Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-27

AIH0nN NNt iNAfN IlNNNAN u Ail'NNtia = WIN
anvo made more sparkling aud mellow the
memories Of bath, were Sarah Slddons.
Quin, tho ininitable faistan; thh elder
Macready, John Kemble, Foo;o and Gar
rick. Il was here that hluii old DR.. John.
ION, who protested profound contempt
Tor actors, surprised the wotid with one Of
HE ncatcst compliments over paid to nm
actor. Mn. 5iddons called upon him Ia
his ,artments IN the Pelican inn. There
was some confusion Incident upon Frank
Tho servant, not being able to Immediately
furnish Mrs siddons with chair where
upon DR.. johnson instantly remarked.
"You see, madam, that wherever you 20
there are no scdis 70 be got"
Macrcndy's presence here Is cmbalmed
In n more savage but no less witty re.
ioinfcr. The John Doricsn and port OF
the Pelican inn had boon too powerful Tor
ma actor who was supporting him as iago
An amateur Was necessarily supplied
Macreadys agony was Intense On ~
turning 10 Bath some months later ns
visitor To the baths Tho fnoufuful Inro
who had supported him sought n renewal
Of the great aciof's acquaintance ~ had
the honor " playing lago 10 your Othcllo
ut the Theatcr Royal; don't you rcmen-
Der me. siri'
Remainder YOU, Tiri-rcmrmbcr your
Numbered the ifnto trtgodinn. "llow
shall ever for.et yogw
John kemhlc while visitor NJ Bath
md when hcstowing fnrthing on bog.
gar. gavo To literature this impcrishahlc
satire upon thc rnr.Imony ~ the nobility
"iucnd,' hc sad with the dignity II
Coriolanus, eve Give tut seldom. butwhcn
We do give we 1irc iiic princes"
Carrie. wrote some Of his finest sntircs
at Bath, The great mimic. Tootc, WINS
nearly alwa' 10 Doc found In his company
Sheridan. whom but youth al twenty. was
one If the lions ~ Bath. He wrote here
aud contributed the same To a sort Of
literary "fnir 81 parnas.usn instituted by
Lady Miller, 10 admirably described TO MS
by Horace wolpolc, tholc exquisite stanzas
bognning'
Dry be tia, tear, my rcntlcst love.
aud Galushorougli's celebrated pnintingof
Sheridan was al done Ia this city. Qun
lived longer in Bath than any other Of his
profession When the famous comslinu
for the last timr played Falsian aud TO.
red from the STAGE, In 1853 ho camo 10
Bath 20 pass De remaining days. because. IA
he said. he "did not know better place Tor
nm Old cocl, TO ro1st inn He lived for
thirteen years aud died IN bis lodgings NJ
Chesterfield House, plurrcpont street, and
IN the north aisle of the choir Of Bath
nhhey IL mnrble tablet with a striking
likeness ~ the Hrtnt comedian.
Ia addition TO Mrs Slldons some of the
famous women who mndo winsnmo the
sociotyoi Bath during this brilliant period
were Queen Charlotte. wife OF George III.
Mrs piosxi, tide celebrated companion Of
DR.. johnson; Lady Miller. Sarah Fielding
and Mime, D'Arllny.
Airs. piuzzi was one VI tho most liautl.
ful and accomplished women of England
She ilrst married q rich brewer named
Thmlc The couple lived In great spicndor
nj Bath, mud Dr johnson was the lady's
acknowledged chief ndmifcr. Shortly
after the Jguth II Mr. Thr1lo the sprightly
widow tired Of the pondcrous devotion OF
DIR. johnson aud became the wife Of a niu-
VIC master named plozzi. 4 complete rup.
turr with johnson was the consequence,
and the famous photographer was ever NJ.
ter u fuiatnthrOpc regarding all woman.
kind. Her Anecdotes o. johnson" and
her own "l.itornry Rcmains" mo among
the most plquant tidbits OF biographical
literature.
Lady Miller was a conspicuous figure NJ
Bath In these good old times. Wnlpole
and Mime. D'Arhlny both charmlngly
describe the "iair Of Parnassus," a sort OF
literary tournament instituted at her
noted residence, Bathcaston villa. A Ro.
man vnsc, dressed with lnoes, costly rib.
bons and myrtle, received the poetry,
which was drawn NJ every festival by six
judges, who read all the compositions and
announced the successful competitor. The
latter was crowned with myrtle III Der.
mittod TO kneel and kiss Ia { and
frcckled hand OF Lady Miller. was Il
"ooarsc, plump looking dame, hose aim
It WINS to appear % woman OF fas ON and
pHtronoss at lCttcrl." II was Gauicll who
Slipped the following olusion into the
sacred urni
Tho Vase, speaking
For hraysub sake. bcstow on mo
A lulo w.t-and that would DO
Indeed an act OF charity
In the residence u famous literary mon
Bath was immensely fortunate. Chris.
| tophcr Austcy, the poet, lived nearly all
| hiu life In bath. William Dcekforl. AZ one
| time the richest and most luNurllus man
| In England, who expended nearly q, 5OO,.
GO ON III fntcd Fonthill abbey alone. but
whose enduring fame win rest on tho
authorship Of that most wonderful Of all
oriental tales, "Vathek." was for many
years II citizen Of Bath. and built the pala
tlnl tower on Lansdown, beneath Whose
shadows His body now lies.
The memories Of DIR. johnson ere 80 rlf,
IN the old Pelican inu that ia passing
through It's oaken panclcd rooms one car
almost scent the musty gomu Of his cnndl,
scorched wigs and see the ludicrous pie
tuc Of Frank, the servant, lying IN wait
20 clap fresh one ON his hard old head
the moment a caller was announced below
Samuel T. Colcrldge often preached al
the Snwcluso chapel here. Il was W !
referring to these dAya hero lac anil {,
Charles Lamb, "a think. Charles. go,
never heard me preoch.n "Aly dear boy,
replied Lamb, 81 never heard you do any
thing else"
Alexander Pope lived on the bounty o.
the rich phllmthropist Allrn here fo
years only leaving, like thougly littlewasl
howas, when his host refused 10 grant hin
his manor houseSat Bathampton for IA,
use OF his paramour. Tobias Smollott wa
for a long time one Of tho li,eratl assemble,
hen, and every reader Of "pcrcgrln,
Pickle Hnd Humphrey Clinkcrn "a IA
vored with pictures Of Bath associations
customs aud habits Of that time.
Oliver Goldsmith visited Bath IN III
with the literary result OF "The Life o
Richard Nash, hardly lifting subjoo
for the pen Of the author q "Iht Vicar O
Wakefield" but through this event Dcat
Nash's memory became more imperiahabl
than through all the monuments, cpitapl
and paintings to be- found to his honor Ii
the ancient city, and II you tire OF identi
flying the great OF olden times with thel
ancient hablhtlons here, a pleasant wall