New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-12


schools to amateur talent recruited from the
county councils. The so-caed Farmers Relief
measures. like the Light Railways and Diseased
Animals bills. will have t. walt their turn.
Their fate is not important, since nobody as
sumes to believe that they will be Of material
aid to the farmers, THE Standard" we'll says:
mo one pretends that 1t lies within the power
f statesmanship TO restore prosperity to an In
tereet the condition of which Is described In
the Queens speech as disastrous beyond any
recent experience" That summary OF the effects
of half century of free trade on English
agriculture may be commended to the attention
Of American farmers.
Another point which has direct bearing. upon
American politics is the satisfaction expressed
in England over the prospect of extraordinary
surplus which the Chancellor OF the Exchequer
will reveal In his Budget speech. 1t will not re-
lieve the taxpayers. because he will be COM
PEELED to ask authority for spending $1,000 1000.
mainly for national defence, but the surplus.
taken in connection with the official exhibits
Of improving trade, is regarded as an unerring.
sign Of the return OF good times The time has
been when there surplus In the WASH
ington Treasury, with good trade throughout
the Union. but that was before thu tariff was
modified to meet the requirements Of Bradford
and other centres of British manufacturing.
ne economist re1erS To-Day 10 the uePieSScu
condition Of the tin plate trade in South Wales,
where wages have been reduced, but 1t has been
found impossible to keep the works going.
Until the Mckinley tariff established the Ameri-
can industry nearly 60 per cent Of the product
went to the United States THE Economist
admits that fully one half Of the American trade
has been lost, and that the remainder will also
go II any change Is made in the American,
tariff. This decline in the Welsh tin-plate trade
with the United States, when measured in pig
iron. involves loss Of orders for 100000 tons.
The Easter holiday traffic has offered q re-.
markable proof that England Is prospecting; 1t
has been heavier than for many years. The re-
sources Of all the railways leading out of Lon
don have been nearly exhausted in handling
the enormous holiday crowds. Travel to and
from the Riviera has been unprecedented extra
trains have been running for several days from
Monte Carlo to carry home the returning tour
ists and even then passengers had to struggle
for seats. Paris has been oYerrun with En-
glislI tourists during the week. tn ousands of
them visiting the palace at Versailles in single
day. With fine weather. the theat, sparkling
with attractions, hundreds Of merry rounds
and slides whirling and gyratng at the ginger
bread fete.. and yith politicians banis he'd TO the
provinces. Paris has been the scene of holiday
revelry. with swarms of foreigners everywhere.
London has been uncommonly dull, with less
movement than usual in the streets and with
stagnation in social circles.
There have been several. new plays at the.
theatres. and a fairly successful week OF opera
at the Drury Lane. Miss Clio Gravess farce at
the Comedy Theatre with the title, THE
Mother of Three" gives Miss Fanny Brough
good part and q chance to masquerade in mems
clothes in the final act. The dialogue of the
piece is.brsht and the situations etftIe mer-
ment- throughout, with rocliing time at the
close. Stuart Ogilvie has provided play of
another character for the Shaftesbury.g The
Sin OF Saint Hulda' has been heraded as a
religious drama. but aside from being dated
back to the Reformation. it hardly fulfilled that
promise. Il Is another adaptation Of Haw-
thorne's "Scarle Letter. with all the poetry
and romance lef: out. yet not wholly deficient
in originality Whether religious or not, II Is
dull and dreary piece lacking in unity and sus-
tanned interest. Another novelty Il the musical
comedy f"RiarIitz," at the Prince Of Waless
Theatre. with Mr. Arthur Roberts and Miss
Kitty" LOTUS In the principal parts. Miss
Marion Terry will no; appear in MI. Henry
Arthur Joness play. The Rogues' Com
edy," now in rehearsal at the Garricx Hex
place will be taken by Miss OliTe. Great sue
cess is predicted for this play. since Mr.. Willard
likes il and is confident that it will have long
run.
A series Of bicycle accidents in English cities
has caused renewal Of the agitation against
this popular form Of recreation. An elderly
man was run down and killed near Hyde PARK
Corner BY a cart moving in the OF posite direc-
ton: a clergyman's daughter had e narrow es-
cane from death in Rctf0rd, boy losing con-
troll of his wheel steep. grade dashed INTO.
q sbap window and was seriously injured. and
cd 10
nary cause being lack OF nerve in a sudden
emergency, when. the roadway is crowded win
vehicles While IL is seldom easy to determine
whet hsr the ;cycltst. is careless or the, driver
who runs him down is reckless, 1t is safe to as
sume that ONLY cool and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ought to ride in crowded London thorough
fares. A new wheel club has beer organized
with fine grounds five acres in extent. at Here
ford House South Kensngton. The subscrlp-
ton IS three guineas. and thoussnd appilca-
tions for membership have already peeh re-
ceiyed A cycle track of five laps to the mile
&c nroyided and there are tennis courts ana
riding school, with boating facilities on the
river 49,.
The opening of the London museums on oufi-
day has impaired an impulse 10 the movement
for rational recreation on that Gay. Inc u'"'
COW magistrates have resolved this week to
sanction the opening Of public baths ior 10"
hours on Sunday. This might be deIeHaea py
a close constructionist on the plea that cieanh-
ressr n next to godliness, but the Haddington
Rowling Club have no. textual excuse 10
offer Sabbatarans for its action In opening us
green for the season on Sunday. 1t Is remark
able surely that the first town In Scotiahd 10
sanction Sunday bowls should be the birthplace
of John Knox
Tha central-room Of the Grafton Gallery Is
now occupied by four huge pictures illustrating
air John Franklin's expedition, painted by
Ju,ius Won Payer. himself. an Arctic explorer.