Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-22
LOITERING IN LONDON.


All American llNiHS III l1lli''tll lltt9 u
rare chance of seeing "John Bull ct sd
femme" in their everyday gdrb, and of
getting at the true inwartlnesS of life in
this most wonderful of cities. To Il WISH
tor everything Is cOulcur dc rose, for the
English as host or hostess are unsur-
passed The traveller who comes here
with the idea that this is II land of milk
honey and honesty, and that everything is
ona more solid basis than in our own land,
will meet with disappointment and depart
much sadder and wiser. with confused
visions of gorgeous palaces, grand cathe-
drals, eXorbitant frauds and over
charges from Il world of ShylOckS.
The cotton fabrics manufactured in Great
Britain do not compare with ours in quail
ty or beauty of finish and are by no means
so honest, filling in with inferior material
and So full of dressing it is quite impus-
sible to detect the fraud until, after Il first
or second laundrying in the hcHstly Eng
lish fashion Of scrubbing with n hrush,yuu
find you are obliged to rcplenish your
stock. The same may be said of nearly
everything manufactured here for the use
of Il people who pay out their hard earned
money, and who are driven to desperation
or the workhOuse through high prices and
taxation. You may wonder how 1t is we find
such fine mportations in our country. On
inquiry you Will be told they are manu-
featured especially for the American
trade and find little or no sale here. One
seldom comes upon English home life as
it is pictured to us through the pages of
romance. There is painful absence of
domestic affection i'll homes OF the higher
class. As soon as child is ushcred into
the worlG it is given over to IA nurse be
cause, forSooth, Madam cannot be dcpriv-
ed of the enjoyments of society, and at an
early age, when the home influence is
most needful, is domiciled in some school
(if n boy "tor gentlemanS sons only"
He has no happy recollectlons of a child
hood home beyond the nursery, and when
his school days are ended is so much Il
stranger in his fathers house that he is
glad to escape to the club or enter the
army. and thus it is that to day the flower
of Great Britain are suffering the torrd
atmosphere of the SCuddn.
The English girl from school enters the
train of butterflies to be bartered to the
highest bidder. She becomes wife,
with no particular affection for the man
she wedS, and no idea of Il home outside
the draWing-room. She has fresh, far
face, a Charming manner, Is Il magnificent
hOrsewomau with Il voice like the chime
of silver bells: but she exhibits extreme
ly poor taste in dressing, has very little
tact, and nothing whatever of what the
French term chic. Her education Is quits
superficial. and, as Lord Daney remark
ed last week in his address on oxford and
n,I i, ,,r,(ini,,,,t in i;rorL Ltf rnunnt tell
tho Inratirn If sydney IN Australia ar
Chio,,e, ia INA I-,,itaI S,nta. - / have
met tyngli.b Indies who wurlI ask such
questions as 'Is Illinois in the State of
Michigan - and refer to Mary Stuart rs
Iva i,Ir,,SyisaG ;t tbe Inrl, If 1ntrllirance re-
~, - 'l,W o al the c,nornc If histnr
81 a,,o,ts nornactad VII th,i, n,yn conn
tr,. IL y ,rarcelv nordonahle
a., - aSorCini,Ipo, tbe ,ranCrronhins uscd in
ii ~ ri1 va tii,d go mi. =.
Ia ~ o,r,. la,t rar1I,hIic thnt Inc ipnor-
9,', % III tha nnni IL NOT to he wondered
en- ~ uiio ~ ,,Pti - TIA ordnn AIM
a. Gnu oho iii"S ',i'' ,,ctit ,'n,,nl,,n ~
p,'peiS III van i ioi t Im' r,Ia,,ti Wara IL
mo"s i.V ~ "I Gbi" Ine 1icr,Ij Which we
m m"u ioi .aiT GrivS and No ouni1ncrf
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ut9er 1arh,lGSS ~ ieaat,' ~ i'1 ~,
slue hic1y i'aiii CIV. - ~, -,
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therlore lllete u iiio'e lSliol"aiVT ~ onI
square YARD than IN any DINER enii2hteheu
ia ,1' gnu that tooi ~ " Oo''N''9 ""''e
e'tucalioll Is Toii Pu'9Vi 'u.,;.,,,,,, ,,.,,,
VIZ liiucii tIa' ny ',O
colhplaaliieo 10 lhe lIe''ttu apou' 'ne n'"'t
ilot9 VI Ciio"Eo pPcii u ,,',,' -,
tended opera III i.ouuQii or i",liEoii tiiGa-
IRE. II he mas eilher ms memory Is ue,
lectlVe or ms eyeSlght mas improved As
TO the manner OF dress, as an olu opera,
Soer OF the Garden Guy can say WIN
| PRIDE never saw ladies' scattered through
an audience Ihere wearing dresses CIV 50
uiseiSllheiy low III lne NECK Us " c'tli 'hg
blush to the face of their own sex. !
Iegret that Ine LADIES Oh MaSHing !,i'h
ueelii III necessary 10 ape t,ltlt Elslls '
cousllls III Iliat r1spec,, openhlnR VI oPg Tl
GiipeI. anu oulllyah new opera ne
Mlhauo WAS prouuceu at Ihe savoy las.
saturday ~ Is lali 81 .he pieasallt
sweet, noWlhS Strains VI oullivan' Wno
SHOWS NJ 50 wen now 10 WIZ ioI .lle 'olce;
!.n lasors SolieMnuI VI asr ,i a,i,
IalleHce, eSpeCiaily III ne i i!i Il'uit
nlaius from scnool are we, anu IN poll'
vi iacC II really uGesii iriatter Mnoili Soui