THE
SCBAKTON TBIBTJNE SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER
12, 1896,
11
SOME ODD SIGHTS
OF LONDON TOWN
Miss Kaiser Tells of Her Journeyinfs To
and Fro.
THE ORIGINAL, CURIOSITY SHOP
Something About the Fine Old Cathe
dral Town vf Canterbury, Hi Won
Aerial Crypt, the Shrine ofThomat
... Becket and Other Notable Sight.
Word of Advice to Pupils in Voice
Culture. '
Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
Ixwdon. Nov. 30. I was down In t:mt
part of town the other day, where the
gentlemen of the law most do congre
gate, and what do you think I saw?
Well, Just the cutout, sweetest little
thing In all London. I believe. Was it
the barristers and solicitors, striding
about In their gathered gowns and their
funny wigs? you ask. Well, some of
their fUBsy, old gowns can hardly be
called cute, nor du the keen, sharp faces
of their wearers strike the observer as
exactly sweet, so it couldn't be that.
But some of you who have been to
London and "done" it Alas for poor
London! in a week, may he guessh:g
by this time, so I must tell. Well, it
w.w the one and only really genuine
Old Curiosity Shop, stuck cosily in a
little alley like turning and looking
out upon the world like a sweet little
ever-young old lady, sitting In her
chair, contemplating rather wonder
tngly the hurry and scurry of the today
world, which rushes on so madly, grow
ing old, weary and blase, while time
with her seems to stand still, and her
eyes are as bright and her cheeks us
pink us they ever were in her iirht
youth.
1 am rather an explorer, whenever I
have any time for it, and having, .is
my friends are kind enough to say. the
bump of locality very hugely UevelopeJ,
I often, when in a stranrje locality,
try to determine whereabouts in Lon
don I am, and then essay some original
short cuts to where I wish to go. Some
times I am successful, and emerge In
to the thoroughfare 1 hoped to find
quite Inflated with conceit over my own
powers of llnding my way; but there
are times I blush to have to say so
when the kindly offices of a policeman
are necessary for my successful extri
cation from the confusing maze of
slums Into which I have blundered, out
Into the king's highway once more.
HOW ONE FINDS IT.
But to proceed. I was down In IIol
born the other day ns I said when I
started telling you this, and had an
other errand which took me over 1o the
Strand. Now, instead of taking busses
ad libitum, and going In a roundabout
way, I thought I would strike through
Hoi born, and see "where I was at." So
In I went at little Turnstile street,
through the famous old Lincoln's Inn
Fields, and down an inviting looking
little street, when, behold! before me
Btood a low, little corner shot), calso
mined outside In pale pink, and sur
mounted by the curious curved- Dutch
tiling that Is still left on some of the
oldest London houses In the city or
thereabouts. On the front of it. in let
ters of old English script ran this le
gend "Ye Oldn Curiosity Shop. Immor
talized by Charles Dickens." It was
oh! so sweet ond tiny mid (tualnt! con
sisting of only two stories and both of
them low, possessing three or four win
dows only. It snuggles close up to the
larger houses next it as if for a bit of
protection.
I looked Inside, fondly hoping that
perhaps there might be a replica of the
dear old grandfather there, to remind
one of the times when Little Nell play
ed at Its doorstep, a happy and careful
little one, before the two poor, homeless
wanderers fled out Into the world only
to find there weariness and sorrow and
death. But I might have known better,
for a very matter of fact and up-to-date
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dies or pencils with which the
place was choked, I retreated, and fell
again to worshipping from afar out in
the I little cobbled street.
But time pressed, and I hid me away
to the seething Strand, but I am going
down there again upon the first oppor
tunity and pry about to my heart's con
tent, till I see every room in the little
place.
IN CANTERBURY.'
I had the good fortune to be engaged
for a concert In the city of Canterbury
not Jong since, and enjoyed the fleet
ing glimpse I had of that historical old
place immensely. Canterbury, you
know dates back to before the Roman
occupation of England, and veritably
teems with quaint old landmarks. One
of the city gates, the west gate. Is,
they- tell me, the finest existing gate
In the United Kingdom. It was built
In the troublous times of the Peasants'
war, about 1:!S0, is yet In excellent
preservation, and still stands, an Im
pressive memorial of the times of old.
