Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-05
BRITISH HIGH LIFE.
Some Social Customs to Which
the Nobility are Slaves.
WHAT COMPRISES A SEASON..
The Home Life at the Castle Taken up
with the Entertainment of Guests,
But Few Formalitles Observed.
Pow the Time is Sn.pt.

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| comprised ~ English fiction, has certainly
| done injustice to British nobility in n IedS'
| one respect. Il has totally ulSintorned Al
| OF Us VINO are plebeiau, and rather like re
| naming so, As to the everyday life Of the
| British ariStOcracy.
Nobody loves this class. Nobody be-
| lieves in its hereditary rights and priv
| leges, save those clergy who mold ''HvlngS
under them, ana The other laCkeys tina
serve them Nobody has any manly sym
| pdthy whatever with its semi-rcral pre-
| tensions and preroEHtives. Nobody has
the slightest confidence rha, century
hence any such class Will continue 10 exist
il Great Britain. And Vet every one of Us,
Notwithstanding our ttoutlngS and ScOhingS,
has the kecnest interest II gliupses OF lis
members daily lives.
Your British lord really believes in him.
self That IS worth something IL charac-
| ter,anG builds up on the lines of equabe lIv-
| ing ana true dignity with anybody. Young
American lurdcrC knows that he IS al accI-
dent. 4 pretender,an irritating social miStit.
I lie formers real pleasures are found IN re-
taxation from social duties which centuries
OF custom have rendered obligatory The
.dtterS pleasures are solely uttaIuable
through the arrogant and offensive insist
enCe Ot endless recognition of his money
power. The one IS splendid nation 5 per-
mancnt eNcreScnce. The other is an
other splendid nations first growth
OF fungus. Both are interesting
studies. But the British noble has
rather the advantage from 4 scenic stand
point, because, speaking in uncouth smile,
he is the most ancient. best acknowledged
and the most picturesque
BUMP on THE NATIONAL LOG.
Many of the British nobility occupy their
establishments the year round. These
would ScOrn to do else Their ethics are
exclusively evolved from their fondest
dreams. 10 which they cling. that they ace
fcudal lords. For such'to reside in town
would he to descend 10 the utter debaSc-
ment OF burgherS. With great majority
the London season largely controls heir
residence and its period ut castle, seat or
hall, and elsewhere The season IS con
trolled by parliament, the annual closing Of
which practically depends on sport. The
ariStOcratic fashionable world is formed and
its movements controlled almost exclusively
by those connected with the houses OF lords
and commons: these comprising largely the
nobility. In other words. the intangible,
awful formulated thing known a the great
fashionable world ccntCring IL London, Is
after all simply the country nobility and
aristOcracy cOnCrcgdtcd for brief season
in London. London does not make this
fashionable world Those OF the country
make it in London. Their town-houses,
for the entree To which fashionable
toadieS will resort to incOuceivdble humi.ia-
IiohS' are Ihe Iaef'st elhp0rdfN lodging
HOUSES oI ndleu Guy me j HIS exclusive
class, not lar eAceeGInE Il Thousand hcdaS
OF houses, PtdcIicdliS own anu uerlNe inc
revenues from the ehllfe lihueu possessions
of Great Britain.
In the main, British castle life begins with
the grouse shooting season in August, and
lasts until the following May. With those
in the world the period is much reduced.
Many LotSdhe Ihe estates IN feprudtA TOT
the "ffSt SWIM III the metropolis mere
Is GeII@AlluI though quleI sqGlal peflou III
LONDON preceding Easter. huI Just IN
!ieuidtelF peIOre l"'S''t' PdIIIdi'ehu du-
Jourhs' "ien oach come tne IoFus ana Ia
GleS OF tflp 10 tite oItIlen. Is tdheh'
AFTER a. Faster the l'-; LOhuoh J,ue setS IN;
ne PARK Is thfoh$eu' l'oIleh 10" Is hlled
WIN ind@lililce!it nefSe omen '-lo SdIdiltSi
iuilclieois, ulhnefS ana odli9 are lhhuilefd-
De- ana Ihe queen ara" lI9-T roo, coll-
nlSIu lhe nopiliiS presence lucy comes
WINS ulltiue' NhSt PdIilIienO asaill likes
a snort recess, anu LONDON IS asdln deserted
Dy tile dflsIocFatA- RuI AZ llS HoollllF Oh
Ehgidhu. ScoIlailu , anu ireland mat make
any pretehSI IONS " I'dSeNtL u CORRECT lorhi
are pach III Lohuol ny lue 4dIIer pdrU VI
MAY.
FROM lhls Jiile Idle ulihefs ana later
pdI d Iolio" III oe" i!uerihs succession: Ihe
stluiliS al Vi p'ii44atlieii. anu courU Is coil-
tt III pIed.ng ole event anu
aialI, orls lllateu oS lile am IoctdcS, anu u
Which tne atiSe are lruiS saves COIN
pei Tue mn oI phS alcdl anu nlialcIal en-
uurdnce' bsIoy vdS: iol NLl Gu p .rIlaIlIehV
always auiouIus' 10 io4I"eu ny cUihiiieICe
meHU aI Eaton, anu tilese oS tle great
crlchet liaIcliee nesMeeh I9roS anu COIL
MONS husoS' I'IifoH ain f-auoh' anu
Cambridge anu OAloLu. tHeu come .ie
Mouerlu. sanueh pdtlles VI GHe2 3 IGN, lllt
W. sleaO uIedA,9sts VI liiS Iiiice vi
Wales anu 'ne ui Sai uisllcu Parties ny
edils, uuAgs anu EueLiesseS' IolioMeu "
ASCOT WSek, anu the court Dalis anu gFea'
paiS "iiu ;i ot Ia. -
WIZ 't!o nilolu.g aiII s i1o,li teH2 W .lt0
ace. mill the military fetes and the last
fetf chamnetre al, Wimbledon hav,. ;,,1.ivpd
and the dome, and faded arisfocracv seek
fine SIMS of the continent in atoncmeut for.
theirsins Tn, sssaasor,, Is M an end The
gIIns nj the titled snor+srnan cornrnen,..
Ssinoino in the North and the home-Iife M
the castles of Britain BEGINS.
Usually a LARGE norton of the family
Mate some nict1res and nucb -brac
have done dntv at the toyvn-i1ouse dining
the season - EVERY other TnovgbIe aI,ficl,
Of yai,Ie has been left at the castle uniar
the bousekeeper,s direct charge and the
General cI,aroa of tho Steward AGENT ar fa,.
1n,. at the estate who resides raa, The
LouseL,eener and nossibIv a hoIf-dozen nm
Ijo,.-s,,[,+e TaI-e ron, ai,3a6 OF ~. sas,Ic an
hoard wages ;, that Is redrred WAGES and
q certain weekly allowance with which 10
n,.o1-ida +bai,. own food Thev load no life
rs 900 ,1rdar those ci,,c,,,1etanceg E,,-.,.,-
h, hitsbia rortion of tba niaca is inenac+ed
G,isteJ and ai,ad daiiv Ererr foor i
,,,.,SeJ o1,co eScb ,racly' Al s+a{ad inter
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