New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-16
THE ROYAL WEDDING.
WHAT THE QUEEN HAS DONE TO MAKE 1T
POPULAR, AND WHAT SHE HAS
LEFT I-NDONE.


q sting 10 it, But, after all, the wedding of a
Prince who may probably AT some distant date
u, King of England, does not occur once III gen
Grafton and London il not often blessed with an
excitement in which everybody can share. whether
everybody does share in il is another question
The Radical is supposed ut present to nay" pos
session Of the artisan mind, and to nave pefsuao
cd the working men and women OF Englahl ''a'
ROYALTY is a costly and useless thing. why should
not kings and queens. princes ana prlnceSN"s, DE
forthwith abolished of the face Of the carth Bnt
they are not and since they are not, even the
classes whose loyalty is most often in question
are not above profting by them, directly or inii-
rectly.
II becomes hard TO believe in tn" rrpu' li"aniSn
Of the masses when you see the streets filed with
them. standing for hours opposite MARLBOROUGH
House or the ratings of buckingham Palace
watching for a sight Of foreign or domestic poten-
totes or Of the closed carriages in which most OF
them prefer 10 shelter themselves from the ardor
of the democratic gaze. The carpenters do not re-
fnso IN build balconies and grand stands from when
their brttcrs-such is the traditional En9llsh
phrase-arc to behold the professions of Thursday
There arc no hostile demonstrations of any KIM
in any part Of the city or kingdom. II there DE
hostility il takes refuge in silence. or In IN" Re-
fusal TO vote loyal addresses as Dublin anu ''rk
did: both of them Irish cities You hear, aS you
walk about tho throngcd streets. expressions oil
discomfort no murmurs, still less threats
II there has been anv grumbling it has taken
the odd form Of circumstances againso tIe giving
of too many presents TO the bride and prid'srooh'
Nobody was Obliged TO give. hut II Is always
ross,hIe 20 mt a certain amount Of pressure on
people who do not like TO he Thought sihs"''r'
and there are always busybOdies who seize an
ton TO the throne conspicuous Inc type may
no socn In that Scotch town councillor OF Berwick
onTweed. I think. who proposed TO send the DnKe
of York 81 salmon for his wedding breakfast ii
no had chosen TO buy the fish with his own money!
NOTHING would have been said, hut the at'ehlp'
10 levy on public funds was resented anu iof
day or two Scotland was in 1ernent. III I"e
end believe no salmon was given Inc humoer
of wedding presents exceeds Lou. OF whch NV
faw are the product Of subscription People
subscribcd readily enough, for the most part nn'
n few who did not want to join IN these "S'l-
monals made much noise and created Tor tim"
a belief that kind Of fine was to Nc IcViei
throughout the kingdom as II snip money were
again eyacted. and modern Hampton, In inc aus
tore nerson Of Mr. Labouchere, were 10 ID" the
savior of the people from this new form o' en-
tortion
for ono dav nor for two but for the week Flags
bavo baen fvinc oycrvwherc since MONDAY: the
American flag which is thought decorative, con-
sn;cuous among them So many examples OF the
Stars and Stripes were visible on Tuesday 'il''
patriotic citizen Of the United States sndlchiN i''
down in Piccadilly might have thonoht Mt. var
negie's millennium had begun. ana that IN" bTltoH
was celebrating the anniversary OF American N
dependence But do not think he was gun"
ID.,,t ANAL
doing that nor has Mr.. Carnegies fah-Ahpio-
American enthusiasm become general as ye' ai"o'S
the inhabitants of this mother isle ANY nag Is
a GOOD flag when miles of streets have 10 De
adorned.
Fronchman remarked the other day. not LOT
Ohio 6rst time that the English have little notion
ho,v N make their streets beautiful. or now 10
yarv their ornamentation. Nor have th'E.
have seen London do its best dozen times over
and its best is almost always the Sa'h' .l'7'
and never a very brilliant effort. IL l. NOT "i"''
ont NOR very brilliant to-day. hut Kind OF re-
droa, conv Of what we bcheld in Jubilee week,
and with gray wash over H. Inc same c''p'
ters have built the same balconies an" S'"h"H
over again. and draped them in the same rrd paH'
here and there set off with blue ana phA' d'i'
with bright yellow fringcS. In" sam" N'n'"'"
masts bear aloft the same banners. Inc houses
which wcre most splendid then are most splea1iI
Ia so lovely nor is the art OF INTERPRETATIONS
ing unknown TO the aesthcti, Londoner, nor i h'
over deferred by SCOT and blacks from exposing
his treasures TO the grime-ladcn air.
JJo yets IL must be said, but little encourage
ment from Queen or from the hOusehoiu vi"
cials who have the ordering OF tl"s" ma''ciS' i"'
euotism of royalty is constant. 30 Is the "i'i' VI
alertness in the minds of these cchs'lli prsoi-
ages. They DO not make the most OF their oppor-
trri,ics This is an occasion which comes blt
orca in a oencration or less than once 1t ar
rives now az critical period in the history OF ''
Throne. when though no direct attack Is yet h'o'
upon il, the people who are its real support a''
nrobably less devoted than ever before 10 'n'
monarchcal principle. They are devoted TO tl'
Queen They like the Prince oil wares Inv
Princess of Wales is adored, aS she mas ever y" H.
There is plenty Of good will to the Duke of York
as Sailor Prince and a wel-meanng young man.
There was last year profound sympathy wl'h the
Princess Max OF TcclS. and there is this year
real kindliness Of feeling to the elri D"lore WHOM
a splcndd destiny oncr more opens
Rut what do the Heads of this royal family 40
to .ncourar, all these amiabr and certainly very
General if not quite universal sentiments "h"'
does the Queen? Her Majesty energies ior mo
man, from that srclusiOn which j. the one s'iiiu-
inc grievance of her subjects against sovereign
10 whom their attachment Is profound. she c'"i''
an from Windsor 70 London. She drives RON
paddincton Station through iIyd" Park = buc*-
;nqbam Palace She gives u State banquet TO GER
tain royal guests and few other persons OF MS
tinction. She attends the Garden Parry az MATT
borough House. She drives Ill inc "'a" No"'"'
n closed vehicle from one Palace 10 another ana
,.,nL aoair She is hardly seen. Her escort is IA
.ouadron of Life Guards. Her notion OF great
vo,duy festival is that the people Of London
.hou arrange what they like for themselves she
docs mot even give Il garden party of her own IN
those lovely grounds, hidden by tn" gloomy front
and more gloomy park walls Of buckingham Pal
ace from the public gaze. and opened even u hcr
e,,ests hut once these last tive-and-twentN wears