The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-14
COST or ROYAL VISITS.
Earl Of Lonsdale Paid u. 100000 for I'm
s PERTAINING Emperor william. "

AZ full-fedged sovereign OF tho old
world, that few, save those who have re-
sided for any length Of time in the
European capitals and who have been
included in what are known as the court
circles, can have any idea Of the fuss,
the trouble, the formal etiquette. and.
above all, the expense entailed by royal
visits, which are particular in this re-
spect, that the people to whom they are
paid are thoroughly made to feel that
they are being accorded an altogether
exceptional honor. .,. ID. .- &..l
Royal visits may roughly be divided
into three classes, namely: Ordinary
calls, purely private visits. where the
illustrious guest is supposed to Law
aside to certain extent his lofty rank;
and semi-state and full state visits.
These latter, above all, are a source of
frightful expenditure on the part OF
the entertainer, and it is probable that
within the last four or five months sew
eral millions of dollars have been spent
by the English aristocracy and gentry
in welcoming to their abodes in q suit
able manner the children and grand
children of their sovereign.
The carl Of Lonsdale is known to
have spent close upon million dollars
in connection with the four-days' visit
which Emperor William paid him u
Lowther castle last autumn. They say
that Lady "Bill' Beresford paid $4,000
out of her Hammersley dollars to enter
tain the prince from Saturday to Mon
day at Deepdene; while, according to
all accounts, the recent stay of the
prince Of Wales at Highclere castle
with young Lord and Lady Carnarvon
must have cost in the neighboraood OF
million dollars, if not more. Not only
was the grand old place refurnished at
immense expense from cellar to garrett,
the apartments destined for the prince
being even paneled and tapestried
cnew, but there were even additional
stables and accommodations for the
servants built for the occasion, the
number of horses and carriages being
likewise largely increased. Then. too.
Lord Carnarvon had taken the precau-
ton to stock his coverts with some
10000 artificially-reared. pheasants,
purchased at heavy cost from the
great Hampshire game farm, which
makes speciality of pheasant breeding.
On the three days that the prince and
his party were able to get out after the
birds during his stay at Highclere he
and his party succeeded in slaughter
ing no less than 1000 birds, and had
not the heavy rain kept the guests in
doors during the remainder of the
princes visit it is probable that the
size of the bag would have been doubled.
4 In spite of the bad weather the prince
cannot have been bored, SO varied were
the indoor amusements. Lord Carna--
Won had engaged the services of the
leading and champion professional bill
lard players: to exhibit their skill at
the tables. Then there were Indian
jugglers, English conjurors. song
stresses of the Yvette Guilbert type
from Paris, q dramatic troupe from
London and the famous Gottlieb band
to discourse sweet music, Lord Carna:-
Won having no permanent private string
band of his own, as have Lord Lonsdale
and several other British mobiles. !
Throughout the princes stay the
menu was daily submitted to him for
his approval, in compliance with the
rules Of etiquette. !, Though not q gour-
mand, he is, nevertheless, gourmet,
and as such prefers small, choice din
ners to elaborate banquets. In fact,
there is nothing that he abhors to such
an extent as dinner of many courses.
and he declines to remain any longer at
table then an hour. He is waited upon
l,y his own servant, who stands behind
his chair and takes the dishes from the
other servants. But it is not true that
he carries about with him his OWL
wines to private houses. This is a
precaution which he only adopts III
the case of public banquets. Apeculiar'
ity that is observed at table when he is
present is the absence of finger bowls.
save for him alone, and for any other
guest of royal rank who might happen
to be present. The reason for this is
not that the princes and princesses OF
the, blood stand in more need OF cleans
ing than ordinary mortals, nor yet that
the latter are prompted by sentiment
OF respect to leave the palm for cleanl'-
ness to the ''anointed of the Lord by
themselves remaining unwashed; but
the custom had its origin in q trick
which the Jacobite mobiles were won't
to play in the last century, during the
reign Of the first three King Georges.
In those good old times no one would
dream of rising from the dinner table
without stoasting the sovereign. To re-
frain from doing SO was equivalent to
profession Of disloyalty. and any re.
fusal to take part in the toastand drain
ones glass to the monarch placed ono
in peril Of many penalties in the way OF
forfeiture of titles and estates, impris.
onment, exile. and even death. that
were reserved for those who declined
allegiance to King George. f@!2
Now, during the last century cor
siderable portion Of the English aris-
tocracy were devoted to the cause OF the
Stuarts, and when called upon to join
in drinking the inevitable toast, "Tie
Kinr ,. thew would make a practice OF