The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-12
London Pictures
by Richard Willis
Interesting Resume Of the Important
Events of the Week.
CHRISTMAS At SANDRINGHAM
The Absence of the Princess of Wales Il
Dcplored by the HouschOld-Gcrman
EmpcrOr's Little Jokc-News
of the Theatcrs.
Special Correspondence of The Tribune.


warm and balmy, moreover, it rained
all the time, off and on, and people
generally spent q lot of time indoors.
At Brighton men discarded their over
| coats, though for an hour or two they
were compelled to don mackintOsheS
and ladies left their furs at home, while
| in the Scilly Isles the inhabitants ate
strawberries grown in the open! The
| city is very jubilant over the good
business done, and wholesaler and re-
| taller, stockjobber and middleman,
| have all reaped the benefits of sue
cessful season. Christmas time at
Sandringham is always a merry one.
| This year the family had to deplore the
absence of the Princess of Wales, still
| ministering to her sister in far away
Russia. Christmas, too, always shows
| the prince in his best light, and his
proverbial, all his tenants and employees
receive gifts of one sort or another, and
| the children have a fine and large tea
all to themselves. In the village Is a
club for the men started by the prince,
and an institution that he takes great
| interest in. The club always receives
something useful in the festive season,
and the prince occasionally visits the
building to exchange kindly greetings.
AT home Christmas time Is a period of
| freedom for inhabitants and guests
alike, the latter doing just as they
| please; presents are freely exchanged,
| those given by the two princesSeS al
ways being the creation of their own
| hands, and generally needle or wool
work. These two young ladies have a
workroom of their own and practice
all the latest fads in tapping,
| cloisonne work, modelling etc. In the
evening the time is passed with music
and billiards and Edward is supremely
happy, for he is an excellent host.
The German emperor is funny
young man. His latest jokelet is con-
| tained in a letter to the Carlyle House
| fund, in which he styles himself "a de-
scendant of Frederick the Great" Here
| in lies the "goak" for Freddie never had
a child. Really very wrong of him as
he might have known that Billy would
make some reference to it in after ages!
1t is not generally known how much
|
| she travels, but as much precaution is
observed as though the car of all the
| Nihilsts (or most of END was travelling
from St. Petersburg to Moscow. On
| her Journey to the Isle of Wight last
week the queens train was preceded by
a pilot engine and was signalled by
platelayers placed within sight of each
other all the way from Windsor to
Portsmouth, and all other trains were
| shunted to clear the line an hour be-
fore the pilot engine was sighted.
| There are idiots in London who would
rather miss year of their lives than a
first night at the Drury Lane panto-
mime on Boxing highland your Lon
| don correspondent is one of them! 1t
has features all it's own and takes rank
| with the varsity boat race and Derby
| Day as a great democratic festival.
| The same scenes occur year after year
and the same familiar faces are to be
seen above and below, for hours crowds
| of people hang round the doors waiting
| for admission, and the doors once open
| the "Drury Lame rush" takes place.
| Once inside and the fun commences.
| Gentlemen in the gallery throw nuts
| across to each other, the ladies in the
| gallery wear their mems hats for
| them. Greetings. such as "Wotcher
greasy Lizy?" and "Ow are yer comm
up beery Bill?' float across the space,
and soon the gallery and pit commence
to whistle popular tunes, the leader
of the orchestra is greeted with warmth
/ Ia nd nj W. "a
popular songs of the day, the audience
| joining in with gusto. Roars of ap-
plause greet the rising of the curtain
| and cheers greet each actor or actress
as they trip upon the stage for the
| first time. The whole thing is wonder
| fully inspiriting, and the general good
nature Is immense, but woe betide the
| individual who does not at once remove
| his "chappeau" when the yells go up
'at horfv for the said individuals will
of surety bd "bonneted." which geni-
al office is performed In this wise: A
| man grabs one of the Offenders arms
| and another grasps the other, and Il
| third party at the back promptly
squares the hat over the unfortunate
| sinners eyes. And should the assault
ed one turn round, he is greeted with
cries of turn him art" "sit darn and
"Bo-o-o! shut up!" The pantomime
| This wear Is the wel-worn tale of Dick
| Wilmington" and Sir Augustin Harris
has again surpassed himself and the
stage of Old Drury. During the prog
ress of the pantomime Is one long and
gorgeous dream of fairyland. One
scene represents Chinaland, where the