Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-28
OUR LONDON LETT Err.
Royalty on the Iia'r Sheli--A Dish OF
British Court Gussip.
Sinccnres from the Thrcmc--llow Titled
Lords Are Pro,iucd for.
Precedence Of Blood Over Merit-Rank
Better Than Brains.

Special Correspondence of the Gazette
London February l2.-Every now
ami then some one in TeNas gets hun
cry for British court gossip, and FORTH
WITH f,ynrs me with few lines In
which ann advised that ''if you will
trlla little more about royalty and XIII
drrd suhiecs, YOU VIII be heard with
more pleasure at home.h The last let /
ter of this kind il just to hand and
must be my only excuse Tor what
| am going 10 write to-day. Asa rule
am not stuck ON royalty, aud rarely
Rad " hat Is Published here ABOUT the
queen and her numerous progeny. Luz
deed, one who ut all lov. variety and
Is ~ believer In the doctrine.that IL l.
"the spice of lfe,". apt 40 vet tired nf
the subject, II he pretrnCs to Keep up
with the daily bulletins about
the Royal Family spelled witn
a capital II and "A capital II Every
daily paper | believe published la
London has u department devoted to
the doings of these "natiuual phu-
,ers.u IA Truth calls them The
Queen drove out to-day ac,rmpahi'd
uy the Princess Beatrice anu the Hon.
Amy JONES' or somebody. "Fhe
Prince of Wales had tan hour = shoot.
ina in the grounds OF the Duke OF
Corustalkn-or somebody else. These
are fair examples OF the dairy mess
dish d up for British readers, and no
woud, y THAI il has grown to b. mo-
luotouu,is 1t SO happens, though, that
ucra, ionally the subject Is trented
flom different stanupoint, when II
ul tracts more attention
For Instance, since the letter above
!. referred tu rs the Inspiration Tor inns
lett, reached me, have been rather
on the All 0ire for interesting royn'
= uossip. and have come ACROSS quite
enough of IL to fill half dozen lie teri
all OF 1T havinga dash OF spice tha'
IL IN striking contrast to the usuaI
daily di.h above mentioned. Fron
Tins mass OF matter then. | have he
llrrt,d some tid-biis as follows:
a writer IN "Mod.rn Society" g
weekly publication devoted 10 society
" gossip, and protesting to give the
choicest items as 10 society "a
= home as well us 20 society abroad sH!'
. tn. queen has eight iolds in "siiing
X each OF whom receive GTO2 per year, v
the aggregate G5,BlS, and nuae
= ''The=e gentlemen have very ths-
times ufiI, and their positions may lnif
@ ly he considered structures, as each on
= OF the lords Is supposed TO be III Wai'
'p mpt "A fortnight At time, three iilhe
"A wear; therefore, 70 pay them tne .N
~ lrnynpu ant sum 0i eSO2 " year tach la
! six weeks service is simply outrageous
IL gems that the special du;y OF 'hes
gentlemen Is 10 drive with her nslert
land he suggestion Is made that III
"hnnotn ought 10 be sufficient con
q pens.,ian 10 nubltmCn, who II lht
10 had the least spark Ot chIvalious re
~ ling would srnrn tn descend 10 III
w clnss Of servants 10y taking wages y
wnilipp. The names 0f these lurd
We waters are given In full, and lnciun
some known in the annals Of old u.
n gland. since when the memory Of ma
ruupeih not to the conirar
o. md includes one earl, one viscouI
and u haif dozen lorus, of which IL
&c speciAly remarked that Lord SudeIt
is a manufacturer OF Jam.
o. just here, however, j must mentiC
thau while in the good old days
titled gentleman was supposed 10
gage in trade, Of late years the inii
y euuacy Of the cash balance as COZ
= pured with the demands for e1pen'
ture in good society has rendered
mr. ruIber "A necessity, and can name
" dozen or more OF the mobility" WI
m ~ 1
~ ns sprnd money. For
,r stance, the Duke OF Argyle. VINO
VI reasDn OF the marrlage ~ MS eide
son. the Marquis II Lorne, To Z
~ Princess Louise, IA the queen'b bro'
er.iI-law, has more than one son
Sc trade Ia London, one Of them beinp
partner In mercantile establishing
Sc I'm Lombard street, and another
dealer IN stocks on the stock eIchant
rs, mention this that Texas Dt~sl
ner readers having any curiosity
ED The subject may know lbnt Lo
M. AyIebfurd of Big Springs who mas
saloon there, Ia not original IN
matter of British iords huying a
selling goods for profit although
III may be the fist gin hhop.ketp'T %
crowd he upposed 10 hero Win
vitae OF bis birth. 4,
IL may also tie properly noten IN u
connection that no enu OF IoIus
---- directors In some " Tue thourapon
trading cnuIpanies doing butlhcS
nrnat In thi. country and In the Brit
rnlu,i,s. Though they are not exuc
jn trade. since they arc only
8.,ur.-he id4 put on boards 10 nttr'
capital- and res peci'blllty.
aModeru rsocieiyn also says NAV
oue.n h,,s eight gfou,us In waiting
p33d each, a total OF GZ,b12, anu
,,nius that these gentlemen nc
lie lords in waiting.
InTexAs 10 IL nuI considered eiDlhH
ly T.spscianle--lbe position " sro'
even iu sovereign Ameriran, nut
NV readers may undeistnpd wiat
Thought Of ,he position If gIopni 10
Hrlli.h sovereign, Will nienti"n '
among the queens grOoilis Ia wall
ar. one admiral and one lirlltth'
general, and an honorable lhtiinf
n.rlinuieu, varies the dunrs 81
nf,. by vlayiug at lnw-malilH pai
The Time and playing at grp'i'ii
very little 0f the balance on ,,e M ~
Sur, on the authority 81 the ao
named paper, nen'i"n
there afe four gentie'
ushsrs Of The priyy Guam
of r2jO each, these funciionarits !
Ing almost perfecr sintcurcs, 'peu
ipndnrce being required oniy on
,neusIopa. Tnep there are Y
!, gentlemen u.hers daily WATERS
q 5000 each, 0f whom IL Is saiu'
,np,Iy one Of these Eenilenrn, th'
IL in turns monthly, had to nc ~
tendance Ia the room a''Jiii',b
soyereigil's apartment. ~ ieAn.n'
wait personally. ~ required; pnt
,his we.ghty service 10 p"Iiofni.'
;, the wages OF the backsialis, hn
Use Gentlemen have 10 90 nov
count and pocket their shiaiiss
Esilo,ylr,g iti the wsktof ne
,,,',.,i ,,,ooais Of the pTivy q