New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-10
TUE NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS.
co,,inued from nrst pnge.

,,..o,,s,oction Of large body OF English lay
c'''" or tho steady increase IN ritual practice
Na -,odis,val dogma within the Church.
,1ooIov bankruptcy proceedings have
mod with a vague promise that an onicia
OPP will investigate the charge that he was
ua,s,ontlv blackmailed by the English press
,s,or is in a position to render that press
,,,,ortant service by proving that IN the
Il" - The Pail Mall Gazette" it was Mr.
So. who bribed and corrupted a trusted EN-
-, Mr. Hoocy was adroit when he sought
in bankruptcy He diverted public at
,t,, from his own methods as stock pro
,o~ ard the social patronage which ne had
ted from dukes. ears ana leaders Of the
-, scts |. was clever stroke to raise The
s"' h,ockr1aiI and TO put the press on It's
g.; As A matter of fact the newspapers
.,,art society armed him with resources
an .nrning the heads Of sensible people Mr..
has raised counter-CharSe Of bribery.
.,, societv like Brer Rabbit. lays low"
MIA STATE ball at Buckingham Palace last
.,, was the closing royal function Of the sea
~ In addition to the Embassy which was
.r. represented the following Americans were
.rosant: Ex-senator Calvin s Brice. Miss Drice.
Nc cameron. Miss Hoyt. Mrs. and Miss Post,
,uss scott. Mrs. Henry Morgan Mrs. Henry
,-hrs,o, and her niece. Miss Kennedy There
Soa heon q large muster OF London society at
,ho riou- Harrow cricket match during the day
~ or,icination Of the mllnight dress parade at
the Palace
Mrs Bjschorfsheim had an improvised theatre
o, Rutc House for her party on Wednesday
NIGH, with a royal box on each side and seats
.fcl.a a ho,
narodv on .Cyrano de Bergerac" was offered to
Tho fashionable audience and supper at round
fables followed. Mrs. Arthur Paget has given
O big dinner for the Duke and Duchess Of Con-
naueht. followed by a small play and big ball
LADY Londonderry has entertained the Prince
and Princess Of Wales in a similar way and
Lord James has invited large company for
Prince and Princess Christian Lady Iveagh
has given a brilliant ball. and Lady Rothschd
a fashionable concert. The only novel feature
AZ these parties is a play which fllls the pauses
between dinner and the midnight dancing. al
though there has been a Scotch ball with reels
10 dance at Lady Bute's and sometimes guests
make sensation by walking through a plate
glass door.
Two weddings will he attended by royalty
next week. Lady Mary Savie's and that of
Prince Dolgorouki with Miss Fleetwood
Society has had much fresh air this week
The Queen has had a Aldershot two days of in
speoting the different corps and giving family
dinner parties and there has been the usual
crush Of royalties. diplomatists and smart peo-
ple at the review on Laffan's Plain. The Prince
OF Wales has appeared there as the honorary
colonel Of the Gordon Highanders. II has also
been Henley week, with white the prevailing
color on the river. and more interest in Irritation
than In the racing which. from lack of inter-
national rivalry. has been duh work. There has
also been a fine meet Of coaches of the Four-in-
Hand Club
"Cyrano de Bergerac" at the Lyceum has re-
,eved large social patronage. many theatre par
ties having been made up for 1t. AS t4,DO
was received in advance booking NJ. Coque-
Inns season opened with the certainty Of fnan-
rial success. and the theatre is filled nightly.
Rostands play has been well received and
Coquelin's performance is certainly picturesque
and impressive Mr.. Augustin DAILY is not in
the market here for new plays. since he has al
ready arranged 10 open his New-York season
with THE Runaway Girl and to follow that
musical comedy with "A Greek Slave" which
promises to run eighteen months In London.
Hiss Rehan will reappear as Madame Sans Gene
ell is playing to crowded houses at the Car
Eek in Sue" Her sympathy with her part and
access in pleasing London playgoers are I'M
.listakable. Nine Media has appear ed at CO.
-ont Garden in OF her best parts. Rosina in
The Barber" with Campanari Last night
Die Meistersinger' was repeated with perfect
asst Tonight "Fidelio' is performed, and next
week there will be the first production Of Man
.inelrs Fro Z Loandro' in London, with the
composer conductor.
Old French furniture from Oakdale. Long ISL
and and other sources has commanded high
prices at Christies. A suite OF eight pieces or
Louis XVI carved gilt furniture brought 300
,uineas. and an old Beauvais tapestry screen
go guneas A sale will open next week Of the
works OF Sir Edward Burne-Jones.
including two hundred finished pictures. draw
ngs pastels and studies. There are eighteen
important pictures among them several "Briar