New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-28
u1NGS IN CABS AND "BUSES.
Military ETIQUETTE THAT SOME OF
,,,,r,>, HAVE DELIGHTED TO VIOLATE.

,sorarche and royal personages are JUST aoo'
49,, ra,n,e IN the world whom one wouio
w 20 and engaged in propagatng democratic
-, srts and preaching them by means Oh en-
-, yet II is difficult TO describe as any'hi"e
",sa than a lesson of this character the ac'io'.
=, the Young Car in calling the com""".
s,s Guard ct ST. Petersburg to DOCK ioi IVY
.o any of the officers serving uhoer 'ne,' -
,sd,nr In a tramcar According W '
,ouv current In the court ana mii'a'! V"
prussia an officer Of the PreooraJinsKi Heei'"e"
,b,ch is the crack corps OF the MuscoVpe "'"'',
nae bovcotted by his brother oincers' W
nv his colonel and threatened WITH oee
.craa nv the commander of the brigade TOT
having yentured to board tramwa! car "'e''
.r-aved in uniform. 1t was held that by 50 uoi"e
g., Guilty not only of gross breach OF
Military etiquette but that he had also oroue"'
,,sor,, which he wore into dhsrepute. Eli
neror Nicholas. who makes point Vi "s
r...r,ng the strixingly simple uniform OF TINS par
.,o,,or repiment and who figures on the army ii7'
&c tie colonel-in-chief. on hearing OF the i'"''0''
summoned his aide-de-camp and poaroeu " ~ Vs.
,dent,cally the same line and pouhu W 'ne go
destination returning 10 the palace o' '"e
means OF conveyance He then aooIesSe' "
ou-n hand letters to the commahoei e
general informing them or wha' He nav
md desiring to know whether they Propo'@ ~
,ovcott and TO censure him. TOO. since ne "i'e
al had been guilty of the same cohouc' as ''e
,,ouna lieutenant whom they hau 'ea'eN
harsblv II was done in Danterihs way
che lesson proved effective, neVer'he'e'S o"N
,rantv-four hours had not eiapseo oeioie
w." w.. =, commanders and messmates toward
,be Young subaltern had undergone .,.,.
onarse the Emperor. d few days later taxing
oaaress 70 him few kindly and encour-
aging words, as II 10 atone ioi '"o
,,bich he had been subjected
LESSON FROM THE EMPEROR.
,r... .,orv has a counterpart in one that was
current a good many years ago at N'e"na ~
..,, q was brought to the ears of the Emperor
or5cer or the guards had been repri-
,,onaed bv his colonel and cut dead by his mess
80. for having permitted himself to be seen
-, - o,,n,hus or on It's roof. forget WINCH
~ ~. following day the Emperor. ATTENDED oy
-. ,aada-carop General Count Paar. hailed an
omnibus and assembled its roof. bussins II risi'
I'M the Mariahf-etrasse and PACK asa'" ~
broad daylight. this being one or the busiest ''u
-oost denselv thronged thoroughiares Oh 'he AUS
-. coni,al Both the Emperor and the gen
-, ora In uniform and on returning 10 the
palace the Monarch. happening TO meet 'he
colonel Of the regiment in question IN the court
ward rave himself the pleasure or lhlorliiins
h,r, IN the most innocent way. but Win l"ihNe
-. 49, a,,o that he had Just been 'bussing
expedition up the Acknowledgements ne WV
-. toca was a study. and. when subsequently
NO demanded and obtained in private Ie" "oius
~ exclamation from Count Paar, ne resilzeo
,,rnor, ~ the lesson. and took 1t to heart,
,,, ,,easan, results for his boycotted subaltern'
o. ~ the Austrian Emperor's favorite reia-
.,o .be late Archduke Charles Salvador. was
MAYOR en- happy as when riding on the roofs Oh OH
ribuses tramways and stages at VIENNA "heie
,a would delight to engage in conversation MS
,unoble fellow-passengers discussing the ques-
.ons q, the day with them in the broadcast OF that
ouoint viennese dialect which gives to the orui-
narilv harsh German language so soit p'easi"e
and musical an intonation. He was always AT
tired on such occasions as these IN the uhuies'
Uniform OF the line infantry regiment OF "nic" ie
.,as the ttular colonel. and as he would SIP iiis
ta dye OF the Order Of the Golden Fleece INSIDE 'ie
,,.oas, q, his tunc. there was nothing to distin-
erish him from any ordinary half-starved' oadiy
mid infantry officer
Nan, Pedro Emperor OF Brazil, used to be the
desoair of the court officials in the various CAPT.
tails that he visited owing to his fondness TOT riu
Ing on omnibuses a means Of locomotlon which ne
annarently preferred to every other. IL was oao
enough. in their eyes for him TO begin MS DAY al
the unearthly hour of In the morning making
NECESSARY Of course for those ofhciels anu u'eii-
tar,es detailed By their respective soVereisns ~
$50 &c his escort 10 get up at o'clock. But
vhen II came to riding on the ROOF OF penny Jus
.,ongs,de laboring men smoking the most odlous
- o',,,,os thew considered that the matter had
rassea bevond the stage of joke, and set him
indeed
- .or,nna n ST Paul had been rendered mad
"by much learning
ENGLISH ROYALTY ON 'BUSES.
.o has aver seen the Prince Of Wales on
tho kniseboard of a London BUS, and the widest
49,. - ,,o 1ination fails to conceive the specta-
Gle that would be presented by Her Venerable
Majesty seated alongside Of the driver which Is
tho Mace Of honor far as these conveyances are
.r,oa Rut the Princess of Wales has, at
,aos. once and her daughters and son George
,, q fine been recognized on omnibuses anu
.a,o-,ars the faces of the royal passengers De-
.ar,rg their sense of the humor of the situa'ioi'
choir huge delight in shocking all those iueds Vi
,,aohound conventionality that constitutes such
.,,rorrv IN England and the conviction that 'hey
mora ONT for lark" l may add that "heh '"e
o,,.l "a n,ilv of Greece is in residence al Atheis
the King the Queen and their children MAXI uS7
~ the public tramcars in the most simple anu u'-
nretentfous manner. without the slightest iusS'
and are treated in every respect IKE oiu'"a''
mortals. ,
Nor are omnibuses and tramways '"e o''.'
means of public conveyance anecteo oS 'he ""',"
cd Of the Lord. Indeed, they display i'i"'
nradilectlon for cabs and hacks Thus' III i|o'
A. tho Prince Of Wales and his brothers may
often be seen driving about In pubic hahso'"''
.nd sometimes even the ladies OF the royal fam
fly especially the Duchess Of York the Duchess OF
NO. and Princess Louise Warehouses of Lorne.
or,v az neope do not expect TO see them there.
.ra ,oop for them only In carriages driven by SER