The record-union., 1897-11-07
Describes, Among Other Matters, Her Pil-
grimage to the lnvaIides.
Court Mourning for the Death of
the Duchess of Teck Makes but
Little Difference in the Gaiety
of London-Sporting Papers
Devote Much Attention to Tod
Sloan, the American Jockey.

LONDON, Nov. 6.-(Copyrighted 1897
by the Associated Press. 1.-The court
mourning for the Duchess of Teck has
made but little difference in the gaiety
of London, although many of the thea
ters were closed on the day of the
funeral. Aside from this, the week has
been the same as usual.
The phenomenally fine weather pre-
vailing is the despair of the storekeep-
ers. who say they cannot sell any win
ter clothing. The month of October
was the drest since 1884. Laburnas
primroses and wall flowers are grow
ing, and strawberries are being gath
cred in the south Of England.
new biography of Queen Victoria,
written by Richard r. Holmes of the
S. A, the Queens librarian at Windsor,
appeared on Friday, and is attracting
much attention. 1t was prepared under
the immediate supervision of her ma
jesty and abounds in family incidents,
shows that the Queen has never en-
tirely abandoned the relaxations of her
earlier years, and points out that with
in the past fifteen years she has sung
with Tosti and has taken drawing les
gives, among other matters, an extract
from her majesty's journal in 1850, de-
scribing her pilgrimage to the Inva
lides during her visit to Paris. 1t reads:
II stood at the arm OF Napoleon ILL.,.
his nephew, before the coffin of Eng
lands bitterest foe. I, the granddaugh-
ter of that King who hated him most,
and who most vigorously opposed him,
and this very nephew who bears his
name, being my nearest and dearest
ally. The organ of the church played
God Save the Queen at the time.
Strange and wonderful, indeed. 1t
seems as if with this tribute of respect
to 4 departed dead foe, old enmities
and rivalries were wiped out and the
seal of heaven placed upon that bond
of unity which is now happily estab-
lished between two great and powerful
nations. May heaven bless and pros
per it,
From the comments heard in the
clubs. it is not likely that John Lawson
JohnstoLe of Kingwood, Kent, who
turns out to be the purchaser of the
Prince of Wales famous racing cutter
Britannia, will be received with open
arms in yachting circles. In fact it is
rumored that the Prince sold the yacht
on the express condition that the pur-
chaser should not race her, and that
she is to be rigged as a cruiser.
An echo of the famous Arlamont
tragedy was heard at Leeds on
Wednesday. when Alfred j. Monson,
who in 1898 was tried on the charge of
numbering his pupil, Lieutenant Dudley
Cecil Hambrough, the jury bringing in
a verdict of mot proven was sum-
monad as deserting his wife. The lat
ter said her husband had left her in
February, 1896, and had failed to pro-
vide for her and her six children, all
of whom are under sixteen years of age
The sporting newspapers have devot-
ed much attention to Tod Sloan the
American jockey, since he has begun
Winning races on the English turf.
Sloan's magnificent style of living as
tonishes the English sportsmen He
has apartments at the Hotel Cecil. with
his valet. and goes back and forth by
train to the various race meetings 1t
is announced now that he will probably
stay here year Sloan, however. is
much criticised for betting. He had
$500 on St Cloud II. for the Cam
bridgeshire stakes, and as Jockeys here
are not allowed to bet, the Jockey
Clubs attention is being called to
Sloan's betting proclivities 1t is urged
that If he comes here he must be stop
ped from betting. The Evening News"
hopes the Jockey Club won't gloss IT
over as it did when it permitted Croker
to use the Jockey Club inclosure."
Neither the Cat and Cherub" at the
Lyric Theater, nor The First Born"
at the Globe Theater are successful.
and The First Born" was withdrawn.
and the whole company, after six per
formances, will return to America.
Clement D. Scott, as we'll as the Lon
don critics generally. has been unstint
ted in his praise of May Buckley. Scott
says in the Daily Telegraph: I'VE
have not hesitated to proclaim the cos
mopolitanism of dramatic art to the in
jury. perhaps, of people, but briefly,
the Cat and the Cherub' is worth a
music hall turn. and The First Born Is
not worth an evenings entertainment.
America is very welcome in England
but she must give us better than we
can produce, and The First Born ia
not that"