Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-21
Society and Art Have Suffered from
Her Majesty's Absence from
the Metropolis.
A Mem Way Suggested for Dealing With
tho Present Disiresses-The
Albert Hall Concert
The Qsesn shows n Determination TO Re
store. Her Prestige With the People
Bits of Gossip.
special ooro0pOnaonco Of the Gazette.

LONDON mhICH Ds--DluCe DIT kDaIlts
Dixie, In his Republican days, attacked
the throne and earned for himself an I'M
dying charge of ingratitude to the queen,
who had given his father tho title which
he (Sir Charles) bad inherited II has be-
come common thing to lecture the
queen and blame her for being proyident
Truth has more than once reckoned up
her income and suggested that she ought
not TO hoard money Minor journals have
gone further than this, aud charged her
with meanness. A puny, plnk-coyerrd
paper, known as Modern Society, at acks
her majesty persistently week by week in
manner that would not be permitted IN the
case oi private person. Even the Com
seryatlve Standard recently discussed the
queens duties (aprOpos OF her visit TO
LOndon), aud urged her to come 70 town
often In the interest Of the London shop
keeper. Mr.. Joseph Arch, the member
sent 81 parliament by the newly enlran-
chlsed agricultural laborer, publicly id
vises the queen TO make tour Of her
domlnIOns 10 honor of her jubilee, aud
thus give a Zip to our declining trade.
Free traders are In such despair at this
moment that they even lecture the queen
spending money, Gin the interest uf
business aud the Employed The Pail
Mall takes the peasants member of par
Lament 20 task In a rebuko. "What are
we to tank Of the adoption by working
men like Mr.. Joseph Arch Of the ancient
shopke. pcr's iallacy that the best way to
revive trade is TO waste money on the
pageuntry of a courtg In the sober
days when the idea OF Drlb
republic fascinated the minds OF
men, the wunton waste OF a luxurl-
GUS court formed the point of the Gercest
inVcctye9 OF republican orators IL
surely cannot be that the latest and most
authenticated representatives of King De.
mos have swallowed the patent fllacy
that luxury Is good for trade. One Of
the exercises ret to every student of POI
litical economy Is TO demoish that
sophism, and yet u always crops up--as
understandable as rheumatism or sin Mr.
Arch 3 critlc says no does not object to
royal "pageants Tor the poor nor 10 royal
dinners given to those who cannot get
four meals day." but the labor repre-
senta Ives should set the example They
had & aud banquet the other evening 10
celebrate Their yictory--had the menu
"been cut down 10 II rnmp steak and
suet dumping, the balance would have
given good square meal to some hun
dred hungry sturyollngs that shiyerrd
in the adjacent slums At the same
time . is worth while 20 point out that
Mr.. Joseph ArCh's views are somewhat In
accordance with those OF the late prince
consOrt According 10 the biography OF
the prince, his royal hlghncss, referring t0
the distress which Athlete d the county in
lSi2, said; "BSery effort was made by
the court 10 give u stimulus to trade In
London by the festivities which are sup.
posed to have this effect. Dinners, con
certs, balls followed fast upon each 9th, I.
On May 20 the queen and the prince went
In state 10 Il ball given at Covent Garden
theater for the relief of the Spimhrlds
weavers. With the same object mag.
niticent bal costume had been given 40
Buckingham palace fortnight before
"This," said the prince, 1--WE have organ
lied with the view Of helping trade In
London, which Is greatly depressed" 1t
Is possible the queen has been looking
back TO 1892, and truth suggests that In
these words we have "a voice from the
grave respecting one way to deal with the
present distress.n
Kissing THE QUEEN,
At the banquet mentioned In the fore
going paragraph, given In honor OF the
successful aud nOn-succVssiul labor can.
didates, lard llohhouse was In the chair
and the encouragement and under SEC
rotary at the hume office were present
When the toast Of the queen was pro-
posed number OF the persons present
Kissed and cried "no, no.n Lord Hob
house IL trlfe deaf, but he paused a
moment as II something had disturbed
him and then continued his speech The
toast was drunk, those who responded
doing 70 heartily those twho refused It
Keeping their seats obsliuately. This
was reported In the Morning Post aud
the Pail Mall, wheroupou the attorney
general, ON question day, was asked In
the house OF commons whether 1t was
trne he was present, heard the hissng
and offered no protest against It. The
attorney general, In more than usually
elaborate reply, said he was present, but
heard no Kissing, and he mentioned
several Others who could corrohorate
him. The Pail Mall and the Morn.
ing Post thereupon politely give
the attorney.gen raj the lie dl-
rect, aud several correspondents
write TO the Pail Mall saying that they
We're present and the kissing was loud
and significant, Yet no blood IL shed,
The Pal Mall and Morning Post people
are not even commanded 10 appear at the
bar OF the house for breach Of privilege.
In the old days when "privilegc" was a
very real thing tbey would nave been mr..
rested by MIR Speaker, their paper burned
and themselves imprisoned. But In those
days, II any man had Kissed the monarch
ho would most probably have been as.
saulled by his neighbor, and the attorney
general would not have gwen cause to be
questioned aud criticised as he has been
quest oncd and as he is being criticised
The truth Is the sentiment Of royalty has
been greatly shaken by the loug retire
ment ~ the queen, The English people
like psgeanlryi they like 10 see the
throne In evidence; they are proud OF the
show ana display OF a royal court, aud
they admire and respect the queen; but
a new generation has arisen viii, h knows
not Victoria, which has never seen her,
and which has been constantly told
that they pay to keep certain
amount OF state which they do not get
Twenty years ago visitor at the Royal
academy, cont. mplating picture Of the
queen, uttered an offensive remark about