Omaha daily bee., 1888-11-18

The first class is, OF course, the royal
family, which consists Of the queen and
her descendants, and those whom they
marry who are of royal blood in other
nations. To the royal family no one can
ever belong except by the accident of
birth.
The second class is composed Of the
nobility, such as dukes, earls,~ marquises,
knights, etc. Most of these titles are
hereditary, and those who do attain to
them by great wealth or talents are not
herit them, but who may be lacking in
many mental and moral qualities. 1t is
marvellous how the people reverence
these high dignitaries. Even Mr..
Gladstone used language like this:
"As far as I am able to enter into the
feelings of a duke" etc.
The third class consists of untitled
statesmen, eminent physicians, lawyers,
scholars. authors, clergymen of the es-
tablished church, noted nOncomformist
preachers, and people who are rich
enough to live without any kind of bust
ness. This third class composes the gen.
try. No man below it is considered a gen.
tleman in England .Ifaman is compelled
to follow a business, or to work with his
hands or brains in order to make money
he is not a gentleman, but. only a per-
son, and the gentleman does not care to
associate with him, and especially to
eat with him. Between people who
own carriages and those who do not,
there is a great gulf fixed.
AS long as Mr.. Gladstone fells trees
simply Tor exercise Or pleasure, the in
dustry of the grand old man" is a SUBJ
ject for general comment and admira-
tion, and the chips from his x adorn
and Ilnnlfu n n " IN Fn rlich ,annInl,.
but let the eloquent old statesman be
compelled to chop down trees for a live
lihood and the glory of his chips will
depart, and they would not even burn
better than the kindling of the poor
woodman whose knowledge extends lit
tie beyond the horizon that hides the
great world from his vision.
The fourth class is composed of ordi-
nary professional men, prominent mer-
chants, skilled wOrkmen of the highest
class, etc. This is a very usefel class,
corresponding to the same people in
America. These men and women do
not perform manual labor, but with
their business and brains do the
most important work of The country.
Few of this class could or would work
with their hands, and retain their
caste. One of these men will smoke his
pipe on the street or in company, and
think nothlng about 1T, but to carry a
market basket or a baby, he would con-
slider next thing to disgraceful.
The fifth class isinade up OF all small
st~ore-keepers, ordinary w~orkingmen,
and farmers i. O., farm llborers). Many
OF this class are quite we'll educated, and
many are very ignorant. Education is
not general among the poor as it is
here.
The sixth class are very poor, many
OF whom are beggars. | can hardly
give you al idea of these for we have
nobody in this country like them. Here
the very poor are often as clean and in
telligent as anybody; but in England,
extreme poverty is frequently another
name foNSnorance, worthlessness and
filth, Since the establishment of the
Feudal system >the poor are the born
vassals of the rich, know of nothing
better, expect to be nothing else, and
seem quite satisfied il they can obtain
coarse food, clothing, shelter and plenty
to drink. Those who are not employed
as servant pick up a precarious ''liv-
ing" by doing odd jobs, and by beg
ging. But the better class
OF servants come from the fifth and not
the sixth class. These last are gem
orally too low to obtain respectable em-
ployment. 1t makes the whole heart
sick to go into the slums of an Englisa
city and see the thousands OF half