The morning call., 1892-09-25

the same terrace with the gentry and arlS-
| toeracy
The carriages have crests, mostly bold
lies; the horses are fine prancers; the coach
men and flunkies have a lordly wel-fed
| air; there is whole retinue OF servants IN
the stately mansion, and grand feasts are
| given TO as many desirable guests as can De
| mustered; the gardens are trim; the park OF
! course contains deer, and woods aooundlng
! in game stretch beyond.
The possession of country estate IS a
/ vast stride toward f0rgetfulness OF humble
| origin. You come down to 1t at Christmas
| and during a portion OF the summer, and
| the rest of YOUR life you pass in London
/ amid the grand world, going from party to
: party. and every day in the season making
| numerous calls upon your friends, whom
| you specially crafty by leaving your cards
| for their perusal.
Happy the owner Of country estate who
/ can bring down the Prince OF Wales as
plum. That august event lifts the star of
| the family far into the zenith. They be-
| come the envy of the neignborhoOd. Be
! sure the feast spread for his Royal High
ness is such rs his royal palate can do JUS
tice to and that the wines are the rarest
and choicest. lie Is very g0od-natured
| Prince when on circuit and can always be
depended upon to kiss the baby and to plant
tree in the grounds as a souvenir OF his
visit
There must be a forest Of these trees
| SpTOOtl0S WIN TIE royal DitSoitS' II bOl
the Prince Of Wales some other member oil
| the royal family will do. The Duke OF
Edinburgh aud the Duke of Connaught are
| worth something as pillars Of the monarchy
! at inaugurati0ns or fOundatIon-st0ne laying.
The Princess Of Louise, without that poor
| Marquis To whom she is married, is grace
full IN an art museum, and Princess Bea-
trice. though nervous. can also make herself
| useful in the same valuable manner. Even
the Duke of Cambridge. as the Queens
cousin, c0mmander-ln-chlef OF the army
and roVal ger of the Ioyal parks, is con-
! as guest. OF in supdry towns of poor spirit
as functionary. His Grace, in fact, is an
/ institution.
The feeling entertained for the peerage
/ in England is out OF all proportion to its
merits as an aristocratic body. Instead of
! being com posed of the best of the people,
4 as the etymology would imply, a large pro-
/ portion have degenerated into law, good
/ for-nothing noodles, or scamps. like the
/ Earl of Crabs, who are without brains and
would soon he without fortune but for the
/ entailed and inahenable estates they pos
sess.
1t is not easy to break an entail. But the
mere fact that common looking man is a
! duke or a marquis, an earl or baron, is suf-
/ ficient amends among the legion OF snobs
/ for defects of character or moral principle.
People gaze at peer, even In church, as
and blood.
| No wonder he has unlimited opportunities
/ TO play the rascal. He Is coveted as a
/ fgUrehead on a swindiing board of direc-
! tors. He may know nothing about busi-
ness, but how valuable is his name as a
| draw when g lying prospectus is to 60 forth
| about wildcat mine in Wales or Arizona.
Should he appear at a bazaar for the
! church or charity. how numerous is the
/ flock of ladies and the old women of
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! him. And If they are introduced be sure
! they allude to him frequently in eonyesa-
/ ton among people who have not had the
! honor, and repeat all he said and a great
! deal more he did not. Precious is the nod
on the street from an earl after such an
Introduction.
These fluff" hunters when they 60 abroad
! find the conventional nobility very interest
! ing and affable. Take il all in all CONT
mental nobleman is not a snoh, but the
! English people strive to make him live up
| TO his dignity. They will have him differ
| eBt from ordinary mortalS, and he does not
1 profess to be.
! They are as thick as hlackberries. and as
! poor as church mice. Many of them will
! let yOn pay for their wine with eQuanimity,
and indulge in any other expenses on their
account. And the qualification is immense
! to the thoroughbred tuft-hunter. The table
/ q 'hOte at which the meetings occur is often
mentioned with a smack of pleasure. and
/ The marquis or vicOmte or due (he also IS
/ nnmeTOus) and their respective wives are
mentioned with becoming junction.
This transient association with the nobil-
! ity elaIes the snOb bliSsfulY for the re-
/ maiGder Of his life. and supreme is the
! disgust Of the Snob when any one presumeS
/ TO yawn at the recital and ask about the
| liver complaint Of some piebeian relative.
II would be unseemly 10 suggest that
] there IS such a thing as sDObbery in military
1 ranks, but really it is very prevalent among
/ particular variety Of officers. A lord in a
| regiment is q nuisance, and a prince is @
COMPOUNDED nuisance. An earnest or poor
officer might as well resign. He is made TO
feel his inferlority shamelessly. The
/ Guards regiments contain the aTist0cratic
| officer to repletOn.
The men are good soldiers, but they are
! often frightfully tyrannized over by boobies.
/ whose only dream of military duty is horse
/ racing, mess dinners. parties and gayety in
every form. What is 10 be thought Of an
officer who, after parade before dinner,
! gives his men detour march during half
! an hour in order to show off their marching
| projections to some giddy ladies in Eaton
| SQuare-the men hungry as hawks the
/ while and coming in 10 d spoiled dinner?
The British officer Is also a SnOb in going
about in mutt and leaving too often his
| en- to the not tender care of nOn-commis-
stoned officers. There are other traits of
| the military and likewise naval character
| which may be studied in that wade mecum
I on the subject, Thackeray's Book Of
| Snobs."
Can the dear reader suppose there is any
| such monstTosity as snobbery among law
yeTs? Well, it is very democratic brother
| hood, but it has its ambitions, and in the
| struggle 20 attain them there is good brew
| OF sDobbery. The barriSter is always q
lOftier being than solicitor. He may be-
| come a Judge, q Lord Chancellor and peer,
and there are hundreds Of Offices to which
| LIE is eligible and the useful and iudispen-
| sable solicitor is not.
But he sometimes offers to carry solicit
| tors bag on circuit-sO they tell of the pious
| Mr.. Waddie-and he is not averse to marry
| Ing solicitors daughter when she has a
dot and there are briefs in the background.
Then the @. G. looks down upon the
| junior, and the Judges are inveterate jokers
and sneerers, aud are indignant when their
| jokes fall fiat. And when barrister be-
| comes Lord Chancellor-ob, what a trans
formationi He is as grand in the parapher-
| MALTA of p0mp as Cardinal Wolsey. He
has seat In the Cabinet, is the keeper ef
| the Queen S conscience, Las much patronage,
both in legal Offices and in the church. Can
| poor human nature stand that and be hum
Die? Quite impossible.
AS to the church, it also has its digni-
| taries, its differences OF station, and poor
| curate is taught to know the distance be-
! tween himself and vicar; vicar is defer
entail before an aTchdeac0n; an arebdeacon
| ditto before a dean; and the whole of them
! stand in awe of Bishop, who has 5000 a
| year, or as Archbishop of Can terbury. e15.-
600 year, a town house, palace in his see,
| and seat in that chamber of wisdom, the
! House of Lords.
Human nature cannot stand all this stair
case Of ranks in a church supposed to minis
ter to the poor in the Christian spirit Of
meekness. And then what is to be said OF
the attitude Of SO many cergymen OF the
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conformity?
1t is often an attitude Of contempt and in
| suit. How the country parson can be a
| tyrant to people who dare to &C TO a Metho-
| dist or an Independent chapel. clergy
| man caught thus offending Is, however, well
| dashed in the newspapers.
This subject OF social differences has
| many other qualifications. Il is. in fact in