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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9605, 21 December 1896, Page 5

Mcd Tho l ectnrcr said *"»?» «s a role, Sftvcoers <lo n ot liko crying at the ■■' ILitre but when people are really affected Key cr'v, though thoy do not like to be Zen crying- 'i'he playgoers of the Weat\~a wero so used to the theatre that 'cry few of them were over moved to tears ; they realised too vividly that a l«y was simply a P' ft y» and their minds Efere fimrc actively engaged in criticism. At the Knflt-ciid theatres, however, the illusion f the \)lii}'lious«T had a greater influence, V» «nd tho people gave themselves up more freely to sympathy with the heroine and SctestAtion'of the villain. It is one of the oecnlmrities of women that they often feel jjjjat they would like to " have a good cry," Mid, according to the lecturer, many huetaiutat knowing this, often take their wives to the theatre to see " a touching piece," so thet the wives may "have their cry out," under circumstances which do them good, rtther than have them crying at home, Jffaero the salt tears do no good whatever. A RUSSIAN OPINION ON THE SCOTCH. A correspondent of the Novoe Vremya, ff bo followed the Tsar on his tour, has been riving his impressions of Scotland, as contrasted with England. The correspondent, |t eeeins, spent' most of his time in Edinburgh, where ho tnndo a remarkable dis'y;_" er I had no sooner arrived in Edinburgh than 1 was struck by the crowds of people promenading in. the streets. It Wil 3 then 10 p.m., and never having seen jOVthing of tho Itind in Lindon, I thought jomethirig special must have happened, gat having passed a few more days there, and geeing theltame crowds every evening, I came to understand that, while the Knglißhm3n,at the close of the day's work, shuts himself op in his house, tho Scotsman walks about ♦o get a breath of fresh air." Regarding 'i\ the uppoarance of tho Scottish crowds, the * writer remarks :—" One was struck by the absence of tho English hauteur and rigidity; even well-dressod people seemed more simple end naturol, more lively in their movements, but at the same timo inoro awkward end angular than the English Bound-headed, with gentle features and of medium height, tho inhabitants of the Scottish Lowlands remind mc more than anything clee of tho Wurtcmbergors ; while tho KiigHsh, tall in stature, sharp-featured *nd long-faced, resemble the Hanoverians or Holsteinites." Here (as recounted in the Jfittmingter Gazette) aro a few more of the Buseian journalist's discoveries :—" In their controversy with tho English rPres.s, tho Scottish newspapers sharply criticise the levity of the English and their want of selfcommand." "In all their schools they (the gcots) teach that 'England was united to Scotland, , and that the Scottish Kings took the title of Kings of Great Britain to •soothe tho vanity'of the English." "The Highlanders propose to establish, in union ' with the Irish and Welsh, a • Celtic Union,' for the re-establishment of the Celtic lan- ■ guage, customs, and institutions, in opposition to the Anglo-Saxon."