The herald., 1895-10-06
IN THE QUEENS DOM|N|ONS
English Spectators Still Crazy
Over KaffirS
A COLLAPSE NOT IMMINENT
The Unconditional Licensing Of the EN-.
pire Theater
Indicates That London Has Repudioted the
Puritan PoIicy-Notes of Persons
and Persons Of Note
Assnciatnd Preas Snecial Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
LONDON, Oct. 5.-The feature of the
financial world during the past week was
the prolonging of the craze here for
Kaffirs (South African mining shar esq
and the postponement of the expected
crash in those securities, which has been
predicted for sometime past. ..
The main point of interest in the world
OF politics was the rioting at CONSTANT
nople and the subsequent decline in the
sympathy hitherto feit apparently badly
for the oppressed and much massacred
Armenans.
There was quite slump followed
by a rally in Kaffirs on Friday and today
there was another ana heavier fall IN
the price OF South African mining stocks.
the decline in some cases amounting to
EGO to $50 per shars. The decline ap
pears to be due to the alarm of French
investors whose hands have been forced
by the coulissimers (small stock brokefs)
who insisted that pending settlement,
clients who have bought shares must
take them or close their accounts. AS the
leaders of the market did not show any
disposition to sell the market stiffened
and values improved.
1t is recognized that many Of the Kaffir
shares are standing too high for their
intrinsic merits. but it is not believe
that there will be big permanent col
lapse so long as tho big operators support
that market.
In the word of amusement, the action
on Wednesday last of the licensing CO M
mittee OF the county council in granting
an unconditional license to tho Empire
theater was the most interesting feature
of the week There was large crowd of
interested spectators st the meeting, but
Mrs. Ormiston Chant, who made SO much
trouble for the Empire in opposing the
granting OF Its license and who was then
successful in having its privileges very
much curtailed. failed to put in an ap-
paarance, and there was practically no
opposition to granting the full license
asked for. George Edwards, manager of
the Empire, testified that the restrictions
which the com mittee OF the county ccun-
Gil placed on his establishment last year
affecting chiefly the ''drinking auditor
.um'' and the free circulation in all parts
of the house of demimondaines, had in
volved loss of $l00. 900 in the profits
during the past year, and that the disi-
dend declared this year was only 40 per
cent as against 70 per cent in previous
years.
The "vctory" of the Empire theater,
it is now claimed shows how com pletsly
London has repudiated the so-oalled
puritan policy" which prevailed last
year. Tho Empire has not only regained
ths right to open the famous promenade
and to sell drinks in the auditorium, but
the application for full licenses from all
Of the n London nnnqcaI halls
agreed to without condition.
Several OF the metropolitan newspapers
naturally commented on the fact that
Mrs. Ormiston Chant has not even found
the cause worthy of postponing her leo
turing tour in America.
The Pail Nal! Gazette, referring to the
subject, said day or two ago:
"Now having become a person of some
name, she has left her weaker sisters and
younger brothers, for whom she pleaded
so eloquently year ago, and has gone to
America in order to transmit her name
into dollars
The Pail Mall Gazette comments are
hardly fair She was person of some
name long before her crusade against
the Empire thrater. being one OF the rep
resentatives of womanhood who went to
the worlds fair at Chicago to take part
in the special exercises held there by
women and she was ore of the delegates
to the woman 8 parliament held at Wash
iHROu III lCJDs MS uIuoIStOOu W Uc
Mrs. Chants fourth visit to America and
not her first as the Pail Mall Gazette
seems to suppose. The Duke OF Marlbor-
ough's colors, olive green. with light
blue sleeves and cap. have been register
ed under both the jockey club ahd ma
tional hunt rules which naturally has
given rise to the report that the duke
contemplates the establishment of large
stable and that LADY Randolp Churhchill
has become a racing horse owner, her
rtp, cl,t - q
having been registered. The friends of
the late Lord Randolph Churcnill are
about to call nesting for the purpose OF
raising a subscription for statue to his
memory in the central lobby of the house
)f commons.
Lady Jenne's article in popular peri
odical on cycling has attracted consider
able attention i'll view of the fact that
The writer is the wife OF the well-knowp
Judge of probate. divorce and admiralty
division of the high court of justice and
also because she is popular in the highest
society and an authority on social Yues-
iions She says that she thinks that
oloomers have no average whatever over
short, well cut skirts, while the former,
ln-her opinion, are less comfortable and
,ess graceful to wear, which would seem
70 show that the writer has tried them.
Lady Jenne further claims that woman
Is not made to wear tight-fittlng apparel.
md that when she does she becomes
gly and missnapen."
Sister Mary Regis who has done so
such to establish the lace industry of
xoughal, Ireland. ia dead.
Che designed some really magnificent
pieces of lace work, including the splen-
lid lace fan which was presented by Earl
Crewe to the Duchess OF York upon the
occasion of her marriage two years ago.
In Lady Colin. Cam pbell's Realm this
week Gertrude Atberton has an artio.s in
which she makes vigorous defense of
Americans, especially American girls, as
IN answer to the papers recent at
acks. She says that the papers Judge
Americans by the vulgar Thousands who
'usn TO Europe to spend their newly
made dollars and by the pepper girISs
who cross their legets and eat candy in
he reading rooms of the Grand or Metro
pole.''
he funeral of Mckenzie the famous
whip of Colchester. took place during
he week. He was prominent in the
coaching world and will be remem bered
many people in the United States,
having taken over batch of English
coaches to the world o fair.
at the national temperance congress at