The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-06
Random Notes of
Life in London.
Another Interesting Ramble Among the
Rare Treasures of the British Museum,

men. 1t never does me any good to 60
to Niagara, anyway, for always come
away wishing that I were rich and
beautiful and irreproachably tailor
made, too. / took another girl with me,
as had my press ticket, and she was
driven very nearly mad with mingled
delight and envy over the parade. She
was not in the least to be blamed, for
the provocation truly is great.
An English Sol Russell.
The other night / saw John Hare's
comedy, "A Pair of Spectacles," and
enjoyed 1t immensely. Hare is an old
actor as dear to the London public as
Sol Smith Russell is to every right
minded one of us across the sea, and is
somewhat like him, thought. 1t was
just such piece as Mr.. Russell likes to
play In, too and the house would hard
iy allow him off the stage at all, they
were so delighted over him. He has
put new piece on this week, which I
dare say you have heard of by this time,
as 1t Is of the Second Mrs. Tanqueray"
variety, and bad news always travels
fast, they say.
music this week, having heard an ex-
cellent organ recital in big Queens
hall, where the organ Is simply superb,
and having gone to splendid fort
nightly at the Royal Academy of Music
last evening, and to a lecture on LisZt,
by Francis Korbay, a former and q
very enthusiastic pupil of that giant in
music. 1t was the first of a series OF
six on Liszt, and | go to them because
l have not been able so far, to care for
Liszt himself, though like his music
very much. But Mr.. Korbay is almost
fanatic on his dear teacher, and he
raves so delightfully."- that l find myself
coming round already somewhat
though fancy could like the mission
airy more than the gospel he breaches,
perhaps, for Mr.. Korbay is great.
Terry and Irving.
Last week my landladies took me to
see Ellen Terry and Henry Irving in
king Arthur" That was an evening
worth having. The Lyceum was simply
densely crowded, and the play brought
back all the ''Idyls of the King" and
the other Arthur poems delightfully."-
My own little village of Caerleon, where
/ saw the Round Table and the old tur-
ret of the Castle of Guinevere, is in the
play, too and so felt as though knew
all about it, having been over the
ground before. Irving is quite old by
this time, l guess, and takes the old
kings part very realistically, while Ell
len Terry made most handsome Queen
Guinevere. 1t was most beautifully
staged and of course the costumes were
all that could be desired in the way of
old time elegance. Ellen Terry's gowns,
l assure you, were simply perfection.
We have had no cold weather lately
at all, the coming spring showing some
very convincing signs of its approach.
The ice has all gone down the river
Thames, and the poor. cold sea gulls
have again flown out to the coast
The "gulrs meat man." a butcher who
has had meat stand on Westminster
bridge for the boys and girls whose
delight 1T was to throw meat to the
poor, starved birds, has moved away
from lack of business. The spring
mowers are coming up already, and the
Wild flowers have already made their
appearance, the snow-drops. having
blossomed as early as the first Of
March. One of the girls here had a big
box of these dainty little green and
white flowers sent UP from the country
10 her, and she was so kind as to pre-
sent me with generous bunch of them
on my birthday. l was charmed, for
mad never seen a snow-drop before.
and these We're beautiful. They must
be lovely little things, peeping up from
the SHOWS in the woods where they were
gathered.
Glimpse Of the Slums.
Yesterday some of us went for a visit
TO the East India docks. down at the
end of London, where We saw all the
shlps, some passenger ones, some trad
ing ones, and all sorts, in fact. Thsy
We're most interesting, as was also the
ride there in the train. Our way was
down through the ugly and poor parts
of London, where none of the pretty
things OF life ever get, and where all
Is ouil and grey and squalid. The train
was not a very fast one, and we went
through slum after slum, till 1 felt as
though had really been summing.
However. we got to the docks at last
and there gentleman connected with
the East India company met us and un-
der his wing we went all over the place.
We went through the warehouses and
smelt the spices and saw bales of stuffs
from India. We watched them load I'D
a passenger vessel soon to sail for CAL
cutta. We had permits to poke our in
quisitive noses anywhere we pleased.
and of course we made the most of our
opportunity, going aboard an Aus
tralian liner bound for Sidney, and q
dirty old whaler that is now off duty,
and some of the penny excursion boats
that run on the Thames in summer,
and in fact we made ourselves quite
ubiquitous. We must have walked and
climbed miles and miles, up and down
the ships ladders and all over the
wharves. 1t was the first time 1 ever
saw the anchor of big boat. and we
were immensely tickled to see them
hanging out of their loopholes and
looking for all the world like great i'm
mense violin mutes. There was ship
rope factory near the docks, too,
through which our friend took us, where
we saw them make all sorts of ship
rope, from the thinnest to the biggest.
thickest telegraphic cable rope, which
is of steel and as big and thick as am
myself. Truly the sea must be in a
great state when it can break such
strong things as these, and hammer
such boats as the immense ships we
saw, to pieces. Sadie Il. Kaiser.
KNOWS HE IS DEAD.
Ex.Speakcr Crisp Does Not Expect to