The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09
Special Correspondence of The Tribune.

"eeh VI ulSllluSlOn somewhat, ana
many of the idols which I had set up
IN my imagination have ANONYMOUSLY
tumbled ay'down to the very ground.
TO begin with, the first disillusion was
| May Yohe the fair American who has
made such hit over here in Little
| Christopher Columbus" and in "The
| Lady Slancy" Everybody said such
wonderful things about her that l was
sure 1 should enjoy seeing her, and
when one of the ladies took me the
| other evening to see my countrywoman
at the Avenue theater, was, of course,
| delighted and went with her in great
glee. All the circumstances were fay-
| orable, too, for we sat in the dress circle
| and had box Of chocolates between
us, and what more could the heart of
woman desire?
| May Yohc Disappointment.
But Miss Yohe was disappointment.
There were no great "fog-horn notes"
in her voice, such as had heard about;
| she is not n great beauty at all, but
just as nice looking, however, as hun
dreds more Of the pretty brunettes of
| Pennsylvania Dutch birth who come
from Allentown and Bethlehem, in one
of which cities she, herself, was born.
She does not seem to appreciate her
Pennsylvania nationality, however, as
she gets herself called the talented
Californian" Just as if that were as
good as being Pennsylvanian! / am
ashamed Of her, I am, not to appre-
ciate her native state more. i sup
pose the word california" makes Lon
doners think of extensive fruit planta-
tions, and great cattle ranches, and
| rich gold mines, and such things, and
sounds more romantic and wonderful
| than If she was honest about her state
and called herself the talented Penn
sylvanian." Well, she IS not at all
wonderful. California may adopt her
If it likes. Dozens of young women
on the stage in America are cleverer
than she is, and dozens of our little
ordinary plays better than poor Lady
Slancy."
Miss Yohe wore a tremendous num-
ber of diamonds in the last act. They
were simply dazzling. 1 never saw so
many before. 1t is a question, l think,
whether she would be as successful in
| America as she has been here. 1t Is
quite true, too, that she Is Lady Hope,
and some day may come to be the
Duchess of Newcastle, if the present
duke dies leaving no heir to the title
but his brother. the present Lord Hope,
her husband.
Incidents of a Pleasant Reception.
Tuesday afternoon the students and
faculty of the Royal Academy gave a
reception in the big concert room to Sir
| A1aynnlap Muolyanuia r,rinpno1
was congratulatory affair, apropos
of his having the title bestowed upon
him at New Years, you remember He
made little speech, in which he said,
among other things, that the honor
which had been bestowed upon him
had, in no less degree, been bestowed
upon the grand old institution of which
he and all of us, and all England, too,
| We're so justly proud. He was cheered
simply awfully. / never heard such a
noise. But the men students do yell so
| dreadfully! 1t is not often that one
gets the opportunity of seeing most of
the students and faculty together, and
the sight was most inspiring, l assure
you. There is no end of masters on the
professional staff-over q hundred-all
of them the finest masters in the world
in their special line, besides over twen-
ty-five sub-professors, and these all
made very solemn and dignified show
ing They looked quite awe-inspiring
all together.
Then there We're all of us-north-
country English, south-country Eng
lish, Welsh students, Irish students,
French students, students from Amer
lea (there are about n half a dozen or
eight of us) and students from India
and Australia and the South African
colonies. So you see what lot of
different looking people We are. There
are about 400 men and 600 girls here
this year. But must not talk so much
shop; you are not particularly inter-
ested in the academy life. If you are,
1 will inflict an academy letter upon
you some day all by itself.
In the London Shops Again.
Speaking of shops, you ought to see
the shops now, down on oxford street,
Regent street, Bond street, and some
more of the dry goods neighborhoods.
They are simply perfect! 1t Is after
the holidays now and so the January
sales are now on, and oh! the pretty
things that are displayed in the win
dows are quite maddening, l assure
you. The most exquisite silks, velvets,
laces, furs, brocades, satins and all
such things are selling at perfectly mar
yelous prices. / have to pass some OF
these shops every day on my way to the
academy, and you cannot imagine how
my feminine soul Is veXed by the sight
of these lovely. beautiful things. And
so cheap" you know! Really it is n
pleasure to look at these, anyway, even
If one cannot. buy them. You can i'm
agine, you know, how 1t would feel TO
have them and luXuriate in them, any
way. There's "a little enjoyment in that,
though dare say it Is not quite as solid
as the real having of the nice things.
| Henry James New Play.
Last Tuesday night one of the dear
landlades took me to see our Henry
James play, Guy Domville," at the st.
James thcater. You know 1T has not
been a popular success, and so 1 eN-
peoted not to like 1t, but l did. An
other disillusion. You remember 1t was
hooted by the gallery the first night 1t
was produced, but l suppose that was
because 1t was neither vulgar nor sem
sational. 1t Is quite interesting, l
think, though Il must acknowledge 1t
was dreadfully talkey all through. But
1t is most beautifully acted, exquisitely
and most correctly staged, and is a
nice study, at any rate, If it isn't vul-
gar success as play. 1t Is written in
the year 1850, and so the costumes, in
door scenes and conversation are old
fashioned, and they are delightful, es-
pecially the costumes. Such delightful
~ taking old dresses and chignons as
the ladies wore! One of them wore a
crinoline which inspired my respectful
admiration, II not my awe. She was
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