Notabillties At Brighton.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 81, 9 March 1885, Page 4

Notabillties At Brighton.

, Mr Arciii&tfl Tori^-in" -Hife I'cpurse of an .article m the * Sydney .Momhu/ f^^'|/|t>li/EpjL^cp. Qntcr watering places, "writes as Tolilpws;: — Brighton has . its, ..wrjtbon laws. On week days you raav dress asypu like; but, on r '< Church, Pa'i'a'd^^ih^lgrehJ^iadAys , frofn 1 and 2, it is de rign&ur to appear m a.froql^ coaf; and , tall . hat, j.ou.'may wafltf-oVtW' Kin^s 'roaa .when you please, either forenoon or aftepoon, and ride as- well — all day i the ! esplanade is crowded with groups b£iy ofong< hquestixknTies < tinder f ' the tuiibiori-bftsblemnriding m&sters i> butjitisonly m- the afternoon that; r it is! ttie'-correcf thing to^Mve^'llfe 1 concourse of carriages- cbmnYences^ Jaboxit/.tbreejianfl lasts.--.till. i the^dusk Conies up out of the sea.. •.< Solemn chariots ! of do wagfcrs smaft Mriitekak "apd landaus' ;- the'-sprigbtly- WfeidvUfc wjth the befurrect servants' land 'hi^h { ste£pih£ horses ; wmil phttetbiis-driv^ •en Iby ' ln'o&sfach'ea 41* 'genfljbne'h; ' ' siting solitalry,'yf Tiy ; infere K yiii{iihfuF' 1 I who prefer feminine companionship ; natty dogcarts "with clever | cobs between the shafts ; here and ihejre a fou^-ig-fiaiMM ftj ,ta<J<M or ;twd, and a good many open flies, filled— not to say. crowded-^jwith ru'njleniabl>'>Jarfce V .family We I jpromenade is so thronged tiiat fast Stalking is impracticable, and known faces confront one at every step. ..Trim little .ladies, m the nea£es,t ,pf costumVancttfie UaiW&rVrf ttvP v «ndtio6^, tfor^Wcirdei'teis^^f fam ong the bath chairs, around some (of; which hover a "crowd of male persons ; for it is rather the fashion of jl^J^ j-afc^yi^Bjtoi>to*^ctj Mtib' /gu'or ana the conspicuous re"p N oseioi a well pa^d|d,jbath/ chair/ .Solder 'officers, hale, severe,' clean sliaven arid close cropped, walk m couples, contrasting with hirsute squires, Jbcjarded cpjonis^ and .bristly civili--*dapper li#lq { ..man ; wi,th % moustache, is a general of cavalry, ;iwjio led one of the heavy regiments in.to the cavalry charge; be has { taken; to politics .now, and , would fain-regain the Seat ,for f JJMhton lie ' iost at last election. The.. tail .man wjth the long black bearcfin another 'Brighton ex-M. P. — a mighty ''.traveller, too: he was" in Australia the other, day. Here comes a couple , worth "no\%irig^-the \a% '-t&l/vVftk ' a -walk noyf^W^^yrxi^iS 111 t0 her accents as yon j>ass antl yon will. , recognise her for an American — is none other than Mary Anderson, i the actress, about whom the town wjent macUasAauWtan, fWhickefi! \° w'ho&e But night ori Sa^uVflay, wßeft she reopens the Lyceum m " Ro- • n&eo anH'iJiiliejtr 4!fie^e;jsCr>!fggl3e;,]s ' raging de die m diem. Her compan- .' ifn^tU^s^.A^i^PP' . s^Jj(>V{% great eyes, the long black mous-tkcha,~4Uid-jAe.