New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-21
intends to return at once and take the stump Ior
MIR. Foraker's reelection.

at Wimbledon beating England by poln's' anu
Scotland by 6s. 1t is hardly Home kuie 'ie.oiS'
for the Duke Of Abercorn is captain OF the Iii''
team. But as the English pronounce the irish
shooting marvellous even Home Rulers may Oah0
pride in their success Two scores, these OF Oap.ih
Miner and Captain Gibbs, surpassed all previous
records. The shooting all through the Wnno o'eoon
meeting has been remarkable and many other
records have been beaten The winner OF the
Queens Prize, Mr.. Reid who beat Major fearse
by point only. beat every previous score oy
many points 1t is the last Of the Wlmoeoon
meetings Lord and Lady Wantages hospi'ahles
will never again be dispensed at the cottage ana
London loses one Of its pleasantest distractions
The week has been one Of unusual hrilliance
socially. even for London. The Duke OF Devon
shire's ball at Deyonshire House to the Prince
and princess of Wales was the fBt for sixteen
VOWS and 500 invitations were issued. Mrs.
| Henry Oppenbeim gave both ball and a concert
the following night at both Of which the Princess
was present, though in black for the death OF
| her aunt Lady Rothsehild celebrated the coming
of age Of her son with ball on Thursday even
ing TO meet the Prince and Princess OIL Waies'
Princess Louise and other Royalties. The marble
halls of this Rothschild palace were illuminated
for the first time with the electric light Last
|
and al Lady Guinnsss's house in Grosvenor Place,
besides a reception at the French Embassy. The
short list might be much extended, and next
week promises to be hardly less remarkable, both
| the Duchess of Westminster and Lady Dudley
onening their houses. Wlth that the sseason
ends and London society disperses till next spring
| The distinguished Americans transienuy IN
| London have had their share Of social engage
ments The presence of President Harrisons son
! in London has been recognized in a marked way
by the Royalties. He is treated as kind of
lAniercan heirapparenn The Quten' invited
him to Windsor where he dined on Monday,
having first been privately presented by the
American Minister. The party included Lord
Salisbury. Mr.. Harrison present on Tuesday
at the Duke Of Devonshire's ball, was presented
ON Thursday by Mr.. Lincoln to the Prince and
Princess of Wales at Marlborough House, dined
with Mr. White last evening, and was present
at Madame Waddingtons musical party at the
| French Embassy.
Mr. Chauncey Depew has been here since
Sunday lsst tasting once more the pleasures
of social life in London. His English friends
met him with their usual welcome. He dined
| on Monday with Lord and Lady ROsebery, Mr..
| Gladstone being the only ottrr guest, and Lady
Resebery and Mr.. Depew going on after dinner
to the opera at Covent Garden. As Mr.. Glad
stone was expected at the opera in Lady Rose
! berys box, Mr. Dcpew's appearance perpeXed the
public, but Mr.. Gladstone arrived not long aiter,
and the anxiety was at an end. On TUESDAY
evening Mr. Depew preferred the part of host, ana
gave dinner at the Century Club to the Amer
lean Minister and Mr.. Russell llarrison, all pro
ceeding aftcrward to the ball at Devonshire
House On Wednesday he dined with Earl
Spencer 1t was Home Rule dinner, but Mr
Depew was thought sound enough ON Home hule
to be present. Then later in the evening he went
to Mrs. Cyril Flowers party at Surrey House.
On THURSDAY he lunched with Mrs Jeune to meet
Princess Christian; on Friday he dined with Mr.
White and went to the French Embassy, and to-
dav he goes TO the Durdans to spend Sunday with
Lord Rosebery.
| The Shah is Sir Algernon Borthwicks guest
from Saturday to Monday, at lnvercauld, one of
the most beautiful places in the Highlands eight
miles from Balmoral He returns to London next
week, and will be present at Princess Louise S
wedding on July p. Then he departs for good
and bestows his company on the French, who are
organizing fetes for him meant to eclipse all the
English splendorS.
The dinner to Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall under the
presidency of Mr. Chamberlain, Mrs. Chamberlain
assisting, went off well in spite of some faults
of management. Society was too busy to send
many delegates, but there were enough to make
1t representative. Lord RowtOn alone was enough
The Stage, the Bar, Art Literature, and Medicine
were all equally well represented MIR Chamber
lain's speech has been criticised, but it did at
least express strongly the general desire to make
this occasion public tribute to the kendals'
services and position They start for America
emid all the glow of this festival, covered with
deserved compliments. Mrs Kendall radiant in a
diamond star, the gift of which was one incident
of these gratifying proceedings.
Mr.. Adds Wright who edited Fizgerald's Re
mains. publishes Il letter to-day acknowledging and
regretting the grave oversight by which Ftzgerads
sentence about Mrs. Browning was suffered to
stand. "It was" says Mr. Wright, :" passage
which wronged the dead and panied the living
No doubt. Yet Mr. Brownings verses of last
week in reply are not less regretted by his best
friends
The Johnstown sufferers benefit TO the extent of
5000 by Miss Agnes Huntingtons concert, and the
theatrical charities of London get $3.50 more.
1t was this young American singers first London
appearance in the concert-room, and she sang
in a style which delighted the critics music of
very different character from that of Paul
Jones'" That popular opera reaches its 2OOth
night on August /.
The lbsen controversy Is catfisl on with ever
increasing animation, i might say acrimony in
consequence of the production of another piece,
The Pillars of Society" There strong
Ibsen party when 8" A Dolls House" was acted.
II has since grown stronger Mr. William Archer
remains at the head of it, and Mr. Clement Scott
leads the other side in his brilliant way; and the
remarkable spectacle may be seen-remarkable IN
England-of a dramatic discussion conducted not
only with critical ability but on grounds indie
pendent of public caprice and not influenced by
what newspaper owners consider the interests OF
the drama Mr.. Knight declares for Herr lbsen as
in the highest dramatic, and his play earnest
pathetic and immeasurably higher than the aver
age work set before the public. q. W. b.