New-York tribune., 1902-04-06
WHAT LONDON TALKS OF.

London. April 3.
cuANproSS or THE RARMAIDS.-The
cause Of the Glasgow barmaids. who are threat
ened with extinction. is being taken UP Wig
orously throughout the United Kingdom Law
yers have been engaged look after their interests
and the Glasgow city magistrates will not accom-
pIish their aims without bitter legal struggle IN
an1icipatfon of which Thomas Shaw, Liberal Mem
ber of Parliament for the Hawick District a 1orfh-
er Solicitor General for Scotland has been retained
! by the magistrates. The London Brewers Assocld-
ton and other powerful liquor dealers organlza-
tons throughout the country are watching the case
closely. Their representatives, declare, in inter
views that the Glasgow magistrates had no more
Mnst - Of The teI1nerance societies are rejoicing over
the deyelopmenfs at Glasgow; but apparently they
not unanimous for the British Women S:i LtIli-
perance Association opposes the restrlcITe T 1h
suggestions of the kindred society In b+ bar sro
Woman's Christian Temperance Uhloh' tila' "i
maids be abolished
NATURAL GAS DIsCoVERED.-Natural gas. Of
which England was generally supposed to be de-
fcient. has been discovered and put TO pract-
cal purposes in the little village of Heatheld Sus-
sex The operations IN charge OF an American
engineer, who is said 10 be representing American
capitalists The existence of some sort Of gas IN
that vicinity has been known for long ume, out VI
any serious purpose. An extensive plant Is now
being erected at Heathhed The railroad m s stao 6cn
product and the whole village Will shortly be sim
ilary Illuminated. 1t is said that the SUSSEX Sas
is much richer in hydro-carbon than the American
gas.
TAKING THE PICK OF ENGLISH KENNELS
Some citizens Of America continue TO run away
with the cracks many OF our kennels, says
THE Field" land, content with our bulldogs.
they have rafded beagles. The latter are usual
Iy understood TO in the United States than
here Now hear that a couple and haif or
r Johnson's kennels at Whtechurch. to Mr.:
Rockefeller. They named Caution; Poison ana ana
the American champions, and they have all won
prizes in this country One of our pest buldoss La
in for several hundred pounds and the Aire-
3 Boston saHESS ''D' ''O' ~
THEATRTCAI.-The theatres suffering.
usual from the Easter holidays, the effect of
which crowded the pit gallery and stalls. while
the higher priced parts were nearly empty. Inc
managers also fear the effect of the coronation
The experiences Of two jubilees show that very
poor business is to be expected in these times
"Ben-Hur.' which produced at the Drury
Lane Theatre Thursday evening last Is not ike
" ever to achieve success here until it is remod-
eled The lack in dealing with religion
Is generally condemned by the newspapers, and
caused good deal of ''booing' and Kissing on the
opening night. The general opinion is that the
play should end with the chariot race This is well
voiced in The Times which says:
Any capable hack playwright could have put TO-
geter better setting the features of the story
and we should be spared the unedifying mixture OF
religious elements with that particular kind OF
melodrama which has its home at Drury Lane.
Charles Frohnan has secured the American rights
Of The Country Mouse" by Arthur Law. now run
ming successfully at the Prince of Wales's Thea
1t will be transferred TO the Criterion and re-
place The Girl from Maxims.' which has proved
| a failure at the latter theatre.
Charles Hawtrey opens at the Prince Of Waless
Theatre on April 1s in his play. THE Presi-
dent
Mr.. Frohman has also secured from Captain
Marshall, the author of The Second in Command"
his play. which viii be produced at the Hay
market Theatre next October
Mr.. Frohman is also planning Maude Adamss
| season IA London. beginning in September. 1903.
| with the production of 'I!Aiglon.' but as many
| preliminary announcements OF Miss Adamss ap-
preaching appearance have not been followed by
/ her debut here. Londoners becoming sCeptiCal
| OF seeing her
Mrs Brown Potter's much heralded appearance
as Calypso in Ulysses at Her Majesty's Theatre
scarcely justified the preliminary fuss. The critics
are not enthusiastic her rendering of part
| They think her predecessor. Miss Nancy Price.
| a better Calypso.