Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-11

not will not say. have read the book
and think il contains some fine poetic
passages. The play had movements,
but there is stage management
that suits the "Mlkado" and the
stage management that may be inspired
by "Faust" Mr.. Praed, who is writing
novel with Justin Mccarthy, was pres.
emit; so also was Miss BraddOn. Labouch-
ere and his wife were present; the Roths-
childs, the de Grays, the artistic
Boughtons aud hundreds of others equal
ly worthy OF mention. After the play
they went behind the scenes to congrat-
ulate Mr.. Irving and Miss Terry. Mr..
Irving received them In his satanic robes,
and the fashionable throng crowded his
refreshment table and wished him and
themselves the compliments of the
season" in dry champagne. IL was a
great night In the first act some of Irv-
ing's friends were oyerioyed at
a hitch in the scenery--the
first papablc hitch in his
management There IS sufficient ieal-
ousy in the admiration of Irving TO breed
a malicious Joy should he trip, "Save
me from my friends" The hitch was of
little moment and it only showed that
Irving is mortal. But in mis- little speech
before the curtain he made Il telling allu-
sion to the incident Speaking to the
audience as the Prince of Darkness, he
spoke OF DIVISIONS which even 1 would
not call up" The sophistication of the
Lyceum stalls is what an American
humorist would call ga caution TO
snakes" They know everything and be-
! lieve IN nothing; they neither assist q
success nor help failure they are bluse
y 1nnknpg-pn n IN IA ROT tNitrht of ttIonof''
the enthusiasm of the pit and gallery
surged over their heads in waves of
cheers, but the stalls were content to
smile their approyal--''it is such bad
| form to be demonstrative, don't cher
/ know"
! FROM THE TiInATER TO THE CHURCH.
! The last scene in "Faust" is lovely
angelic apotheosis Of Margaret flight
of angels, a cluster of heavenly wings
| lowering over the dead woman. The
| picture seems to belong TO the season. 1t
might form a proper text for the churches,
| | had 1t in my mind this Christmas morn
1 ing when the choir sang "Christmas
awake! Salute the happy morn wherein
! the Savior of mankind was born The
night after the play the churches were
very much in evidence. The decorations
have never been more superb both In
! Catholic and Protestant temples. Mr..
| Spurgeon's tabernacle and the City Tenn
pie OF DR.. Parker were marked except
ions to the rule. These pastors pre-
fer that their people shall make Christ
mas bright in their own homes. 1t is in
the country that decoration Is most in
vogue, in village churches and outlying
Catholic chapels, though some OF the
London ''heuses of God" are superbly
adorned. st. Jude's, in the poor East
End OF London, is picture that must
gladden. the hearts of the congregation
Westminster and st. Paul's were packed
at the Christmas services, and the grand
o d anthems moved the people more
than the muttered sermons which but few
can hear. An additional effort has been
made this year by every church to feed It's
poor. The times are harder than usual
Wealth and charity have recognized this
fact. Vast sums Of money have been col
lected for distribution in the needy dis
trlcts, In hospitals, poorhouses, anC
wherever poverty BOWS its wretched head
God knows there Is too much of the
bowed head and the breaking heart IL
London, this city OF startling contrasts
of 10y and sorrow, of the supremes
wealth and the most abiect pennilessness
The queens doles are but the least iea
ture of the benevolence Of the season
Her maiesty's a mOner is very busy. Dur
ing the last few days, at his office II
Spring Gardens, near Trafalgar square
1900 poor persons received sums OF iron
five to thirteen shillings each the ages o
the recipients varying from SIX t
ninety-fve Gifts to the value OF EGO
have been distributed among the poor o
Windsor. The Baroness Burdett-Coptt
distributed layishly her annual Christina
presents to the poor about Columbia mar
ket; the Harley Street Congregations
church gave Christmas dinners TO 600
people at the East End The Bloomsbur
. Domestic mission entertained 2000 poo
guests. The Westhans Established churc
and other societies east aud west CAV
, money and food to probably 100000 9th
ers. All over London, indeed, the goo
! work is going on; you see 1t more or les
, in every poor neighborhood; and, in add
. tion to the poor, the fairly well-to-d
, working classes are not forgotten by thel
EMPLOYERS. Mrs. Canoyer, at the Oily
! thrater, gave Christmas tree free to IN
children in her locality. About =
/ employees and artists under irving
! management at the Lyceum theater wel
: home on Christmas eve each with goes
y or turkey and bottle OF GIN. lnousauv
i of pounds were cashed on Thursday
. bright new gold and silver from the mil
Il to be given away in Christmas boxes a
4 mere good customs are hOnored IN the
8 Increased observance. In the good OF
!. times rich and poor Toasted more togeth'
h at Christmas than now, but benevolent
( of gifts and organized generosity were ne
q probably us great as now, though mar
! individual cases of misery and staryatio
!, are necessarily overlooked. The .nigl
:, side of London Is full OF sadness
+ Christmas has many CLEAN OF ilgl
Is for It; but after all the lost echo'
{ OF the bells, the last flicker OF the GEM
! warmth leaves the poverty-stricken qua
d ter as dark and despairing as ever. Tnel
is something tremendously wrong IN
civilization that leaves so many thousan'
u Of neople "out in the cold" Both reli
= ionists and socialists, the orthodox an
Is the Philistine, believe that the time w
n come when there shall be no starVil
n poor: but that day seems to be as lar {
e as ever It was. "The survival OF the y
~ test'' is a progressive arrangement Ia
10 imposes an awful amount OF suffering
10 the struggling poor OF this metropolis III