There are also several buildings here,
which are shown to the traveler as the
hostelrles where the pilgrims to Can
terbury, who thronged here In the mid
dle ages to pay their respects to the
shrine of Thomas a' Becket, used to
sleep and be provided for.
Canterbury also rejoices In the pos
session of some very ancient thorough
fares, Butchery Lane and Nursery
lane among them. Both of these
streets still retain much of the busi
ness from which they originally de
rived their names. Nursery Lane Is
undoubtedly one of the most pictur
esque streets In England. It happily
offends all modern laws of Btreet archi
tecture; it is narrow; It Is delightfully
crocked, and the houses project al
most to the proverbial proximity at
which we are told they were construct
ed In old days, when It was possible
to shake hands from the upper win
dows across the street. The occupants,
my kindly guide Informed me. are fully
aware of the reputation they have to
maintain, and at twines of festival com
bine with equal taste and public spirit
to decorate their old-fashioned dwell
ing In the "good old-fashioned way."
IN THE CATHEDRAL.
Of course the great cathedral Is the
objective point in Canterbury, and,
though you may not think it of me, I
rose betimes on the morning after the
concert, where I had sung, and "did"
It all under the chaperonage of a dear
old gentleman who knows every stone
in Its wonderful old pile, before I
cnught the train up to town again.
This delightful guide of mine Is no less
a personage than the librarian of the
cathedral. wtilch possesses a magnifi
cent collection of the old church works,
and is also the distinguished prima
basso of the cathedral chnjr, one of the
finest bodies of its kind in the king
dom. In which this gentleman has oc
cupied an honored position for over
fifty years.
I cannot tell nt length all the wond
rous beauties of this line old place; let
It suffice to say that I- was shown over
It most thoroughly and took an appre
ciative look at the interesting points
of the most noticeable parts. The
tomb of the late archbishop was there
in the wane, withered flowers . and
wreaths still upon It, the one from her
majesty still very beautiful. The
great electric organ; the exquisitely
beautiful choir; the old and decaying
looking tomb of Edward the BlacK
Prince; the shrine of A' Becket; the
musty underground crypt and the
monuments therein, all linger in my
memory in all their old. strong beauty;
but detailed description would be sim
ply Itnoosslhle. in this space.
There was shown to me. Just before
descending with the crypt, a small,
square hole in the stone floor, filled In
with another exactly fitting stone, or
concrete. This is In a part called the
Martyrdom, and my guide pointed it
out as the exact place where tradi
tion savs that Thomas a'Becket had
been killed, long ago, by one of the
knights. His saintly blood is said to
have stained the floor there where he
fell, with an Ineradicable stain, and
the piece on which It lay was chiseled
out and sent to the Vatican, the con
crete put here In its place. The treas
ury was another intersting part of the
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precincts. The original treasury door,
still here, has three locks, the keys of
which were in the hands of separate,
officers of the old monastery, and the
consent of ail three was necessary be
fore the treasury could be opened. Here
In the eastern aisle Is the old Bible
desk with a chained Bible restored to
its place by the late Bishop Parry.
THE BECKET SHRINE.
The shrine of ' Thomas a'Becket Is
known to every one, and the extent of
the former railed space around It may
be readily perceived by examining the
floor, on which the depression made In
the stone by the feet of the pilgrims is
plainly visible. 8talr8 there are, too,
worn Into ruts by the feet of pious pil
grims to this shrine, in the centuries
long past. In connection with the
shrine also my attention was called
to the windows of rich thirteenth cen
tury glass, which, in spite of the fact
that they represent so "Popish" a cir
cumstance as the miracles performed
at the tomb of St. Thomas, remain one
of the most priceless treasures of early
glass coloring In England, and, Indeed,
In all Europe.
