The Irish standard., 1896-05-30

We confess that the gyratlons OF these
Jack Puddings amuse us immensely.
Think Of a number of reasonable men
putting on embroidered garments don
ming a sword, and wasting half a day for
the honor Of being presented to the
Prince of Wales at a function called the
Levee. We notice that during the week
Mr.. Harry Marks, M. P, of Benn petition
and other notoriety was so presented"
by no less a person than Mr.. A. ). Bal
four, the leader of the government In the
house of commons. Is there any spec1a-
Gle more revolving than that OF num-
Der of otherwise sensible people given
ND to the delirium tremens OF turnkey
ism? It would, we suppose, be as i'm
possible for these zanies, pantaioons
and plckle-herrings to resist this impulse
as for worm not to crawl.
Peers, knights and squires, in league
combined,
Protect your good old mother;
For should the beldame miss her wind,
You'll ne'er see such another.
Her babes of grace, with tender care
She fed on dainty dishes;
And none but they have had share
Among the loaves and fishes. 80.
With the word royal we have asso-
ciated. through the fairy books of our
Younger days, some notions OF splendor,
generosity, nobility. Where do We find
these in connection with our royal FAM
-ilv? The queen has led the life OF a
nriyate woman. She has never set eyes
on any of her colonies. She has never
been in Asia, Africa or America. She
might be the unknown occupant OF some
town villa, so little has she personally
bulked in the eyes OF the nation
r is the parsons and other noodles VINO
have given her reputation py teach-
ing young persons to sing God save the
Queen" instead of Good save the Ma
tion,'' aud heaping f1llsome praise upon
her on every occasion. In one way ana
another our royal family draw nearly
81, 900, 900 yearly from the taxes. And adl
we have got for it is an old lady VINO can
scarcely write grammatical Engllsh tsee
published books and gentleman, her
son, whose face is familiar at race meet
fngs and baccarat saloons. We admit
everything that can be said In favor OF
tha queen. She is respectable and virtu-
Gus. we are constantly told. Yes; but so
Is our washerwoman. So are thousands
~ other ladies': but we do not maintain
them at the public expense on that ac-
count. Similarly as to the Prince OF
Wales. He is affable good-natured;
kind-hearted. We have said so ourselves;
but there are many men Of our acquaint-
ance who have all these qualities; yet we
never think Of establishing palaces and
pensions for them If that be all that
can be said In favor of royalty, it simply
comedies the case Of it's opponents.
We now hear that fresh demand is to
be made upon the public purse for an in
creased grant to the Prince OF Wales on
account of his family. No doubt the
royalists in the house OF commons: VINO
do nothing for our aged poor, Will Will
ingly vote the money Now if the prince
Ia 10 receive an addition to his income
there is an easy way of doing it with
out imposing an additional taxation
large salaries are paid to a horde Of arts
tocrats who fill ornamental posts about
the court-go,d sticks, quarterly WALTERS,
and what not Let these useless posts
be abolished and the scandal OF fresh
grants to royalty will cease. But as
Wnitt'e Harvey said in 1887 when the
civil list was being settled, There is
great cunning in royalty; 1t will never
forgo anything so long as Its tangs can
cling to it, ~
We think the Prince of Wales might
be well content with the liberal al! allow
ance he receives from parliament. An
other demand will only raise anew the
question Of it's usefulness, whether or
not he is worth the money: It cannot
be pretended that the Prince. IS much
more than tailors dummy. Whatever
his faults-and they are many and great
the German emperor is, at least, a
man and a ruler We hear more OF the
prince in connection with the turf and
in certain domestic relations than In any
other way To be a royal puppet and
nations pensioner is on very gratifying
position for any man of spirit. sun
day SWEEPSTAKES to actors at Nlaribor-
pugh House may be very pleasant form
of entertainment, but why should tue
nation increase Albert Edwards salary
in consequence? Smiling and Sinking,
looking gracious, bowling to grotesque
aldermen, and all the pageant and furn-
merry Of state are unweighable IN any
balance, cannot be measured, counted,
or estimated. ';~' -. ...ss@..ts
!, IF the money received by royalty were
exnended in suitable manner there
might be less objection to the amount.
But. as is. well known, the queen for
many wears has been boarding the
greater part of her income, while Of the
nortion expended everyone can observe
that it is spent simply on the classes.
For whom are the leyees and drawing
rooms. the state concerts and state
halls? The classes. The masses are per-
.naitted to gaze at the idle folks going to
the receptions Of royalty through a.
doubts lire Of police: Beyond that they
4 ~ M value out at state expenditnre
me nj nee, we notice, Is about to visit
xIuI,ai III ~ The Nelsh are q religious pep
MI sr. Many peqE
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