Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-22
HAT7ON'S LETTER.
English Newspaper Reports from the
Stump---HOw London Takes
Her Electioneeriug,
a Decay OF National mdustries...The
Great Magnet OF the Worla...
Christmas Literature.
Henry Irving Preparing the Prodnc,,o, ot
f"ust-frince and Princess OF wmcS
az the Theatcr.
Copyrighted ISIS
.urrcenOhdNmOe OF tho EtLzniIn

I NPeelA' Correspondence OF the Gazette.
STRANGE EYENrFCL DAYS.
Z lONnoN, Noy.s
Fashion says London Is empty. which
/ means that society is Still away nom
town. The upper ten being absent. IL is
the thing to say nobody Is in London
The truth is, however, London Is very
iull. 1t always is, for that matter Who.
ever goes and comes, a population of Ave
millions remains. ON an average so .OO0
strangers enter London and leave il every
tWeniy-tour hours. Just now thai ayor.
age Is considerably augmented. The Inst
daYs OF the "lnventuries" exhibition ne
lng announced all the great railway com
pahies OF tue land are running very cheap
( excursion trains from every part ol
the United Kingdom, hence the
crowded state of our thor
oushiares. 1ha approach OF the general
tlecllon also Introduces al the moment
am abnormal activity Politicians up from
Tue country pay frequent visits to the
WlrcpullerS Of tnc Carlton ana the reform
c lOSi Tor while LluCol Is tle center of
thc pOllcic0l s, 5 en-, he country is essen
( uallY the field OF batJle. The newspapers
are tdll of election ugatous. No London
editor seems to think II possible that We
may have too much of q good thing.
Wherever the chiefs OF the two great par
ues speak there are the London reporters,
ana the next morning the daiiies as a rule
contain verbatim records OF the speeches
lhuS we get day after day an everlasting
Icpetltluh OF the same old story on both
81 les. II you had once taken I'm the
points OF the Two platforms IL is not Nee
esSary to read any more about them. In
America you would briefly summarize
these Or1tOrlcal records We set
them forth continually in long col.
umnS OF type, as though the
speakers had never previously opened
their lips London takes her election
etring calmly, ii not with Indifference
1t is in the country where the vast meet
iugs are held, where chairs are hurled al
candidates, windows are broken and
friendships are annlhilated ON the altar
Of party is
SORT on lrrLE CNu WAR
whileit lasts. The country people com
lng 20 town are therefore much surprised
that we are not posted all over with elcc.
lIuu notices and placaruvd commands tD
vote for this msu or the other. this "ucu.
pies iIl,ud,' or that "ratp-paycIs' de
fender this "irlcud OF the vOrSingmanN
or that "pr1tcctor OF The national honor -
The theatcrs, music halls and great trud-
clS ran The election posters out OF the
market "iioodman Bind, the VaiAis
sisters swinging @ayiy against an lmug-
mary Sky ON AN equally imaginary tW-
pee, "lluman Nature" Mrs. Wei
, don, the Inventories, a Ia
nous soap, certain American cigarette.
and other notable posters carry the day
ON every boarding. An eminent bishop,
by tAe way, has complained of the pie
toriGl representation ON the walls Of the
! feminine trapeZist, He has actually written
to the newspapers on the subject, giving
I TO the entertainment IN question the best
possible advertisement. The figure in
Question is a very graceful one and partial
ly drapcd. There are many other adycr-
tiscments. particularly in the ladies' news
papers, much more Objectionable than
this We appear to be In chronic state
OF yirtuous indignation just nov against
the nude. At all events, the purists
hardly let day pass over without call
ing our attention TO the subject. Sir
Frederick leighton Is writing an essay
upon it for one of the quarterlies. MIR.
| llorsley, another Royal academian, has
been literally Scari1ed in the correspond
ence columns of the press for ques.
tioning the morality OF nude
studies, and all the time Il
little army OF sandwich men are pHrad-
ing the West End streets with the an
nouuccment Of u popular exhibition of
the famous French nude picture OF "Thc
White Slave" a notable successor to Il
previous exhibition of "Nana" naked
and not ashamed 1t is quite appro-
pirate 20 these incidents OF the day that
the trial of Stead and his so-callcd res
cucrs is going on at the Old Bailey, The
worst feature of all this Is that English
maidens and matrons are taking part in
the various unsayorY and prurient dis
cuSsions which belong TO these strange,
eveutful DAYS