The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-31

pion pugilist. Whenever you make up
your mind to abandon pugiIism, success
awaits you on the stage. Ihope you won [
feel offended if ask to feel your muscles2"
OF course I was willing, although 1 had
nothing bus dressing robe on at the time
We adjourned to my dressing room, where
] stripped and stood before the duke.
How the mischief did you ever manage
10 knock out such a giant as John i. Sui
]ivan?" exclaimed the nobleman when he
saw me thus. lie then volunteered to bring
his friends to see me and predicted great
SUCCESS for me in London. The Duke of
Teck shall ever remember as the kindest
OF any of the royalty 1 met.
That same evening Lord Lonsdale and
William Redmund and T. Z. O'Connor,
Irish members OF parliament, called upon
me. These two latter are dear friends of
my fathers brother, James Corbett, who
IS priest at Ballinrobc, in Ireland Both
complimented me on my acting
During my stay in London I met very
many people I had read about and known
by reputation for years. The Prince OF
Wales was not in town then. Aftcrward
he sent me note by courier expressing
a desire to see me, but it was not possible
for me 70 arrange this, as we were playing
mp north at the time. His son. the Duke
of York, 1 met while stopping at the Hotel
Savoy. lie asked me all about my health
and wanted % have me spar Tor his bene-
lit. Unfortunately this could never be con
veniently arranged, and SO l missed that
chance.
he Met tlic Premier Also.
Others whom mot were the Duke Of
Westminster Duke OF Bedford, Sir George
Chiffon. Lord Norris, Lord Roseherv. tho
present premier and successor TO Glad
stone. Sir Arthur Sullivan and W. :.
Gilbert of operaric fame. and many others
whom / cannot now remember In tho
theatrical world I was presented to Henry
Irving Wilson Barrett, j. L. Toole. George
Alexander William Terriss and Osborne
Tcarie
was banQuctod at the Savage club. the
Reform club the Bond club and some 9TH
ers. My experience was that over there
Dno often meets royai persons who are
BNerSc 10 letting IL be known or display
Ing who they are, and this l found TO he
the custom among the better class Of pco-
pie in England. They are very quiet. and
you are surprised when YOU learn YOU have
been sinking hands with lord, duke or
marquis
II was my privilege to be allowed TO
stop at the prinCcly estate If William Wal
dorI Aston, on the banks OF the Thames.
whittier was taken by young Clarence
Nackay. SON of john ". Mackay. the
American bonanza king The latter is
also a friend of mine Astor's grounds are
the most superb I have ever seen. He
lives IN style The number OF dollars he
mas spent thore would vCx arithmetic TO
count and croduliry 70 believe
Brady Was on Hand.
The guardian OF Windsor castle invited
me 70 so through that much 1yor,hined
precinct while the queen was AWAY hur
circumstances prevented. Brady. however.
who seldom misses a trick. went To Wind
scr as an attache of Sir Augustus Harris,
Royal Italian Opera company and was
within 70 feet of her royal hichness du~-
ing the entire evenings performance
About this time the kinro belgium wrote
me a personal letter, or rather he dictated
II 70 one Of his attaches. asking mo IN
spar At the Antwerp exhibition. Refine
billed elsewhere, had no alternative but
10 decline.
The fogs Of London are great ins,i-r-
uonS, We IN America can thank our
lucky stars that we are exempt from them
-N- -aAAkit'SSAiA Oh ElE4elLA E1ngr1I|v i
that the people are poor The country i
TOO thickly populated Fora manufsctu~.
ing country the depression Is very great.
My belief IS that free trade hurts the vsri-
Gus industries. WHY. YOU can engage an
ablebodied man for ~ shillin.s tS0 .
~Vck- IheTe appears - DE no nlcoIg
class They are either yeTy rich or else u~e-
cisely the reverse. Never before anywhere
have / seen 50 many beFgars as in Eng
land. II l stepped out of my hotel and
into carriage. they would surround me
and expect mo 20 shower them with pen
mics. The condition Of the workman fber,
Is infinitely worse than in Uncle sans
domain
Throughout the provinces tn prices for
seats N theaJers are extremely Low. 4
quarter Of a dollar VIII secure p good
seat, and The price runs down ~ low as
sixpence. Hardly any one Sis i'm the . +.
AaiuiD= seals 1t any tiIne Tbs Is tccausc