New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-18

,,hsre the arbitration scheme has been unoe'
going serious repairs. The prevailing op'.'e
Is that. like Robinson Crusoe's nrst poa'' :. :.
TOO big and heavy to be launched "Tne liihe'
today makes the shrewd remark that the ISSUES
raised by the Venezuelan Tribunal IN FaiiS %
So enormous in scope as to be no very happ'
augury for the future of permanent in'erna-
tional court Of arbitration,
,,.,,,~,ors no,srn,cs have been revived by Lord
xyou,ax,a address read before the Enghsh
church Union which has set Evangelcal tee.n
an edga md given opportunists generally coiu
chill Instead of combining himself to safe gem
.ra,,t,ss about the essential catholicity or 'he
r,rg,,sb Church he charges that the preseh'
ao,,o,,on ,s got up and paid for by that Furi-
.ar,sr, which nearly destroyed the Church III
en-. time Of Elizabeth, and also lays great STRESS
unon auricular confession. and appeals 10 "iia'
he describes as the whole body OF the Na'"o0
Church 70 support his position. Inc proceeu-
ines of the Church Union were more mooera'e
than the presidents address, and Canon Knox
Little declared with emphasis that High Chuioh
men were abiding men who were coh'eiu-
ing for the Reformation Settlement and for the
liberties of the Church.
The Ascot Enclosure has not been crowded TINS
,yaar although the weather has been fine ana
oil the country houses round about have been
Allied with guests The Prince Of Wales mas hao
q small party Of intimate friends at ASCOT
Heath House The season proper ought no" u
begin ~ there is TO be one this year. but some
of the biggest dances are postponed uh'ii heN'
month. The Charing Cross Bazaar VIII De the
fashionable event next week at Albert nan
with nearly all the great ladies OF the "ee'
End in new French frocks. Novelties IN eno'r-
tainment are eagerly sought for IN the "oriu Vi
fashion Mrs Alfred Harmsworth VIII nave
concert in the Grafton Galleries. with Paoere"-
ski and Coquen; French play VIII De enacteo
at Mrs Arthur Paget's when the Prince Oh
Wales is a guest, with dinner party OF forty
Americans are also trying their hand in anus
ing West End houses; Mrs. Henry Gielow mas
entertained ROYALTY at Lady Northcotes Win
her character sketches Grade songs ana Stories
OF Alabama plantation life The Duke anu
Duchess of Connaught were delighted WIN thls
performance, and also were the Duke anu
Duchess Of Buccleuch and other guests Mrs'
Gielow has been at other great houses Announcer
American novelty IS the Omar khayyam meu-
ley of music, recitation and dancing by the Dun
can family. whose father was lost In the Mo-
hogan disaster 1t introduced at dehght-
full garden party at Harestone Villa. the dane
greatly admired by the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
Borglem.
Some OF the best concerts Of a long season
have been reserved for the closing weeks.
Ysaye's series Of chamber concerts has been
highly successful at Queens Hall; an American
singer. Mrs Vanderveer Green. has appeared to
great advantage at Steinway Hall, where her
rich contralto voice and fine method nave been
warmly admired, especially in, Brahms's songs
and Massenet's Les Larrnes The, opsrp sea-
son is still successful under Mr.. Grau's ,direc-
ton: the orchestra is under fine leadership, and
the chorus is better drilled than IN previous
seasons
The hotels are crowded in every section Of Lon
DON and incoming tourists find it most difficult
TO get rooms The pressure Is due not only to
the great bulk OF American tourist travel but
TO the change Of habit Of many English families
instead Of taking houses in former years
they are finding II more. comfortable and eco
nomical to live in hotels especially as the sea-
son is short.
The delegates to the International Council Of
Women, which will meet here 1t the end Of the
month, are already arriving: among the Ameri-
cans are Mrs May Wright Sewall, Mrs. Fannie
Humphreys Gaffney and the Rev. Anna Howard
Shaw. Senator Depew is enjoying London with
his usual zest, and his time is fully taken up
with engagements There is great throng Of
American visitors to-day at the Old Deer Park
at Richmond. where the Automobile Club show,
with all the newest French and English de-
vices. was opened by Prince Edward Of Sake
Weimar.
Mrs. Gertrude Anterior is writing in Bruges
a book which will greatly interest Washington:
IT will be a novel, with American Senator as
\ the hero and Washington public life will be
fully portrayed, possibly satrized. The hero is
not taken from life but is probably composite
character. in which several American Senators
may partly recognize themselves. Mr.. John
Lane will publish the novel in England and
America; he has brought out here this week q
collection OF Lord Rosebery's recent essays and
addresses. Sir Henry Irving will entertain
Mark Twain in the Beefsteak Room on Wednes-
day night. Maarten Martens has recovered
from his serious illness, and is visiting Mr..
Barrie, the novelist in the country.
remarkable incident at the whitefrars din
ner TO Mark Twain last night was the speech
of Sir Edward Chichester. who commanded the
British naval forces at Manila last year. This
genial English sailor spoke at a late hour in the
reception room with quaint humor. He de-
scrbed the provisioning Of the British crews
with fresh meat from the American refrigerat-
ing ships. for which he paid a fair price, but not
dear and gave the reply Of the British sailor
when complimented afterward his full,
refund appearance-"Dewey did it," He said
that British sailor could not talk in public;
another officer across the water had done that,
but had got into trouble; he could only assure
his audience that he had seen his American
cousins out at Manila, and that they would do
they were all right. This unaffected tribute
from the British commander who stood by
Dewey in a grave crisis received by his
English audience with great enthusiasm. Mr.,
THE FIEND OF NERVOUSNESS.
When a wOruan,s