The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-01
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Tn- Oddities o. Etiquette at Madtsa
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al O4u CUSTOM u tue spanish court re-
auires that when baby is born in the
royal family j. shall be officially an
n0uBeed that vigorous infant has
come into the world. The Queen Of
spain having become the mother of
sickly child. which lived only two hours,
the court journal ehronicled the birth
and death 10 the usual way: Her Maj
esty was delivered al three o'clock of &
vigorous infant, who died at FIVE" The.
Epoca, OF Madrid, lately reported that
the Town Council Of Seville. having had
an interview with Alfonso XII, kissed
the feet Of his Majesty and withdrew"
II IS not 20 be supposed that the conn
c.llors actually went down on all fours
and kissed the Kings boots as il he were
the Pope; but etiquette demanded that
they should be said TO haze done 30, be-
cause town council does not stand on
the same level OF dignity as the COrtes,
whose members are supposed to kiss
hands when they take leave. The three
Letters u. S. Z. lbesu sus pies, which
mean, I" Eiss your feet" are still used
10y gentlemen in Spain when signing let
ters addressed TO ladies, and by subjects
70 their King. The letters B. S. ". (beso
sns manos), which are used By men
writing to men, and by ladies to ladies,
would seem too cayilier from GENTLE.
man to a lady, and downright imperti-
pence from subject 20 his sovereign.
One Of the chief reasons of the Duke
dAcostz's unpopularity during the brief
reign which he closed with voluntary
sbdicstion, was that be would take no
pains 70 study the complicated etiquette
Of the Escurial, bat sought to introduce
simple manners in country where even
beggars drape themselves proudly in their
.attered mantles and address each ether
as "Senor Caballero." He one day told
a muleteer, with whom he had stopped
to talk on a country road under broiling
zun. to pat On his hat; forgetting that by
the fact of ordering subject to cover
himself in royal presence he created him
grandee. Marshal Prim, who was
standing by, hastily knocked the mule
teer's headdress from his hand and get
his foot upon it, at the same time offer
ing him gold; but the muleteer, who was
mortally offended, spurned the money,
and few days later, when Prim was as
sassinated, rumor was circulated that
the mortified individual who had narrow
iy missed becoming grandee, was an &C.
cessory to the crime. On another occa.
sion King Amadoe inconsideratcly ad-
dressed a groom Of his in the second per.
son singular rs tn. Happily the man
was an Indian; for az Z court chamber
lain represented to his Majesty, Span
lard spoken to with this familiarity
might have claimed that the monarch had
dubbed him cousin-that is, had ennobled
him. Another thing that the much wor-
ried Italian prince had to learn was that
aSpanish King must not sign any letter
to subject with any complimentary or
friendly formula, but must simply write
"Yo el Rey," Il the King.
Etiquette is the code of rules bv which
great people keep lesser ones in proper
respect. Prince Bismarck, when boy
was rcbuked by his father for speaking
OF the King as "Fritz." LEARN te
speak revcrently of his Majesty" said the
old squire of varzin, "and you will grow
accustomed to think of him with venera
tion." Young Bismarck laid the advic,
to heart, and to this day the great chan
oellor always lowers his tone and assume,
agravc, worshipful look when he allude
to the Kaiser. II message is brough
to him from the Emperor, by word o
mouth or in writing, he stands up to re
ceive it. When wedding takes plac,
from the Prussian court it is the practic,
for the State dignitaries to form candl
procession--that is to say, that ministers
chamberlains and high stewards, take
candlestick each, with q lighted taper
in their hands, and conduct tho bride ant
bridegroom round the ball room wher
guests are assembled, and THENCE to th