and blind man.
was glad 70 write at very low price for The Saturday
Rertcp. Long after lie married Miss Anderson he could
not have lived II ne aud his family had not been put
up" Tor months together by his slater. Lady Mildred
Hope Luckiy for him, hs brother died aud he became