The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-03-27
Our London Letter.
A Musical Judge.
Au.hors, and their caarac-

THE QUEENS o7iHIac RooA;.
The Pot Oeryas Kettle at thu Palace.
London. March 7th, 1884.
An actor recently brought suit for
wrongful dismissal from the comedy
tlleater, the grounl of dismissal he
ing that he could not sing in tune
The actor alleged t'nt II: coall sing
in tune, and he was called upon by
the court to prove his assertion by
singing to the judge AMI jury. The
selections indicated more variety
than taste; for instance. the judge
handed the witness Il copy of an old
song. Lord L,velI' by name, anil re-
ques,ed thatit be sing. Oie j,!ry-
man demanded "G ,i save the O leen' :,
and another a mpilrnful ditty of
somewhat donbtfal character, all of
which were evidently rendered in a
satisfactory manner, as the verdict
gave the singer 25) pounds. The other
day Justice went To verify tpe nl-
ture of certain stenclles with his own
nose; another ldge has lately shown
a Ecbie ardour in the pursuit ef judi
cial knowledge By taking turn OH a
tread-mill. The whole of novel by
Mr.. Charles Reade WAS once rea IN
an American court during an action
for plagiarism, an | only last term.
suit about two rival kinds of coffee
was terminated at the Royal Courts
by the jury being requested TO drink
for the defense in the actor suit re-
marked, 1--WE have much trouble
with our tenors; good tenors are very
rare There is story of Il French
manager, who. about forty years ago,
engaged troupe 70 60 to South
America. One day, Oh the passage
out, the company began to sing on
deck, when it appeared that seven of
these men were tenorS, and that,
each one of these had been
engaged as prime tenore. Furious at
this discovery, the seven turned upon
the manager, who q1ieted them by
saying, "when we land in the Brazils
six of you will succumb to the vom. te
negro, and the seventh shall remain
my tenor" Apparently it would be
very difficult for any manager to re-
cruit seven fair tenors in hese times.
T>Ihe most successful writer of nov
enc who writes from the
heart, and dH-hhdN H-hhdN ie ''s'f z
with his characters; to make others
laugh he must have laughed himself.
and so it is with tears. Dickens and
Thackeray. while writing their novels.
used to become SO interested i'm the
characters that they would laugh and
weep with them. Thackeray met a
friend one morning as he was com ing
out Of his house; the friend noticed
that there were tears liz his eyes, and
asked the cause; Il have just killed
Colonel Newcome" answered the nov
elist, as he hastened away. An emi-
nent English jurist, while reading the
case of Bardell versus
in "Pickwick Papers," be-
came so excited that when he came
to the verdict, he jumped up, and
dashing the book into corner. ex-
claimed.- "What the dickens could
the judge be about, and the jury!
Why. the verdict is against evidence,
it can't stand" At the Queens
drawing room the custom of introdu-
cling ladies by threes into the pres
ence chamber causes fearful amount
of pulling and scrambling in the pal
ace rooms; makes the reception last
for hours. and throws upon all engag-
ed an incredible amount of fatigue.
1t is not unusual for ladies who start
ed from home at midday, to be two
hours reching the palace yard, owing
to the block of carriages; two or three
hours more may then be consumed in
toiling towards the Throne Room;
ard after this there may still be two
or three hours waiting in vestibule,
and on staircases, before getting
away. All the while no refreshments
of any sort are offered; SO that, by 5
or P. NJ, the condition of a lady,
who has breakfasted at 10 A. NJ, and
who has been standing for the greater
part of the day, is often ritiable.
Your readers should remember that
the Lord Chamberlain, who should
make tea for the Queens guests, can
not do SO without leave from the Mas
ter of the Household. Baron Stockman
once wrote, THE Lord Steward finds
our fuel. and lays the fire, the Lord
lights it; the Lord Cham
berlain provides the lamps, and the
Lord Steward must clean, trim and
light them. The inside cleaning of
the windows belongs to the Lord
Chamberlain's department, but. the
outer part must be attended to by the
Oflicer of Woods and Forests. so that
the windows remain dirty, unless the
two departments can come to an un-
derstanding; and it is probably this
case, that there is some conflict be-
tween the pot anu kettle departments
OF the palace. which prevents their
to make ten.
NJ. J. NJ.
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