The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
LONDON SEASON ENDED
FASHION WILL NOW TURN ITS At
TENTION To THE COwEs REGATTA.
Vanity Fair on the Decadence of Eng
lfsh Socfety-PauI Dunbar Lion
ized-TheatricaI Gossip.
Especial Cable letter.

Especial Cable letter.
LONDON. July 3l.-With the Goodwood
meeting over. with Parliament on the eve
of propagation and the Cowes regatta just
beginning. the season of 1897 is ended. and
with it is ended also. apparently, a long
spell of good weather. Cowes is crowded
in anticipation of the next two weeks re-
gatta. when the prizes will be unusually
muniicent On Monday the Aurora will
sail her maiden race with the Meteor, the
Bona and the Britannia, under the auspices
of the Royal London Yacht Club. which
will probably prove the most interesting
event of the season. The Duke of Leeds
has been actively engaged in getting sigma
lures to an address TO Emperor William
on behalf of the yacht owners who were
entered for the Emperor's cup in the recent
race to Heligoland But his action is being
quietly criticised in the higher yachting
circles and by leading members of the
Prince of Wales's set who are Numerically
opposed to the Kaiser and to all his acts.
The Prince Of Wales, however has recon-
sidered his determination not to race Brit
ANNA against Meteor this year and she
arrived at Cowes on Thursday in full rae
ing rig. The Duke of Abruzzis new Bona,
the Duke of SutheEand's Catania and Mr..
Ogden Goeet's Mayfiower and other we'll
known yachts are in the roads.
Vanity Fair, reviewing the season, con-
graduates the country on it's brilliancy
and gives a list of the seasons beauties,
which. it says, no other country can rival.
1t adds that among the American girls,
Miss Goelet and Miss Hay, the embassa-
doris daughter. have been most successful
because of their personal charms and re-
fined manners. In the same issue appears
letter from an English girl with refer
ence to the newspaper agitation over the
decadence of English society. The writer
says: THE trouble lies in the unwilling
ness of the poor members of the aristocracy
to earn honest lvings. 1t is dreadful
for the men to put themselves up for sale
to the rich American gsls who love to come
here to excel English beauty anc wealth.
If this keeps up, all England will soon be
owned by the Americans, for they are buy
ing land as well as men:
1t is announced that during the coming
parliamentary recess the Liberal leaders
will openly formulate plan for home rule
all round, in place of Mr.. Gladstones
scheme They are counting on the Irish
support. Mr.. John Redmond. however.
says: Il opposed the motion for home
rule all round in 1885, and will oppose 1t
again now. 1t would never satisfy Irish
national aspirations. Besides, it is a mere
dodge to evade the main question. The
scheme in itself is outside the range of
practical politics. Irelands only hope now
is to move boldly for national parliament
free from all outside control, as Parnell
said"
Paul Dunbar, the negro poet, who owes
to w. d. Howells his introduction to the
public. is being lionized in London in
most fattering fashion. The color line is
not dra5 in English society and the col
ored Yersifer. being tAe latest literary nov
city, is much sought for receptions, garden
parties and similar gatherings. His read
ings OF his own verses have been highly
praised by the press nor are criticisms of
the verses themselves less friendly
The final game of the gentlemen of Phla-
6ephia, played with the Surrey eleven,
leaves them with a record of two games
won nine lost and four drawn The team
is entirely knocked out. Five of the MEM
bers are on the sick list and all admit that
they have worked too hard and are heartily
tired of it. Lord Hawks will take an eleven
to the United States in September. Most
of the Philadelphians went to Paris to-
night for few DAYS, They will sail for
New York on Aug. 2.
The engineers dispL las apparently set
tied down to a prolonged struggle. Both
masters and men are unyielding. The for
mer's position has been strengthened by the
fact that the Northampton cycle employers
have joined the employers federation and
issued lockout notices TO twenty
five per cent. of their employees. The
engineers have responded by calling out the
other Is per cent. The masters held
meeting on Wednesday and declared that
resist the action of the engineers 1t is
also announced, on the contrary, by trade
union statements. not signed, that mem
Der of the employers federation, in the vi
entity of London, had yielded to the de-
mand for an eight-hour day.
SteDhen Crane h.. announced that ne
likes England so well that he will make
London his home. Mr.. Cranes books have
found their greatest vogue in this coun-
try, and he is receiving considerable at
tention in literary. circles here.
The Tennyson memorial in the Isle of
Wight will be unveiled by Lady Tennyson
and dedicated by the Archbishop of Can
terbury on Aug. s. the anniversary of the
poets birthday. The memorial is in Fresh
Water Down, which was Tennyson's ia
vorite walk.
The Hungarian government has author
ized the state bank at Buda-Pesth to en-
grave on one-thousand-forin notes portraits
OF the most noted singers and actors of
Hungary
NJ. Faure's villa at Havre is situated in
hollow and is overlooked by the boule-
ward. Large crowds are paying half franc
apiece to- see the President walking in his
garden or seated In his chair on the lawn.
The crusade against the frock coat and
stove pipe hat for summer gatherings like
the Goodwood races has received a set
back. This year the Prince of Wales and
the men of his party instead of appearing
in low-crowned hat and morning coat, as
they did last year. all wore black frock
coats and high hats.
The opera season at Covent Garden has
resulted, it is said in a handsome profit
to the syndicate Mr.. Grau says he will
have the De Reszkes and all the other male
singers next year and possibly Tamagno.
lie expects also to have Melba, Eames
Calve and Nordica-
The person who seems destined to shine
in the stellar position in the United States
next season. which Anna Held filed dur
Ing the last, is Mile. Cleo De Merod This
young person has tor some years graced
a comparatively humble sphere in the
grand opera of Paris. but has become
known TO wider circle than her theatrical
attachments might seem to warrant be-
cause her name has been linked conspicu-
ously with that OF King Leopold of the
Belgians Mile. Merod is booked to make
her appearance in America on Sept for n
season of one month in ballet The salary
which Will be paid her for the month is
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