The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-10-10
wants Of the Queens household, except.
ing those ofthe Queens, chamber, sta

ing those OF b Queens chamber, sta
BILE and; chapel.
He.has authority to hold courts for
administering Justice and, settling dis,
putes among the domestic servants Of
the Queen. He is assisted by q treas
urer and controller Of the households
who, each receives E904 per annum.
The master of the household has Ell.
1853 q year and practically dbesthe WORK
of the Lord steward.
There is clerk of the kitchen, whose
importance is indicated by his salary Of
G700 q year. The chief cook draw
the same sum. There are four master.
cooks who have a salary o FEC . week.
with the privilege Of taking fsur APP
prentices, whom they charge premiums
of from ESQ to. 92OO.
There are two yeomen Of the kitchen.
two assistant cooks, two roasting cooks,
four scourers, three kitchen-maids, 1,
store-keeper and two steam-apparatul.
men-this last q modern, addition to the
royal household unknown ut the time d
Henry VIII, who was q family man,
and paid much attention, to the regula
ton of the household, and established,
precedents many of which exist to this
day.
There is o Gentleman. Of Wine and.
Beer Cellars who draws G50O q year..
and has the duty of purchasing wines,
for the Royal establishment. He has
under him two yeomen at sl5O q year,
and a groom at ESQ. THERE'S a Princi
pal Tablet Decker, who has GOO q year,
is assisted by a second Table Decker al
s15O, o third ct 900 and an assistant, al.
ESQ.
There is also q Wa1-Atter, who sees,
the candles properly disposed, whilst,
the Deckars lay the dinner-cloth and
see that the plates, dishes and cutlery.
are fairly set forth.
furthermore, there, is quite an army.
of porters, at the head Of whom is the.
first gentleman porter; but as may b,
supposed, it would be Q mistake.to ask
him to take your portmanteau upstairs.
upon arrival at one Of the royalpalaces.
He probably looks around and. sees,
that the first and secondyeomen por.
tiers. the assistant porter and the three,
groom porters do their work. There,
are . first and second lamplighter, at
one hundred pounds each a yea, near
~ twice as much as is paid tothe Wax
filter, and just the same as the. Poet:
Laureate is Thought to be worth.
There is also q barge-master. and wa.
ter-man who get acknowledgements a
year, although there is now no Royal
barge, nor any going to and froiby wa
ter, as twas once the won't Of English.
majesty.
This list does not comprise Che fill
muster of the Queens household, but il
may sufficiently indicate its vastness and
and its dignity. There is one parsonage,
who should not be omitted from. the list.
and though he comes last, he ii, r. 40
means least. This is the Queens rat
catcher, who Is specially attached to.
buckingham Palace. A peculiarly
about this parsonage is that he is, pro.
vided for outside the civil list.
His salary is fifteen pounds. . year,
and every session the housed Commons.
being on Committee of Supply. consid-
ers this vote, and grayely agrees TO IL.
1t is not much, little more than q hum
dredth part Of the salary Of hereditary
Grand Faleoner, who has twelve hun
dred pounds q year. But these are.
persons who draw their money from the
Treasury of the Royal household, and
to that extent rank as servants.
The rat-catcher is Of the household.
and yet apart from it. He resides near
the scene of his labors, and his fifteen
pounds a year, proposed by d Minister Of.
the Crown, is voted with allthe machine
cry OF Parliament going at high press
sl1re. -Yonth's Con3nanIon