New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-05

Government was most helpful I'm that emer-
rcncy.
Nothing has pleased FnCl'shmon moro IMAM
The rcrarts that crowds in New-Norh Chloa7'
and 81. Louis have checred the bulletins an
norncne that the naval guns had siienced the
Roer forty Founders.
Colonel j. !. Taylor gave an Enehsh auole''07
precisely what 1t wanted at the cutters leas'
IN Sheffield. where there was great company
Of distinguished men, including the Duke ol
Norfolk. Lord Lansdowne. Lord Charles Beres-
ford Lord Halifax and Lord Kelvin. The
American Ambassador had been expected out
be could not attend without running the risk OF
SAYING too much for diplomatic purT oses' ana
TOO little 10 satisfy an English audlen-e-
Colonel Tavlor. not being embarrassed 10y
automatic restraint. made a cordial speech fuH
~ Angio-saxon good feeling. which excited ""-
bounded enthusiasm. Mrs. Hadheld, Mistress
Cutler. is the first American woman VINO mas
ever held that position and his reference 10 neI
@ror every heart. This was followed by an apps
frophe 10 the star Spansled Banner ana 'he
Union Jack displayed IN The banquet room d
generous tribute to the bravery Of the bil'.S"
soldiers and an extended reference TO the acu'"
90 American women in equipQing the hosf'1"'
shin Maine and showing tender sympa'h' i''
the wounded soldiers and distressed Ie'"s
Colonel TAYLOR az once found himself 'ie nero
Of the evening. and certainly his speech was on.
90 singular tact without an error OF 'uD5'''''''
or rreacb ~ taste lie and Mrs Taylor We're
The guests Of the Master Cutler ana "'i7
+erta,ned a. Tapton Hall in the SUBURBS Oh
Sheffield
rondor society IS receiving from the "ai '''
vigorous shaking up which stern moIa.'s's Do
been insisting for a lons time IL mas
needed. Every smart sci has nusoa'1S'
,,ro+hers and cousins either al the llo"' 90
Ing the seas and last season $ carpet ne
ere showing what stuff there Is in them " "'
a lottery. and the titled officers anu ..1-
-..h,o, ordered 10 south Africa with the House
hold Brigade laugh chee1lY over '''' -.
,,.,,,b thev dran-prizes which mothers wives
80 so,,eotsrs tearfullv describe as blanks
7-s,e,veu parties 60 on al the restaurants anu
private houses. ana social fanny 'e@''
RI citations and embarkaton piers.
--ns reorla who come up 70 London for these
...hetfc functions stay on because there cal"
So hunting season with all the best sho's al
,ho cane and because so little is going on @' '''7
80. oonees Newmarket and other raciNs
.~.ct,s continue 10 attract the usual o1'"u Oh
,.a..t,0 men. but their social prestige IS
,i,~r-,oa and there are no signs Of gayeN III 'ne
$500 resor,ed for the Prince or "les >
49,. ,rbe-s az. many weddings IN high ofc'es'
49,. ,i,ro i0+arest IS taken ~ them. even 'ie
c-,eo,~ wedding in which two cousins We're
.o.,sa with clannsn sentiment ana 10 VIM.
-ho pourbons came from their palao1s '.'0
,o,,r+r,, seats in every quarter Of the 'o1''
-. has attracted little attention ana lne "P-
..o,cbf-r marriage Of the ArchduchesS "'
- - +h- Austrian Embassy in Lonaoh eA-
49, ~ comment. The only events with VINO"
.,o,e.,, &c deerlv concerned relate 10 var
-. 1,oraolnh Churchill IS heading the amer
- ,.o,oo-,s movement for fitting out nus
-,.ol sh,, and the American committee mas a.
-. collected more than $4,000" ailer 'le ~
1anti. Transport Company ifTs supp
.,s.ef Mrs James Browni RPle' Is "i' "-'7'-'
. corcer+ and dramatic recital for the lu''D "''-
q large number of American Vo'un''1'9
- fo~ g AZ Lady Randolph's Request
Mrs whitelaw Reid has promised 10 sei'0' an.
80 o,,t American nurses for re ship ana N.i
80 ~ee,onse is highly appreciated IT IS al
800 evident that war charities VIII DE COLI
ia ~, q large scale through the winter an'
-. ~ the arts AID wiles ~ cadgins VIII p'
a-,.o+ed n ratriotic rise Life has suddenly ne
oo-,e real and earnest among the shdeo your
80 fosniona,,le dawdlers IN Vanity FAIR.
Ire picture galleries are distinctly r-.'
host CLEANS If color come from Lou-s "-.-''
erouieite glass. which IS exhibited al 'Ne vi "'
ron Gallery. with a Job lot Of second rare
49, The large cartoon OF Puvis de CAa
- s.-orativa work for tie Boston Publ
AWAY deserves a higher rating. hut II is no
-loced where ,ts beauty and power can he an
-.seia+od There are two lovely Corots a
1oo,h.s Gallery. and g. large canv s by lsraeis
. eeho~r,an's wife - NcLears Gallery. alonl
Win a miscellaneous stock of Ensish and for
ei9n art Mr. Cation Woodvle's portrait o. th
Prince o. Wales on horseback attracts man
visitors 90 Gravess Gallery. The e@hlbiton o
"a. povai Society ~ British Artists is chief
r,n-arkable for series Of snake pictures an
rrds- Artists have evidently been seized WIZ
g sudden lraala for painting serpents with soft
vslvety sheen The only painter with suihcien
strensth az mind TO resist the morbid tendenc
IS efr Prescott Davies who paints Adam an
I've in their traditional uniform. but leaves 90
the earnent Mr.. Leonard Watts has the larges
and most ambitious snake picture. The eS
ribition IS destitute Of original power. all IN
themes are hackneyed and the methods dull an
spritess.
The theatre managers and book publisher
arc wondering what they can do 20 cater
rupiic taste when the whole nation is deepl
moved By the auxeties and tragic pathos o. IL
greatest war undertaken since The Crimea ar
the Indian 1utiny. Books certainly are III
urgently demanded when the columns Of u
newspapers are ransached morning and evenir
for the latest things from the front The th
aires are crowded with audiences seeking dive
sion from the excitement Of war. YET too serio'
20 enjoy broad farce or theatrical mel
drama The Haymarket seems 10 ha'
hit upon what the public wants In THE blae
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