The new North-west., 1885-10-23
DEER LODGE, MONTANA, OCTOBER 20, 1885.
NEW SOUTH WALES.
eoCIAL LIFE AND PLEASURE IN THE
SOUTH PACIFIC.
Picnics and Excursions-Love Of the OPP
era-Literature and sport-Boating,
Cricket and Racing - Mel
bourne "Cup Day"
[sydney Cor. San Francisco Chronicie.l

lSydney Cor. San Francisco Chronicle
Sydney is the hotbed Of picnics. Most of
the holidays are spent in this way. All
along the harbor there are pub
lie picnicking grounds. with pavil-
legion, every available spot being taken
up; some. indeei, especially Athol gardens,
being scarcely available A picnic there
must keep the picnickers upon the tenter-
hooks of suspense at luncheon lest cloth and
food and glass should 60 gliding into the
water, so very upright Is the incline. And
then there is Clontarf, which is
natural lawn surrounded by shrubbery
and fringeI with mimic beach,
shells and all, on which tiny mock
waves ripple and sing. Manly beach
is also favorite spot; and then there are
Sans Souci and Pearl bay, Long bay, etc
Every steamer hangs out its destination on
holidays PAINTED on canvas strips in "larger
than life" capitals. so that verify "he who
runs may read" Then again there are
many bays whore, though they have no reg
ular picnicking grounds, the quieter-
minded people like to 60 and take their bas.
kets
Then lest the holiday spirit should flag
there are special picnics, such as the bakers
picnic, the drapers' picnic, the butchers pic
mic, ETC., even down to the undertakers' pic
mic, of which ghouls' feast there is no record
kept as to whether the tables be collins and
the utensils bones. though on the occasion
of their first jovial picnic they drank, one
and all, Success to the trade"
A MUsIC-LoyING PEOPLE.
One distinctive mark in Sydney, drawing
line between it and other colonies, Is its
love Of music and the opera. To the Thea
ter Royal on command night" that Is when
the governor and his suite are present-ani
imagine the opera to be one of the most ten
der. delicate and powerful yet created-the
dress circle is certain to be full Of we'll
dressed people. The stalls, which come
next In precedence, will also be full, but
here the rule Is for walking costumes; and
behind again comes the pit where the
poorer classes assemble, but whsre it is not
unusual for gentlemen to stroll in and stand
for an hour.
Above the dress circle, on such q night,
there will be two galleries full Of
indeed, overfowing with - "larrikins"
Jour Australian hoodlums), coatless and
dirty, and well able to deafen the
actors IL they chose but they do not choose.
Through the most difficult and delicate
trills and murmurs they are absolutely
breathless, SO intense Is their silence, and II,
as Is sometimes the case, those who should
know better begin TO giggle and whisper,
their demands for silence are imperative
and determined. For themselves, they rs-
ceive and understand every note and bar Of
the music, Let the language be what 1t will.
and should it be their own, there is no allu-
sion put on words too subtle or no elevated
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spoud, one and all, and instantly; their ap-
plause, too, Is timed with the perfection of
accuracy. Patti herself might stand at
their mercy with the certainty that they
would interpret her music with unsrring
apt ude and faithfulns.s
LITERATURE AND SPORT.
From music to literature Is but a step
but here indifference reaches its climax.
Imported works will be read, but the idea
that they themselves could give to the
world fresh and vigorous literature never
crosses the native mind. IL the seed can
sprout with all the disad vantagss Of barren
rocks and choked soil, well and gooi.
They will permit them to come IL they can,
but II it dies beneath the fight 1t Is well and
good also The odds are too great There
are no really frst-rats magazines in the
colonies They do MT pay. A man who
can write and must wri to or expire finds him.
self suddenly many thousands Of miles from
the editor or publisher he needs; he looks
round in vain for sympathy; then he must
begin heart-sickening posting Of matter
and waiting months for reply. or, il he be
able, he will naturally leave bis nom earring
native shore and fight the big fight out be-
meath another flag, and then, careless that
they have given their rose (when it looked
like q weed) to grow In another garden,
they receive his efforts as the genuine i'm
ported thing and are glad to read some
thing that Is not Australian rubbish"
Now IL this were not letter, but q school
class, We would ask Il boys, "What sport
Is New South Wales most famous forp And
il Australians they woull answer to q boy,
Boating" and this Is true at present In the
shape Of great sturdy black smith. Sgd
nsy actually holds the champion oarsman Of
the world; physically be is the ideal Of
Longfellow's Blacksmith" bis muscles un-
'doubtedly being 1strong as iron bands" but
rs yet 1t remains point whether in tt
making of q crack oarsman q good black
smith has not been spoiled, not that such
small circumstance would weigh in the bal
ance in the future, for here every boy panta
to be either champion puller or q bush.
ranger, and they take to the water as nat.
urally as eels. ..-..--
-" CRICKET AND RACING.
After these two grand ambitions there
comes another-to be q cricketsr. On Sat-
urday afternoons all the stray bits OF com-
mon are alive with ragged urchins working
hard with bat and ball, and here and there,
where the @tsam" is less ragged and the
playground is O field instead Of common,
q brave calico flag futters In the breeze. A
cricket week Is great week In Sydney.
Nothing Is spoken Of but the scores, and
day after day crowds turn in at the wide
gates Of the Sydney Association ground. Il
is far from being pretty ground. and the
grand stand Is far from being an excellent
building, but what matter these little draw
hacksi Most Of 1our team" are well known
and their success or failure Is q personal
matter. .... ... ..
II you walk o little further ON the same
road you win come to Rand wich race
course. but this is a more serious affair.
Splendid horses are run here and splendid
bets made, and we fear some splendid lives
lost or plunged In despair rs well, but this
Is an aside only, and we will not be guilty
Of the bad taste Of trying to turn the picture
round. Here. as In all things, Sydney COM
P1ics itsoh VIII uoADooIuo. Lotu ooSlI0 W
compare and to gain by comparison IL posi-
ble. In racing matters this b more evident
than in others, and here Victoria gains the
day. In the first place their race courss far
excsls that Of Sydney. Those who should
know have said that 4Flsmington Is the fin
est race-course In the world" Cup day" Is
general holiday In Victoria Melbourns
overfows for weeks before and after the
event The streets are deserted on that
day: few vehicles run in them; few people
walk on tine pavement'; there ID but one
place in the world on that day, and that Il
the ra s~coursA
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