Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-27

jesty's Theater last Saturday Three acts o
 Gounods 'Faust' had been given when
 prolonged delay occurred, which caused
 strong expressions of disapprobation iron
 the audience. Shoutings, bowling and al
 sorts of discordant noises were heard. Af l ter nearly three-quarters of an hour ha(
 passed the curtain drew up and the stag
 manager stepped forward to announce tha
 the carpenters and scene-shifters had refused | to continue their work. The scene of confu l sion that followed would be impossible to de 1 scribe. All the workmen rushed in front O l the stage shouting that they could not ge
 paid by the company and appealed to th' public for money help. Coins were throw1 | to them, causing a scramble among the re 1 clplents Fortunately the audience did no lose their tempers, but rather seemed to en l joy this fun of new sort. Occurring al l they did in a theater that was for many years l associated with some of the finest operatit l performances ever heard, the scenes of last 1 Saturday will not soon be forgotten by the 1 London play goers. The severity of the | winter and the terrible depression of trade l account for such occurrence. Will not ! Her Majesty be moved by it and do some I Her Majesty can draw. When she made her ! first appearance after ten years absence from l the theaters in the Albert Hall to witness the l performance of "Mors ct Vita' the receipts l amounted to five thousand pounds sterling l It is rumored that the Queen will soon come 1 and see Mrs. Langtry play in "Enemies" al I the Princes Theater It is really to be hoped l that Her Majesty will turn over a new leat and understand that the first duty of royalty l is to give impulse to trade by giving life tC the capital of great kingdom.
 The Queen held another exhibition of Brit ish shoulders this week. Unfortunately the providence that tempers the wind to the IL L.. cz. L poor ladies who went nakedly to be present ed at court. Carriage loads of uncovered flesh were, as usual, duly gazed at by crowds of street loafers and lettering errand boys. The temperature was four degrees below freezing point, and as the court dresses will not bear the least crushing, no opera cloak or covering of any sort is possible in the car riages on such occasions. It is wonderful what amount of flesh the British matron, who filled the newspapers with her outcries about the few nudities exhibited at the Roy al Academy last year, will show. AS I said elsewhere, provided she does not show her feet, she is happy. An old stager, whose bust, whatever it may have been, is no lon ger presentable to a critical world, writes to a society" paper to say that "she had adroitly knitted her veil about her neck and piled on jewelry so as to hide her no longer youthful flesh" How edifying! What mod els of pure fife these British aristocratic la dies are to be sure! This old lady adds: q have done this for long time now and at least l have had the satisfaction of being largely copied" The belle of the gathering at the Queens last drawing room was de- clared to be Lady Randolph Churchill, whose piquant features and bright, expressive, deep set eyes attracted those who were not toe busy examining her splendid orange velvet court dress. Princess Beatrice of Battenberg is getting to be the very likeness of her roy al m0tbar She iS hapOn1jnp riurn0 and general remark made by the ladies at the drawing-room was that her figure was too assertive and prominent for white attire.
 It is high time that England should put stop to her bungling executions and cease to offer ghastly spectacles to the civ ilized world. Not long ago the hangman thrice tried to launch man into eternity, but without success. A few weeks back the rope used was too long and the cul- prit fell headless at the bottom of the pit Last Monday at Cardiff the rope was too short and the unfortunate man struggled for many minutes before he died. The authorities said F'three minutes," but no one will never know the exact time he was allowed to suffer, for the reporters were turned away from the jail by the govern or, who, I suppose, wanted to spare their feelings. It is wonderful that care should not be taken to avoid the repetition of. such ghastly scenes. The hangman-now
  eas for his work, and he might be expect ed to do it properly. No doubt the cul- prit is sooner or later dispatched to bet ter world, whether he is beheaded or stran- gled, but the law never meant that he should suffer long, and if the amateur hangmen of England cannot do the work some professional training should be quired of new man, or the mode of tor ture changed into that will give in stantaneous death, such the gu1l1otine, electricity or prussic acid. One of the greatest mistakes popularly made in this country is that the more dreadful the exe- cution is the more likely is it to deter men from crime. Then why not adopt the fendish tortures of Persia: But nothing is further from the truth to my mind. There are two sorts of criminals; those who com init murder under the influence of a mo- ment of passion which prevents them from thinking over it's consequences; and those who coolly commit murder which they have planned long in advance, with the persuasion that they will avoid detection The severity of the chastisement has sell dom influenced criminal. It is not out of philanthropy or Christian feelings that I should not authorize murder by law in a country; it is because I believe not in its necessity or even usefulness for the pro- lection of society.
 They understand women's rights with a vengeance in Austria. We all know that ill Russia no one, great or small, rich or poor, could travel from one town to an- other without being provided with pass port, and that women had to get their passports endorsed by their husbands un- der the risk of being locked up if caught with them. But the Austrian women have succeeded in doing better still. They have demanded that no mar ried man shall in future be provided withs a passport for travelling beyond the iron tier without the written consent of his wife This is strange enough, but what is much more strange still is that their re- quest has actually been granted and virtu- ally made law. I imagi the face John Bull would make if he had to get his wife's written consent when he wants to go to Paris Ion important business, you know"
 MAX O'RELL.
 Children Goto School on Elephants.
 [From Good Words.l
 A missionary, Dr. Marks, once told us how, going up the Irrawaddy, he arrived at Manda- lay on the eighth day and found large city surrounded by high embattled walls with towers and gates, and pagodas with seven stories The palace was enclosed by strong stockade. for who holds the palace holds the kingdom. It is large and beautiful building, with much carving, gliding and lacquer work. He had an introduction to the King, a somewhat mild CT despot than Theebaw, who received him seated the top of flight of steps, an ar chitectural adjunct to majesty, where the human being is led up to, as the apex of the position, which must be very effective. A grand banquet was prepared for Dr. Marks, at which there were more than thirty kin ds of sweetmeats, including fried crickets, pre-
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