The Otago Daily Times - Saturday, November 23, 1895
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LONDON CHAT.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
London, October 11.
OSCAR WILDE.
Oscar Wilde was brought up from Wormwood Scrubbs lately with reference to his bankruptcy proceedings, but did not appear in court. It transpired that his debs will probably be settled by his friends—not his relations—and that a considerable sum for that purpose has already been gathered. His wife has obtained a separation, and lives in Montraux with her two boys, who are at school there. She has taken her maiden name, and those who have seen her say she is a wreck. Poor young woman! She has had an acquisition in fortune, and has now about a thousand a year of her own.
Oscar is a model convict. He is very deft with his bands, and is employed making bags of a recherché description. The prison fare is agreeing with him, and he has lost the bloated look that distinguished the arch-priest of æstheticism, when the pet of society. Just now he is busy studying divinity, and asked to be allowed a copy of the "Confessions of St. Augustine," the translation of which is not exactly suited to the family circle. There is another volume which has never been translated. It is probably this which the Oxford classic got. It may be that Oscar, on his release next year, will blossom into an edifying preacher; but whether on the side of the Holy Mother Church in one of her countless sections or as a Buddhist cannot be surmised. Religion of some sort will certainly claim him, as it is the very best social renovator. Willy Wilde has become a family man, and is said to be both proud of his little daughter and devoted to her. The child is a great solace to her grandmother, Lady Wilde, who is in winter almost wholly confined to bed.
Oscar Wilde is described by a London correspondent as a model convict. He is very deft with his hands, and is employed making bags of a recherche description. The prison fare is agreeing with him, and he has lost the bloated look that distinguished the arch-priest of aestheticism, when the pet of society. Just now he is busy studying divinity, and asked to be allowed a copy of the "Confessions of St. Augustine," the translation of which is not exactly suited to the family Circle. There is another volume which has never been translated. It is probably this which the Oxford classic got. It may be that Oscar, on his release next year, will blossom into an edifying preacher: but whether on the side of Holy Mother Church in one of our countless sections or as a Buddhist cannot be surmised. Religion of some sort will certainly claim him, as it is the very best social renovator. Willy Wilde has become a family man, and is said to be both proud of his little daughter and devoted to her. The child is a great solace to her grandmother, Lady Wilde, who is in winter almost wholly confined to bed.
Oscar Wilde is described by a London correspondent as a model convict. He is very deft with his hands and is employed in making bags of a recherche description. The prison fare is agreeing with him and he has lost the bloated look that distinguished the arch-priest of æstheticism, when the pet of society. Just now he is busy studying divinity, and asked to be allowed a copy of the "Confessions of St. Augustine," the translation of which is not exactly suited to the family circle. There is another volume which has never been translated. It is probably this which the Oxford classic got. It may be that Oscar, on his release next year, will blossom into an edifying preacher; but whether on the side of Holy Mother Church in one of our countless sections or as a Buddhist cannot be surmished. Religion of some sort will certainly claim him, as it is the very best renovator. Willy Wilde has become a family man, and is said to be both proud of his little daughter and devoted to her. The child is a great solace to her grandmother, Lady Wilde, who is in winter almost wholly confined to bed.