Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-22
IMPORTANT POSTS.
The Entire Machinery Of Court Life
Revolyes About Them.
THEIR OFFICES NOT SINHcuRHs.
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Difficulty in Getting Men
to Fiji Them.

little tattlo gossip about royalty. arc Ia
rare state Of excitement. The members
Of the Queens household, nom the Highest
officials down TO the younges, zcullery
maid are also wondering whore they are
at Even the Queen il said to be en-
barrassed and only the radical newspapers
that irroverently call the Prince OF Wales
''Tummy" and sneer at all royalty. are hav-
Ing any fun
To Americans the causes for all this to
do would seem TO be but slight and easily
capable OF Encouragement Not no here,
Briefly. the causes are these The Lord
High Chamberlain. Lord Darlington, who
holds one OF the most ancient Offices about
the British Court. an Office that beSan un-
der tho early Tudors. wants to retire. His
term OF office began about tho same time
as did that OF Victoria. and as his dutioA
hovo been onorous and his once no sine
cure, he wants rest and to make way for
younger man.
quite as serious blow to the Queen has
been the death OF Sir John Cowell. who has
been master OF the Queens household since
1866, and who. moreover. was ranked among
the Queens personal friends, This latter
affair has been the more complicated by
tho fact that Sir Henry Pelham Clinton,
who was named after tho death Of tho
veteran to be his successor. threw UP the
job as being too heavy
Finally Sir II. Frederick Ponsonby, long
keeper OF the Privy Purse aud private sec
rotary to the Queen, has resigned, and the
feollng Of the Queen IN this matter Is best
Illustrated perhaps by the fact that she has
so far refused TO accept her private sec
retary's resignation.
Americans used to tho comparative sim
| pliciy In tho White House can scarcely
appreciate the importance Of tho Offices,
that have been administered by the three
men named The Queens household II
must be remembered. is wonderfully
complex AFFAIR, with Its ladies and gentle
men In waiting, Its ohamberlalns, lis royal
| guards and royal police, its Masters OF the
| Horse, Masters of the Buokhounds. and its
| army OF lesser retalners at both Windsor
| Castle and buckingham Palace The three
/ offices before mentioned are, 20 TO speak
| the department Headquarters OF the whole
court system OF management that sur
rounds the Queen. The most important
/ OF those In many respects is the Lord High
| Chamberlain. and II viii not be an cay
matter to and a worthy and capable OH
GER should the present incumbent insist
upon retiring. as II seems he viii, owing to
| bis advanced ,ge
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peiore SAID dates back 70 an early date IN
! English history, and II has always been d
position Of honor. An royal ceremonies
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W 'I's o'''e"' uN's =,
| was 10 guard the queen anu 10 see wen
to II that the divinity which is alleged 10
/ hedge royalty about is not rudcly tam
! p5rsd with. n Is his duty to preserye The
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N'' W. NF''" 'N'
u'Eh.ues ana, IN snort 10 stand between
/ royalty and the rabblc. An amusing incl
/ dent Of the exactnefs with which this high
| oflclal attends TO his duty is told ono az
/ Tho lndie. In wolttrg an tho Queen a,
" 'A'''"o NN,'"
hampton Court falace' hhu'hg her ioad OF
oihclal dignity much greater than her In
/ come, hit on a happy means OF increasing
I the latter. She went into tho business OF
] keepinr bnatders and was tnertinp Win
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, ""uH w l' .naiiuo'lel''
Polhteu out III heaVy olnclaI way that
| whilc rooms at Hampton Court might he
temporarily lent with the Quoen's con-
| sent. and while there Is no obioctlon IN
| -ata,t,a., - ,.ta,,.t. .o,,tu,,,.1,'~
@ ~ ~ 1-,,le w 'ne
eApo ,. oi tne court our ia ,,,l when on
genuine visit the queen draws the line at
attempts 70 make peounlhry ,pront out or
her hospitality. Hereafter ladies Ia at
| tehdahce on the court VINO want 10 Keep
poeIdofA VIII write thein Gown az relatives
ana friends ana thus SATAN WIZ be driven
around me bush with proht and proprlety.
Probably the most thanklesn Of all tho
Lord Chamberlain's duties Is the sorting
out OF the white sheep IN the mass OF
| applicants from all over the world who
want 70 be received al court and at the
| queens drawing room. IN the natural or
| der Of things. the Lord Chamberlain must
crush many ambitions ana cause many
heart burnings 1t is SAID OF the present
Official that h2 has been as kindly and
conslderate as his strict sense OF duty
would permlt
II Is b. no means on easy post, that Of
Lord Chamberlain. The man who holds
ii muet possess the widest lnowlef a.
perEons and thingl. social and otherwise.
| The Queen IN very strict on these points,
but the long experience OF the present in-
cumhent stands him IN good stead at all
times.
Sir Henry Fonsonby, the Keeper Of the
Prlyy Purse and Private Secretary TO tho
Queen. who wants 10 retire. IL a personal
fayprite with the Queen. He nrranges her
correspondence He has helped her with
some Of her literary work. He accom-