The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

The popular rear admiral also urged
a return to the old love of chivalry
and patriotism, the abhorrence of
everything sordid and selfish.
The Vagab0nds We're at first aghast
at this plain speaking, but the subse-
quent cheers showed that outspoken
truths are not altogether unpalatable.
LIBERALS OF ENGLAND.
The National Liberal Federation, at
its annual meeting at Derby on Tues
day last, constructed a new platform
which, it is hoped will be broad enough
to hold all the factions. 1t includes abb
clifton of the peers, right of veto, We
man suffrage, the payment Of mem
bers of the house of commons the en-
franchisement Of paupers and the de-
fraying of election expenses from pub
lie funds.
John Morley has kicked" at the
platform He SAYS he has DOTTED his
coat and waistcoat in behalf of home
rule, and cannot spare any more ap-
parel for the purpose of fighting for the
abolition of the house of lords, while it
! is easy to imagine the feelings of Sir
] William Vernon Harcourt, who has so
consistently voted against the woman
suffrage.
Sir William Lawson will argue
/ against the dropping of the local
veto" plank, and. the Irish are annoyed
at the fact that the platform contains
no mention Of home rule.
YUL ETIDE'S APPROACH.
In wonderfully mild weather, every
thing betokens Christmas. The shops
are crowded, but many of the newspa-
pers are protesting against the eXDen-
/ siveness of the smart set. For the first
time, on the other hand, British manu-
I facturers are able to compete With
/ Germany in cheap toys, especially tin
! soldiers, at which there is much eXul-
! tation The principal novelties in all
/ the stores are motor cars, driven by
! hot air and American Indian wigwams,
, big enough to contain children in In
/ dian costumes.
/ Christmas parties are projected on an
unusually festive scale, particularly at
/ Blenheim, where numbers of variety
( performers have been engaged. Old
! fashioned Christmas sports Will be in
dulged in.
! OSCAR WILDE'S APPEARANCE.
There is a controversy over the ques-
ton Of Oscar Wilde's reappearance as
! a dramatiSt. A prominent manager is
/ preparing to produce his latest play
under thinly yelled pseudonym.
Thereupon the St. James Gazette says:
/ Inc SI has ldllEQ " Tic
fact that this dramatists career at re-
spectacle London playhouses must be
considered closed"
Paris, however, does not share this
antipathy theatre in that city an
nounces that a play. written in French
by Oscar Wilde, viii be produced
/ shortly.
In an interview published by the Gil
Bias, Oscar Wilde declares the British
/ will forgive anything in the case of one
who amuSes them.
AMERICAN AUTHOR CRITICISED.
Charles Dana Gibsons London" APP
pears among the Christmas books, and
is much criticized by the artists and
newspapers. The Daily News says:
His people on Bond street are simply
the people of Fifth avenue transferred
lean tourists. His Hyde Park corner
! is crowded with these American invad-
ers, While "the first night is simply a
practical joke of the same description.
His drawing room" is a conceivable
presentation of the White House. It
is certainly no function of Buckingham
palace"
QUIT RACING.
Lord Roseberry, at the dinner of the
Gin Crack club at York on Tuesday
advised all those who are contemplate
it is expensive exceedingly, and toe
enfrossing for anyone having anything
else to do.