Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-10
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tor of the Pail Mall Gazette. making it
the most potent vo ce in England o. the
pure gospel according to Mill.
London in Spring Attire.
London is beginning to put on her
spring attire and prink herself up for
the season. We are having sunny April
days full of brilliance. No grass grows
in Ludgate Hill or Fleet street. nor does
any one go seeking violets in the vicinity
of Smithf1eld. but the very p-osaic COM
mercial hunts of the city seem to eaten
somehow a little glamour Of hope from
the sp- ing sunshine of the morning. and
the massive splendor OF st. Pauls ma
Jestic dome wears a dizzy halo OF glory
that sparkles in the clear ar IKE pow
dered diamonds. Even III the most Ho-
Sarthian purlieus OF the east emo the
unseen presence IS not to be denied. The
aged BIRDS feel it, even If the children
>innot.
Needless to say, the west end. solely
cupied with the art as the east end Is
IN the necessity of living. deliberately
Akes the most of the very pleasantest
-rlod of the year in London IhoSe
stately palaces IN Park lane. impenetraole
an eastern seraglios. whose blinds are
d avn and opuent portals bare except
during three short months out O. tWeiEe'
now gorgeously blossom in every WINDOW
and along each cool terrace fronting west.
All lnaC wealth., taste anu cAPCit AZ NA'A
do to embellish and make beautiful these
stately homes of London is done Iney
nave the inestimable advantage OF Hyoe
Park for a front garden mat Ironl
garden is now ablaze with wanton patches
of crocuses strewn with artful artlessness
among the tender lawns Of green velvet.
The whole atmosphere seems to simmer
with verdure. One gaZes over the roiiihs
expanse of trim green grass ana unoer
the boughS of burst green leaves ih'o d
1t is impossible to believe you are IN the
heart of the biggest and d1-tlese CITY IA
the world. The smoke from twenty NIL
lion chimneys has not dehled TINS tash-
iorable Eden.
The London season being ''just about TO
begin" and society people having returned
from all the fashionable points or 'ne
compass to share its joys. Hyde Fark IN
the afternoon is now the SUBURBS oelisllt.
An endless stream OF hne equlPasISs
glides smoothly round the drives. ana ali
the world in the park seems to be either
young, beautiful, rich. famous or eXtraVa-
gantly we'll dressed. The seats under the
trees are snapped up like stalls at the
opera on TetrazZini night. Rotten Row
in the morning is more exclusive. SO ar
as the general onlookers are concerned,
although one notices that conslderaole
number of more OF less pretty ana taste
fully gowned actresses make point OF
joining the gay throng. One or two even
take turn in the saddle. and are in
var. ably very we'll mounted. The ladies
who ride regularly now almost outnum-
Der the men, A much more becoming
riding habit is coming into vogue. with
pretty Tuscan hat. instead of the hfdeous
bowler. and consequently the fair eques-
triennes do not look such rights as they
once invariably did. Several lad es now
ride astride in the park without attracting
much notice, and almost all the small
girls are learning to ride in that way.
The King and Parisians.
Disappointment is keen in Paris that the
king was forced to change his plans and
go straight through from Biarritz to Lon
don. 1t was imagined that he would spens
Easter in the French capital, and thence
proceed with Queen Alexandra to Copen
hagen. Paris has hardly had any oppor-
tunity OF forming an enthus .astic esti-
mate of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
The heir-apparent has much less ''en-
train than his distinguished father. and
entirely lacks his "bonhomie.' VIII CHI SO
endears him to the Parisians. The prince.
as one Frenchman has put it to me. APP
pears to have no particular interest ex-
cept that of collecting stamps. His man.
ner and personal appearance recall exact
ly that of the Tsar, Nicholas II. and the
casual observer Is apt to attribute to him
the same hesi,ancy and lack of sympathy
and interest. Moreover. he speaks in
species of querulous treble, which is not
pleasing to hear. Parisians, who are the
most skeptical Of :olk, do not. therefore.
suppose that in this blond English prince
is to be found worthy successor TO the
extraordinarily sympathetic figure of Ed
ward VII.
The princess, though accounted fine
figure of a woman, is not regarded as pos
sessing anything like the charm of Queen
Alexandra. An amusing humber of in
trigues circled about the prince during his
stay in Paris-intrigues which had to do
with the ambition of local members of the
colony to be knighted-but the royal pair
reSoiute.y set Their .aceS against official
and semi-ohiciai overtures. The only ex-
ceptions made TO the rule of a strictly
private lite-cOnsisting of attending res
taurants and theaters-was the acceptance
of lunch at the Elysee and of a recep-
ton and dinner at the British embassy.
Mr. John Gooch a wealthy kensington
merchant. is about to sell what is prob
ably the finest collection of cd masters
n this country. Mr.. Gooch devoted forty
years to collecting the pictures and spent
quarter of a million in the process.
Today, I am told. they are worth nearly
half million. The superb Raphael. THE
Holy Family which Mr.. Gooch consid-
cred the finest of his pictures. will prob
ably fetch 100000, and the Velasquez
p.c.ures Philip w of Spain" and Maria
Theresa" will each probably reach that
sum. There are ten Rembrandts. five
Rubens and several Van Dycks, Teniers,
Greuzes. Watteaus and Titans, and other
LECTURES of the famous painters of the old
Dutch. Flemish. Italian and French
schools.
Mr.. Gooch also has fine collection of
English pictures-Romneys. Gainsbor-
oughs. Turner'S. etc.-which he will sell
later on. l hear that he will devo.e the
proceeds partly to the establishment of a
nome for people of the lower middle class
es, and w II build llace for thai purpose
somewhere on the south coast
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