The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-14

'9T :" With the selfrsame eyes and hsir.' . =
More than once the proud mother had
solicited for him a ducai title, and es-
| eates' to support if. but her liege had
ut her off, fearful of establishing pre-
casAt which might strain the. royal
prarogatis e. and exhaust the royal
treasury. Nav, looking down from the
iwindoWeand holding forward the child
she cried "A title, your Majesty, or out
goes the .bratW u % e'',n
The ind client King was. alarmed for
his. beautiful boy. and instantly ex,
|eIaihede Savethe Duke of st. Adams p,
. Some of England's ntoblest titles and
estatesshavs had their origin ii some
such ignobIe way ,adate directly back to
n9hShB and rewards bestowed by profit
gate kings aud princes on low born
HE6aftesans and their "sbrats." The blhe
blood Of Britain is not altogether ceru-
1ean, but has now and then very
earthly tinge. The scandals which so
trsa 1sRtiyi disgrace the highest English
society land sheck the, world are out.
breaks of the capcerOus, corruption OF
n asfo generatiohs.' Yet the royalty OF
to-day, Hot oniy.Of England, but OF con-
.tinental kingdoms. is, certainly more
Decent and decorous than that of less
than q, century ago-if it is not abso-
lutely. more virthous. In England this
Improvement is, of course, largely due
ito th6eEamples OF the "virtuousest, dis
oreetest, best" Of queens, her uncle
William had his pafaee well stocked
with and his civff list we'll Bur ened, for
his natuuaD children: ? her uncle George
was, as ali the world Knows the greatest
Of royal volupfaArfes and Slibert,pes.
and even her, venerable grand papa had
in his-yeuth hiel princdE .peccadiilos.
rs, perhaps, an open Question whether
the royal and duoal folk of old times
who handsomely provided for their
mistrasses ahd0i boldly acknowledged
and ennobled their iiiegftimate children,
were more imfhoraf than those Of our
day, who cenceafirregular rel dc an d
ignore their unhappy consequences; but
about the honesty and manliness Of the
1.-TWO COURSES there can be no question. 7
may be that the growing festiveness OF
that once stupid animal the taxpayer,
has Something to do with ithel decrease
of royal proffgacy. IN
| Seen under the white light eff absolute
morality. cannot claim that the daily
walk and conversation OF the popular
Prince of4W ales presents q lofty exam-
1 s-ysO
| believe him the Don Giovanni or Sar-
danapalus he has been represented. He
possesses too genial. kindly and fraDk
a nature and too, much good sense to. at
tempt Prince Regent ralej thatsl:
PLAYED out. And. thens he is too busy
I with bridge and park openings, aDdlox
| hibition inanguretIngs; he is, whirlee
j from banquet q to banquet; from
aLo;G ~. I cboir. he 10 waIxzaf
through galleries, deisSioeailec e
statues and multitudinous busts. L
seems to be thepolicY of the Qneen anf
her advisors to keep the, royal family
ito. the fore" to have not only the
! Prince OF Wales, but all his brother:
and sisters, nephews and nieces, act mr.
to the Ich dien motto-saFving the PEG.
pie in all pre- er ceremonial ways-ant
the people work them well. Last sum
mer the 3-year-old Duke ofsAlbany aact-
ually laid the foundation OF pubic
building, and did his level best" witt
i his little trpwel to prove to British TAX
payers that they wers qgattlpgs then
F moneys worth out of the Guelphs-
Enthusiastically the, English sroya
family of to-day is an improvement OF
that with which the century opened ~
the morals of the sons and daughter!
of George Ill. history is reticent. .an(
will during the life OF the goot
Queen; but ann afraid that. there wa
a scarce a man or woman Of the. whole; on
I family whose character ssheul,t b. 9ls
cussed except III lcessneras Albert Ea
81 ward is like TO tEs long ritn iof princes Q
Wales since Edward, born at arnarvon