The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-01-23


tain was down. The heroine of the play,
Miss Maude Fealy, as Alice Faulkner
was simply charming, and all the parts
were taken in a mastery way. Billy, the
messenger boy, particularly appealed to
us, with his, Eyes SIR" ''Thank you,
sir" The same cast presented the play
at the Garrick Theatre in New York,
and the Strand Magazine recently pub
lished an interesting article on Gillette
in this character. Although by this
time we were accustomed to the girl
ushers, it was novelty to see them go
the rounds of the building between the
acts with chocolates, ices, and coffee
for sale. Another strange custom Of
the theatres is that all programs are
sold; sometimes for two-pence, some
times ix-pence, but are never free. We
returned by the same way in which we
had come, and were specially fortunate
in securing carriage without any de-
lay. "a judiciously invested shilling
did it.-Ed.) The next morning we
| rose rather late, and as I was expect
ing another cousin to call that morn
ing the opportunity for a little
reading and writing was taken before
my visitor was announced. Upon going
down into the palm garden to greet
her, ! was surprised to meet a small
edition of herself, about half my own
age, who also called me ''cousin.' At
ter talk of some length, in which
neither of us knew when to stop, we
set out for visit to Whiteleys great
establishment, of which the stock story
of the incredulous man that ordered
the white elephant is told: and also the
one, not quite so common of the man
who ordered and was supplied with a
wife through the medium of this
enormous department store While we
were lunching at the restaurant stories
of the two pet cats left regretfully at
home were told, to the infinite delight
of the small cousin, who was the proud
IJOSStSNtl VI d hlllCll vi litl OWL. AlltI
tour through the shopping district of
this region, we took bus for HYDE
Park. going through Park Lane. the
residence of many of the London
''sWells," and, entering the park, found
seats facing the famous Row" which
i'll the season is a moving panorama of
equestrians. After resting here some
little time we sought another point of
vantage, where we could watch the
passing carriages OF some few Of the
gentry who had not left town The
coachmen and footmen were quite awe
inspiring and ever present Oh all the
vehicles, from the children's pony cart
was spent here in watching the rather
thin stream of carriages, but before
long thoughts of returning to the hotel
we're entertained and we secured seats
on an omnibus bound for Russell
Square. After call of ali hour or so,
goodbyes we're said to both the little
dilu DiS NpuSll hb Cllt ,luul, anu d lew
minutes for rest followed. Soon, how
ever, two of us were Oh our way to the
British Museum, that treasure house
of relies, which was but very short
distance from our hotel. Here we
spent a hurried half-hour, crowding
what would have take days to see into
the short space of few minutes A
walk down the street adjacent enabled
us to finish our few London purchases.
and we returned to the Holbom to
dine, reading with great interest the
Geographic dispatches i'll the lobby
about the progress of the race for the
Americas cup After dinner we re-
turned to the Russell and sat in the
palm room, OF general lounge as it is
called, and listened to the selections
given there every evening by an eX-
cellent orchestra. Just before retir-
ing we We're overioyed to learn from
the tapes of the ''stock- ticker in the
lobby that the Columbia had won the
race. This was fitting climax for our
London visit, which ended that night,
and it was with difficulty that we sup
pressed three rousing cheers for the
Columbia, and the red, white and blue.
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