Old Chapels there are In several
places In the cathedral, or, rather, re
cesses where chapels once were, and
the cloisters outside, where the monks
were wont to pace up and down and
Wneditate, are beautiful, Indeed. Tombs,
old, older and oldest meet the eye, the
remotest date being that of 1100, in the
time of Anselm. About the last look
I had was a peep into Cathedral libra
ry, where the vulgar eye of the usual
tourist Is not permitted to intrude, and
even I had to content myself With a
rapid Journey around the room, owing
to shortness of time. I saw a collec
tion of exquisite cameos rows and
rows of old vellum manuscripts. I was
generously permitted to hold - In jny
arms the famous old "Breeches Bible,"
the first Bible actually printed In Eng
lish (queer old script it looked, too),
and the first English translation of the
New Testament as well. Pat, musty,
smelling old skin-covered tomes they
were, brown with age and ragged with
time, the creamy old vellum leaves as
soft to the touch as velvet.
ANOTHER CURIOSITY.
But Canterbury is the seat of not
only one of the finest of old English
history-making cathedrals, but of also,
quite the very oldest Christian church
In all the kingdom of England. This
little old house of worshlo came Into
existence as early as 383 A. D., as near
ly ns can be reckoned, and was the
guide book sayeth, probably devoted
first to the Blessed Virgin, and after
ward to A. Martin, of Tours, and by
whose name it has always since been
known. They Bay that In the writings
of the "Venerable Bede" that It was
said to have been erected during the
time of the Roman occupation of Eng
land, and remained unmolested even
during the timys of Henglst and Horsa,
the burbarians, until the Christian re
ligion again came to England foreVer.
It Is not what one would call a beau
tiful antiquity, but Is nevertheless In
tensely Interesting, as the old Roman
portions of it are clearly distinguish
able, and the more recent Saxon an1
Norman additions quite as much so.
The chief object of interest here is
the font, which Is tub-shaped, consist
ing of a rim, three tiers and a base.
The diameter of the actual basin is
one foot, ten Inches, the circumference
round the outside being eight feet, two
inches, and the height of the whole
thing but three feet from the floor. It
Is of Saxon workmanship and of solid
stone.
CHANGING THE SUBJECT.
I am sure that every one Interested
In voice development, or singing, or
both, has heard and read of the fam
ous teacher, Marches!, of Paris. She is
no doubt the most important of French
teachers, probably the most expensive,
and certainly the one most talked
about. By some her praises are loud
ly sung, and It Is certain that her best
known pupils, such as Melba, and a
few others, are Indeed lovely and
would be a credit to any one. By
some, also, she Is most horribly "talked
down" as having ruined their voices,
neglected them for other richer pupils
and so on to no end of uncompliment
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&
ary remarks. Praises and blame can
alike be taken with a grain of salt,
and an approximate idea of the wo
man's wouh i be arrived at by listen
ing to numbers of her pupils, which I
have done, for an occasional idea of
Parisian training, in the dim future,
of course, for the benefit of my French
accent, has once in awhile flitted
through my brain. As'l say, I have
studied over her pupils and have heard
scores. I have arrived at the conclu
sion that she has one Melba, and doyens
of mediocre and bad voices. Not bad
style, but bad voice-use. Well, her
daughter, Blanche Marchesl, has been
giving a number ot concerts and ap
pearancec in London, and, in order to
hear the very best sample of, Marchesl
work, I have Inverted my hard-earned
cash In tickets, and gone. The singing
Ib a treat, a positive joy to listen to,
so lovely and effective the style of de
livery, but the voice Is no better de
veloped, brought out or even than the
voices of many an ordinary singing
teacher's pupils In the provinces.
Mdme. Blanche's voice was breathy;
she rejoices In two or three distinct
"breaks," and went lamentably sharp;
bo that I have come to the conclusion,
after two years' study in the matter,
that for voice culture, tone develop
ment and getting the best work your
throat is capable of giving, English
masters are far superior to the others.
I should advise future singers who
wish to study with Mdme. Murchesl to
first study voice with some one who
makes that subject a specialty and
afterward go to her for coaching In
style, which it Is evident she 'can teach
beautifully, and she occupies, no doubt,
In France, the same exalted position In
the profession as" do Randegger and
Henschel. in Ensland. '
Sadie E. Kaiser.
