Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
AMERICA ABROAD.
The Dead Level of Equality in This Country
--Fondness of Our People for Titles
Lord Rosebcry's Portrait of Wnshing-


A"o De"a nese' OF Aquai'ts in an's Countr,
-Fondness OF Our People for Titles
Lord Rosebery's Portrait of Washing
ron-Ynnkee, Abrond,
A MERroAN life shows undercurrents of reac.
"A tion Tho man bnIk of tho national ex;st
o. e !. ,,ass of foir,v nrosnorous roonIs MI ood
Ss 80, - o,,,a,;.~, -, ;,sa.;t,'
| 80 - =. Les ,Ionoooratic Nnw ua ~.
A.. 60 ,ad;as ~ tbo stot.s bova ar,orad
| 80, tho dal;oo.o +ost of foru;no a c,nh to he
| knou,n &c ssTba ColoniaJ Dames of America -
| Tts obioo,s orc u,o nromote natriotism and In
| consorva or,etocracvu and the onlv eIioible
| oondido.ns u,;II ha thosa 1ybo can show moro
than n centnrv of ancestors zach member will
| he reouired 70 nrove her descent from persons
| of EncJisb race settled in A merica before tho
Declaration of Indenendencs who then filled
recocnizad socio1 nnsit;ons This outcome of
what evervbodv tnew was n characteristics trait
of onr kin bevond the seas Is rather unex-
nected We waro owore of their fondness for
tracinc their blood to old Enolisb families. #
uos on ;ntorest,no touob of natpre landing To
bridoa tho Atlantic and to hiring topether the
several sections of the race The greatest num.
her of onnIico,;ors IN the EnoIisb Heralds,
Coneco for nedigre.s arms mo,toas and crests
are ;f ia eoid from American citizens II must
he oratifvino 70 the ladies helonpino TO n suc-
cessful snecnator in silver. oil. or pork. to find
as knights. or "bore without abuse the grand
old name of gentleman"
The old castles of England have also a fas-
cination for Americans, says the Illustrated
Ne10s of the World, despite the remark of the
Yankee who referred to them as certainly
handsome. but rather out of repair" Will not,
however, these retrospective women of the
States experience a trouble in sitting the
claims of the fair candidates? In the time Of
Louis Quatorze it was easy for the officials at
Versailles to ascertain the sixteen quarter
ings" necessary for all presented at Court. Yet
when the Bourbons returned the attempt of
Louis XVIII. to purge his Peerage utterly
broke down. He issued an order that there
should be an investigation into all the titles of
nobility then used throughout the land; but his
political advisers told him that the carrying
out of the task would ALLEVIATE some of the
wealthiest and most ardent Legitimist bankers,
merchants and manufacturers, VIII ose grand
fathers or fathers had unlawfully taken titles.
or who had assumed them themselves. Conse.
quently the attempt to draw up list of the
real nobility was given up; and to this day there
is no authority to decide in France whether a
title was conferred by King or assumed
generation or two ago by some aspiring par
venu. Will the Colonial danes succeed
where Sovereign of France utterly failed?
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The American Colonel.
A MER1cA has mn orders or decorations. no
"A titIes nerson.I or bered;torv nothino Tn
dist;ngnish the son of a President or a Sena.
tor from tho son of n sboamakpr Tn revenpe
bowever the neonIe cling desneratelv tn anv
thing tho, varies the monotonv of the .Mister,
90 oin5iscririnateIv annlied II twasMar O,ReI
who said that "tbe nonuIation of the limited
St.,.e CONSISTS of ,rar IN ooo ooo ~ neonIa-
r,nstIr CoIonaIs,i Tha,, .artsin,v are srf8.
cientIy nrmaro,s 70 irstifv tho satire LONG
hefors tbc (y,v,I Wor 1hera were so many Car,
tains Majors ano Observation-Disclosures ofscers
Of the bianes, -onr-nervadino tho states
thot A.. ,rcarass - tha str,,oroIa could bo rd1v
.dd - ~ nnn,h.r NJ, +bev o-o oyorvvh.ro
Tba, r-ao,;o. q. ,avua-s adit neusnonors
,noroaa ro,I,yov. narinn,.to 1nonce run
+haa.ers o,,n storos ono cuIt;v.+o farms Tho
nresr ..Honorablsu oficioI,v attacbed 70 mem.
barshi, Of Conoress ia noroded Ia,oelv in mr.
NO 20 1it...rd hevona ofsoioI ond nnb,;cIy roc
ognizad marks of d;stinction America can
esoue societies than apv country in the world.
There are at least hundred selt-assumed or
ders Of chivalry who have knights and squires
ana DANES. and who keep up vast etiquette
OF ceremonies and forms OF salutat1on. j
One OF the greatest traues unions IN Amer
lea, composed of artisans, calls itself knights
of Labor" The President the Senators, and
the members of Congress are all appareled
alike in the subdued uniform of modern civil.
ization. Yet nothing pleases the humber
American SO much as to array himself in fan
tastic garb and to parade the streets in dresses
that almost eclipse the best efforts of theatri-
cal costumier. This revenge in private life for
the sober monotony of legal and official exist
ence is curious proof of that reaction Of SEN
timent so natural to the human heart. The
Americans have no court and have not even
retained the modest state that surrounded
color In their daily lives. ana IL IS supplied Dy
voluntary ORGANIZATIONS Win oou lities, quaint
oos.ue' ." T Suu .n'oMp a,t.'aa. n.a.r ano "
ts'enoe' 1neh pos' pns Sen'el
arounu .afiu', oanAs Vi ou,iono9, ~. SnoS
l1,' W NAM .ne" auu az,