Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-13
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10. Bulletin.

A0UX low O0Aagk0 Va 4xVAot-
Ge5'' 10 New York which must be
Vory dear TO that class Of people
y 40 are ashamed Of humble origin.
~ ooets $50 TO become . member Of
{ ehat college, or an alumnus, as II
yose. When the membership has
eeon poIfected, the member can
have his pedigree traced back to
ooGAo ancient blue blood, and can
ehon have his coat.of.arms engrav.
"a on . diploma and registered.
4ho ssCollegen has q president and
0oorotaFy. and one small room
Vhoro 8 number Of musty docu.
( monts are stored. A number OF
New Yorkers were elected to the
ssCouneil Of Regents" and paid
handsomely for the honor. A re.
portee Of one Of the city papers
6uoled up the Institution and gave
eoIne account Of its operations,
Whou there was . sudden breaking
for cover. Those who had paid for
herAldlc devices didn't know much
about it, but thought they might
Have boen sold. The newspaper
man related the following story Of
ooo John Hoey:
: He vas asked Il he had . cost-of.arms
an6 on replying no, the gentleman urged
Mn 70 got ONT, stating that no person could
oxpeet 70 take place in society now with
G11onA Mr.. Hoey listened, and then re-
p1ie4 Any father was Knight" Indeed,
I n Glad to heer IL, said the gentleman,
81 hls facs frightened up; II did mot
INV that. Where was he Knishted2"
sn3uhk--aknh10AM NJ nnaw -ss
not urged further to subscribe for coat.
ol-axms.
The number Of people who paid
80 for . life membership In this
queer Institution, and who paid
other and larger sums to have o
coat Of arms furnished, would have
boou much larger had not this IT..
Z rovorent reporter turned the insti-
tuition tnelde out. A Republican
College Of Heraldry would be some.
thing new In this country. Some
day the 0Atirist will come along
and make the world laugh over this
Inoroaslug desire for heraldic de-
vtoss and titles. We have a good
supply now Of Republican titles,
euoh - "Judge," "Gensrap' and
ssOolonel." Then, Honorable" is
glued on % profix to great mum.
Ser of names. These are called
titles By courtesy. Yet they are
very dear to the Republican heart.
Tue ease with which o Justice ol
the Peace IL converted into a Judge,
by courtesy, illustrates the remark.
able facilities we have in this coun.
try for the. manufacture Of fictitious
titles. There 10 also q han kerine
After the more Aristocratic titles.
What . 6utter tho recent advent
Of KalAkaua made here. 1t made
no difference 1t all that he left hil
ewn little realm until popular In.
diguAti0n against him might sub.
eide. Or that his following wal
not ct any time 30 great ~ that o,
Cochise, late Apache chief. With
s what heartfelt satisfaction that be.
Z epAngled coat Of the courtier In tht
window Was gazsd at day by day
Seven hundred dollars OF gold.lea
on . stngle coat! That was stun.
ner, - 6llas Wegg would say. o.
course, with this growing weak ness
for hsTaldic devices and titles the
gullsless simpllcity of the Republic
heart IL liable to be imposed upon
We shall entertain considerable
member OF bogus counts, barons
)ords, and 30 on. But now and
then . genuine one may make his
appearance. Thackeray published
his book Of "Snobs," which fur.
nished some healthy reading. II
vas not exactly popular book
Bnt every body read 1t to see how
0ehor people were taken off. The
Republican book Of snobs has NOT
yet made Its appearance. But IL
ought to appear before the desire
fot heraldic devices becomes epi.
demlc.
Most Of US, it is hoped, had rea.
eenably hQnest ancestry. II some
of them were hung, quartered or
ebot dve hundred years ago 1t may
~ that less number were dis
posed Of In that way than ought to
have been. "Madam." said old DR..
+ Johnson, II can't say that any OF
ny ancestors have been hung, but
! can say that many of them ought
70 have been II ones pride OF
ancestry IL likely to become. dan.
9oFous, especially In the line Of the
Iilgrlms to Massach usetts or Vir.
Ginia, lot him look carefully over
The list OF Immigrants by the ear.
Her ships and note how many
: nAmee are studded with stars sinis-
~. These show that q considera-
b!e number left their country for
their country's good, and some
we're even sent down to the West
India Islands for further proba.
ttou. II WAS Q pretty good ances-
w. - the world goes; and it can't
- improved by heraldic devices
and ooats.0f-arms. II there Is q
growing lssatisfaction With the
plebolAn condition Of Q new country
~ can take heart that we are get.
ing older and rIper every day.
Rerhapss also, one Of the Incidents
of comparative new country Is an
oveEEeRnipg desire for titles. As
6vosy other citizen is now q Judge
~ 3 Colonel, what more do we.
n4@d3 What could q College of
Ieeajdy do for us, except, perhaps.
- eAoW the weak places in the gen.
Gological tree, which might as we'll
sesnsin In obscurity? The man
yAcee father had been knighted
ooeaueo be WAS . night.watchman,
might have the better title.
= gentleman residing. In this
county wrote recently to young
01&4nFuoy in TOmhakOno for n ehort