Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-09-28
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NEW YoRx. Sept. 26.--''1n Paris"
eayS IN old fairy tale, anything may be
bought for money" The same is equal
y true Of London; the price you pay de-
psnds very largely upon the part of the
town IN which you buy II. Prices on
Regeut street are usually 10 per cent.
higher than on Oxford or High Holborn,
and Whiteley will turn you out a perfect
tailor made suit at two-thirds the figure
ssked On Bond or Regent street. 1t is
nnistake, however, to suppose that in
London you are asked more because you
are IN American; on the contrary, II you
know where to buy, you pay less because
you pay cash. 1t Is not an uncommon
thing 10 see the announcement, "a lib
eral discount allowed for ready money"
and at many Of the news stands shilling
periodicals nre ticketed ''ninepence for
cash" All tradesmen expect to give
long credit to customers whom they
know, and naturally grade their prices
accordingly.
Il is amusing to an American to see
what immense importance is attached
to the patronage of the royal family; not
only to that of the queen and the Prince
Of Wales, but to every royal duke as
well There are numbers Of shops in
Kensington which advertise the patron
age of the Duke Of Cambridge on all the
business cards and. circulais. and the
Princess Louise, who when in town
keeps up her establishment mt the South
Kensington palace, is a still greater card
When once shop can mount the three
feathers, or the royal coat of arms, its
fortune is made, and the custom of ii.
r. H. 3 loyal subjects flows in as river.
There is something particularly fasci-
mating, even to good republican, in the
idea that you are served like a king:
how much more, then, TO n Jealous
ruyalisti
They say that the Prince Of Wales is
easy to please, for an heir apparent; no
body has ever brought such an accusa-
tion against the queen. Frugal she is to
. degree, and il is said that the purvey-
ors TO the royal household make, COM
paratively, very small profits; it is the
honor that pays. But il once an article,
especially Of food, has received the royal
approval, no doubts of it's excellence
need henceforth he entertained; unless
II b good Victoria will none of it. So
every tradesman who serves her with
anything is naturally anxious TO publish
the fact. Over the door Of handsome
establishment on Piccadilly is the an
nouncement: "Spur Maker TO Her Maj
esty." II should think that fellow would
starve," remarked an American, think
ing only of the fact that it has been
many years since tho queen was on
horseback.
by no means" was the reply Of his
English cicerone, sit is very desirable
appointment Don't you know that all
the household guards and the royal
oquerries and grooms are TO be equipped!
Moreover, every English horseman likes
10 buy his spurs from the same hand
which supplies the guards
Anybody may go to the queens gro
cers, green grocers, fruiterers, etc, and
feast literally like king" the royal
tailors and dressmakers are much more
dinlcult Of access; no key of gold can
unlock their doors unless it is properly
turned in the lock. Neither Poole nor
Elise will condescepd to set a stitch for
you, II you are not introduced by one Of
their customers, and cash down does not
move them. Poole is very rich man.
Il il said that he never sends in a bill 10
the Prince Of Wales, and he might well
afford ii, since the fact that he makes the
princes clothes is worth many thousands
Of pounds yearly to him. Albert Ed
ward does not inherit his mothers eco
nomical turn, and his income is very
moderate ono for his position and his
tastes.
II common gossip is TO be believed,
there Is scarcely a clerks wife in the
United States who does not have more
new dresses in year than the queen of
England. What she buys are, however,
OF the best quality lin mourning mate
rial), and she has them made over as
carefully as the clerks wife ought TO do
The queen is said to have quite friend
ship for Nine Elise, and society was
horrified two or three years ago by the
whispered rumor that the dressmaker
was to appear at a drawing room. 1t
was not verified, but since then pretty
granddaughter Of Elise's has been pre-
sented at court upon her marriage into
noble family. But then her dot was n
large one, and 1t is not the first time
that rich tradesman has married his
daughter or granddaughter into the aris-
tocracy.
Nowadays, 30 many aristocrats, not
only men, but women, are going into
business, that it seems, on the outside,
- though the prejudice against trade
were about to be relaxed. On the con.
trary, 1t rests at the very roots of society,
and the aforesaid mobiles are regarded as
cranks, who are pardoned, but looked
on as "off color all the same. None
with the smell Of the shop upon them
can be received at court, and Whiteley Is
prescribed equally with the petty trades.
man. The shopkeeper always styles
himself "Mr." upon his circulars; there
fore the proper form of address to gen
tlemen is ESD" and it is an afront TO
address letter to any but a tradesman
as "Mr. So-and-so."
There are no "stores" in England ex-
cepting the cooperative stores; from the
largest to the smallest they are shops.
For example, if you go into shop in any
part Of London and ask to be directed 10
. drug store, the person you ask will
probably stare and reply, "What would
you wish, 'na'am?' You should inquire
-
for chemists shop. And, as rule, the
more airs YOU put on the better you will
be treated. English tradesmen seem TO
enjoy insolence. II YOU have been dis.
appointed in having your goods sent
home at the date set, and you 60 to lodge
. polite remonstrance as you might do at