Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-10-06
A vIsCoUNr COLLECTS WHILE HIs
WIPE PLAYS
The PIucky Son cf u bankrupt Peer
Other NobIemen Who
HaNe ToiiCJ.

freely rendered, is that there Is no
trade or profession, however hum
hle, if it be but honest, at which
one ought to turn up ones nose.
Niscount Hinton, son of the sixth
Earl Poulett, is evidently of this
opinion.
Notwithstanding his high =
sounding title Earl Poulett is
poor, rot to say penniless. In fact,
a few weeks ago-in the middle of
May, to be precise -- he was de
clared bankrupt, and the official
receiver stated that the assets were
nil, and that there was no pros
pect of his creditors receiving a
penny. Earl Poulett was trustee,
with another, of the estates of
Earl Aylesford, and ascribed his
insolvency to his liability to re-
fund moneys paid away 10y him
self and his co-trustee.
Under the circumstances his
son has little to hope for. In
deed, Niscount Hinton, who was
born of the Ear's first marriage
(tEe latter has been married three
times), has long had to shift for
himself and his own family. Vis-
count Hinton is AZ years of age
and married when he was 20 a
ballet girl named Lydia Ann
Sheppy. They have a son, who
is now nearly 26 years.
The Niscount turned his talents
to all sorts of uses with but indif.
ferent success. A year or two ago
he turned Snowman in a modest
way, establishing show in
Leather lane, i'll one Of the busiest
parts OF the city, where he ex-
hibited phonograph for the mo-
dest sum of an English penny, or
? cents. Now he has invested in
hand organ, and both the Vis-
couut and Viscountess are fami-
liar figures in the streets of Lon
don, where his lordship pushes
the organ and collects the "oof"
(which is cockney slang for
money!, while his wife turns the
handle.
Most people, including 500 out
of every 1000 Englishmen, when
they read of the glories of Hat
field House, Lord Salisbury's
magnificent and historical estate
in Hertfordshire, and consider
the power and dignity which his
wealth and family influence have
had no inconsiderable part in
enabling him to attain, are in
clined to repeat the immortal
Figaro's soliloquy upon his mas
ter and ask, What has he done
for all this He gave himself
the trouble to be born, and moth
ing more"
Few OF them know that he, too
when young man, was compell-
ed to earn his bread. He was in
those days younger son, and,
having quarreled with his family,
turned out to seek his fortune.
At first he resorted to literature
and journalism, but these were
even a more unsatisfactory means
Of earning a living forty years
ago than they are today. About
this time the Australian gold
fever broke out, and, like many
another hardy scion of the British
aristocracy, he emigrated tc
Ballarat to try his luck with the
pick and shoyel. He spent about
eight months in the gold fields
with but Indifferent success, anC
his experience was doubtless any
thing but pleasant one, for he
never alludes to his trip to the an
tipodes.
Yet another lord who has haC
to work hard for a living is Lore
Delawarr. He tried his hand il
the gold fields of South Africa
and when he found this did no
answer secured a place as foreman
and overseer of the natives EN-
ployed in the pearl fisheries OF
the coast of Australia belonging
to a firm of London jewellers
While thus engaged he Learned
that his elder brother had beei
drowned while yachting in Ire
land, and that he was, therefore
heir to the title.
These examples might be addeC
TO, but they suffice to show tina
those who are entitled to stamp
coronet on their note paper ant
own a handle to their names ar