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Larned's History for Ready
Reference and Topical
Reading.
It would seem that the genius of
book makers had reached Its limit, and
that It would be difficult for the Inven
tive mind to hit upon any new and
great departure In this line. But here
we hove. In Mr. J. N. Larned's "History
for Ready Reference," a work that Is
truly "sul generis." This accomplished
author who Is, and has been for nearly
a score of years, the etlicient superin
tendent of the Buffalo public library,
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years upon this work, which, as has
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ffo be able to find In a moment the
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pared with the vivid descriptions from
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Two sightly volumes of short stories
are received from Way & Williams,
Chicago, and found to met it more than
passing attention. One of them, a col
lection of fifteen stories and sketches
of Kansas life and mur-ners. entitled
"The Real Issue," Is the work of a
"country editor." William Allen White,
proprietor of the Emporia Oatette. Mr.
White sprang in a day into political
prominence durin; the last campaign
by the publication In his paper of a
breezy, slashing rebuke to Populism un
der the heading "What's Wrong With
Kansas." This was copied the country
over and final!; made Into a circular
and distributed by the million. In that
editorial Mr. White was the caustic ami
yet humorous partisan battling against
surrounding Idiocy. But in these fif
teen rtories we have him revealed In
let.8 belligerent attitude, with ready hu
mor softened by equally ready sym
pathy and both dominated by vigorous,
virile masculinity. -The Real Issue"
the story which gives its title to the
hook Is only a sketch, the picture of a
congressman in momentary revolt from
the hollow mockeries of politics, but it
shows on the part of its author an In
cisive insight Into the workings of
the soul. "The Story of Aqua Pura"
Is a Kansas variation of Mrs. Peattle's
"Jim Lancy's Waterloo," the difference
being that It is done in bolder strokes
and by a man. It explains why Kan
sas, like Nebraska. Is a hotbed of
Populism. But the most enj-iyable
product of Mr. White s fancy In the col
lection before us Is his story of "The
King of Boyville," which well deserved
titular honors. It. too. Is a slight thing,
in sccpe; but where else have we had
the real article of boy limned In such
unpretentious, kindly accuracy? There
are plenty vt technical faults In Mr.
White's lictlon, but It has the great
element of human Interest, and mora
of it will be welcome.
, II II II
The second volume, "The Lucky
Number." by I. K. Friedman, carries
us Into a decidedly different atmos
phere. It Is a study of the slums of
Chicago and not an attempt to photo
graph squalor in the manner nowadays
abominably overdone, but rather an ef
fort to catch the romance of It and to
picture In little studies the effect of
environment upon character. Mr.
Friedman, we arc informed. Is a novice
in letters, liy occupation he is a florist
the last thing one would thing of
while reading his stories, is 27 years
old, a Jew, and a graduate of Ann Ar
bor. Natural Interest In human pecu
liarities took him as a studen into Chi
cago's Ghetto, and his present endeav
ors to reproduce some of the fruits of
his observations there are his first pub
lished literary work. We have read
"The Lucky Number" through with
honest and at times enthusiastic inter
est, and we find It fit to recommend.
Mr. Friedman has a singularly .effec
tive narrative style and Is possessed to
a notable degree of the dramatic In
stinct. He does not write stories In the
conventional Bense; he rarely takes the
pains to rig up a plot, counterpoise his
characters and mete out at the last a
proper equalisation of rewards and
punishments, and to those who have
grown to expect that kind of thing he
will prove disappointing. His method
is rather to throw his picture on the
screen. Just as It appears in real llfe.but
with more attention to character, hu
man motive and the essence of things
than to photography, and with a dra
matic propriety which escapes monoto
ny and shuns the non-essentlnl. It mny
be charged that his art Is somewhat
Impressionistic, but the main thing Is
that it is effective, that It commands
attention, excites sympathy and leaves
afterward no lingering sense of regret.
We shall await Mr. Frledmun's next
literary work with expectancy, for he
seems capable of something far be
yond the ordinary.
