The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-15

OF advantage on his foreign purchase to keep
the native toiler in enforced and pauperized
idleness Every day the industrial situa-
ton grows worse. Even Birmingham
which in consequence of the variety
of its manufactures is the last to feel general
trade depression. is in such bad way that
thousands of skilled artisans are parading the
streets asking for bread or work. / don't think
you quite know in America to what serious
pitch the general depression has arrived Let
me give you an instance out of many In one
OF the iron working centeTs. where crowds OF
men are being pauperized for want of work, a
great railway extension is going on, the whole
of the iron work for which is imported from
Belgium because it can be purchased for trifle
less per ton than it can be made on the spot
We are getting all kinds OF cheap manufactures
from abroad, but our streets full of men out
of work, our poor-houses are crowded with pau
pers, our industries dying out real estate
is shrinking in value, and our capital is being
invested in foreign enterprises Were it not
for our ocean carrying trade we should be IN a
very poor way indeed. 1t is true, nation,
we Eave vast accumulated capital, but we are
spending it.
While outside critics continue to revile the
stage it is worth while noting that persons of So
cial position continue to join the rank and file of
Its artists. One of the latest recruits is Miss
Una Sheridan, daugheer of Mr. Brinsley Sheri-
dan, the member of Parliament for Dudley. Dur
ing two London seasons her name was mentioned
among those of notable society beauties. A clev-
er, intelligent young lady and an earnest stu
dent, she sailed with the Dark Days" company
for America, Oct. &C. and is by this time no
doubt, in ''the land of the brave and the free. !"
Among the other dramatic artists who accom-
panied her are Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Pitt Mr.. Fred
Terry Miss Ellen Terry's brother) and Mr.
Spekeman, from the Princess's Theater. The
latter gentleman in the Dark Days" play re-
minded me of Mr. Lawrence Barrett though he
is taller. think Mr.. Spekeman will be one of
the successes of the Dark Days" company;
another will be the scenery which is excellent
There is no truth in the statement that Mr..
and Mrs. Bancroft, of the Haymarket Theater,
contemplate an American tour. Similarly, Miss
Ellen Terry is much amused at the report that
she is to visit America professionally with a
company OF her own. Miss Terry has been sick,
but is well again, and still plays the heroine in
Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield" with her pre-
vious freshness aud charm. She is at the same
time studying Marguerite for the Faust" which
Mr.. Irving will produce shortly before Christ
mas.
The "Grevile Memoirs" is, of course, the book
of the season. Who was Greville2 When every
body is supposed to know all about some particu
lar thing which every body ought to- know it often
happens that very few really do know. On this
hypothesis venture to remind you that Mr. Gre
vile was clerk of the council, with opportuni
ties of knowing pretty we'll all that was said and
done in royal, diplomatic ministerial. social and
political circles. He was supposed to be
a quiet. harmless man of politics and
concerned, leisurey way. and nobody paid
much after ton to anything he did or said. But
all the time he was keen, observant looker-on,
and he made elaborate and exhaustive notes of
all he heard and saw, storing the record up to
to be let off like bombshell in royal ministerial
political and high society, when he should be
quietly slowed away in the tomb. There is a
certain grim humor in the manner in which he
has set 1.-THE great world" by the ears. But
readers of the latest contribution to "Behind the
Scenes" will be interested to learn that the pages
left out of the present volumes are more spicy
than anything they contain. These omitted
pages are held over for later date. They will
not be DESTROYED, and they will be published
some day" How Mr.. Greville must have
chuckled when he was writing his diary! To the
outer world, and indeed among his friends.
he was bland, gentle, kindly, courteous, harm
less gentleman. In reality he was a cynic, wit,
profane reckless, scandal mongering scribbler,
who would have made" modern society
journal if he had not ruined it by inviting serious
suits for libel. JOSEPH HATToN.