New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21

AID who, by every law OF reason ana propap'hty'
should be among the most devout OF MS idoia-
ters. IL saying to a reporter Of THE washington
POST" that uft-hunting Americans do the wor-
shipping, not the English. read In the Amer
sloan papers column after column devoted to
"the color of the Duke OF Marlborough's hat
"hand and the amount Of chocolate that Miss
"Consuelo Vanderbilt consumes with her morn
ling chop Why, when 1t was announced that
Marlborough and Miss Vanderbilt were be-
"trothed The London Times (Old ThundereD
had simple. dignined rev lines aoou' IL anu
'let 1t go at that
This little petticoated cockney evidently docs
not believe Ia doing things by halves She
thinks that the American toady needs good
talking to" and she goes on to explain that:
The Duke of Marlborough was rather an inslg-
nfcant person in London. so far as publicity went
the theatre or IN any Pso seem P,a him n" from the
stage. he sat in box at MT. hoingsnea any
Gaiey or the Princess Theae o ne na,d any
attention to him. Were he man Of brains such such
Anthony Hope, the Wv writer Weud or become s
atey Impressed with the Importance OF the per-
II Sir Frederick Leighton or Anthony Hope oe-
cup!ed box in American theatre you may I'M,
agne that he wouldn't mon9 p eo sueh Se Mar
Borough Why, the Duke never knew that he was
and sad S What e pa re said Of him
contemplated with stage fright the open-mouthed
It's II Is American dollars not English alteration
that H. fostering the ENCOURAGEMENT or the aIu-
p Tseti due to the dote samples Of English
Scotch and Irish blue blood that have seen tag
ging after burlesque actresses In London.
Instruction such as this from such a source
is obviously opportune and significant. coming
concurrently with the laborious efforts OF great
American newspapers to inform their innumer-
able readers as to the exact color OF Marlbor-
ough's neckties, the condition OF his chest. the
number and the character Of his smiles and the
material with which ne sakes his noble appe-
tite. The London concert-hall dancer tells us
tina. at home the Duke Is not tormented by
renorters and beset by gaping crowds. Many
OF the metropolitan newspapers on the con-
trarv. consider that he is by far the most I'M
portant person on the western hemisphere at
the present moment. and that all self-respect-
Ing Americans are entitled to the latest news
about the pimple on his chin and the very
fullest details OF the function in the course OF
which he changes his shirt for dinner. Theirs
saems TO be the fervor that animated Saint
simon whenever he made the following entry
and he did It often--in his diary lie ro Sc
medcamente."
Upon the whole, It seems to us that Cissy has
got the right of it. If she should ever lose the
gift of making her slippers twinkle to the entire
satisfaction Of the ticket-buying Johnnies.
great field OF usefulness awaits her on the lee
ture platform. Our people, or some OF them,
may need instruction as to the proper way of be-
having themselves in the immediate vicinity or
titled foreigners-our newspapers or some or their
reporters, surely doand Cissy is clearly the per-
son who can supply their deficiencies