The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-01-04

play Mr.. Irving has SO surrounded himseil
with brilliant actors thai one cannon
discriminate between any Of them, un-
less it be to award Miss Ellen Terry
the palm for her exceptional grace and VI
vacity.
All the criticism that one can pass up
pom Mr.. Irving's troupe 10 that each actor Is
perfect and beyond ordinary criticism
indeed il wonld be priggish hypercriticlsm
to attempt to point out the defect in their
incompatible renditions.
1 have seen acting in London, even al
the Princess and the Gaiety, where es.
teemed the acting a travesty, mol
not be said of the tyceum... Not
only is the acting the very perfection
of art, but the scenery of the stage is lliu'
sion complete. The representation OF the
inside of magnificent cathedral, Lighted by
huge candles, with its magnificent irescoes,
paintings, sculptures, columns, and altar,
its sombreness, grandeur and gloom was
indee picture.
Would that / could describe to you the
scene in this church when Claudio, in the
presence of cardinals priests, mobiles aud
guests, refuses to accept Hero as his bride,
and denounces her as a wanton in the pres
ence of Ter noble father and his
courtiers and kinsmen, but l fore,
go the trial Of any skill
IN attempting to do such subject justice
The night scene upon the bay, with the
long line Of stately buildings from the win.
dSws, OF which the light flashed out on the
waters, the ships at the quays, the gently
swaying and swelling of the waters of the
bay and the wondrous effect of colored
lights thereon, was in itself worth the price
| of admission. But if were to select from
the whole that which pleased me best, l
would single out the orchestral music
rendered on the occasion. me
Wagner, Massenet and Julien, and
embraced such pieces as Tannehauser, Sat.
terello, Fete Boheme, the Tarontelle apd
others. think that unless some of 'ht
singing at the great concerts here have sur
passed it, l have never heard such exqpl
site music. But one who has heard Herr
Joachim upon his violin in Tartinis J
Trillo del Diavolo," and in Mozart's quar-
Platte, could wish for nothing better. Thi:
great Hungarian is simply magician upon
The violin. When herendered Tartini's bril-
liant piece ON Monday night in the grea
st. James hall, the enthusiasm knew
no bounds. There is some wonderfully
sweet singing here among the professionals
The spirit of the Gulf" by Egbert Rob
erts; "a Message Across the Sea-" by
Nine. Worrell; I'm the Dusk of the Twi
l ",
| by Miss Turner, and "Only Little While,
| bv Maude Cameron, have left impressions
on my memory, so pleasant and SO sweet
| as never trust, to be effaced. But enough
of music and theatres. = d have of course
wandered through Westminster Abbey,
and gazed in admiration upon its tombs
| its mausoleums, its statues, its old flags,
| its mighty arches, its splendid windows
have heard services in the great st.
| Paul's, and viewed its great and varied
assemblage of marble and bronze; the
| tower; the British museum; the Kensink-
| ton museum, have all been seen. 1 need
describe none of these, for there is no intel
ligent reader of the HERALD but what
knows omttbing concerning them.
| Under London in every direction by
| the Metropolitan underground railway
over great portions Of 1t from the tops o.
emnibusses, up and down the Thames on
fortunately, the brightest day have seer
since in London, with full view of the
| parliament houses, Westminster, Waterloo
and other bridges into the great new law
courts, of whose grand opening by the
queen have written you, and dinner
With Colonel II. ut the celebrated Reform
| Club" political club to which all noted
liberals belong, including John Bright
Lord Harrington and Others In,
| ing room as we passed through to the din.
ing saloon, and 1t was with no inconsit era.
BILE interest that / noted the features and
form OF this great Englishman.
Several prominent men Of the Londog
press were pointed out TO me, either in thu
smoking, billiard, or dining rooms, thu,
names l have unfortunately forgotten
| should like to describe 20 you a club dip,
ner. but inasmuch as l have introduced
your readers TO an English dinner In gorl
mer letters, i shall fnrbear, lest some Dallas