Evening star., 1902-09-15
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Ihe most ardent or their admirers would
have hestated to face They are to be here
for a few days. and the reason of their
visit is to ask a still further grant in ad-
dillon to the three and half millions from
the colonial office. At least this is the gen.
eral surmiSe
The generals, like Brer Fox are ''lyin'
low and sayin muffin" and they decline
to make any announcement whatever it is
impossible to say whether they were dis
appointed at finding that the premier and
Mr.. Chamberlain were not waiting in Lon
don TO receive them. In any case, it will be
explained to them that the ministers are
now out of town. taking a well-earned holi-
day. As they are going down into the cOun-
try, it is possible they will drop in on Mr.
Chamberlain at Highbury. OF course all
Ideas of the generals negotiating with the
government are nonsense. They have too
much sense not to know that. The negOtia-
tiOns which eliminated in the termination of
hostilities were final. and they must under
stand perfectly well that any concessions
which they may now ask will be made in
the form Of an appeal to the generosity of
the imperial government.
Workingmen's Demonstrations
Workingmen's pageants in London are
about the most dismal a the sadly" taken
English joys. 1t is worth the while of any
visitor to go to Hyde Park some Sunday in
the autumn when workmen congregate and
march there to demonstrate"
There was such demonstration last Sun
day of perhaps 1900 men. The demonstra-
tors We're very orderly. and even if they in
Naded the seCluSiOn of Pail Mall and dis
turbed the quietude of club land which is
almost deserted now, the procession at least
AFFORDED continental and American visitors
an idea of how English labor demonstra-
ttons are carried out, and how the British
WOrkingman deports himself. The London
WOrkingman, it must be said is not pic
turesque parsonage in his Sunday best His
7 N-Tns FE -. hos =
one is struck also with the absence of
imagination and artistic taste displayed by
trade unl0nlSts in their banners The one
inspiring element in an otherwise uninspir-
ing procession was the presence of a num-
Der or watermen, wearers of the Doggett's
scarlet coat, with pleats at the bottom and
the silver badge on the arm. This aroused
the merriment of the young bloods" at the
Junior Naval and Military Club and not
few Of the older members of the other clubs
looked on in amusement at the perspiring
supporters of the banners. as they filled OUT
IN the wind and almost carried the horny
handed standard bearers off their legs IT
was In the park when viewed from dis
tInce that the demonstra tion gave a touch
OF the picturesque. \ hundred gorgeous
banners of blue and gold and scarlet fut-
tering In a sylvan emerald setting was not
unpleasing. But viewed at closer quarters
1t was very matter-of-fact crowd.
The demonstrators were by no means
demonstratiye. From the dozen wagons
which served the purpose of platforms a
dozen hoarse throats tried to make their
words heard among the surrounding crowd
MT Creamer NJ. p, the gentleman who
distinguished himself by going to the cor
onation in brown boots. improved the any
thing but shining hour by giving a detailed
history of the tearing down of the Hyde
Park railings by the mob and his heroic
snare therein. At another platform pre-
sided Mr. keir Hardy NJ. 2. There was
little verve In the proceedings any time.
Americans at Art Gallery.
l looked into the National Gallery on
Sunday for the purpose of seeing how the
Sunday opening of this institution meets
with public appreciation. | found the place
thronged with Americans. They have come
In sWarms this summer. one Of the attend
ants tod me and ID" the gallery thorough
y. with that business-Iike application which
characteriZes their pursuit Of everything
Some OF our compatrlOts spend week at
the National Gallery, inspecting almost
every picture Of every school and taking
copious notes Of their Impressions At pres
ent the National Gallery is of peculiar in
terest for Americans In one Of the CALLER
les hangs the famous Colonna Madonna nv
Raphael. for which Mr.. ]. Pierpont Morgan
gave t11oo0 1t hangs alongside the still
more famous though smaller Rlendbeiu
Madonna. by Raphael for which the treas
ury paid the trustees of the late Duke of
Marlborough tToOOO.
II Is not certain how much longer Mr.
morgan Will allow his picture to remain in
the National Gallery. where IL has renosaJ
In safety since last spring but 1t will hard
~ be there much longer. The National
Gallery Will be closed on Sundavs at ~
end OF October The Sunday oDenf,e ~
OF the National Gallery and the other state
art stOrehouses on the embankment and
al South kensingtOn, has been OF much
value TO LondOners, the Sunday atten6anca
generally running up to 200 persons II Is
gratifying to English national pride to 500
tnat the British school. with its Turner's
oalnsooroughs, Constables and Sir Joshuas
IS an easy nrst in popularity even in com,
petition with the specimens OF the ART 90
raphael and Rubens and Vandyke IT mav
oe, however. that the National Gallery he
t ing IN d central location, received more WIS.,
i'ors on this account.
Poking Fun at Mr.. Austin
Inc newspapers are making fun of Alfred
uaNiii because II Is his custom when en-
tering an assembly with his wife tn ba in
troduced as the poet laureate and NJ
austin the poet laureateship Is an otttce as
much as the Archbishop of yo-k o. =
stance, and it is the custom for Dr ~
gan 20 be introduced as the Archbisbo,, ot
fork and his wife as the Hon Mrs NJ
gan MI Austin. therefore. is acting strict-
~ according 10 etiquette Though tba
method Of his introduction does - III. e
hrst blush a trifie odd. This story ranans
an incident in which that prince of humnro
,a.s; lne Iate Slr FRANK Lockwood, took a
lawyer was appointed solicitor general ,nS
when he was plain Mr.. Lockwood Mr. anS
Mrs FRANK Lockwood were attending re-
cepuon. and Immediately In front of tbar,
were the famous Highland chieftain and
his wife. Cameron OF Lochiel and Jsdv
Margaret Cameron ''Lochiel and Iady
Margaret Cameron" shouted the Scot as he
was about to be announced. To the amuse-
ment OF the guests Lockwood capped this
with 32 Lennox Gardens and Mrs Lock-
wood; 81 Lennox Gardens at that time be-
Ing the Lockwood domicile
Motor Car for Military Service.
The use of the motor car for military pur-
poses in thu British army Is due to the ini-
tiative Of the Duke OF Connaught, who has
used a car for some time In carrying out
his duties of military inspection; but atten-
tion was not called to the fact till he was
seen whizzing about London In his car su-
1srintending the military arrangements for