Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-14
Copyright. 1907

Copyright. 1890,
Special Correspondence Of The EvrsIso STAR
LONDON, June l.
. ONDON is in its pleasantest mood
n b., now; the parks green with verdure
II Etc and their walks and drives filed
IN IN with people. High and low, rich
Nrnd poor" all have free access to
these beautiful bits of nature which dot the
metropolis here and there like so many
Gases amidst the wilderness OF brick and stone.
Summer is with US and Dame Season has
begun her fashionable reign. Her devotees
have returned from their winter hiding places in
the country; houses have been renovated and
freshly painted, servants engaged, invitations
to dinners, receptions, balls and the like is
sued, and now for three months for the merry
season! Cabs and carriages dart daily and nightly
about the city, carrying occupants in b iliant
dresses and gay uniforms, and everything is
radiant with life. light and color July usu-
ally ends the London season. but this year the
return of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught
will prolong its duration somewhat. Most OF
the very swell affairs have been postponed IN
order to secure the attendance of their royal
highnesses. The queen will hold state ball
and garden party at Buckingham palace in
honor Of their return and they will be quite
the rage after having made girdle of royal
visits around the globe. Lit is a singular fact
that royal visits, though they may extend
themselves to every other part of the world
where there are British possessions. never by
any chance include Australia. Albert Victor
visited India last winter, the Duke aud Ouch
ess of Connaught have nearly finished their
long .globe-trotting journey, but If Australia
were Ireland she could not be more distinctly
stunned Ireland, of course, is entirely out of
the question. 1t was only the other day that
the Prince OF Wales secretary found it neces-
sary.to disclaim in most emphatic terms any
intention on his royal highness' part
OF paying even private visit to that
royalty forsaken country. But with Australia
the case is serious The millions of straight
forward English colonists take it sadly amlss
that their mother country gives no further at
tenton to her Australian colonies than to foist
of on them antiquated and useless specimens
OF the genus homo. whose greatest functions
appear to be to absorb large salaries and play
at being kings and queens in their vice regal
courts. 1t is indeed serious question, and it
is wonder that British ministers. who seem so
widely awake to conquests in Africa and to
satisfying the demands of the queens Indian
subjects and the retention of their loyalty,
should pay so little respect or attention to the
needs and desires of the colonists below the
equator. However, there will be a sad awak-
ening some day, perhaps not far off, when it
will be found that Australia has progressed too
far for England to render her any assistance.
BARONESS BURDETr CoUrTs AND STANLEY.
Baroness Burdett Coutts' house in fashion
ouiS part VI iCSuOllly OppOSltc oEtcu
has long been rendezvous for young people,
but no one suspected the somewhat ancient
baroness of being SO ardent a match maker as
recent events have proved her to be. Every
one knew of course that she has long been the
sincere friend and adviser of Stanley. and that
he passed good deal of his spare time at her
house during his last residence in London.
That love match was brewing behind the
decorous swell front of the good lady's house
was too remote for conjecture. Yet this is
| what was going on. The baroness has been a
sort of mutual friend of the lovers. While she
has been Stanley's good mentor she has also
proved Of great service to Miss Dorothy Ten
nant, assisting in her art, acting as both patron
| and friend-a sort of inspiring divinity. The
| baroness is rather tall, somewhat angular. and
has very ordinary features, though not abso-
lutely homely. But her name is connected
with very many good works in London, and
thousands have occasion to rise up and call her
| blessed. 1t is said that she claims the privi-
lege of giving the couple the wedding break
| fast after the ceremony at Westminster Abbey,
which is appointed for July IL.
IRVING AS HOST.
little lower down Piccadilly from the
Baroness house, in a fororn, dingy looking
dwelling, Henry Irving has been playing min
host to Augustin Daily. who came over in ad-
vance of his company. Neither DAILY nor his
company need any introduction to London.
| But Irving has considered it the proper thing
| to entertain the summer lessee of his theater
| at the house, In common with q number of
London managers and players Irvings house
| is near the Royal Academy, and is one of those
| old houses of London whose exterior is as far
as possible from being an indication OF what
| the inside is like. Plain, modest, begrimed by
| fog and smoke, it looks utterly cheerless But
that its interior is entirely at variance with
| such conception is sufficiently attested by
the eagerness with which Irving's guests accept
| the proffer Of its hospitality.
RENDEZVOUS FOR AMERICANS.
Berlin is becoming more and more attrac-
tive to Americans, who each year flock there in
greater numbers. Formerly it was the proper
| thing to limit ones continental journey to
Paris, the Alps and few Italian cities, and if
one was DESTROYS of putting foot into Germany
| a sail down the Rhine sufhced Now, however,
few American tourists fail to extend their visit
| to Berlin. This is in no small degree due to
| the homely and cordial manner in which any
citizen from the great republic is received and
made welcome at Berlin by United States Min
| lister Phelps and his charming wife. The min
| lister keeps open house in a manner not equaled
| by any other diplomat In the German capital
and has a friendly greeting ready for all
| corners. In the arduous task Of being pleasant
to all the callers Mrs. Phelps is assisted by Miss
! Phelps, Mrs. and Miss Boardmann and Mrs.
Wood. The house of the minister in Doro-
| thenstrasse is a veritable rendezvous for Amer
leans. Many English, too, are glad to accept
/ ltS hospitality, as the SUN 1Ormdnty OF the
! English legation has a more or less repelling
| tendency.
lola AND HIS MISSION.
| short thick-set, broad-shouldered man,
with stubby black beard, sharp eyes that
look out from pair of pebble glasses, shaggy
| eyebrows, his hair pushed back on his head
SO that q fine broad forehead is seen, is swing
| ing along down the Avenue de POpera. He
seems to have come from the neighborhood of
| the Comedy Franchise. He is putting slowly
! at a cigarette, and seems not at all hurried.
1t is Zola the great realistic novelist He is
often seen in Paris these days, but his home is
| in the little village of Medan, a picturesquely
| rural suburb of Paris He comes to the great
| city at this time on the most important mis-
sion of his life. He is q candidate before the
French Academy to fill the vacancy in the I'm
| mortals, made vacant by the death of NJ Emile
| Angler. He is not at all disconnected because
he was not elected at the meeting of the acad-
| envy few weeks ago. He knows what defeat
| means. The great French prince of fiction
| has been a candidate before. This time he is
| determined to succeed, if possible, but he is
not having things his own way, and it is not at
all likely that he will be chosen. There are nine
| or ten well-known men in the race with him,
and at least a score more who are not at all
known outside Of Paris.
| lola is hopeful and extremely anxious The
| opposition among lterateurs that was SO
| strong against him few years ago seems to be
| diving ont He has proven that he can write n