The Archive · 1936

Sir H, Lytton Cremated

London, Aug. 20.

Jesters' sticks lay on a black velvet cushion beside the coffin when lovers lof Gilbert and Sullivan said good-bye to Sir the famous [Golder's Green "to-day. They wei two jolly sticks which Sir Henry held hight after night in the character "Jack Point" in the Yeoman of the (Guard.

Three melodies were played from operas with which Sir Henry's name 'Was so closely linked, 'These were "Hall Poetry" from' Pirates of Penzance, olanthe's song to the Chancellor, and "I Hear A Soft Note from Patience—Reuter,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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