The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-09-01
SOCIETY IN LONDON
II Has Reached Low Water Mark for
the Year.
AMERICANS COMING HOME
The Horse Show In DublIn-Clad-
stone In the Best of Health
ills Quite the Thing Now
to Be "Tattooed."

copyrighted 1896 by Associated Press.
London, Aug. 31.-This week, the low
est point Of the year so far as social
gatherings and amusements are con-
cerned. has undoubtedly been reached.
The houses OF fashionable folk every
where are shut up and even the riders
track in Rotton Row, famous for its
equestrians. has been closed on ac-
count Of the extensive repairs which
are being made now.
The hotels In town are filling up, but
this Is due to the presence OF Ameri-
cans now en- route for home. The diff
culties In securing passage on any OF
the ocean steamships increases. The
venturesome Americans who boarded
the steamship St. Louis. with hand
bags, and resolved to take their chances
and concealed themselves on board the
boat until she had left the dock. were
discovered when of the Needles and
sent back with the pilot. To-day's
steamer was packed to the rails with
travellers homeward bound.
Dublin has been crowded during the
past week with many prominent per-
sons In attendance upon the horse
show. Never has the success OF the
horse show been so pronounced. All
the Irish aristocracy is flocking to the
support of Earl Cadogan. new lord
lieutenant of ireland. The reception
of the new lord lieutenant forms a
contrast to the merciless boycott Of the
former lord lieutenant. Lord Hough-
| ton.
Gladstone continues in the best Of
health, showing unusual activity, even
for him. He spent most OF the week
visiting Lord Norton at the latter's
historic seat. Hams Hall. near Blr-
mingham. This seat of Lord Norton
Is full Of art treasures and curioslties.
In attendance upon the occasion were
the Archbishop of Canterbury, viscount
Peel and the bishop Of Rochester. On
Thursday the party drove to visit
Bobby" now Sir Robert, whose re-
cent visit 10 America will be remember
ed by all newspaper readers. and
Gladstone has shown a fatherly inter-
est In him since he returned to En-
gland. Gladstone was delighted with
everything that he saw and heard. He
remained until late In the afternoon,
| anu upon departing WrOte III tne Visit-
or's book a statement to the effect that
1t had been a day of utmost interest
and delight, and that he would never
forget the occasion of his visit to Bray
ton Manor; after an interval Of 60
years.
The medical press this week records
the revival of the "tattooing craze
among the arlstocracy. The medical
papers assert that many Of the people
have already tattooed their arms with
their crests and insignia of rank One
prince, 1t Is asserted, can display a
speciman of the art Of tattooing really
worth seeing when he rolls up his shirt
sleeves.
This weeks California fruit Is believ-
ed to have been the best received here
According to retailers, 1t Is selling rap
idly. not only in the shops. but from
the carts and barrows Of the coster-
mongers all over London.
The influence Of the seaside holiday
time continues to affect theaters. Nc
less than 16 Of the leading houses have
closed their doors, and many leading
members of the profession have fled
from London.