The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-08-03
ENGLISH ARlsTocRAoy.
IL Is Slowly Letting Down the Bars Of clas
Exelusiyeness.

1s Is Slowly Letting Down the Ears Of Glass
Exciuslveness.
Not so long ago the line between the
aristocratie and other classes OF the COM
munity was very decidedly drawn at
trade. A poor family might ,ay claims
to gentility, and one or more uf lis mem
( bors might now and then figure at, say,
a county ball, but bridesmaids fam.
I ily--never New it is otherwise, tho
aristooracy themselves having stepped
! over the dividing line Lord Shews-
bury and Talbot. for instance, who takes
precedence OF all other earls, unblush.
ingly became q cab proprietor; Lord
/ Rayleighn is the inscription that may
be read on the signb0ard Of one or two
London dairieS The Marquis Of Lon
! donderry is prepared to deliver coal by
the ton, No agents such are the
( final words OF this nobleman's adver.
tisoment, put in just as amy trader born
1 and bred might put them in. This de,
scent from aristocratic seclnsion into tho
arena Of commercial conflict is not con
] fined to the male portion OF our nobility
Titled ladies under disguised names
carry on millinery establishments and
run cafes Their dainty fingers, too, ara
not above manipulating flowers for
profit. So generally indeed has the
/ sacred thirst for gold infected the upper
ten that whereas they were wont to BE-
\ accused Of living in idleness, they are
7 now accused Of taking the bread out Of
the mouths Of those who depend entirely
upon business for their support
I Far beneath these noble ranks can ba
traced similar descent Street music
I for instance, used to be discoursed by
! the utterly AFFECT and broken down
Now men and women warmly clad and
well fed 20 about with organs, Troops
Of men sing, rattle the bones and do n
breakdown in public thoroughfAres to
the tune Of not less than the bctter part
of sovereign day per man Two hun.
6red pounds year in an assured sitaa-
tion was the salary that one young man
threw up last summer to loin o llieger
troop at the seaside, and he doesn't re-
gret it, AT the end Of the season he had
more money than he ever had at one
time before, and during the season he
ate better dinners and drank better
vines than he had ever eaten or drunk
before, Hawking matches or laces or
any other trife in public house bars
used to be ard still is way Of evading
the law against begging Indeed tho
e1st0m Of singing ON the streets arose
cut Of the same necessity for those in
want not to incriminate themselves.
Now you will be in the saloon bar Of 0
FIRST rate refresmnent house. In comes
top HATED, well dressed man with O
Rag Some successful stockbroker, you
think, If it be in the city You fancy
you are the victim of daIusion Herr
! is this man. as well dressed as you
principal, holding his open bag before
you and asking you to buy box Of yes.
tas Well dressed women are going
about from public house topublic houst
pursning similar calhngs They speal
well, too. do these people, betraying 1
fair amount Of education If tradesmer
have any grounds for complaining d
tine aristocracy trenching ON their terri
tory, surely the poor and needy have
grounds Of similar complaining Of hay
ing the instruments Of their profession
thus conascated by al apparently supe
rior class OF course, with such gen
eral downward trend, the poor ant
needy are driven lower still, and this il
q measure is seen in the ever increasing
charitable institutions, relief agencies
sonp kitchens and so forth, and the eve
increasing strain On the resources o
sach establishments --Cassell's journal