II II II
Last week we spoke In terms of
praise of Lucas Malet's "Carlsslma,"
which we pronounced, to use a stereo
typed but still useful phrase, the "book
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until after
it $ ta-vtmr J
of the year." If sales are an Indies-,
tlon, our verdict is being sustained
"Carisslma" has already exhausted
several editions. Hut this does not
answer the main question "Who un
der the heavens is Lucas Malet?"
"Lucas Malet" is the nom de plume of
a woman Mary Klngsley. daughter
of the famous Charles Klngsley and
now the wife of the Rev. William
Harrison, rector of Clovelly. in Devon
shire. Mrs. Harrison has demonstrat
ed in her literary career at least two
things. First, that it Is possible for an
author to be widely read, keenly ap
preciated by the best critics, be
sieged by offers from publishers and
yet refrain from ra;id writing, eight
years having elapsed between the pub
lication of the "Wages of 8ln" and that
of "The Carlsslma." while there were
long Intervals between other works
from the same pen. Secondly, that
one may be a novelist of the first rank
and yet avoid Individual publicity.
Mrs. Harrison herself would be the last
to quarrel with misconceptions as to
her identity. Whatever her methods
and one Is temined, with apologies
to the Mrs. Burnetts, to believe them
negative in character she has hith
erto almost altogether escaped the
parugraphist ad even In England little
is known about her outside the circle
of her intimate friends. One of the
dearly loved and carefully educated
daughters of Charles Klngsley (chris
tened after his mother. Mary Lucas)
she shared In the dellshtful house
life at Eversley, pictured by Mrs.
Klngsley In "Letters and Memoirs,"
and married her father's curate and
friend, William Harrison, afterward
made rector of Clovelly, that pictur
esque Devonshire village so well nowkn
to the readers of "Westward, Ho!"
a village of a single street, "a winding,
rocky pathway, pitching headlong Into
the bluest sea In the world." Last
year In "A Romance of Clovelly," Kate
Douglas Wlggin described for us afresh
the quaint and charming village, not
built like unto other towns, but "flung
up from the sea Into a narrow rift be
tween wooded hills.'" where It has clung
for 800 years. In spite of her quiet and
beautiful surroundings, however. It Is
not the aspects of nature but the ur
gent, complicated problems of human
life which have most deeply Impressed
Mrs. Harrison. There are few touches
of description In her books, little of
outward nature. Her first novel, "Col.
Enderby's Wife," published In the
early '80s. dealt with the marriage of a
middle-aged colonel to the brilliant,
soulless Jessie Pierce-Daunay, and the
pathos of the hero's awakening to a
knowledge of the fact that "contact Is
not fusion." Then came "Mrs. Lorl
mer" and "A Counsel of Perfection,"
of wonderful charm and Insight, stu
dies rather than rtories of a young
widow and an old maid. These were
followed by "The Waves of Sin," s
novel less sensational than Its title but
of extreme power and appealing, to
make use of a late phrase of Mr. Qull
ler Couch, "not to a particular but to a
universal comprehension." Now comes
"Chrrlsslma," which concerns itself
with the modern girl and Is by all
odds the most finished and effective
work that Its author has yet done.
Reduced Rates to Washington on Ae
, count of the Inauguration via Pcnn
sylvaniit Railroad.
For the benefit of those who deslro
to attend the ceremonies Incident to
the inauguration of President-elect
McKlnley, the Pennsylvania Railroad
company will sell excursion tickets to
Washington March 1. 2, 3, and 4, valid
to return from March 4 to 8. at the fol
lowing rates: From New York, S8.U0;
Philadelphia, $",.40; Baltimore, $1.60;
Harrisburg, Ja.Ofi; Wllliamsport. $8.79;
Buffalo, J11.2U; Rochester. J10.48; Al
toona and Pittsburg, $10.00; and from
all other stations on the Pennsylvania
system nt reduced rates.
This Inauguration will be a most In
teresting event, and will undoubtedly
attract a large number of people from
every section of the country.
The magnificent facilities of the
Pennsylvania railroad make this line
the favorite route to the national capi
tal at all times. and its enormous equip
ment and splendid terminal advan
tages at Washington make It especial
ly popular on such occasions.
Watch 5afes
Cigar Cases
And
Christmas.
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