The New York herald., 1877-10-01
applsuded TO tho echo. and in this applause ME
Anderson Of the most ardent participaniA

applsuded 10 tho echo. and IN this applause NE
Anderson was one OF the most ardent participants
vAoAEiEs CURTIS
General Grant Is quite provoked ~ the attack o,
George William Curtis in Harper's Magazine upon
the Prince Of Wales, for treating the General with
disrespec ss dinner Tho following is the paragraph
he especially objects to-
II tine manners naturally associated with rank,
the superstition would DO that tho higher the rank the
liner tho manners. IL would then follow that the
guest OF honor who was also tho sranger would take
preccdence Of all others. s therefore bewiderinl
TO learn that when the Prince OF Wales recently gave
dinner TO Generai Grant tho distinguished guest
brought thc OF the proce the
We are but Doors In etiquette: yet if the Prince oi
Wales had been ihe guest u honor 10 the President OF
the Cnilei States would haye been permitted 70
close tho march TO dinner; anu he would have pre-
ceded not rs Prince, but guest Tor II would be
equally true Of united Mr. Bright or Mr. Gladstone
as u Prince. Courtesy Is poor thing II II cannot
dispense, upon due occasion, with the rgidty OF
monaI forms II II rumorcd that the American Minis
tor in England was long absorbed IN The task OF
ranging General Grants Invitations, so that he shoue
not be apparently insuted by being treated enter
tainmcnts given In his honor with less consideration
than any other guest This Is hardly credible TO
en- unsopb bisticatod American, because he cannot
comprehend either that an English gentleman should
oner or an American gentleman accept such stua.
ton The rdies or really good society, whether titled
untitled. arc eyeryahcre the same In regard
tain essential points and u Is pity II they are
lated IN tho house OF prince To invite untitled
man into titled company, upon an occasion Of pure
ceremony, where titles cetcrmine precedence TO
vito him 10 90 behind. II prince gives dinner in
honor OF an untitled guest he is bound TO honor him
chiefly, and he invites the company merely 10 hoip
him render the honor. IT. therefore, Il be true thas
the Prince OF Wales gave dinner especially TO Gen.
eral Grant and permitted the greater rart OF tho
pany TO prcccdc him to the table, General Grant should
quietly have eft the house, and all the more H.
constantly said etiquette and forms real things to
European society For, f that be So the significance
OF tho situation was that American without titie
however illustrious. however honored At home and
the especial guest OF the occason Is not to be
nzsd as tho equal OF titled people Probably, II the
story DO true, General Grant was not troubled; but IL
tho English gentlemen are required by etiquette 10
quoscc IN so dagrant discouresy they ara greatly TO
be p,iied
Now the fact is that Mr. curtis premises utterly
wrong The Prince Of Wales treated General Grant
and Mrs Grant with especial courtesy. The dinner
mentioned was given not to General Grant he
nm element In IT, except that, happening In London al
the time he was an invited guest The dinner
given 10 the Emperor and Empress oi Brazil.
Further comment is unnecessary, except that tho
criticisms in tho above paragraph wicked cxhi-
billions OF captousness.