, 1888-06-09

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GERS and men of both fleets, and in their
willingness to fight and die for their flags.
CHEERS. General Wilkinson responded
for the Army, and Colonel Young for the
Auxiliary Forces. The Chairman then
submitted the toast of 'Pr0Sperity to the
British Home for incurableS." in whose
behalf the Danish fete and exhibition had
been organised. Although in, comparison
with other metropolitan charities the in.
stitiOn was IA small one, it was of great
ability and. advantage. OF all hospitals
none should elicit our sympathy more Than
those which We're for incura0ies. The
managers were anxious to collect G15, 200,
in order to rebuild the Home at Clapham.
They had obtained the support of her
Royal HighnesS the Princess of Wales, the
%patroness Of the institutions and he hoped
they would show by their generosity the
compliment which her Royal Highness had
paid them that day. He regretted extreme
~ that he WAS unable personally to attend
the opening OF the exhibition, as he had
fully intended; but his presence was una
vOidably required Gin another place." and
therefore not being able to be in two places
at once he was obliged to let duty come be-
fore pleasure. (Lond cheers) During the
past year ii in-patients, had been
admitted to the hospital 273 out patients
being treated. This was satisfactory ais
far as it went, and lie hoped that tile
present und ertaking would realise such
a sum as W Ould put the charity on a sound
and firm basis. (Cheers.) Mr.. f. A.
Bevan, the treasurer, acknowledged the
toaSt.-The secretary (Mr. r. j. SalmOnd)
announced that the proceedings of the
day had resulted in the collection of q
total sum of Go 600. One gentleman had
promised ct 900 to endow II bed. Amongst
the subscribers were the MercefS' Com
pany, who gave 100 %gnineas, and an
anonymous donor, who all lodged at the
bank G300 in gold.-Earl Amherst pro-
posed "The Chairman" to which his
Royal Highness briefly r~eSpOnded.-Dur-
ing the dessert Mdlle. Otta Br0nnanf
sang and Madame Emily Tate played
selections.
At the conclusion of this somewhat too
lengthy entertainment, the Duke of Cam
bridge, Prince Of Siam, and The great ma
j0rty Of the Committees guests adjourned
to the pretty little theatre erected in the
grounds for the express purpose of dis play
ing a series of tableaux vivants arranged
by Mr.. Savile Clark, and having for their
subjects episodes selected from the fairy
tales of Hans Christian Andersen. The
house, which is all OhlOnS in shape, bright
~ lighted and COmmodiOuSly arranged, is
fitted with q small stage, set in a frame
like a picture. Owing to the ~lateness of the
hour at which the performance commenced
we were only able to see two of the ia
bleaux, representing ''The Little Match
Cir" and "The EmperOr's New Clothes"
There were two presentmentS of each tab
leau, shown however, in rapid succession.
When the curtain was first raised, the
auditorium having been previously dark
ened, the little match girl was revealed,
standing in the street on Christmas Eve
and gazing wistfully in at the window of a
comfortable-lo look ing house, into a room
brilliantly Ii GIFTED, where stands d Christ
mas tree in all the glory OF gay %ribands,
cleaning tapers, and many-coloured toys,
surrounded by happy, laughing children.
The curtain drops OH this pathetic contrast
of Christmas joy aud sorrows; when it
rises again, the match-girl is lying stiff
and stark in the roadway, frozen to DIT ath,
whilst the fast, falling snowfakes are busy
weaving her shroud. The next tableau
represents a stately medieval Kaiser,
crowned but otherwise en- grGnde d6ShGbille,
accompanied by his lovely daughter and a
gorgeous train of cOurtiers, making pro-
cession through the main street of an odd.
fashioned city. Admiration of the 'fnew
clothes,p not to see which is to confess
oneself a congenital imbecile, is expressed
on the faces of his MaieSty's dutiful sub