Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-10-11
AMERICANS "1o vlsl, Trf QUEEN.

Our Secretary, Of Legation says They Are
I,rmo, ratio and pigniiied.
Mr.. Henry White. secretary to the
Ancrican ln.a ion in England. is Wis
iting his relatives and friends. Mr..
White lIas been secretary TO foreign
legations since 1883. having been first
appointed to the court Of Vienna. He
remained th re but a short time. as the
climate did not agree with the health Of
his wife, and at his request lie was
transierre, To the court Of ST. James in
1884. and LAS been there continuously
since thai time.
Mr.. White is "A pleasant and interest
ing taiker As the charge d'affaires of
the legation il is his duty to present to
the court all Americans who desire the
privilege. No discrimination. he says,
b made in ceremony. All Americans
who wish to attend a presentation can
have their wish gratified. provided they
sre an fait morally. They make their
desire known 1T the legation and their
names are sent to the lord chamberlain
BY the charge d'affaires. and the names
are placed among those who are to be
Dceived at the next presentation. The
queen Is more generous to men than to
women. The former have eight oppor-
tunities during the season Of attending a
'1svee," rs the reception for gentlemen
b called. while for the girls and yearn.
ing ANN but two drawing rooms"
arc held. one in March and one in May.
Unmarried gentlemen and ladies are
never admitted together except under
nse circumstances. A man may nc.
company his wife. or vice versa.
The court officers are punctilious on
these occasions in the matter of dress,
and many a woman's heart has fiutter-
ed In direful anticipations when pre-
pairing her toilet for these occasions for
fsar she could not pass muster. The
trains must be Of a prescribed length
and dresses are invariably cut decoilete.
The rule is strictly observed. the only
exception being in case Of sickness. To
Be admitted otherwise even in such eases
permission must be secured beforehand
from the lord chamberlain. The men
ad0rn themselves for these occasions in
the dress Of their respective countries
and II is bad taste to appear otherwise.
The Americans, OF course, appear in
the conventional evening suit of black.
No sword is required. and, altogether,
from the democratic nature OF the
United States government, Americans
are given more license than other ma.
tionalities.
American travellers have been very
much illuminated, Mr. White says, by
writers who depict them as resorting to
all sorts Of petty schemes to obtain
audience with the queen. While occa
s~ionally Il shoddy person might be en-
countered whose impudence is greater
than his good taste or judgment, and
who gives occasion for the ridicule that
Americans are frequently made to hear,
IL is nevertheless the rule that citizens
Of the United States are not pushing,
and that they show more Indifference
to distinction by notice from royalty
than do travellers from other countries.
He has seen afluent merchants who
have come from the humblest walks In
Life deport themselves with more grace,
dignity and self possession at a levee
than many whose intercourse with
royalty had been more extended.
European travel by Americans, he
ays, has wonderfully increased Of late
year.. -Four or five of the largest hotels
i London are nearly always filed with
them during the season. Many, Of
course, come to the legation, but the
great majority do not. They go quietly
and systematically about their travels,
asthey do about their business ut home.
In abiding to democracy Mr.. White
ays II may astonish one to hear It, but
be thinks 1t Is a fact that there is as
much II not more democracy in England
than here. Many peer, he says. would
willingly exchange his title for a seat in
the house Of commons. A man may
inherit q title, but II his merits de- not
command respect and admiration his
Empty title viii not secure them to him.
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