The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-09
ROUND ABOUT GOTHAM.
TABLEAUx ON THE THEATER OF
THE NEW YORK SIRE sTS.

Europe-A Working Bishop-Edward
1,lovd, the Great English Tenor-How
His Voice Educated Him-Grinding
the Cherubs.
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NEW YORK, June THE Fifth Avenue
Theater is an open air affair for one day in
the year, Memorial day. The roadway is
the stage, the stoops are the balconies, the
windows the boxes, the sidewalks the par
ouet. and the soldiers are both actors and
orchestra in one The Fifth Avenue Thea
ter holds perhaps q, 900 or 80, 600 spectators
on this occasion only, and the show is free
to all A military show beats all the cir
cuses in popularity, the world over. What
ferce-visaged hon-tamer among his spirit
less lions, what gorgeous queen OF
the sawdust arena, mounted aloft on
her glittering wheeled throne, is half so fas-
cinating as the Respondent drum ma or? To
see him stalk along in all his peacock
majesty, who would not wait hours on tip
toe in jam of candy-jowled youngsters,
loQuacious and Dubious matrons, colored
bellies patchoulied within an inch Of their
lives, and a trio of expectorant veterans too
weighty to march The old guards are
magnificent in their Eiffel tower bearskin
headgear, the artillerymen are warlike and
noisy, the tootling rattle of the fifers and
kettle-clatterers il sublimely deafening,
but they all fall into insigni6cance
before the heaveE-sent drum major. That
<avishing walk of his That exquisite
twirl of his big bob-batonl That inimitable
: air of superhuman superiority Was there
ever the like seen elsewhere, even in the
pslmy DAYS of the old French kings! |
/ doubt it. Whenever / am blessed with a
/ glimpse of the drum major in all his glory,
I Il go around for the rest of that day intox-
seated with sheer delight at having realized
q foretaste of what we shall feel like when
sAs get to heaven.
Two foreigners were chatting about the
prc,cession where / stood, and l overheard
! their remarks. Splendid body of men,
4 look at their faces, fellows like these vete-
rams would fight like devils again to-mor-
/ row If they were called upon"
+ "They would-if their patriotism was
I stirred-you ought to say. These are not a
machine army, my friend, like we have in
Europe. These are free citizens, volunteers,
and / fancy they would want TO know a
thing or two about the merits Of the quarrel
| before they would take up arms and sail in
at the bidding of a cabinet"
''That's quite right sir, and honor the
country that puts its trust in its peoples
sense of right rather than In the mechan-
deal action OF hired fighters By the way,
/ do you notice any difference between the
marching of these men and the armies of
Eurppep
s1Undoubtedly these are men, not the
machines we have over there. Our soldiers
do nothing but drill drill, drill, year in and
year out and when they march they keep
Step and straight lines as IL they went by
iclockwork The American soldier looks
more of free lance, caring less for appear
ance on parade than for alertness in actual
work
81 wonder how the two systems would
come out in a practical test&suppose there
YVES TO be war between European army
machine and American soldiers of inde-
pendence."
"Ah, thank heaven, it's only "A SUPPOSE
ton. But know this, whatever the odds
against them, these smart fellows look as il
they would get there just the same, as they
say."
Down in the lower regions Of the city the
other day who should I see striding along
Broadway but ex-Spea9er Carlisle. One
would have supposed that be was in another
city looking after his senatorship, but here
he was, as brawny as pugflist and as merry
as tadpole. His new silk hat was way
down the back of his head. l never knew
what use the collar of coat was on a
hot day till / saw how handily il held up
the hat pushed back Off a burning forehead
He wore a sort of plum-colored coat, shiny
and new, that tapped its wings freely at
each side of bis brawny bosom. 1t was
near the stock exchange and the new
Senator wore his very beamingest Senate
rial smile. The smile of winning man, of
course.
Who is that farmer-like man in black
stepping SO nimbly out of the ferry for the
West Shore railroada Farmer-like? Well,
say cross between farmer, a retired
general and an English dude and then I'll
tell you that Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson
of Mississippi is your man. l saw him
officiate a few nights ago at a
confirmation 10 a Protestant Epis-
copal church, where he gave
the candidates the most original address l
ever heard on an occasion Of that sort A
1ovial, sensible. business-like bishop, this,
none OF your namby-pamby, silk stocking,
soft cushion divines. but real working
man. Just the type for his diocese or for
the Bowery corner of New York, where he
used to be located If / mistake not.
A plump, comfortable body -and-minded
gentleman comes sauntering towards us on
Fifth avenue. We saw him yesterday dur
ing luxurious drive in the park in an open
sandau. You wouldn't think it from his gem
eral appearance, but he is no other than
the greatest English tenor of the day. Yes,
that Is Edward Lloyd, who has been
singing in Cincinnati and Boston at
fabulous prices and with enormous success.
He has the sweetest voice and the most per-
feet manner of any living concert room
singer, and it would need brave man to
point 10 his equal on the operate stage.
though Lloyd has never sung in opera.
Sims Reeves, known to most American
visitors to England during the past thirty
years. used to make Lloyd his substitute on
8he innumerable occasions when he would
not or could not sing himself But Lloyd's
own merits destined him TO supremacy.
A poor boy, whose pretty voice gained
the attention of one of the rich college
chapels with which England abounds. He.
as many other lads before and since. was
taken in hand entirely by the church
authorities. They educate these lucky bows.
train their voices, use them in the choir py
way of repayment of what is invested on
them, and thus they are fioated on the tide
of success. In Lloyd's case his early man.
hood was spent in the well-paid service
of Westminster Abbey as first tenor. Pri-
vate teaching and concert engagements
follow as matter Of course and the rest is
easy sailing. So much for the chances of
life in old England. 1 happened into old
Trinity church one afternoon. There is
generally a nice choral service on. and
afterward, on this occasion, there was
a practice. The boys had to try over a
new anthem. They did their level best, but
the peppery choir master had Just run out
of his stock of angelic moods, and the way
he terrified those cherubs of song was anv-