New-York tribune., 1900-03-04

frivolous than anything else were nevar,hI "a
u De loyaly 1ostered by every IandhoIder ~
lhs the sooo OF the nation at heart She d.
'oine PHEASANT pictures of rural habits and A.
servances that have since disappeared from -
put the most secluded hamlets of England Ho,s
Is one of them. dated at AIderley: we ba,
famous merrymaking here on "Wednesday -
L don't know whether it is a North COuntrv -
only Cheshire and Lancashire custom, on Eas,s1
Monday. for the men to lift the women. and :.
| Tuesday the latter returned the complimsn,
The men dressed a chair very fine with ribans
and flowers. and when 1 came down to braat
fast offered me a ride. which l. of course a.
clined. but, was expected. bought myself a.
with half guinea On Tuesday the mat5.
actually did lift the Man Iher husbandI in IN.
chair. but he thought he would give them
handsome treat. L had not properly provdas
him with half guneas. so he gave a guinea
The servants got fines from others and sub
scribed among themselves in all e 13s whera
with they got fiddler from Macclesfield bOugb
tea, sugar, cake and rum. and. assure you
made out capital dance in the laundry W.
went to them, and very good ballroom i
made. taking down the pipe Of the stove and tb.
handle of the mangle. The fiddler sat on tn.
fine chair on the dresser and performed can.
italy. SO you see we have galas as we'll as Mrs
Walker and other gay people in LOndJn," Ana
for her rural society she dressed herself
with care to which we must alIude for the
sake of one apt and amusing fragment. DO yOv
see anything" she asks friend in London. of.
she beaver hat which you think 1 should like A,
we'll as a mans hat? If you see nothing yery
delectabIe, will have only the ne hat. and wat
for winter to get another"
1t is our gain that Maria Josepha lived s,
ba1
and relatives with whom TO correspond for 4
gives their letters. also. and they are fire.
quently as readable as her own SO well
turned and yet natural is all you write,T said
Serena" Holroyd her aunt, to Maria Josepha
but it is a compliment which might have been
paid to many of the circle commemOrated in this
book. Everybody writes we'll, and all the news
that reaches Alderley is amusingly put From
Harriet Clinton comes this bit of gossip; Only
think of Sir William Homans choice. that long
chinned Lady c. Stuart, Lord Bute's daughterl
Nobody knows where they are gone. She went
off with him. after Mrs. BeaumOnts ball. last
Friday When Lord Butte was walked TO be in
formed of it, he said. 1t is more her business
than mine. Shut the doorr" The same writer
relates with great appreciation 'the most cOmi-
cal story in circulation respecting Lady G. Lut-
treII 7 have heard for a long time You may
remember perhaps, Sne mas deem III Iile fIee1
sor1e time past Being allowed one day TO take
a drive, which is usual after going ten miles
from town she stopped the chaise, asked the
post bov If he had ever seen two hundred gUlneas,
and upon his answering in the negative, she
promised 10 put that sum into his hands If ne
would marry her directly. which he consented to
do; and she Immediately set OFF for Dover. and
from thence 10 Calais while the pOstb0y husband
found himself in the Fleet on account Of the
lady's debts This pretty unlikely story have
been told by more than one person.
It is arrant gossip. Of course, that is talked
and written bv these amiable English ladies.
an1 not every one. perhaps. is likely 10 be in
te-ested in it, But they could be grave when
they chose. as We have seen in the case o1 Nara
Josepha. Louisa Stanley is nightly annoyed
when she goes to the Royal Institution expect
ng 10 improve her mind and is treated 70 fool
shnass Il am sometimes made very indsnans
~ pr (iarnett wasting much OF his time in
1!ayfng tricks to amuse the pretty creatures
Who surround him she declares Theresa
Parker appreciates instantly the value of The
'Anti-Jacobin." when il comes upon the scene.
a weekly paper interspersed with poetry writ
en- by a set Of the cIeverest men in London"
, is 10 he said too, for a great many of these
ridiug communications. that taken together
hey throw light the time. The book is full
+ !irtIc notes bound 70 be useful to the social
Furthermore, if this frasmeutary
ecord is valuable il is because it gives a re-
na rkabIe picture OF at least one family with
Is branches anI friends in the last century
.iany Of those who wrote the letters OF were
a,ti,DaI in, tbaro beI1uoaJ O., tba Sba Il