-Jindeniable Scotch face —is the novelest who has de- ' lighted l * tfcttf^d'ssiin ■ f t*y*r*li£ii&&4 Inheres with his "»Brraetss of Thule," his "Daughter of Heth/'-and his f BeajitifuL. Wretch." Way there man, with the strong laugh, the swSr'thy rhbi^itri^fvjsjtgc,}?he J&garliiible nose, and ; thej $e$ tie. That laugh you will hear and that visage see soon outfnj yottr o;yi{ni r ijand — the laugh and the face of the most briljliant'joui'h'alis't, ei6qil leHt'1 eHt' : orMtfr t , afid' wide-rangin'g'schola'r 'of /tills his day find «ge»erati(Mi,-7inonev fi&SiL than .GeoSe^u^tufSa&/ V^Re/^d:er little man<by:hiih, the fraglleieageyjfacei, so,, b.eaijtiful^ini jts is.Lordi.Jl.onjalcl'C^q^er, 1 |hg lyoiihger. ibtdt^ei>: of< tt^ej.ftijl^jj^f iSutheVlandr-^tliefi aiiiihpr;) {.^ulpter^ i'ettth'tikst; :and,-gooil .'fello,wiu,i^opjjs: j Wiiigficld'saiAiters' ulster-da(d;Kw,ith, jthought on his brows/. £le. shares! •with Goodwin the reputation of j ftalviWg Vhtf ¥dTltfls« knjywletlge>'6# 4he i cq'stii n/eW'of ' bf^bnc' tfajfe j ' 'knik- l his i woricjiibw,, inf * tptf !l Mife«fat' s froto l : writing not over good noverjs:, is the' ; " dressing w of the new piec# U li H,YrB I ■ by.close itp^ toe, .rails, ( apd o^ rficofy ' tti.ses at a]glJin.pe.its ! ,nialef l o^i}pa^'t : by. the. pert?up,tiin?necl; jnps<i, .^|ie ;^r|^ clearcut chin > ;., :/ tj\e ; -, v l)ujßjl^/ jrgj| wiskers tinged witLgrey. Macallu'm Nefrei is- (lettirtg ; the- .hL(m&s*ifyi i^ds TtoMtftinid prefers! theie&il^l ?p'^ a^^ { itslmlifiy'Bu^s^ii^t(»«rrt»idbal;, of wood's ■wtth 4^rdi^aWslfWFpri Nor are"' all : tW- Cdmirf<&4 ilaiWiTul*i*>to their duties. Look at this ftMe fdP-i low: with the .jceejr face and the ■cr§at'w«ubMlie"^Slea fl # jlfc^thp. en^s. ' "He au^ks'^Mo^a^M: ,terner fl ,wJth J;he.. v air of * snap his iqy.e. „ .At;pr£S^st.jieJs j[)ut the ( lead--ier in.thcjtoiYP^Moftse, tySlffrV&'fy, that consists- ot}_ three, :.^ ] eside i s : ,jh.iTn-. i self ; .^Uit/Lojd ,UandQjplV {> Ci?Hrc]iill is believed vin mqre by, (.the, majority "of the-; Conservatives vthani i,is. 3)r StafFofd: No^tihoote, ; iandyiif; he ; 'livjes, !i tlie i daV ;^ilI"oome that ahallseeKthe little man Premier of England. Meanwhile he is chatting, probably ' afcojft r a'F(sijseV'with : a ; " 'da jipeH'-^ow;---5 Almost ! pfemd : itlrely'"iw ; i r der awake looking man m the tightest' of trousers and the'!b"est fitting of frock coats — a miin who looks (nor do his looks bqUc.Jjjm^to hay^, spent the greater part of' his life m the /'saddle: < A'CPpsjuraq^e Iprsemanp.jndeedv.:<is Sir George" Womb well, ..yxj.un«j,lpjc)kjn i g still, although he was one of the Six HumTre*d~'"wlio"'rbde into the valle.yof Balaclaya. Har,d on Sir " Gafg'e'S "" heels .comes another Cavalry man, o1f ; qditd another pattern. '9?rcclfßurna])y'!is of cplossiil atti.tudei-^he^ is the biggest' and strongest njan 'jry the ] British f aßiny ; ( he is, a pplcuiel of the Blues : 'He rode' to Khiva 'ancl lasUnftsined an/A^ab shej.kli^ with Optics pills ; he fough^wj^h, Baker, Pashalirßulgaria and t'lie Soudan ; and he was thejtfiys^ wuuii oyer ( th,^ Ariib^.cn- 1 dt '#} l^fe, „ is

