The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-11

ONE INDIAN MODE OF TRAVEL.
stored there; Before the vessel returned. Nine.
heard afterward that the "Trip had been sue
cessfuly made and The valuables had finally
been lodged with their proper owners.
residents gave a number OF entertainments
and parties, In honor IF their guests. at all Of
which Nine BshSp and Mr. ttasGeb lies pTnihgd
island before. They finally got away on a
vessel to Manila. whore they Gavo q number
In which they had been placed by the loss Of
their music. The news OF their mistortunes
having been spread, the leading Inhabitants
ances. which were largely attended. and they
were thus, able to procure another outfit,
China, aud were enthusiastically. received by
the foreign residents there. \ priyat" concert
was given Mt the residence OF tho British Con
sui, which was largely attended. AMI then Hey
set sail for Fooch"w, Shanghai and Hong
Kong were also visited. and. Nine. bishop was
at that time was not thrown open to Euro
poans She went through this city in disguise;
and Was able to get an excellent idea Of lis real
where they found great many Gcrman resi-
dents; wh9 we're pleased to meet item; At
special performance at the residence OF jug
godunund Mookerjee. a wealthy and intincn-
er Tl r Of Benga at which ali the %iite Of lie
capital wero present. For this ono entertain
mcnt she received 1000 rupees and q beautiful
Nine. Bishop was anxious before leaving
India to see some OF It's more curious places,
and il the sprinS OF the noEt year -he mad" a
concert tour OF the provinces. Iumalpore Dl-
naprre. Benares, the sacred city; Ailahaban,
Cawnpore. LUCKNOW, Agra, Delhi. Lahore, an
PunJaub Were oil visited during the season.
She saw the natives gather by tho thousands
to bathe ~ the confluence Of tho Gauges and
Jumna. visited tho we'll at Cawnp9?I,e,, where
hundreds OF deiencelesS men and children had
been massacrcd during the mutlny Of 1881.
gave, concert 10 one of the former PALACES Of
the King OF Dude 6nd WAS entertained by
many Of the native princes and ,rnjnhs; Tho
party spent moro than wear in India. during
which time they were enabled 10 see great
deal OF the native way ~ living. and Nine.
Bishop became quite enchanted with mode
OF conveyance very 81 mtlar TO the 0ld-iashioned
sedan chair formerly used in Europe. She
shoulders Of natives.
From India tho party won't to Ceylon,, and
then to Adelaide in South Australia From
there they went 10 Melbourne; w,hcre they re-
NAMED for some. time and Nine. bishop
oil the SINAI places, on the way. She then Went
back TO sydney and from there to Queensland:
from there 10 Tasmania AGAIN to teylon, AM
Alexandria on the way. In 1873 she returned
to New York and travelled through the country.
giving grand concert or July in Brigham
later she returned to Aust aa. apd from there
vent TO south Africa Whe'e sho visited fho
miles in coaches and Cart. over rough newly
made roads and unbridged rivers, camping out
Sbe snd an
1t was not until Nine. Bishop had arrived
at comparatively old age that she settled
down. Almost up to the last she was a con
slant traveller. accompanied always by her
husband and manager. The last years oil hcr
He she spent in this city living in u house OF
Park avenue, and when she was almost 40
years OF nge she appeared at a benefit concert
at Chickering Hall.
still retains OF tho wonderful experiences that
he euloyed in hor company are humorous
scrap books filled with tho cards o! rersons
prominent In ali countries who were Onro
pleased to be received by his vito. Hundreds
Of these cards bear crests and crowns, Many
Of the names that appear ON these cards were
then, or have since become prominent in tho
politics OF tho world The old man has also
Duhhales upon bundles OF letters written hy
hoDle persons to the late opera singer, ana tho
contents OF many OF these would make very
Interesting reading in the light Of SUBSEQUENT
RESPONDENTS was Mrs. Thlstlethwayt". whose
London dinners. 1t II said. used TO be attended
Dy IN ne p greatest p9liticlans IN inglands IT.
legs unaer tho same mahogany, Tho scrap
books Of play bills, showing the theatres where
Ing. The play bills are printed in every Ian
at the Park Theatre. in 1913. H. one PERFORM
" The barber Of SEVILLE, also In II scene from
La Sondambula," and sang in six dill ierent
tors, S6e was sGpportod BY Mr. Ma and Mrs, iii,
bert Wharton Fletcher and Mons. and Alme.
Monplaislr. At Burton's Theatre in Phlla-
delphia she appeared tho same year with
Bochsa. and at Musical Fund Hall in that
city she gave concert In costume, with scenes
died in 1885.
The two paintings which were referred to in
the opening OF this article we're painted by his
and are reminiscent OF their experiences on
Wake Island. Lascelles 10 also no more, md
OF all the men and women the old man knew
IN his prosperity none remains to sOluce hun in
his present misfortunes.