The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-22

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rno RECENT SHOWS IN LONDON
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LONDON, Juno THE Wise and sensible II
uncompromisinR few who predicted that the
Shakespcarean combination OF costume and
charity would prove mistake. were true proph.
cts. Theoretically the conception had sort
OF poetical glamor which the reality practically
dispclled. Tho inconGruous iuxtaposition Of
historic and dramatic personiiications with
the commonplace nineteenth century trsnsac.
ton OF Bazaar barter became outrsgeouBly glar.
ing in broad daylight. 1t did not in the 70.
hottest degree evoke memories Of distant. an.
Client stratford. nor did 1t incarnate the famil-
lar Shakespearonn characters. 1t was dresry
parody OF a diurnnl fancy ball minus the ohari-
table completely Of artificial light. with moro
than tho usual complement OF artificial
combinations. and without tho semi-excuse
OF dancing. Women OF the world wore
taught lesson they would do we'll to take to
heart: that II they attempt to onter tho lists
with actresses and professionals they do so
with marked disadvantage. and that the JUS
tice Of the spectators will render unto Cesar
what IL due to Cesar. They may know best
how to bow low before the sovereign. how to
enter old baronial and feudal halls. and to dis
pense hospitality In stately ancestral mansions;
| they may even understand tho occult art OF
making up for dinner party or opera box but
| they know nothing Of that other acquired art
| OF wearing character costume and assuming o
histronic part.
| To have made tho Bazaar for nervous pa
| tients successful and picturesque pageant
| under the adopted ARRANGEMENTS. the example
OF our French neghbors should have been fol-
lowed. and we might have soon at the Albert
| Hall repetition of the graceful. picturesque.
| appropriate scene presented at times at the
Palais do rIndustrie or the Gardens OF the
Tuileries. when tho prettiest and cleverest ac-
tresses OF Paris held the stalls In costume with
| all tho ease and freedom Of familiarity with
| their parts. We should not have witnessed the
| Ophelias. Cressidas. and Juliets. shv and awk-
ward. or over-bold and. with ostentatious bra-
vado. painted and rouged TO the verge OF Carl
cature. counting the suppressed criticism OF
| the crowd. and half conscious themselves Of
being at once out of place and at their worst.
Charity must strike out q now line for COM
bining pleasure aud effect with more bensvo-
lent aim. for the old tracks IRE pretty nearly
too sharply cognizant Of the doings Of tho right.
and is ready to bstray the little stratngems by
obtained. Shop dealers. dealers in costly fancy
ornaments are weary OF complying with the
who make it the gusrdon Of their custom that
fashir stalls shqnia be srpped gratis by their
and not without reason claim the right to have
| their ltberalty recognized rs well As the chur-
ity OF Lady y. ana the Duchess Of \.
1t may come to this. that some fair and titled
sisserhoods. viii f IN simple dressoshs sE cam
ysset satshe in hsr hand s" sseerted BY an
suthenticated ctc'sbeo; 90 from door to door.
aires s,it for her special poor. She might
leave shamming-now already obsolste-t9
S.r IA S.r II ss%s
nous or Infamous. the dole which will relieve
misfortune without the este NATION OF a public
Sisters Of Charity. one Of whom. coming from
ceiyed too late. and Swing to her compnnion.
showing her the gold in her palm. MY sister.
rsbnRs WHY Ths
OF the Magdalen did not burn the feet OF Christ,
much iaaaati"n has been yoae3.aird to tbs '
meets Of the iour-in-hands. One thing certainly
And. to do 1t homage, crowds Of well and xayly
spot. prepared to approve OF the coaches. the
and the whipt FL S men Of
this would DO i'm portDnt ceremony. Which con.
slsts merely Of a procession OF twenty.ssven
des not .; .Ro ba Tho OBJ
Which Is hed Or q the pa:rOtlc
= elioits. Out OF the twenty-ssven two only Of
snd IN spite sp q The repaed sseslenee Of
the. gentlemen. drivers. IT was evident
not step in mastery unison; also that
those supposed pcrttsctly appointed vehicles vehicles
dstrim to their reputation as being the
best built coaches in the world as they are I'M
do9btedIy the heaviest and most cumbersome
proc, q the blind coneeit which eaa.es all Eng.
lishmen to oyerrate what Is their own and to
iosns u Paris. and tie Prater, at Visnna. show
sfhoash It Is rank hsrssy to say So '1 This II;
fected superiority In all matters connected
anstionai trait. and is as inherent here as the
obstinate and logged fidelity to old. unjusti-
ty to- amend Obsolete ole" and hsmperns ob s
subject q common wonder and to the country
salaries appsrtnininG, TO certain families and
turn o. Service. Sometimes y more progress
slve Government attempts to liQuidate this
| OHoIouS ltlpOslLlou. out uOob not Always sue
coed MS easily ns in the recent case o: the Duke
OF Marlborough, who whom pressed for money.
compounded his ront OF "a 200 for sum Of
az .00O. Every ops knows that the title and
Of st. Adams. notwithstanding the complete
extinction Of hawking. and that the Duke Of
Norfolk is by right hereditary Great Almoner
TO the Queen, but few are aware that his office
consists solely IN distribntipg the medals
mo,nsragensrsl!y a Bishopa,draws q salary,
the dispensing 81 tho Queens bounty twice
. year to the appointed recipients OF that
silver coins as the years numbered BY tho
soIectsd indvdusis. and Without ' other ar o..
parent motive than 70 obtain genuinely fervent
life. Among tho numerous officers OF the royal
household. and besides those who ars neces-
sRry. ara many who could easily 10 dispensed
with. They are paid from the civil list, which,
with the entire revenues OF the Duchy Of Ian.
caster. attains ths same figure Us the excessive
dotation OF Napoleon ILL.,. so vlolently attacked
in France during the second Empire. They
are pedicure a cuppsr. q dentist, u druggist
six surgeons 10 doctors two Rpothecaries. an
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