Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-02
LIBERAL VICTORIES
Do Not Indicate a Real Awaken
 ing of Liberalism.
LORD RosEBERRY's STATEMENT

Radicals to Home Rule-Inefficieney
 Manifest in Postal Telegraph De
 characterization Theaters That
 Are Open Are Reaping a Harvest.
 London, August ?. -Calmer esti- mates of the significance of the unpre- cedented liberal victory in this week S parliamentary elections in Leeds indi- cate little real basis for the renewed hope that the liberals are gaining con- trol of the government. The govern ment has been soundly lectured and solemnly warned this week not only py US opponents, but also by some of It's stauneh Journalistic supporters. but the opposition's enthusiastic prophecies about early getting togeth- CT or all branches of the opposition were pretty efectua1ly squelched by Lord Roseberry's dispassionate reir- eratlon that he has no intention of abandoning the imperialistic platform and the equally stubborn contention of tne radicals that they will not re Iin- qulsn home rule as a standard party issue. In politely deploring Lord Roseberry's utterances the chief lib eral organ disappointedly remarks:
 We do not think Lord Roseberry quite realizes the passionate desire for unity that exists among liberals throughout the country, nor the pas s1onate desire to arrive at it with or without leaders" The paper scolds the liberal leaders for their folly in splitting hairs at a time when the gov ernment is foundering in the laby- rlnths Of the patched up education Dill and is revealed to the country 10 be without aim or policy.''
 The confessed inefficiency of the .postoffice telegraph service is revealed ln a circular of instruction to the ef- rect that 8 considerable percentage of the 3,OO0 operators employed in the central office at London are inexperi- enced and inefficient and directing op- orators at outside offices to adapt their rate or working to the capacity of the receivers in the central offices AIS ten Chamberlain. financial secretary to me treasury, endeavOred to explain the matter in the house of commons on the theory that there must always be many recruits employed, bus older tefegrapfhsts deny this and point out that years of instruction were re- qulred formerly, while now only three months preparation is exacted before actual service is begun The inef nclency, it is claimed. is due wholly to new economies undertaken in the department, since plenty of efficient employees are available. It is consid- cred extraordinary that in the entire telegraph service no tyDewriters are used except for a few in the foreign departments.
 Nearly all the London theaters are closed, but the few remaining open are reaping a rich harvest. The yaca- ton will be short, as September will see all in full blast again
 Early prospects, for the season of 1902 and 1903 are full of promise. The
 Eternal City, will be produced by Beerbohm Tree on September 29. Tree has selected the part of Bonelli and Brandon Thomas will appear as the pope. The first fortnight of Septem- Der will see the opening of the season in actual earnest, the Duke of York S and the St James almost colliding with each other, with the production of s4The Story of the Gadsbys'' at the Duke of York's and eff I Were King at the St James
 Henry Arthur Jones' newest play Is scheduled for Wyndham's with Lena Ashwell in the principal part. This part afterwards will be played in New York by Margaret Anglin.
 On board the steamship PennsyI- yania now nearing New York is a young American girl for whom musi- cal experts here predict great things as a singer. She is Margaret Aver, daughter of Mrs Herbert Aver, for merly of Chicago. She has been edu- cated in France and Germany. and fhis season her uniaue rendering of eighteenth century chansonettes has been the feature of several musical functions in Paris. She refused an offer to make her debut next season at the Opera Comique, Paris, and re- turns to America to enter on her musi- cal career in her own country. Mime Patti and Frau Cosma Wagner heard her sing and predict great future for her.