The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-06-03
COURT MOURNING.
The British Shopkeepers Score Point
Against the Queen-Mr. ParneL's Let
fers.

Inc Brltisn SnOpkeeDefS ocoNo T"
Against the Queen-Mr. Parnelps Let
tiers.
by Gable to the United Press.l
LONDON, June 8, 1Ss9.-The State con-
cert which took place on Friday, and
which was attended by all the finer clay,
which has access to the Court ana
the person of Royalty, was, as might
have been expected, notable
and brilliant event; but while gratifying
the dilettante tastes in costumes and so
cial environments of England's -Four
Hundred, it served still more emphati-
cally to emphasize the triumph
of the London shopkeeper, that
quiet and humble parsonage
who is all obsequiousness on the surface,
but who is yet powerful enough TO leave
his impress on matters OF state now anu
then by quiet but persistent effort. This
time it was the Queen herself who was
forced to yield to his power
The Queen, a fortnight ago. imposed a
three weeks period of mourning upon the
Court for the death of a very nice little
lady whom nobody in England cared rap
Bavaria. The London shopkeepers
took the alarm at once. With the Court
in mourning, who was to buy the elegant
plumage with which their shelves
groaned and which they had provided SO
profusely In anticipation OF a
brilliant Court season? Without
any public demonstration they brought a
strong pressure to bear in various ways,
upon such members of the Government as
were nearest Her Majesty, representing
that their business would be ruined IL the
order were insisted on.
Tye Queen at first refused to listen to
any proposition for a shortening OF the
| term, but, after much persuasion and a
graphic description of the ruin the order
would inevitably bring upon a large and
| influential class of her loyal subjects,
she finally yielded The order was
modified so as to permit the wearing OF
any costumes the fair attendants at her
Court saw flt The members of Her Ma
| jesty's household and the Corps Dlplo,
| matique were still vigorously restricted
| to morning garb, but these were the only
exceptions.
| The shopkeeper was happy once more
He sold his gaudy finery again and the
State concert became, instead OF a picture
of sombre gloom, paradise OF bright
colors. The period of mourning, wnlch Is
| still theoretically in existence, does not
| expire until next Saturday, but II now
rendered practically a dead letter. Even
so early as last Monday, on the occasion
of her Majesty's State ball, the
mourning was entirely of a perfunctory
| character, and the costumes were as
| gorgeous as they were ever known to be
| on such an occasion. The same may be
said of the drawing room last Wednes-
| day.
Truly the London shopkeeper is mighty
parsonage.
The times counsel assisted by the
counsel for Mr.. Parnell have begun IN
spection of the private letters of MI: Far
nell, which the latter recently handed TO
the Times counsel. The correspondence
covers a period of six years and COM
prised 5000 letters.
The times, commenting on the Valky-
rie's victory of Saturday, says she sur
passed anything she had previously done.
The Telegraph says she is undoubtedly
the best all-round boat in British waters.