Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-17
SABBATH BREAKINGI IN LONDON
A Startling Change in the Obscr-
vance of Sunday in England.
From The Nep>Y5rk Sun.

From the Near YUfk Sun.
LONDON, July 29.--Tae striking feature
Of the London season Of 1886 is the COM
plete reversion and unblushing renuncia-
ton Of the Sabbatarian laws which have
so long ruled these islands with the tyran-
ny of cant and custom.
We may, in secret, have before this re-
belled against the stringent restrictions OF
! our Sunday;we may, unseen, have eluded
them with consummate Hypocrisy, trans
crossed under the mark, read the pro-
hiOiled novel between services, played
The piano IN foreign watering places,
s0wn button on a glove in our locked
chamber, and even ventured TO the Hip
pOdrome in wicked, tempting Paris; but
We had always maintained our stanch adj
! herence To all the presCr1ntiYe outward
tormV, and launched into austere denun-
! Citations OF those who transgressed them,
or craved for the opening of museums aud
exhibitions on the Lords Day.
| Now we have thrown OF our Sabbath
ran strait wastcOat, and we hardly
wonder how the change was effected.
| Sunday has become our cOnvivial day
| par excellence. With candid security we
! participate ia all the relaNatiOns and en-
| iOyments once considered damnable from
! saturday midnight, during twenty-fOur
! long sacred hours. We take out our
! horses, carriages, lIveries, and haunt the
| parks on pleasure bent; we give lunch
cons with actors aud actresses as our
guests, who electrity the afternoon with
| their performances; we give political dim
| ners, at homes, and receptions; we organ
| ize garden parties with pr0taue baRds,
and picnics on the river; naughty French
| plays and risky "chansOnnettes" are
given at the new club; aud we have,
browning audacity, dancing, regular
| dancing, with orchestra and bali COS
| tunes. The second best day at Hurting
ham is the Sunday, ryaiing the other in
! popularity; we are mildly, openly,
brazenly Jolly on the Sabbath, and having
! thrown our Puritanical cap over the walls
| Of deCOrum we have no pangs, no remOrse,
| no regret, save perhaps that we can no
longer seattle with our superior goodness
the indecent PROCLAMATION Of the Sunday
that is tolerated in neighboring countries.
The two prettiest mixed suburban club
houses are the Ranelegh aud Hurting
| ham, since the glories OF the Orleans
| Club are dimmed. Both are within easy
| distance, both have charming grounds
and the air OF being hospitable
country mansion open TO weil-dreesed
| and numerous guests, and are the tavOrite
resort of the fouT-in-hands and their mot
| ley freight.
If the Raneleigh has the advantage in
point of size aud eXpanse, Nottingham is
| privileged by being on the river, its
lawns and splendid trees sloping down
to the Thames and atlording good van
tage ground during the races and regat-
taS. AT first given up almost exclusively
tOpigeOn shooting, it next became cele-
brated for the polo matches where the
| brothers Murieta achieved signal fame
by their riding and proficiency in the
game. Now the spreading, velvety,
shady lawns are given up TO tennis. On
Sunday afternoons the nets stretch side
by side In countless courts. BattaliOns
of men come down In their "whites"-
flannel Is obsolete-and, iii the various
styles OF that most unbecoming undress,
fly about wildly for hours. A few girls in
pretty striped costumes ornamented with
appropriate badges OF their craft, and
wearing the cOlOrs of their clubs, take a
hand in tue sets, but they seem distract
ed either by the attention they excite or
the Gimp ses OF the trailing silks and
laces of their less energetic sisters.
About the little tables dotted on the ter
race receive their full contingent of
guests. Strawberries and cream are in
great request, likewise tea and cake, dis
pensed by attendants whose garb is a
cross between ships stewart and a
French cafe waiter. The nautical cap,
lettered in gold, the short cloth vest, win
brass buttons, belong To the former; the
turn down collar, white tie, pumps, and
waving napkin appertain to the latter.
An Inconsistent air Ofrusticity is imp6rt-
ed by the tea equipage, which, in its sim
plicty, is singularly ARTIFICIAL. The tea.
pot is OF brown earthenware, such as Is
popularity supposed TO be met with on the
cottage hearth or the almshouse shelf, and
Is, in point OF fact, never seen in either
place. A legend runs round the lid, vary
shall ~
dichting for how many the beverage is in-
tended: the cups are plSin 10 thickness
the spoons, britannia metal TO dizziness.
The tea is excellent, so is the cream: the
bread has a stnleness which indicates that
the bakers do not participate as yetin the
new activity OF Sunday, and that the loaf
dates from yesterday.
AT O'Clock the resources Of the estab-
lishment are taxed TO the utmost. TIE
committee is as yet unpreparPd for the
effects OF the revolution which has
galvanized the old Sabbath, and sends
eager diners away from the atmosphere
OF their sancuted homes. They have to
be turned away by the score, and those
who choose to remain aud listen to the
strains of the Hungarian band in the
! moonlight must do so unfed. Bright and
noisy Is the return home, through
suburban streets still populOus and an
| mated; and on reaching the solemn
quarters Inhabited by the noble and the
rich, one hnds homes (wnere the curfew
used to sound at 10 in honor of the
sauctity OF the day. brilliantly ilumin-
ated, and champagne suppers and inn
| provlsed dances bring the British saba
Of 1856 TO merry close.
Az birmingham, Lords and Sandown
! you see the newest fashions. Goodwood
is too much the end OF ali things to strike
"a fresh note, and there is about it sug-
geetiOn OF C0wes and Scotland already.
II is therefore by the prevalent tone OF
the three former resorts that correct
estimate can be formed OF what is, or is
not the thing. Parasols have strained
the uttermost the ingenuity Of inventors
They vary from the absolutely diaph-
aDous TO those made OF too richly en-
broldered Turkish shawls. The first
seems too light 10 carry the bunch of
flowers which crowns IL; the second, too
heavy for the airy little fabric OF bonnet
II covers. some are admirably hand
painted, One all white has swallows