Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-23
SKETCHES IN LONDON.
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES
OUT IN THE OPEN AIR.

05i0e Lo0dn's Letter in the Phjladelohia Tones.
LONDON, July 81 History repeats itself,
occasionally with variations. This open
air dramatic performance idea, with char
acters played by members of the aristoc-
racy, is sort Of reminiscence of poor
Marie lAntoinette' acting Of shepherd
esses and soubrettes at the Little Trianon,
near Versailles. True, Lady Archibald
Campbell has not succeeded in engaging
for her troupe OF pastoral players at
Coombe house the services Of any Queen;
but the part Of "Amoret" in The Faith
fulle Shepherdesse" is taken by the Prin-
cess HELEN, Of Kapperthala, q young lady
who looks and speaks like a charming
English girl, and who is said TO be real
begun. Quite simple and pastoral she
appears, this Indian Princess, in classic
drapery Of yellow, with sweet pale face
and flowing hair. The contrast between
her aud her shepherd lover, Lady Archl-
bald. is great, for Lady Archibald's figure
is tall and commanding, and in playing
male characters she has laid to heart Ros
alind's advice, TO have q smashing and
mannish air. II you will take the trouble
10 read Fletcher's "Faithfulle Shepherd
esse" you will at once see how very care
fully the play had TO be edited to admit OF
its being performed before an English
speaking audience OF to-day. Indeed, the
dialogue Itself would have been nothing
apart from the exquisite songs and cho-
ruses written for II BY the Rev. MIR. Bat
son. The Princess of Wales sent for this
reverend gentleman and congratulated
him on the beautiful music he had COM
posed. "Ah" said MIR. Batson, sit is not
every composer who can boast OF being
congratulated by Princess who is also
doctor OF musicr'
AU NATUREL.
Nature is an unapproachable scenic
artist for a pastoral play. To fall into
rhapsOdies over the lovely outdoor scene
would consume too much space. Imagine
every feature of rural beauty. with a cloud
less sky and not the faintest suspicion Of
wind or dust. And the audiencel The
family group of royalties, the Prince and
Princess of Wales and their five children,
ana behind them "A serried mass Of nota.
bilities-aristOcrat pictorial, literary,
and what not. The drive to COombe on
the fret dsY of the performance was as
delightful as any part OF the entertain
ment. The Prince and his sons drove
down on the Earl of Flies drag; the
Princess went in a royal carriage with
her daughters, accompanied by several
female members of the aristOcracv.
COOmbe house was once the seat OF tBe
Earl of Liverpool, but was sold, and is now
used as a hydrOpathic establishment.
Lady Archibald Campbell lives close by.
in COombe cottage, and here the Prince
and Princess visit her, after the opea-sir
performances, and have tea before re-
turning 10 town. l hear that some Of the
rooms at COOmbe cottage are beautiful.
One is a red room; everything in tie room
Jsred in color OfYarying shades The effect
is said to be not at all glaring, but beau
tifully soft and rich. Another room is
''the sea SHELF not . tint in 1t but those
seen in the inner side Of a sea shell. Lady
Archibald paints the walls of these rooms
herself. She Is Young, tall and artistic
looking. Whistler's portrait of her was
a feature OF last years Glosvenor. On
that canvas she was dressed in black,
wore a sable shoulder capc, "a round hat,
and low shoes Ofrusset leather.
LADY RAN.
The electioneering exploits Of Lady
Randolph Churchill are the talk of the
hour. You heard of Lord Randolph's tel
egram TO his wife: brilliant success.
almost entirely due to you and Georgia"
"Georgie' is Sir RandOlph's sister, Viz
C0uatess CurZOn, who helped Lady Ran
d0lpL in the canyassing of Woodstock.
Lady Randolph is the daughter of Mr..
Leonard Jerome, of New York. Her
beauty and musical accomplishments
lave already set her quite apart from the
ordinary vapid run of fashionable ladies,
aud now Lady Randolph must be ac-
claimed as woman of real genius in the
sphere of politics. The capture of Wood
stock for the Conservative party was not
30 easy task as 1t may be thought. That
radical sentiment ran high there may be
inferred from the following cOuplet, which
was sung about the streets and lanes by
wearers OF the 'blue," or Liberal voters,
the Conservative color being pink:
True Blue forever! Randolph's heggar!
Put him in pot and boil hum forever!
This cannibalistic threat was not
needed, for the pink favors worn by the
Ladies Churchill and Curzon were in the
majority, as the returns showed. AS the
defeated candidate said, ''Tbose ladies'
have done it," This gentleman, Mr..
Grant, at the eleventh hour, got two young
girls down 10 help him in his canyassing,
but too late. One was a niece OF Sir Svd-
ney Waterlow, the rich statiOner and
printer, who has got a young American
wife, and the other was said 10 be n Cir
ton graduate. but / see That this is denied.
However, they could do nothing. The
women of title-Lady CurZ0n driving tam
dem IN the smartest possible Way-weut
INTO every corner OF the borough, and So
licited votes so earnestly and sweetly that
II was impossible TO refuse them.
HENLEY.
Shall / say anything about the Henley
regattay AS boat race, il is becoming
every year more and more absurd; as a
water picnic, IL is something stupendous
Toilettes for Henley are now as much a
matter OF female thought as toilettes for
Ascot. One boat was fun OF men ana
women, all dressed from head to foot in
light blue silk. One woman rowed q
Venetian gondola, herself dressed a. a
male gondolier. The everlasting Christy'f
Ministries were cropping up everywhere
on the water. One set were in a row boat
provided with an imitation emOkestaok
and white cotton batting used 10 repre-
sent smoke. Who says the times are hard
money scarce, the outlook one OF depros
si0ny The announcement of any frivolity
finds thousands upon thousands ready e
indulge In IL, no matter what 10 costs
Yet here and there one secs traces OF the
grip OF the iron hand OF stern necessity.
understand that "A bonnet shop which has
just been opened near GrOsyen0r square
under the trade name Of Lierrp, IL the
commercial enterprise OF Lady Granville
Gordon. Lierre is the French word fol
ivy, aud the ivy is the badge Of the house
Of Gordon.
PATTI.
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