New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-19

which her husbands properties lie: plunges into
literature for which she has a gift. and leads
these half-dozen lives abreast. Tonight you may
see her attending to the drama as II the drama
were the one thing which interested her; as for
the moment 1t probably Is
In the box opposite the Princess Louise In the
Lord Chief Justice NJ England with Lady Russell
and two daughters. He was hidden to the
Academy banquet. duly presented himself. sat
down at that grooming board swallowed what IL
once WAS the If .hion In the America OF Winfield
Scott's day to call 4 hasty plate OF soup. and
then fed to the Lyceum. His noble head and
air his ONCE, his fame make him one OF the
central figures Of the evening In the next pox
are Sir Edward and Lady Lawson; Sir Edward
the type.-no not the type. but the exceptionai
example Of prosperous journalsm-of that jour
'naiism to which prosperity comes by virtue Vi
propretorship: the sole form In when the pro-
fessIon and the good things Of this world ever
manage to be on intimate terms with them
his son and daughter-in-iaw. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Lawson: she Is one Of the ornaments Of this and
other companies Of ornamental people; her fus-
band Radical yet rising member OF Parliament;
he too. heir to some Of the riches the perhaps
,nca,culable riches. Of 1.-The Daily Telegraph"
Opposite again are Sir George and Lady Lewis;
n family Marty with two daughters and a son.
and a friend In the person Of Mr.. Philip Burne-
Jones They are OF no kin to the numerous fam
fly Of Arthur Lewises scattered about the the
afro Mr. and Mrs Lewis-it must be superfluous
IN add that she was Kate Terry-sit in the stalls.
Misc Ellen Terry Is In the box beneath the
Princess Louise with her pretty niece. Miss
Mabel owls and Others. At her entrance though
IN the middle of an act she Is cheered from all
over the house and again as she comes forward
70 the edge and bows quite in the royal manner
When say che Is In the box / mean that she
Is sometimes In her box; more often In some
other or fitting about the corridors and glanc-
ing In at the stall or balcony doors: far 100
restless a person to be cabined anywhere TOT
whole evening" more restless than ever since her
daughter under the name OF Alsa Craig, az IL
she were q Scottish promontory. Is acting IN the
first piece.
Almost everybody moves about more or LEGS;
the Lyceum on first nights, or In Its best first
nights. Of which this Is one being more like
pnrty In a private house than like a theatre. Al
most everybody knows almost everybody else
Even In the stalls II II possible to move they
are no longer serrted as to make Iocomoton
impossible: that is one Of the many reforms
which Mr. irving has accomplished. Lady
Dorothy NcvIll sits In the very centre OF the hfth
row with her daughter: not at oil mn inaccess'-
bic position. for pilgrimages reach her from time
10 tmc-p.lgrimnges Of the faithful performed
here an elsewhere to tho shrine over which pre-
nidcs ono Of the most popular and or'Hnal-per-
hnrs.quitc the most orgnai-wonen In London.
She IN the impcrrona,lon OF the primrose League
d,ff,,s,nr not the scent Of primroscs. hut some
moro potcnt perfume, One figure always tn be
aeon Of n first night ut the Lyccum. Mra. lIram
IN
illness which everybody hopes may be brcf. Just
IN front Of Lady Dorothy and next 10 the Ouch
css OF sutherland and her pnriy-of which Mr.
Harry Chaplin IL n conspicuous mcmbcr-sit Mr.
md Mrs Mobcrly Bell.
journalism Ia never without It's eminent repre-
,cptativcs on these nights and sometimes with
| their wives Mr. Henry Norman was not far OF
with his "thc Girl In the Carpnthians." or Miss
Muricl Dowic M she once was Perhaps Sir
| Douglaa Straight IL now to be called journalist
Mt any rate. he edits THE Pail Mall Magazine
| in conjunction with Lord Frederic Hamilton. ana
| II monthly magazine IL not newspaper IL -
| first cousin to the newspaper. sir Douglas
| Straight Is by profession OF the law; barris'er
| once; then n highly placed Judge In India now
| promoted. as we zee. to the walks OF literature
Mr. Poultney B.geow Is n journalist: ne ana MS
wife are present Mr.. Bigelow Is well known ny
| his books as by his periodical work and to the
| ROYALTY loving I.ondoner may be known best of
| all as the friend of the German Emperor. Is
| Mr. Labouchere a journalist? Is there anything
/ which he is not except serious or dull! lie ana
| Mrs Labouchere are both present tonight. So
| 10 Mr. Edward Dicey. veteran OF the profess
sion and still one OF Its best and most versatile
writer's
| Mr. and Mrs Henry w. Lucy are OF everybody S
acquaintance; he as one Of the leading writer's on
the press. and both OF celebrity as host and
hostess In Ashley Gardens. France. that Is TO
say French journalism, has genial representa-
tive in the person Of NJ. y III Vilars. OF the De
bats" and the Figaro; Frenchman to his finger
TIPS yet with real and, so far as possible, synlpa-
,het,c knowledge OF England and OF things Eng
| lIsh He told me that he had been twenty-one
vcars IN England which I ought to have known,
but did not. The accurate fiuency OF his Engllsh
would OF itself tell the story. There cannot be
Ave living Frcnohmen who are his equals In this
| respect. OF the dead I can think OF no other than
| Louis Blanc; nor was his English quite colloqual
| hut rather academic Another journalist who
has come TO the front Is Mr.. Clement Shorter. who
edits "Thc illustrated London News" and THE
| sketch" and The English illustrated Magazine.
and perhaps others. The three are pretty good
team for one man 10 drive. nor does he drive them
all in the same similar grooves. There are
more lawyers. IL you like to look for them; nota-
bly Sir Frederick Pollock. who II both lawyer and
1urist. and Mr.. Tndernick with n speciality Of the
Divorce Court over which Sir Francis Jeune pre-
sides Sir Francis. though he and Lady Jeune are
regular attendants. is abroad tonight. The emf
nent publisher is present In the person OF Mr.
Frederick Macmillan. his American wife with him
and Mr.. Appleton. OF New-York. Another jour
nalist IL Mr. Kinloch Cooke; his wife also OF the
company.
been rung down for the last time and rung NJ
again. when half the audience In front has found
its way to the stage. round three sides of which
runs a supper table, the Impression OF the socla
gathering becomes more marked 1t Is Mr.. Bran
, Stoker who Is on guard at the gates OF thi,