Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-12-04
PHASES OF LONDON LIFE.
How the American Colony Has Crown
i'm Popularity.
WOMEN FROM fHB UNITED STATES ARB TIE MOST
BEAUTIFUL IN EUROPEAN CrTIESrPEoPL1 WHO ARE
WE'LL KNOWN IN NEW YORK.

WOMEN PROM TIE UNITED STATES ARB THE MOST
WE'LL KNOWN IN NEW YORK.
The American colony has become a prominent
feature of London society, observed George w.
| Smalley to correspondent OF the Cincinnati En-
q,,irer, within the last ten years American
women, as everybody knows, are considered to be
among the most beautiful to be seen abroad, and
they are something more than beautiful. The Sc
eret or one secret Of the position they have taken
In London society, Is their originality. They have
the charm which springs from freshness, from in
dividuality, from intellectual quickness They say
brilliant things in brilliant way, and they don't
feel bound TO accept English standards or conform
| to English conventionalities. They have manner
! OF their own. An English woman herself, who had
more wit and culture than belongs to the average,
said with frankneSS OF the American women
'There Is no use OF denying that the best OF them
beat US"
American women, continued Mr. Smalley, are
very popular In London. Mrs. James Brown Pot
shortest time OF all the American women who
have come there. The beginning OF her re-
lon Sands, where Mrs Potter gave some
recitattonS, which the Prince OF Wales heard.
He had met her once before at the Caledonia
ball, put this was the first time that he had lis
tened TO her Rotations. From that time on it
was quite understood that wherever the Prince Of
Wales went he expected to meet Mrs. Potter.
London society is peculiar in this respect. There
Is always somebody who, it is considered must be
invited whenever the Prince OF Wales IS invited.
For while, as you know, IL was Miss Chamber
lain, OF Cleveland. Mrs Potter was the star OF
the last half of the last London season She and
left behind as brilliant a reputation as any woman
VINO has ever been over there.
Speaking OF the socialistic movement, Mr..
Smalley says that 1t has no substantial bottom.
IL has no leadership, or rather there is
no strong leader who has come to the front.
Hyndman is their only educated man, a uni
n Oxp1y writ NJ
siderable rhetorical power, but with q total lack
of ANYTHING IKE practical capacity and with no
cialistic movement whose name was ever heard Of
or who had ever had position before he became
associated with it. john Burns, who is next to
the extreme type. Neither Burns, Champion t n
Williams nor any of the others whose names have
With pSociaI,satc III ne@SpaPers ID connection
has shown much other ability than that Of max
ing violent speeches and collecting mObs in the
streets OF London. The SOcta1stiC meetings are
largely attended by the roughS OF the East End
who flock together in the hope OF a row and an OPP
portunity for plumber. / attended the great Ira
fagar square meeting and went all through it.
Eight out of ten OF the men were ready to pick the
pockets OF the other two If they had chance The
other two had very little in their pockets to be
picked This reminds me OF the great dis
trees among the poor people of London. 1t was
very great last winter, and will be very great this
who is becoming we'll known as sympathizer
with the poorer classes, told me that there are
$4,000 men in London between whom and starva-
ton there Is only siXpence, and that there are
100000 with only couple OF shiings.
The socialistic movement in England Is quite
distinct from the labor movement. That has been
trades union movement. 1t has been great
success in spite OF great obstacles The leaders
most wisely kept the movement out OF politics.
They have carefully refused to go into politics ex-
eept TO secure the passage of some law relating to
labor matters. They have never allowed the
trades unions to be put up at auction. No po-
htical party, as party, has ever had their sup
port. They have not been engaged in an eff
fort for eternal justice, but merely to get
for themselves a greater share OF the Joint
profits OF labor and capital. That Is thoroughly
Engitsh-they leave the idea to take care OF IT.
self They have kept perfectly clear Of politics on
the one hand and perfectly clear OF the socialists
on the other. In this way they have made great
advances and secured large concessions for labor.
The Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers OF this
country Is the best American analogue OF the
trades union movement in England. l understand
the brotherhood has had nothing to do with poll
ties, and has, therefore, had the sympathy and
encouragement Of the American people, which
other movements have lost by departing from
these fundament;1 maximS