Show LONDON IN A Iii A SOBER GARB 4 Fashionable Thoroughfares Are No Donger Thronged I PAPERS FALL FROM GRACE GLADSTONE COXTIXUES IX EXCELLENT EXCEL-LENT HEALTH Tattooing Craze Has liccn Revived Among the Aristocracy Sir Piiil J Iii Currey Hits Been Xamotl to Succeed Sir Edward Mallet Mr iur Fucrht Bisnmrelc Malccfc the 1 ablest Ran or the Season LONDON Aug 31 Copyright 1835 by the Associated Press This week is the lowest polnt of the year so far as social gatherings and amusements are concerned concern-ed The houses of fashbnable folk everywhere every-where are shut up and even the Riders track in Rotten Row famous for its nuestrians has been closed on account or the extensive repairs now being made The weather has been bright and warm however end this has lent something of a charm to the week especially > n the country and at the seaside resorts The hotels in town are filled up but this is due to the lresence of Americans now en route for home The difficulties in securing secur-ing a pasbags on any of the ocean steamships steam-ships to America increases Three venturesome Americans who I boarded the steamship St Louis with handbags resolved 10 take their chances t and concealed themselves on board the boat until sho had left the dock were discovered dis-covered when off the Needles and sent Stack with the pilot They arrived at Southampton on last Monday Todays steamer was packed to the rails with travelers homeward bound Fell From tIC Helsrht The English papers which have always objected to VteWie y style I American personal journalism this week descended descend-ed from their heights of criticism and contented themselves with publishing long detailed accounts of what the Prince of Wales eats and drinks on public occasions occa-sions According to the authorities cited I by the papers the prince has always been a moderate eater He Invariably requests that the dinner shall not be prolonged more than an hour and never permits more than three toasts Special dishes are always provided for the prince who drinks two bottles of his champagne and rarely samples the wine provided for the other guests The prince according to the same authority au-thority also brings a case of his own cigars with him These are very large and ar made for his own private vse from the very best tobacco grown in Cuba Gladstones Health Gladstone continues in the best ot health showing unusual activity even for him He spent most of the week visiting Lord Norton at the latters historic his-toric seat Hams Hall near Birmingham Birming-ham This seat of Lord 2i or ten is full dI 1ct7tc sta 11 r art treasures and urioBities In connection con-nection with the literary and the artistic features of his visit should be mentioned In attendance n social function house party tendance upon the occasion were Archbishop Arch-bishop of Canterbury Viscount Peel and 1he Bishop of Rochester On Thursday the party drove to visit Bobby now Sir Robert whose recent visit to America vlll be remembered by alt newspaper readers and Mr Gladstone has shown such a fatherly interest in him since he returned to England It was remarked that Sir Robert Peel seems to have entirely en-tirely settled down in life He is very K popular around Brayton manor which is only ten miles from Hams Hall Upon their arrival ill the members of this visiting party were welcomed by Sir Robert Rob-ert Peel who personally escorted them If over the manor and around the garden l Jlr Gladstone was delighted wjth everything every-thing that he saw and heird He retrained re-trained until late in the afternoon and Upon departing wrote in the visitors book a statement to tha effect that it had been a day of the utmost interest and delight and that he would never forget the occasion occa-sion of hIp visit to Brayton manor after an interval of sixty years k Friday Mr Gladstone drove to Kenil tII worth and visited the ruins of the famous castle Today ho visited Lord Collham at Hanley Hall Park The day Gladstone arrived at Ham s Hall a large crowd gathered at the station and Cheered the grand old man He advanced and extended ex-tended his hand to one of the 11111 in the crowd and indulged in a hearty handshake hand-shake After this warm and unique greeting Gladstone inquired the age of the man whose hand he held I am 70 years old was the replr Glad youngster returned Why you stone laughing heartily Tatcoing Craze j Tho medical prsss this week records the revival of the Tattooing craze among the aristocracy The medical palmers assert that many of the people already lmers > JihewYtl blf tattooed their lYa with their crests and insignia of rank One prince t It is asserted can display a specimen or the art of tattooing really worth seeing when lie rolls up his shirt sleeves Ladles and gentlemen of letter anJ devotees of fasmon are greatly concerned < the fact that Hyde iark and the over cemetery cannot longer be favored with their pets Oi the canine sos ties The closing of these griund to the dogs of all sorts and conditions is i said to be Cue to the rotasal of hf Duke of CamliMere as keeper of the public parks and grounds to provide adlitionai ncroiiinodations and space for all tues anlnnls California Fruit Tub weeks lot of California fruit is believe to have r r the best ever received re-ceived here kSirlSnfT to retailers It Is selling TupMlv nor only In Uo hops but from the carts and barrows of the costermongers coster-mongers all over London Some of the pears sell at a rate as good as three for shilling The average retail price is a avere from 2 pence to 3 pence according to size Plums are selling from Is to Is G per dozen at a selng of 6d per pound The American ICaches bring 2s Cd per dozen I while tho English and French fruits of Englsh the same class bring about 2s per dozen Dealers sme are unanimous in the opinion that f half Deler find a far better sale than fnd whole cases as thc fruit In the former is multiform and larger in size The generally however complain of the light wood from which the cases are made They say the tops of the very best fruit is always damnged because the boxes pre not made from better material To Succeed Mnllctt Rumor is steadily assigning to Sir Phillip Curry the vacancy to be caused Phiip Cur1 from Ijy Sir Edward Mallets ictirement the Berlin embassy Sir Phillip was appointed ap-pointed by Mr Gladstone to fill the diplomatic lomatic vacancy at Constantinople The assignment enabled him to enjoy a salary of IJment year the use fla two palaces Jn Constantinople a steam launch Re a magnificent t tenoared boat all of which fire maintained b > the government The Princess of Wales who has gone to Denmark for the autumn will proceed to Sandrjngham when she returns to England SaIlrngmm Her land about the middle of October royal highness is not coin to Scotland this year Steamships Movements The steamer Fuerst Bismarck made the fastest run of the season arriving at the Needles Thursday afternoon a trip of six days ten hours and six minutes The passengers report a pleasant voyage On the other hand the steamship New york ltd a rough weather trip and heavy seas for two days after her departure from Now York which made it very disagreeable dis-agreeable One of the second cabin pas pengers was thrown down breaking one of ngrs legs One of the saloon passengers passen-gers also sustained a fracture of the skull Another of the passengers Mrs fkul Daly died during a fainting spellS C A Dah S on board the ship |