Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-05
ARE FLUNK KIEs,
Wives and Daughters Eager for the Stamp of a Royal Drawing Room.

Wives and Daughters Eager for the
 Stamp of n Royal Drawing Room.
 [From the Illustrated American.l
 When English journals of unquestionsd aristocratic loyalty agree that presentation at court has come to be a plain financial transaction,i it does seem rather pitiful that the wives and daughters of distinguished American citizens should esteem the stamp of a royal drawing room indispensable to their social position. To greet Great Brit aims sovereign and witness the pegeantry of a state reception is an interesting eIper- fence that only dullard or bigot would refuse, and no fault is found with the en- terprising travellers who take in the queens grand functions as an agreeable incident in their foreign tours. It is the democra- tic born fiunky one despises-the woman who masters every '.ome-made dollar and fragment of infiusIce she can command, crosses the watUf, and sits down for an elaborate seize of London lorddom. Pride, dignity and self respect are necessarily left on this side, for any one of the three would prove serious obstacle in forcing the fa- vor of strawberry leaves and coronets- Af ter plotting, scheming and paying out pro- digious sums of honest American currency, the goal Is reached and, madamoiselle, or madame, is permitted to bare her neck, shiver for hours, and squeeze, crush, and tear her rich frock to tatters in the com pany of titled folks. But absurb and even contemptible as all the preliminaries and the very action itself appears, worse is to come. When the Yankee girl or ma.ron returns to her native shores, then occasions l-n r.-.. Such superiority as the misguided creature royalty has suffered her humbly to print on its sacred handI Coming home, the first thing she does is to find conspicious spot, and there hang hugh photograph of the court dress with herself inside. ing placed where attention may be easily drawn to the picture, it serves to direct or flavor her conversation for some years to come. What hopeless boredom acquaintances en- dure therefrom, and how often they wish that ''dear Elenore's" ma-:=- were curable, or else that it were less objectionable form of lunscy.
 Are We a nation of flunkiesi It rather looks that way particularly when a famous manufacturer tells the story of splendid ivory and gold mounted toilet set he made to order for bona fide countess. Aftel the magnificent dressing case was complet- ed and ready for delivery, beholdl the la dy's title was clear, but her means for set ting the bill decidedly hazy. The goods were therefore thrown back on their mak er's hand0. Now nothing remained but tc break up the collection in single pieces
 scatter through the stock, and trust that |
 total loss might thus be avoided. O course each dainty implement was emboss | ed with coronet wrought in high relic I and prominently placed. Mortifcation O "A IT. Il 1..-.l
 ual pieces snapped up immediately, but il
 every instance purchasers found the em | blazoned articles so much to their ikin. | that commands were instantly issued foi
 many unauthorized duplicate editions o the impecunious countess original order