Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-16
MORALS OF NOBILITY.
Graes Greenwood On sshe Morality Of
highlands CouItssfrom the Time
!. d Nell Ggyhn to the Present,
Scandals IN High Lifs-A Decrease IN
ROysi Pfch gacJ-PresenS Royal
Family Higher in Norais.
The Prince OF Waies-Sct CIV scrupulous
IN His Am1st m ents-H.s Passionate
Admiration for Pretty Women.

The Prince Of Waies-Hct CIV scrupulou
IN His Amuss m ents-R:s Passionate
Admiration for Pretty Women.
Copyrighted, 1887.
Written for the Gazette.
| During a golden autumn day, spen,
with some friends st Higbgate, that most
charming suburb CT London, we were
takensto see the quaint old place be-
stows1 by Charles II. on his favorite Of
favofites, Nell GWynn. It has suffered
straBge mutations since Nell's time, not
sas ieast strange being that it now has
iCra mistress far American, the young
,.s.e OF Sir Sydney Waterlow. But Lady
WaterloW does no. aYell,sja.the halls OF
warden ssih grounds Which once
rang with the light laughter and lighter
songs of the ex orange girl, eX-sctress,
her royal lover End his registering COM
panions. All, &c! for the house has
fallen into dismal decay, while
the grounds have, through yesrs of neg
lect, become q tangle and labyrinth of
shrubs snd vines, like 10 the magic
guarded gardens of the Sleeping Beauty.
Indeed, 80 rank is the growth of INTENDED
Fl overs, fast relapsiDg into primitive bar
b4rism, so iDsolent the spread OF weeds,
so still and slumterous the atmosphere Of
sAis enchanted Dit CT the past, standing at
bay against the mighty roar of the fast
advancing town, that one could easily
fancy Nell yet ia her quaint bedchamoer,
nh in h T1r,ol1r 0ad hnanfC-G1aan
perhaps, just ready TO wake, take bath
la her shallow marble tub, array herself
in rich stuffs and col0rs, Just come again
into fashion after two centuries, and start
out on new career of conquest. The
court proper or the proper court, would
not receive her, nor even the demi-court
OF the heir-appsrent, openly; but the
stage would be more than ever open to
her. She would probably come to
"the west,
To dazzle when the sun Is dowa,
And rob The world of iest,"
Tevel in republican homage, and roll in
"greenbscks," like to other pretty favor
ties Of Prices.
The Merry Monarch was very fond Of
this Higaga.e place-pleasant and cCzy,
but neVer luxurious-And with it Is con-
nected significant little story One
morning as Charles was strolling up and
down the brick-paved terrace, with his
usual bodyguard Of little long-ecred
spaniels, Mistress Eleanor GWynn sp-
peared st her chamber window, holding
in her white, dimpled arms a pretty baby
who much resemhled the King
With the self same eyes and hair.
More thsn once the proud mother had
solicited for him ducsl title, and estates
70 support it; but Der liege had put
her CT, fearful of establishing @ preced-
ent which might strain the royal prerog-
alive and exhaust the royal treasury.
NoWylooking down from the window snd
A9lGag forward The child, sac cried: "a
sfitle. your Majesty, Or out goes the
br8t."
The INDECENT King was alarmed for his
besuliful boy, and instantly exclaimed,
"S2ve the Duke OF ST. Adams"
Some of EuglsGd's noblest titles and
estates have had their origin in some
such ignoble way, date directly back to
honors and rewards bestowed by profi-
gate Kings and Princes on low-oorn
courtesans and their "brats." The blue
blood of Britain is not altogether ceru-
lean, but has now and then a very earthly
tinge. The scandals which SO frequently
disgrace the highest English society and
shock The world are outbreaks of the can
cerous corruption of past generations. Yet
tie royalty Of to-day, not only OF Eng
land, but Of continental kingdoms, is
certainly more decent and decorous than
that of less than a century ago-if it is
not absolutely more virtuous. In En-
gland tbs improvement is, Of course,
largely due to the example of the "Vir
discreetest, best" Of queens.
Her unoFe William hsd his palace well
steeked with and his civil list we'll bur-
dened for his natural children; her urcle
George was, IS all the world knows, the
greatest Of royal voluptusrles and liber-
tines, aud even her venerable graldpapa
had in his youth his princely pecc.dillos.
1t Is, perhaps, sn open question whether
the royeI snd ducel folk of old times,
who handsomely provided for their
mistresses aud boldly acknowledged and
ennCbled their illegi,imate children, were
mere immoral than those Of our day, who
conceal irregular relstions and ignore
their unhappy consequences; but shout
the honesty ard manliress of the two
courses there csn be no question. It may
DC tnet the growing restiveness of that
crcs stupid sIimsl, the taxpayer, has
suDe'hlug to DO with the decrease Of
r,iysl prufieacv.
eu under the white light OF absolute
mostly, 1 can not claim that the dsiIy
"Ek aDd conversation CT the
p0puar Prince of Wsles pre-
MS loI.y example TO high
Eogl,sh sociev, yet I do not believe
I'm the Don Giovanni or Strdansp.ius
re hiss been represented. he possesses
'On genial, kindly and frank nature, sud
too much good sense to attempt a Prince
Regent role; that is played out. And then,
he Is too busy with bridge and PARK open
ings, and exhibition ineugurstings, he
is whirled from banquet to banquet, from
chair to chsir; he is wal zed through gal
leries; is called to wrestle with Albert
and statues and multitudin-
Gus busts. 1t seems to be the policy of
the Queen and her advisors 10 keep the
royal family 'to the FORE" to have not
only the Prince of Wales, but ell his
brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces,
set up to the Ich diem motto-se1ving the
people in sll proper ceremonial ways
and the people work them well. Last
summer the three-year- old Duke OF Al
baDy actually laid the foundation Of a
public building, and did his sslevel Destn
with his little trow vel to prove to British
tax -payees that they were getting their |
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