New-York tribune., 1885-01-25
MORE PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NOTES.


For the last fortnight BOnd-st. has been over
run 10y presentbuyers-not merely the ordinary Great
ures who buy for their friends and rclatons-non
rd9ondm al Tor but the royal noble aud woudbe noble,
purchasers OF gifts for Herring" otherwise Prince
Aoert Victor on attaining his majority. The OF a
Prince OF Wales parsonage to whOm for the present
at least all esteem themselves greatly blessed in gvin2
therefore every who has entertained the Prince and
Princess OF Wales, and all who hope to have to wn or
country house gorcd by their have sent gifts
galore to the young Prince whose coming OF has just
been celebrated ut Sandringham. The most celebrated
brica-brac dealers had their stores ransacked for
strange and rich gfts-every donor striving after orig
hay Choice figures OF ivory, crystal, and pearl have
been drawn from their hiding places in ebony and
md4ueterfe cabinets and studded with diamonds and
r'ibles to furnish forth quaint ornaments The number
OF presents Is quite extraordinary
regret to say that my private Information Is sufficient
cause for tue greatest dsquetude to the health OF Mr.
Gladstone Although ho carries things of bravcly and
sustained by his ndOmitaDle courage lie Is really very
Ill and will require long rest and foreign travel before his
health Is restored hear that Sir Andrew Clark than
whom we have better medical adviser insists on the
abandonment OF work. and immediate rest and leisure.
but that the Premier Is determined to get his bills
through Parliament before he considers himself. Mr.
Gladstone has already done such wonderful work while
In -heah that 1t would be rash to predict that his once
iron constitution will not bear the strain Of next session.
but as am instructed. there will be great danger IN
putting to this trial. Every day read oical
bulletins announcing the continued improvement in his
health THESE verscIous enough far as they go,
but the painful truth remains that Mr. Gladstone, who
has aged very perceptby during the last two years.
been severely shaken by his recent ydisposton and
that his friends In condition 0f anxiety and alarm,
and that his physician, whose favOrIte expression is
Nature IA impacabe" canno; persuade the Premier TO
obey him like any other patient Mr.. Miaiss last por-
tnfb In, n r.
the marks OF the hard work Mr. Gladstone has gone
through since 1850.
Those curious AZ to the personal habits of great
may 10 Interested 70 know that Mr. John Everett
Mais. r. A.. at hts breakfast table disdans the
friyoy OF tea cups. His morning dish OF tea, as our
forcathers called IT, Is poured into china bowl Win
sugar and in due proportion. and finished OF with
great gusto by the Royal Acadenecian. In his stno
Mr. MIlais who 1. very temperate in meat and drink.
smokes great deal from pipe with singnlarly small
bowl. lie Is busy subjects as well as portraits
and IA painting from a child model IA charming
little creature quite a dot
Among the peculartcs of Mr.. Mlais Is that ri never
appearing at any OF the private views now 80 fashion,
able when picture show ia opened he waits for a
few DAYS AMI then pays his shilling some morning and
sees the paintings his great comfort and satisfaction
lie has nearly completed the eighth picture Tor WHICH
Mr. werthemer is paying him such large sum.
Sir Arthur sullivan anu Mr W. :. tiiotTt "o oushy
engaged In finishing their new comic opera whicn is 70
be real at the savoy Theatre on Monday week
The difficulty concerning the adaptation of the
Princes, Georges. for the Princesss Theatre appears
sufficiently serious to delay the campaign OF Mr. Abbey
and Mrs Iangtry very considerably To the version at
pre..nt sui mtd tho Lcenser OF Plays Mr.. Edward S
Pigot absolutely refuses his sanction The adaptation
IA said To have made by Messrs Clement scott ana
n o. etophen.on but despite their weitriod skill as
IA
Chamberlain hear that fresh version Is TO be pre-
pared entirely by Mr. Clement scott
There arc Indication, that the OF Romeo and
Juict At the Lyceum Theatre drawing toward close
4, 4, greatly doubted whether 1t has proved profit
able venture.
The annual ceremony OF cutting Baidcley's cake +"
ras Illustrated with great glory Drury Lane Theatre
on Tuesday Everybody knows or should know that
Badiecy became comedian after being cook 10 oote
Hence II was natural that he should belueah hundred
pounds the three per cents In order that the ladies' ana
gentlemen OF the Drury Lane company should enjoy cake
and wine and punch Twelfth Night. Three pounds
terlng does not however go far toward such cecDra-
ton as OF Tuesday last Between seven and eight
hundred persons were present including Miss Calhoun.
Mrs. Bernard Bcere. Miss Kate Munroe, MI Bahcroit,
Mr. H. B. Conway, Mr.. kcmbc. Nile. Portodi, Mr..
Justin Mccarthy. VI. T.. and his son. the member TOT
Athlone and adaptor OF the highly successful Canii-
Iatr"-the fDrgarl bookings TOT WHICH nv" W
Ave thousand pounds sterlng-Mr Henry Abbey. Miss
Iingard and other representative mcn aud women Mr
Augustus Harris entertained his guests with masnii-
cent supper at which sixty dozen excellent dry cham
pagno were consumed and heca;omb OF v!ands incna-
Ing Brobdngnagian Twelfth Cake, carved ny Mr' ter
nauieZ Badlcloy, founded tile noiest occasion Oh
this joyful gathering lucky cook and comedian but
an unlucky husband his wife being the notorious Ma
Baddcley, the subject OF Mr. Orchari'ons picture
Queen OF swords" Two three years ago the Honor
able Lewis wngfcli account OF her III MI Cie
ment SCOTS magazine, The Theatre.
Everybody who il anybody knows all about the
octave dinners given by Sir Henry tStonc) Thompson
the famous surgeon and which are 80 called on account
Of the number OF guests being limited 10 eshI lheSe
with the host make up tho number of the MUSES. pre-
scrbed a. tho limit OF competent dinner pafy-i
mean OF course dinners at which men o some mark oh
are present Ladies' aro ornamental at dinner table
that parties which they are present cannot De 100
large. Mr. Edwards tho member for Wcymoutn-o"t-
of the way mouth wicked wag dubbed it-gocs
one over and makes his total ton. Like sr Henry
THOMPSON he gives famous dinners aud Is irm believer
I'm Mr. odkns saying that he mad the Twelve Apostles
to dinner hs would have them OF twice.
London IL greatly amused to hear that an expedition
is being fitted out ut Canny Newcastle to seeE fora
pirates In Trinidad The Information on whoh
the atventurers" act IL said To De dcri|eu lro TO
tired pirate or old sailor. Here We thlnA oid So'uer
would be better description. Never was any game 20
ulayed out as treasure huntDg-witness the wonderful
New York scheme for finding pate-ship on the coast
OF Venezuela by Of smugglors watertelescopes
tho Cocos Islands and Galapagos Islands expeditions not
TO speak of tho wreck OF the Iussar AMI Captain kiud
hidisn booty. Probably the old soldier inegn
sailor Is running short VI and biscuit and wants
good billet for u while.
Mr. saa has gone to lecture you carrying with him
thousand good wishes hear that lo Ia going W wrto
his weekly Echoes In The Nustrdted London News as
he goes along round the world. lie will hear meet
Mrs. sala IN Australia.
Mr.. James McNcill Whistler, OF artistic and witty
celebrity Ia about TO ion the noble army Of lecturers
He Is an immense favOrlte London, and deservedly so
lie Is u genuine wit and humorist whom never 500
without hearing something good He congatuiaNs MIN
self having already secured immortality, declaring