The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-18

factory, On-parade sort of lives and al
most as soon as they are born-pOOr
things-their dear fussy old grandma
sets herself to thinking whom
they shall marry, and, as they dare
marry none but another royalty, and
there are not enough of that sacred ar
ticle to go around, why, they almost
always end by marrying one of their
own royal cousins. Poor things! Prin-
cess Louise, the one who married the
duke of Fife, is the only sensible one
Of the lot, for she married the one she
wanted to, even though he was not of
royal blood My Radical friend says
that, according to the royal marriage
act, none Of the queens family dare
marry without her consent, and as
Princess Louise had not obtained it,
she marched herself boldly to her
grandma and announced her intention
Of marrying the duke of Fife; consent
or no consent. AS she was a great fa-
vorite with her majesty and very
strong-willed person. the queen gave in
and allowed her to engage herself as
she liked. 1t happens that the duke
could not propose to her, as it is not
etiquette, you know, so the poor prin-
cess had to sort of do it herself, l
guess, or smooth out the way for him
somehw, just as her grandma did when
she became engaged to the Princess
ConsOrt, fifty years ago and more.
London Musical Events.
/ have been to several concerts this
week One was at the Imperial insti-
tute, a great big fairyland palace,
which is sort of a club house, l think,
and does for the rich what the Peoples
palace does for the poor. The concert
was an orchestral one, and was in an
immense marble hall, perfectly beauti-
full, and everybody there was in even
ing dress. 1t was lovely to see all the
pretty women and beautiful dresses
and dazzling jewels, and so forth. We
had very good seats and | enjoyed my
self way up to the skies.
The next might | went to a lecture,
the first of a series of twelve by DR..
Bridge, the organist of Westminster
Abbey, and it was illustrated by some
of his lovely little choir boys and
magnificent bass. They sang examples
Of certain forms for us. The next one
is a Mozert one, and will be given on
the anniversary of the death of that
old master, next Wednesday, | am go
ing to them all, if / have to miss
lessons for them.
The next night had the great pleas
ure of listening to the great London
Symphony orchestra, led by Henschel,
the gifted singer, composer and leader,
l heard Agnes Jansen, the Swedish
mezzo, and better yet, Herr Pepper, the
German 'cellist who has produced some
of the best things in the world for the
solo cello. He played a perfectly de-
lightful suite of his own, called I'm
Wald," accompanied by orchestra. |
never heard anything daintier in all my
life / was in a perfect frenzy of de-
light when he had done, and made just
as much noise as | could among the
thousands that were making noise to
help make him repeat it,which he really
did. Last night there was another con-
cert at the Academy, and tomorrow |
am going with my dear Miss Radical
Richmond to hear a lecture on the
orchestra by a famous leader here.
Miss Radical, who happens to be the
talented leader Of an orchestra herself,
has been chosen to illustrate this lee
ture with the instruments described
My goodness, as they say in America,
what good times / am having The
girls here call me by several nick
names, the last one of which Is Con
certschtuok!" They say 1t most actual
ly describes my present condition
Sadie T.. Kaiser.