The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-08

front of it faces the house, and is COM
pletely covered with an iron fretwork,
through the holes of which the ladies'
peer and watch the proceedings and
listen as they sit back of this
clolster-like grating, through which the
members below cannot see at all, even
II they should wish to look up at a
friend or relative. 1t was on Monday,
which is. with Wednesday, the best day
for debates, and 30, after having had
given to us O list of the questions before
the house that day, so that we could
see and understand about what the
members were talking we settled our
selves behind the mysterious iron
screen and looked about u.s. This house
Is larger than that of the lords, and yet
too small for all the members, should
they by any chance all attend at once.
When you know that there are only
between 600 and 700 of them, you can
readily understand that 1t is rather
small. is very richly and comfort
ably furnished and has an air OF quiet
| elegance, with its dark carvings.
stained windows and beautiful light
Ing arrangements, and liked 1t very
much.
nc SOtnblcS prcScnf.
There was large attendance OF
members that day. and Miss Radical
showed me John Burns, member for
Battersea; Mr.. Asquith, the home sec-
retary; Tim Healy, Mr.. DnIoh,. Admiral
Field. Sir William .Harcount, and a
great many other notabies. most OF
whom we heard speak 1t was a.
government night" and the members
of Sir William Harcourts cabinet were
| all there in full force, answering ques-
tions from the opposition as fast es
they came shooting across from the
other side, and when one side made
point they laughed and cheered,
while the others groaned ard
| tried to drown their noise with what
! they made themselves. The chief de-
| bate on was that Of the disestablish-
| ment of the Church of England in
! Wales, called for short "the Welsh
| dlsestablishment BILL" and we heard
| some very lively debating on this ques-
| tion, on the issue Of which there were
no less than two divisions, the oppo-
sition winning first and the government
the next time. When they had the di-
visions all the members got up and
| made for the door pell nell like lot
| Of boys running for game Of SCRUB"
| as happy and eager as you can imagine
grown-up old men to be- and when
| out in the division lobbies, were counted
| one by one on each side, and then
came in again to hear the result read
| by one of the clerks, after which tn
made as much noise as possible, one
side over the victory, the other over the
| defeat. They all wear very tall and
shiny silk hats and some of them keep
them on, except when addressing the
| speaker or the house, and I looked all
| over the place for Keir Hardy in his
| deerstalker, but did not see him. He
may have been there, however, as had
very good view of the goverpme MT
| side but not of the opposition. to which
| he belongs. We had tea served us in
cute little old-world room in another
part of the building and then returned
| TO watch the wheels of government 20
round, oh! so slowly, though. and ] tired
| of II after three or four hours OF atter-
| ton to business. and went home ]eav-
| ing dear Miss Radical still fresh and
| interested, keeping tally with her house
| bills in her hand and listening with
| both ears. We met again late that
| night, and she Informed me that ] had
missed 4 great deal that had been both
| interesting, instructive and over-excit-
ing, but l could not help it; the ladies'
| gallery had been too much for me, and
l had as lief be put in convent cell as
| there again for four or five hours at a
| time.
Unalloyed Bliss.
On Thursday night I had a verftable
dip into unalloyed bliss, while hearing
Madame Albani and Tamagno in Otel-
10 at the opera. 1t was simply magni-
| fcent, and l draw great breaths of de-
| light now when l think of it, the whole
performance was so magnificent. Lon-
don is simply at Tamagnos feet, and
do not wonder. On Saturday night I
am ITO have another plunge into Para
| disc and hear Melba and Alverez in
Faust" Just think of it! The duke
and duchess of York were there in one
of the principal boxes at "Otello,' but
so far away that l could only see her
but poorly. And, besides the stage
| and what was on 1t took up all of my
attention, anyway. 1t was lovely. and
l am waiting for Saturday night TO
come, when l shall hear the wonderful
Melba, too, at last. Sadie E. Kaiser.