Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-20
FROM DER THE SEA
EngIand's Pauper Aristocracy
Lives at Others Expense.
pLASTAGENET is A BARBER
The GovsrnmeAt Unable 70 Provide for
osassei BsgGars-Niecs of an
Earl in . Bagnio.

Gwynssn Na1de and of her unhappy
mother, WHO committed suicids yes
tsrdAy ON account of the shame snd
exposure Of ths daughters tnefts, calls
attention 10 tns large and increaslng
number OF sclons OF aristocrscy VINO
are gaining living IN this city by ques-
tonabIs means. It 8 said that noble
earl. noted for his dlssipAted manner
OF living, and whoss escapades have
not been conhned 10 tbs side Of the
Atlantic, Mas amazed recently to find
among the inmates Of . disordsrly
house he visited bis own niece, the
daughter of . sister whom he had lost
sight OF for several years. The glrl
recognized the earl by his psctuIss.
ms lordship to say that he rescued the
girl from her unfortunate surround
ings and made some provision Tor the
su DDort OF her and ner mother.
it Is said that last week. Ile younger
brother OF barouet of ancient lineage
Was arrested, under an assumed name,
for suindling. lie gave the excuse
that he WAS driven 10 crime by starva-
ton, and was Too proud to 70 near his
brother, vho was. lndesu, not much
better of. The victim of the swindler
relented and the affair was htished up.
The case OF S.r Henry Valentine Goold,
Inc Old Irish baronei. So Years of age,
Who has been exposed rs the stool
pigeon IN literary lmposture, - an
other instance.
Pauper Arissocrae<
Poor old Gooid - IN his second child
hood, but has virtually nothing to live
on. lie comes from an ancient fam
lly, being descended from . mayor of
Cork IN the reign OF Henry VII. He
mas gold inches on his armorial crest,
but that Is about all the gold that is
left IN the family. He will probably
not be prosecuted.
Another poverty stricken Irish bar
onet, s.r Gilbert Campbell. 10 serving .
term IN prison for swindling. the
English system OF civil service Is chiefly
devoted To providing places for the
poor nobility and the poor relations OF
lrIsn nobility, but both classes are get
ting so numerous that the civil service,
te church and tho army are insufti-
Gent 10 provide for all, and many OF
them have TO live BY their wits or resort
to nOucSt fuptoyueut.
Among the omnibus and cab drivers
of London are to be met men who were
brought up In mansons. but who have
failed to stick to the places found for
them by the influence of Aristocratic
kinsmsn. AZ for trades and ordinary
business, the aristocrats are crowding
IN a. q rate that Is surprising. even the
humble trades having not q few men,
eers W no are trained .. Eton and Ok
ford. ~
Fiantsgenet . Barber.
In . barber shop on the Thames en-
bankment one may be shaved and
have his hair dressed by 8 barber who
claims descent from the Plantagenets.
and whose name certainly appeared
among the younger branches OF one Of
England's ducAl houses He told o
correspondent that he Was gwen two
nundred pounds, when hs came Of
age, and . ticket TO Australia, but
tn,t be did not like Austria
la and when he came back
his relatives declined to do
anything more for him. During his
brief stay IN Australia he learned .
trade from necessity, and when he got
back he took To shaving as q means Of
livelihood. He makes no pretense OF
concsalipg MS identity, and "a the
matter ~ getting nolsed about, and his
ducal srldred are said to be very much
shocked, it IL possible that the barber
will soon receive q substantial induce
ment 20 get out of the business.
Gisdssons IL Wen.
Mr.. Gladstone is in good health, and
likely 20 make his coming session IN
terssting FOR the opponents of home
rule. The premier Is said TO be very
much stirred mp over Lord ssllsoury's
srtscle about the house of lords. and 1t
is sald by those who are supposed to
know liberal secrets that snould the
house Of lords reject . home rule bill
passed by the commons Mr.. Gladstone
will seize the pretsxt to appoint not
less than 200 liberal peers. choosing
men of ability from every walk OF life.
IL 10 not believed, however, that the
upper house will commit hsri-ksri by
obstinate opposition 10 :: home RUE
measure.
wred diplomats.
The visit OF the Czarsvi,ch at the
H0tburg N VIENNA has teen the event
OF the week among the crowned heads
on the continent. Although neralded
by chorus Of semlofficial denlsls
tnst the Russian heir aud emperor.
Frans Joseph. would take place, the
young mans presence in the Kaiser
stadt hss received much attention
from the Austrian and French dallies.
The etfors made by the III empress,
Elizabeth, To entertain his Russian
hignness, although she could not rally
sufficiently 20 DE 10 Vienna when Fm-
persr William was stopping at Schoen-
hrunn. gave color 20 the report that
Austria. Hungary and Rlss.s was
about To be recorlciled and to r.sums
their historical friendship. The Au.-
tran newspapers sook up the .iea aud
even Prince Bismarck whispered
through the Hamburger Nschrichten'
the warning that Germany would DO
veil 90 look after her international
huea
An Act 90 tsar,~-y.
IN Paris the vlgsro Temps aud De-
hat. deprecated the prevailing impres-
sion mat Rassls might be making
Overtures te a member OF the tIlpl-
slAsnce. All three pointed ons that
az l0ug AZ the three brothers OF the
tfsr. ihs grand dukes Niai.mer, ser.
sius and Aleris were hoenotoinx With
President tarnot and his cabinet in
Psrs. the French people need not fear
that kustiis would creep into knsslsn
favor
There 9 every reason 20 believe thu,
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