The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-19
LONDON IN FULL SWING.
All Respectable Institutions Except
Parliament Have Re-
sumed. :
Substantial Gains Of the Dock
men in Their Recent Labor
Agitation.
"a Masculine Mrs. Grundy in Town-The
Berlin Review and Other
European News.

| A Masculine Mrs. Grundy in Town-The
Berlin Review and Other
European News.
rspecisl Correspondence of The INpEpENDENT.]
LONDON, Oct. 4.-London is full again,
although the upper ten are still on moor
and yacht, and will not grace the metropo-
lis with their presence for another full
month. But the respectable British house
holder is back again hard at work after his
holiday and holding a much smaller bal
ance at his bankers than he had before he
took his spouse and offspring to RamsRate
or Margate or Eastbourne, or some other
seaside health resort. The youngsters
brown as berries and, untroubled by bank
er's accounts, are already back at school,
and with the exception of parliament, all
respectable institutions are in full swing
again. Il is, perhaps. owing to the fact of
legislators having had such a very heavy
session that there has been little or no
political speechifying during the recess.
Even'the irrepressible "Grand Old Man"
has for once held his "silver tongue" and
has been occupying himself instead with
FAssSS
he yesterday conducted the damaged Mr..
John Morley, who has received from the
Irish constabulary some ugly bruises in
tended for Irishmen only. during the hear
ing of the trials of O'Brien and the other
arrested members. Mr.. Morley has since
expressed himself very strongly upon the
subject, and there will no doubt be d pretty
bad quart d'houre for the complacent Mr..
Balfour when parliament reassembles.
Meanwhile the trials are going on merrily.
The Dockers' congress last week gave an
opportunity for Mr.. Tom Mann to have an
| inning, and his speech was distinct inn
| provement on his earlier attempts. He and
| Burns expressed themselves as delighted
with the present state Of things as compared
with year ago. and contended that the
Dockers' union had obtained a solid ad-
vance Of wages. The also dilated on the
eight hour question, and after this it
was agreed that the dockers should have a
,conversazione! This was accordingly held
on Friday, and though it wasn't quite the
kind Of show which superior persons con-
meet with this term, it went off all right,
and the honest docker's better half was
there in great force and did not give out
ward signs Of any possible necessity for q
Mansion House relief fund this winter. So
altogether better day is dawning tor the
British docker, and if now he has got his
legitimate demands satisfied and will cease
to clamor for the impossible-for the grant
have to suffer, there is no doubt that more
satisfactory entente between employers and
dockers will prevail in the futue.
One of the funniest native productions to
be found in England in the nineteenth GEN.
tury is the masculine Mrs. Grundy, who
1v,o
of the angels from heaven, in whom he
would find too great display of wings.
Anyway he or his vigilance society is con-
tinually cropping up and by "suggesting'
impropriety where none was intended or
seen, does tremendous amount of harm.
One of these masculine Grundies has just
made an exhibition of himself over the
licensing of certain places of amusements.
The grant of the annual license here is
always q very anxious time for lessees who
living swept away by some mice man with
nasty ideas" who sees something shock
ingly indecent in the most we'll regulated
ballet; and would have the frequenters of
public places of amusement present certiti-
Gates Of moral character before being al
lowed to enter. Such person is Mr.. Char
rington, who, as member of the county
council, has it in his power to raise opposi-
tion to any of the licenses. Mr.. Charring-
ton is one of the most bigoted men who ever
ADORNED any UOafQ OF any description. Inc
scene Of his especial attention is the
East End, where he has a huge
assembly hall used chiefly for psalm-singing
and missions. He is especially strong-not
to say immoderate e-on the temperance
question; and wicked people say that this is
probably due to the fact that all his broth
ers and relations own the huge Charrington
brewery concern, of which place he was at
one time partner, but sold out and real
lied his profits in hard cash, when he be-
came converted to the teetotal principles.
When the licensing question came before
the county council he created immense
amusement by producing one of his own
witnesses. sleek grocer, who had visited
all tho reprehensible places at Charrington's
expense, and come away assured of the aw-
full wickedness of one (the Empire) because
he once saw ''lady walk away from this
place, not only with gentleman, but also
with decanter on her ARM" although he
admitted when pressed that .'it might have
contained toast and water" Fortunately
the majority of members on the county
council are sensible, iberal-minded men Of
the world, and whilst doing all in their
power to suppress disorderly and improper
Behavior before and behind the footlights
would listen to none Of Charrington's pru-
dery.