grinning; the sardonic grin which he means fin- a genial greeting to ( .another; big; biipley; man, who drives )wd m a Victoria", .with ' his still beautiful wifbiby hisside. l^ignnd burley he would need to be^for he is nonlß other than " Atlas "" who carries the •* World ' on his broad shoulders. A marvelous, versatile man this Edmond Yates — dramatist, noyel.ivSt, *3uilletonist, writer, '.talk'cr., lecturer, editor, and, I should a(ld, staunch friend. Six months ago Lord; Pqleridge:! sentenced -him to four months jmpvi^onm^nt for a libel of which . be,, was t pnCjOriscipus : i; he waits now the decision of a technical r poiht, ; eit.her,.from ( relief Jfrpm . that \ sentence or U)r his consignment ' to | gfdql. Few men could fight, I ojvn,, ''ine' consciousness of a suspense, so, "tfying ; but Yates has employed,t}ie •^interval m writina a couple, of, yplumes oi memoirs,. , winch will be pub T )( likhed m a day ; or| t\vp,. and will coiri%te with the''j"'" l Jlalrte4l>vury ; jijemoirs w and %-tke. r"Bpoks ,of the ' Reason.;' Look at the muff, bright Faced man, with the curly-brimmed mi^.weUjOn the back of the head, bushy- .greyi-sh-brown hair clustering about his ears, and the ( t j. defian t v moustache turned up with a swagger over the cheek m(a <a,s,biqn that pmindsj ©ne of 'the jate.iYictor Emmanuel. What chances, what prospects were his ; and how Jias, hp .w f as,ted theni/, ; The eldest son* of a' great Premier^ *frbm whom he in|jeri|ia^a fc i^¥ tune » himself a man of ..real ability, a s|as)MtfgiSriea&ci.v and, at good vftUowf,., "hei might havej-jbeeiOi anythin^,v ) and he! is y}° 4 tteTrexcei)t .^ij«,.Rpbeit Peel^y^diw'a mnfrfal/Mf Jn ! bis. j3Q % ail fpheetan, , the, Jannanti pf a bedroiP:«i, ( atjth? club.hart^iby/ iDray*ton.;Manor^with all jts iaj:tv<treasures gone to -tlfe ih^mmer,: tbei last racehqrse sold^' the' town 1 house' gone, andn«thm'* leffc-buit the iKsatiable appetite .foi< ganiblingl Do >y6\i care ■fa 'W' nd >;<; bad * j sariip|^ of an ' A^istraljaVi' cblonist* : 'here ' ' on this Bjrilh^ri^splatfade^^'-WMli^^is 1 CQmpafcf,',' 1 Vathe'i'V'^eVemptory,'' ' yet. gpddhatured lopkihg marl' will .serve your turn. He has just won a lawsuit that makes him' 'richer by «£ J IOO, :r ppo'; ( iriiit' stfcK a.sUm More 1 of 'less isj of n'o'gre'at lnti'nVe'tifc' er,, but probably the ' weiilthi'ef ■ son of''^Bi^'Clarlke f^ir;;;Wmiam's ypunger brother, known to" ihe Viev t6if ja.n};fplk 6 by jthe. familiar / titlej $ '"■ Jpe.ClarkpjX.. ,And;wquid yo.u affair .yopngi iiA,us.tralian . .b^el Wefll, here-ishe comes. dn| : tlie,,a i rm^, ojn fcheistalwatt arm, ; of. her >young Husband^ the son of. .■•ati-i-.t English Earl/> himsfelf ; a -man • Svhom'i.alli Anstifalia 1 knows >aiid 'honors 1 -by ■ -the r|artie !( df 'ivo Bligh. ••'Lo^k'^t 'this 5 •vjrn'ft^-beardtd 'senior ? 'sitting ra'tlier th'fen riding;' 1 ofl :i the; ' siipsrb' hacft; 1 gr&pm behihd; 'him I' mph'nted ' •<fna 3Oo"guihe|i cob.'" A\ duripus' Ijife ' sorely has : liis ' 'been.