The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-07-06

A moro important event WAS the Henley re-
gAtta The doings there were joyous almost
beyond precedent All the men went around
In deoaos 1nnnols. and the ladies. following tho
fashion. woro arrayed In hannels trimmed
elegantly with blue. Tho hoat Of tho weather
Ia. perhaps. the renson why the guam
tlty Of champagne drunk reached extraordinary
proportions. Tho society papers say thnt at
tho cricket match eating and drinking went on
all day long, and Mt Henley ono Ront,cman
boosted that his male and lady friends had cost |
hin, in one day 1880 for moat and drink alone.
Tho health exhibition provided besides It's |
Chinese dinner An exhibition OF hundred |
little girls. who went through their drill to the |
sound OF music. Tho uso OF dumbbelis and |
the graceful movement In deliberately arranged |
dances In public BY girls Is ono Of the most
significant signs Of the revolutionary changes
IN the nntiauatsd notions In England. and 10
duo to the enterprise Of Q society called the
Ladies' Sanitary Association.
Scandal all the timo ways her busy tongue
and the most startling statement 10 that Lord
Savernake. who recently married the ballet
girl with q stormy past. has sold his life inter-
est OF seventy thousand pounds year. to
which he succeeds on tho death Of his grand
father. the Marquis Of Aylesbury. to Jew
moncy lender for ten thousand year. 1t Is
also whispered that the strange alliance was
brought about by the wife OF baronet. who
also had past. and was anxious to provide ct
the same timo good husband for her friond.
good wife for tue young lord. who 10 cousin
OF her husbands. and another ornament OF her
own sort to tho English arIstocracy. These
details lend plQuancy to the statement OF Prof.
Thorold Rogers. a Radical member OF Parlla-
mont with loose and bitter tongue. who Inns
inaugurated the coming campaign against tho
House Of Lords by the assertion that half tho
peers are absorbed In profiigacy.
Royalty is again quiet the Queen having or
dered the Prince Of Wales to attend no theatres.
Her Majesty gave On example OF retiring from
the vulgar gaze BY keeping the railroad sta
lions during her recent journey from Scotland
as clear as II the Russian Gear were passing
through Nihilisttc district. and the people In
Darmstadt arc still complaining that whom she
was passing n station In Germany where tho
people had prepared Hsgs and bouquets. she
pulled down the blinds In their faces. she hns
surprised everybody by doing the handsome
thing by her granddaughter on her recent mar
| riage by paying for her trousseau. while the
Grand Duke serglus delighted his bride with a
parure OF daisies which cost 100000.
| Croquet threatens to come again into fash
ion. lawn tennis being objected to as making
ladies' dreadiu!ly flushed ind us too rapid in
| its movements for adequate filtration.
| The Queen OF tho Netherlands Is snid to DO
| enceinie. and the expectation OF a mne heir.
besides Its political vrlue. is welcomed because
| the Queen Is very unpopular and would not be
liked as o regent.
Wagners Tristan and Isolde I" was played
| to distinguished but non paying. house. and
Mile. Lesmaln made o big success. especially.
Us tho one member Of tho company who has
| voice. Writer'S point out that II Nine. Wagner
had accepted the American and the German
offer for Parsifal." the single opera. with tho
$4,000 received for the copyright Of the score.
would have brought her $4,000.
Rubinstein's new comic opera will be found
| ed on Persian story. and will be produced at
Hamburg in the autumn.
Mr.. Keith Falconer. o celebrated and fashion
able cricketer. has given new nllip to the
Salvation Army just Us 1t was going out Her.
bert Gladstone Is wearing suit OF Irish tweed
| Plunger Walton Is declared By sporting pnpcr
| to have left many sorrowing friends behind
him in England. The crusade against cOored
stockings continues. and lovely shades Of red
violet and yellow are declared most injurious
| to health. Divorce agencies have already
sprung up In Paris. A Scotch clergyman has
created terrible trouble by repeating tho Ameri-
can experiment OF marrying in fun. and nobody
| knows whether under the strict Scotch mar
riaxe law the couples can escape.
Mrs. Sophia Bryant. who conducts a lndies'
college here. has just taken the first female de-
| gree OF Doctor Of Science In the London Uni
versty. and anothe. lady has become the first
Master Of Arts.
The sale Of Millions Bible has recalled the
fact that his latest known descendants were in
poor way In an Indian city. and the horrd
suggestion 10 made that his present heir Is o
Euraslun who writes Baboo English.
| To the Associated TTeN.
LoGDo.- T-ly 5.-Mllo. Sarah BcrIhnrit was
| furious to-day over tho failure OF Macbeth !"
at the Lyceum, TLeptre last niGht; and she
behind the scenes. In the murder scene. tho
actors who imI"rsonated tho mnr'lerers were
the audienso - AZ a ,ravicai crisis Of The ;,lay
When they camo OF the stage they were sum
WhS noS shs s"aa @
eysgy o. s ths corans s hoa ~
%ara ~. the s'an aa not 10 eseaps her
wrath. She told him he had acted like Il rant.
nGsy nrHt" Sna had recalls
Mile. Bernhardt was seen to-day by your cor:
IN q tempest OF rage &C.,. She said: "
1T Is not my inut-that ilnsco; Twill dis;
oh" so IT, AfH R s2p VI"
sssotSnaj u, ana what does London know Of
The excitement over the Cornwall % Brirn
libel case in Dublin was increased to: day by
The arrival upon the scene Of Mr.. William
were male by Mr.. CornwRlle counsel To rcbut
society gcntlsmen, who admitted under oatiS
to having been participants with Mr. Cornwall
in the, crimes alleged against him by United
Ireland. The case was Closed to-day. and hi.
Dublin rs n great relief The Judge will sum
UP on Monday and deliver the case to the jury.
The general belief Is that the Jury. for the pur-
pose OF minimizing the effects on public morals.
will agree to disagree leaving, both the case
against Mr.. O'Hr!en and his charges against
Mr.. Cornwall improved"
| tho Old Rniiav to-day Lord 81 JeODnrd6
| was put forward TO receive sentence for having
Gommitted an assault upon the servant girl.
doggedly about the court. but without tho
slightest appearance OF shame upon his conn-
tenance. The building was crowded long te-
fore tho timo Of opening curiosity extending
TO women as well rs men. Sir Robert Cham.
| bors delivered the Judgment. This was that
the prisoner should suffer nm imprisonment Of
time already spent in JAIL As st. i Lsonards
was convicted h on May TO- and has been IN ipil
charge. as tho term expires on Monday. Tho
| prisOncr's counsel mnde the point OF Inv that.
~ Ia, nd 30 a,ho