The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-29

ter pitchers; over in that corn er was Dr
Johnson's favorite seat; there is the very
fireplace, the kettle where the TIME
honored punch was brewed. With our
usual good fortune the day we went was
ene one on which eye pudding" was
served, followed by the famous toasted
Cheshire cheese. We found number OF
gentlemen; later, two women as brave
as we entered, but at first we were the
sole representatives Of our sex. eye pud-
ding" Is always brought in in solemn
s1ate and carved by We host; this has been
the custom from the founding of the
house. We sat with bated breath and
heightened color. In came four men
bearing IN their arms pie nearly five
feet IN circumference; this pie contains
beef, mushrooms, lark kidneys and oys-
tiers; is highly seasoned and spiced and
covered with thick crust. After this
comes toasted cheese, which is really
Welsh rarebit served in square individual
tins, with slices of toasted brown bread.
We cannot recall just how it tasted, for
we were feasting mentally all the while
on johnson and the great ones who fol-
lowed him. We congratulated ourselves
on finding this particular chop house,
for it is the Oldest one in London, its
companion in age having been recently
torn down to make room for modern
buildings.
AS we came leisurely from our lunch
bus passed us on which we read in
flaming letters: 'Haymarket Theatre
Under the Red Robe" Of all Weyman' s
stories this, for us, is the most fascinat-
gin. We can understand the irresistible
attraction De Berault had for Renie AL
though we knew CHS honor rooted in
dishonor stood, and faith unfaitfhul kept
him falsely true yet his manliness and
real nobility, finally triumphed over his
meaner nature and he was hero to i'm
press any woman. We were all anxious
to see him in flesh and blood. While Mr..
Herbert Warning was not our ideal Of Gil
de Berault, we were interested, and like
everything we have seen in Londont, the
piece is so beautifully staged, and the
parts SO evenly balanced, that dull play
which this is not-would have been en-
joyable. But what are the Savoy and
Haymarket compared to the Lyceump
Ellen Terry as Madame Sans-Genel We
cannot imagine anything more fetching.
In the prologue she is naturalness itself.
Her costumes as the Duchess are magnifi-
cent-wihte satin embroidered heavily
with gold and jewels; over this a gorge
Gus court train of deep rose-pink velvet,
edged with broad band of ermine In
the scene with Napoleon (Henry Irving),
over the white satin is worn a regal wrap
of light green watered silk, lined through
out with ermine, the shoulders trimmed
with four ruchings bordered with the
same costly fur, while the deep Medici
collar sets off to advantage the red gold
hair, and beautiful face of this charming
actress. There was not the smallest de-
tail left uncared for; everything was per-
fiction; it was not acting, but reality it.
self
We fly from one form of enjoyment to
another, as we are trying to do all the
sightseeing possible before the Jubilee
crowds make it more difficult to get
about. Seats for the royal procession are
advertised everywhere from five guineas
upward. One dry goods shop, oppo-
site st. PauFs, is now selling it's stock at
a. sarcifice in order to clear it out, as the
building is to be torn down and seats
erected for spectators to view the process
sion. The spectators who have bought
it are to return to the owners a new
building worth $40, 600. Every day the
immensely Of London grows upon u.s.
Statistics mean but little; one must see
it to gain even faint idea of it's vast
area. We wish our stay was to be six
months instead of three, and with that
length of time before US we would not
lose single day in seeing some of the
wonderful sights of this "world by itself"
MRS. HERMANN KOTZSCHMAR.