- : , 1 rf ' liis '■ .youth his Hebrew father brought 1 jiim dijwnjthGjT/gr.^f^j Bagdad, the family fleeing for their lives becan^se or'Ai^ili^ hatred agairist '■ tti e" • race to which they^belo.nged. I reInember him m Bpnvbay, slouching around' m white Oriental dress. JMow he is Sir Albert. j->asson,; th.c; p ( wner of : thp finest noiisp m 'ITrigti-^ jtpn^pne'or* the 'finest/, houses' 'm, •:Ijon jpji, lieijd.pf'a 'ftimity thi& jare aj^pwser^n society, in '.'the city,, :a^i^ iiv eyery '.^au njt ,pf cojn,pie'rce m, the known wprl'd. , /Brighton hasj ite ; wrecks. Here is one of them wheeljed m a bath ehajhv/ ;^on greet him, 'and.hjs e^['ort ( to :^rt\culate a. reply is, I painful, jiuji, teils top s.^rejy. of^'para- ! lysys. rt ;./W.hp was , a,j cliperjer. ,jaiT^png ;the cheery than dear old Fred; Clay, I sdng-wteitojv 1 music-- composer., .fhe. I genial friend of.j > eVeKyhody ? It s^6ms'^ut>tfee other ' day y-. yet' it mdi months ago, that one listened to and suxu:exLiu.xhj^pla.u(ii ts. jjiat. iojl.o wed the falling of the curtain on a comic o^a^f^ifch he* hd'dif*ritte!ii?itfee the flush or success he was walking ffom^^he theatre. to the clubj.th.^.irjsidjou# /eiieiny,,, ('blighted Jiirri j , a^ r d eyer,since b^-has, been helpless, speechless;. ; , j^eitlieiy > helpless nor ] speqchless, although now strangely! •si lee*,— sav-e-~w4ien- m ov^d^is >llus little bronzed man with the compact; WtitetyiM kM %P tfh^^isses; nothing. In, thp"m"Wst of this throng! Is.' S'tanfeyV 1 WM^i', 1 he*" SiM-i ,:fufture.,jlipi(all ages stapasj ldenljifieq awijihiiUipi .^^nie ;of \he< r j aauhtTess' Welshman wlip, will per,sisjt iij ,CA]Uf g| •iirasel£ ; a'Son of A.merica ?-, He is d mam of actibn, the, < str-enulo^s, j4<7Pr] ! €>versa^ainst.iitm>-there lounges* ;f#ie • fribble; Kvlfo wastes. a fineintellect'Or 'thd'tjiiia'ckeries of aisha'trt aesthetacisn: and squanders his time' in 1 chatting 'bVer.the .Tiarm'ony of colors. • ; ; Oscar ' Wilde'nii^hb have 'Won s reputation m literatvu-e, for. he has genius'-,' 'but lie has chpseh tiie ignoble part of frivolity, invents "combinations'" is a self-elected arbiter on dress, has his hair ended 1 tivico a day, daudles , through life the caricature of manjhuod; ■' Oneml^ht fill coltinrnjupon '■'Column' in 1 ' oatlining the person^ 'the iht'titigf thai' lias gaiheßedjin.Jih'e] Eihg l^' rPaci this sunshiny afternoon, atld' mdre sketching might >be^do^e m the big morning-room of tlie Orleans Club/'whoie spick-and-span new rqd-brick front looks over the esplanade on to the sea, iori'in the spaciqus . jbipw-windows of ihe. ",0)d Club,' 1 mugji, frequented oi half -pay; officers and gentlemen of Jewish extraction.' ' ! jfeut* Ih6 feanff'nas ceased' td'play;' the red sunset "is • fading, the moonbeams ar'e ::J fall / firig f - i on-''the. calm face of ''the 'oceanv an^ the , mouilf of Brigliton super- mare is fast dispersing homewards, bent on htte afternoon tea. ■