Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-06-12
TOADYING.
10 speak.


arrive in the United States, and "sassi
ETY." is on the verge of lunacy in conse-
quence. The young man is a son OF Dom
Pedro, Emperor OF Brazil, and il he is a
chip off the old block, he will leave our |
shores with a nauseating sense OF the |
apeishness OF our great array OF goldfish |
and shoddy aristocracy. When Wales
came to this country in 80, the toadying
OF the people was so revolving TO his
sense OF what was due him that he has
not vet recovered from its effects, and
though he is known to earnestly desire a
trip to the great West, the ghost OF his
former sufierings arises, and he dare not
come.
When the Grand Duke Alexis came
here, the same "sassiety" bored the
life out OF him, and but for
the wonderful amount of good he found
in the American cocktail, he would have
voted his visit bore. 1t does not sound
like the truth to say that the chamber
maid at his hotel realized small fortune
from the sale of stray hairs which fell
from his head and clung to the pillow,
yet it is gospel truth, and the purchasers
were ladies OF wealth, refinement, and
character beyond reproach. The cham
bermaid was an Irish girl, and she saw,
with her natural aptitude for business,
that there was money in hair, and the
records show that she had a fight with
every brunette in the house, and each
fight Welded her two iistfulls OF hair, all
OF which was sold to the snobs at ~
, per hair, and some OF which is even
now treasured mp as a memento OF
royalty.
F. Wales busted his suspender button off,
in crowd OF the shoddy, and promi-
nent belle begged the favor of sewing it
on, which was granted her, and her
maid caused the haberdasher's shop near
her residence to go broke on black silk,
,, which she sold at high price as some OF
: the silk used to sew that button on the
royal breeches. A shoemaker knocked
down a nail that thrust itself into the
: spur heels OF His Highness and straight
= way the hammer was bound in rose
colored velvet and hung in the parlors OF
Il local club, the members OF which have
a fondness for mutton and turnips. So
= the list could be continued until a decent
American citizen would hold his nose in
!, agony.
When Dom Pedro, the father OF the
. expected visitor, came here to take in the
Centennial, the fawning fever struck the
:. Department OF State, and the representa-
.. >. tive of our foreign policy went down the
- harbor OF New York to meet the EN-
= peror and escort him to the wharf. The
: Emperor showed his displeasure and con-
tempt at the humiliating spectacle and
quietly ignored the Secretary of State by
steaming ahead and allowing him to fol-
low behind at his pleasure. The En-
: peror came here on business, and neither
u asked nor expected official recognition,
II hence his natural displeasure at the
v oiliciousness which presumed to interfere
5 with his private wishes. Attempts to in
'l wade his privacy became so frequent and
J.; persistent, that he was forced in the end
. to deny himself to many whom he would
q q have been glad to meet. He has sent in
n structions ahead OF his son, to the effect
d that the son shall only be received as q
J Brazilian midshipman, and treated as
/ such wherever he goes. The Brazilian
4 Minister will endeavor to so order things
It that the Emperor's wishes will be re-
i, garded in the main, but it is as sure as
a the rising OF the sun on the morrow that
u the American people will be again held
= up to ridicule by reason OF the toadying
e OF the wealthier classes OF "sassiety" tc
;. this sprig OF very primitive nobility.