The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-10


honors to heap on honors The glimpse
he has given US Of the Inferno is won
derful Two cardinals exist in the tor
ments of hell. Sardou said they should
have been popes, statesmen like Irving
said. May, nay, Sardou, the English peo-
pie can stand the spectacle of a couple
of wicked cardinals in his Satanic MaJes-
tvs domain; but popes-no-no-the peo-
pie would change the geography of He'll
and locate 1t In London" Sardou, an
gered, refused to attend the first even
ing's performance. We all say, Irving
has a great role and his scenic artist has
scored a great triumph. London is de-
lighted. The king is in Paris. OF course
that makes great difference in Lon
don life. But we expect him back in
time for the opera. The king wants
brilliant social season. His majesty's APP
pearance at the opera will make differ
ence, you Americans cannot understand.
Most of the West Indian colonies are
pretty exacting in their demands upon
the attention-not to say the pocket-ot
the mother country. The little colony OF
Turks Islands is an exception to the gen
eral rule. Its voice, which lacks the
clamorous notes of the sugar planter, is
perhaps, too modest to be heard. Yet
letter that have seen from prominent
inhabitant of the colony indicates that IL
is by no means so happy and contented
as might be inferred from its quietude.
The islands have crown colony form of
government, and in the memorable
phrase that was addressed to Mr.. Cham
berlain at the johannesburg banquet, the
people consider that 1t is marked by too
much crown and too little colony In
9th he
by officials without proper regard to the
interests and the wishes of the commune
ity The officials do as they please, and
their authority is frequently exercised in
very arbitrary and irritating manner.
Nothing is done to foster trade with Eng
land, and almost the whole of the COM
mercial intercourse of the islands is with
the United States. Our yankee cousins,
saws the correspondent, do their best to
encourage and develope our trade, and
we sometimes think that the best remedy
for our grievances would be to transfer
us bag and baggage to the stars ana
stripes
~ There could not be a more irresistible
demonstration of the reyulsion of the
country against the present government
and all its works, Chamberlain included,
than that afforded by the election of Sir
Wilfrid Lawson to a seat in parliament
constituency. Sir Wilfrid Lawson fought
Camborne under great disadvantages.
He is an old man, and stranger from
the other end of England. His opponent
has stood four times; has sat for the
constituency in one parliament; and was
only defeated at the last election by
about a hundred votes. Fighting under
these disadvantages, Sir Wilfrid took his
stand on the strongest radical principles,
abated not one jot of his uncompromising
temperance views and stood manfully by
all that he has ever said against the poll
cy of the Boer war and the parties re-
sponsible for it. He did all this, and won
by six times the majority that the late
Mr.. Game gained in 1900. And this not
withstanding the stereotyped letter from
Mr.. Chamberlain exhorting every patriot
to keep such man out of parliament.
y The discovery of the wholesale manu-
facture of spurious "old masters and all
kinds of antiquities In Paris, ought to
Y serve as a warning to all classes of col
lectors There is every reason to believe
that frauds on an enormous scale have
been successfully practiced both on pri-
vate persons and on the French and other
European governments. An enthusiastic
collector is often the most gulable OF
mankind, even when he is really not de-
ficient in knowledge NJ. Charles, MEM
Der of the institute, a scholar of Euro
pean reputation, and the author of many
successful works, was actually hum
plugged into paying huge sums for a
series of private letters alleged to have
been written by the old kings of France,
and by celebrated personages of ancient
Rome, to which were added some erotic
epistles exchanged between Pericles ana
Aspasa; and. wonder of wondersi brief
note written by Adam to Eve, which was
traced on venerable-looking piece of the
bark of a tree.
Lord Rosebery, whose retirement from
the turf was announced in the autumn of
1900 with much elaborate fuss, has now
quite a large number of horses In train
ing at Newmarket He has some promis-
ing three-year-olds, which will win good
races IL they are judiciously placed, but
they are not likely to be up to Derby
form. Ladurlad, by Ladas. out of Tres
sure. is a nice colt. who never started as
a two-year- Willxie, by Velasquez out
of Corstorphine, and Oriole by Ladas
out of Crle, are also dark colts. Lord
Rosebery's name did not figure in last
years list Of winning owners.
s<s
understand that the Gala represent
alton at Covent Garden postponed last
year owing to the kings sudden illness, is
likely to take place in the height of the
coming season, in honor of President
1Oubet. IL 1t be TRUE mat Nj. Jean de
Reszke has hired a furnished house in
Sloane street for the season, 1t will not
be altogether surprising if the eminent
Polish tenor takes part, although moth
ing has yet. of course been limited on the
subject. The last time that special
French gala" was given at the opera
was when the late queen and prince con-
sort entertained Napoleon III and the
Empress Eugene during the Crimean
war l also learn that Nine. Calve has
relinquished her projected appearance at
the Paris Opera Comque (where for
some reason she was cast for her old part
in La Navarraise') in order to sing
| Marguerite in the stage version of Ber-
/ lioz Faust at the Theater Sarah Bern
| hardt next month. She has already play
ed the part at Monte Carlo, and was
much taken with 1t. This makes 1t pretty
certain that always providing the elab-
crate scenery will be found to fit the Co.
vent Garden stage) NJ. Ginsbouges offer
to bring the entire Paris production here
in June, for a short series of PERFORM
ances. will be accepted. We have already
| in England seen Berlioz's popular cantata
on the stage, but only in the provinces
where it was mounted by the Carl Rosa
| troup in English some years ago.
Herr Antilles of Dresden, who was, 1t is
said. the most successful of the German
| tenors engaged during the past New
York season has, hear, been added to
| the Covent Gayden company, which
would be the stronge- Tor even one or
| two more ffrst-rate Wagns.SaD tenors, il