The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-07
BITS OF GOSSIP
FROM THE LONDONERS

COWES, Isle OF Wight, Aug. 20
Life aboard or about yachts at Cowes
during regatta week has had lasting
effect upon society. Instead of return
ing home after the yacht races many
fashionable people have gone to sea.
Consue1o, Dowager Duchess of Man
chester, set this fashion when she an
nouneed her intention of taking long
cruise, though she goes more for the
sake of her health than for enjoyment.
AS she has been suffering lately from
nervousness and general weakness, her
physicians have ordered complete rest
and change OF scene. Mr.. Vanderbilt's
yacht was placed at her disposal, and
Jack Leslie, she is cruising about the
Mediterranean.
ARMOUR'S YACHT ON CRUISE.
Mrs. John l. Mott, who was hostess
on Allison V. Armour's steam yacht
Utowana at Cowes, also is on a cruise.
Before starting she went to London, and
remained there some days replenishing
her wardrobe, after which she and some
friends boarded the Utowana at Ports
mouth.
Great things are expected from her
when she returns for the winter season.
The fact that her introduction to King
Edward was under the auspices of Mrs.
Leslie Immediately gave her a high So
cial standing.
A. ]. Drexel was the only one of the
American yachting contingent at Cowes
to desert his ship. He has gone to Ma
rienbad to cement the friendship King
Edward has displayed for him.
LONDON LIFE AT LOW EBB.
LONDON, Aug. Mid-August
marks the lowest ebb of the London
life, and the British metropolis at pres
ent is dull and eventless as it possibly
could be. Whole streets OF private resi-
dences are barred and suffered, the
park is deserted, Bond street, Piccadllly
and Regent street are without their
usual crowds, though by no means
empty, fer country cousins and Amerl-
can and continental visitors are to be
found shopping there in numbers.
One hears French and German spoken
on every side. while what Londoners
now call the Chicago accent IS quite
common
Another unn1istakable sign of the dog
days is the amount OF street repairing
in progress One-half the Strand is in
STATE Oh upIiCdNdi, oiSO tiAN
fronting the National Gallery Oxford
and Piccadilly circuses, Constitution
Hill and dozens of other weli-known
thoroughfares.
THEATERS ON DULL TINES.
| Only half a dozen theaters are open
and. with the exception of ''Veronique"
at the Apollo, which is crowded nightly
none of them is doing prosperous bust
ness.
In a new musical comedy to be pro-
duced shortly at the Comedy Theater,
with Seymour Hicks in the cast, the
music of H. z. Haines and Evelyn
Baker will be supplemented by three
American songs Being asked what he
considered the reason for the popularity
iof American songs in London, Mr..
Hicks said
Il can only say that American COM
posers have faculty of striking the
public with bright melody. The Amer
can songs which ! have introduced into
musical companies generally have be-
come popular. but OF course 1t must be
/ remembered that owing TO the business
arrangement / have with Charles Froh-
man I have the pick of practically ali
: that are on the American market"
The Festival OF Jan romance for
the orchestra, by F. S. Converse. an
American composer, was produced ar a
promenade concert the other evening.
and created a good irnDressio ion.