The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-11-10
ENGLISH ~ARISTOCRACY.
1t Is Slowly Letting Down the Bars of Class
EXclusiVeness.

Exclusiveness.
Not 50 lorg ago the line between the
eristocratic and other classes Of the COM
munity was very decidedly drawn at
trade. A poor family might lay claims
to gcntility, and one or more Of its mem
bers might now and then figure at, say,
a county ball, but a tradesman's fam
ily-never. Now it is otherwise, the
aTiStOcracy themselves having stepped
over the dividirg line. Lord Shrews-
bury and Talbot, for instance, who takes
precedence of all other earls, unblush-
ingly became a cab proprietor; Lord
Rayleigh' is the inscription that may
be read on the signboard Of one or two
London dairies. The Marquis Of Lon
dOndcrry is prepared to deliver coal by
the ton. NO agcnts"-suCh are the
final words Of this nObleman's adver-
tisemcnt, put i'll just as any trader born
and bred might put them in. This de-
scent from ariStOcratic seclusiOn into the
arena Of commercial conflict is not on
fined to the male portion of jill nobility.
Titled ladies under disguised names
carry on millinery establishments and
run cafes. Their dainty fingers, too, are
not above manipulating flowers for
profit. So generally indeed has the
sacred thirst for gold infected the rppez
ten that, whereas they were wont to be
accused Of living in idlencss, they are
now accused of taking the bread out Of
the mouths Of those who depend entirely
upOn business for their support.
Far beneath these noble ranks can b.
traced a similar descent. Street musiL
for instance, used to be d~iscOUrsed Ivy
the utterly abjoct and broken down.
, Now men aud women warmly clad and
well fed 20 about with organs. Troops
Of men sing, rattle the bones and DO q
breakdown III public thOroughfares to
the tune Of not less than the better part
Of a sovereign a day per man. Two hum
dred pounds Il year III IN assured situa-
ton was the salary that one young man
threw up last summer to JON a Niger
troop at the seaside, and he doesn't re
greet 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
wines than I've had ever eaten or drunk
before. Hawking matches or Iaces or
any other trifc in public house bars
used to be and still is a way Of evading
the law against begging. Indeed the
custom Of singing on the streets arose
out OF the same necessity for those IL
want not to incriminato themselves.
Now you Will be in the saloon bar of q
first rate refrc2hment house. In comes
q top halted, well dressed man with a
boo Cl-,. r,.,,--4,1 .+l,1l--1- $3.50
think, if it be in the city. You fancy
you are the victim Of a delusion. Here
is this man, as we'll dressed as your
principal, holding his open bag before
you and asking You to buy Il box Of YES
tas. Well dressed women are going
about from public house to public house
pursuing similar caIIings. They speak
well, too, do these people, betraying q
fair amount Of education. If tradesmen
have any grounds for complaining of
the ariStOcr.ry trenching on their terri
tory, surely the poor and needy have
grounds of similar complaining of HAY
ing the Instruments Of their profession
thus Contiscated by an apparently supe-
riOr class. OF course, with such q gen
eral downward trend, the poor and
needy are driven lower still, and this in
a measure is seen in the ever increasing
charitable institutions. relief agencies,
soup kitchens and so forth, and the ever
increasing strain on the of
such establishments. -Cassell'S Journal.
Tribes of Blue Eyed Indians.
Rcd haired negroes are scarce enough.
but an equally curious freak Of mature" is