Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-09

This is entirely the doing of the late
Prince Coilgart. When he married he
was not slow to observe that not Only was
thee an enormous amount of corruption
extmvasance ana maladminisfration at
the court of his royal bride. but likewise
that Shcre was, particularly on the part
~ The great mobiles and principal dlgni-
t3ries. an absence of Difference and re-
spect for the occupant of the throne
which grated strongly upon the ideas of
4 young prince VINO owed If not his NJ
litical principles, ak any rate his views
with regard TO manner. etiquette and
breeding, 10 Austria s great chancellor
Prince Mttterntch. The mi,i.fle-ciaSS farm
er-l.ke habits of George III. the
shameless immortality OF King George "
and of his pr0iiigate hrNtheTs. The Dukes
OF York suld Cumberland. as wei as Of
his successor, King William ~. who add
81 Thereto an eccentricity vcrging on i'm
hec.iity, had impaired to such s degree
che prestige of the sovereign and of roy
att in tste eyes Of the ariStocracy that it
mad lost almost every vestige of rever-
enre for the anointed OF the Lord In
deed. this was carried TO such point
that the Jockey club. composed Of the
greatest mobiles and principal social per-
sonages Of the united kingdom. did not
hesitate 20 warn off the turf the trainer
and the Jockey of King George ~ (which
was equivalent to nilictsng the same
pubic slight upon the monarch himsciD
ON the alleged ground that one Of his
uit5fStN ; NoFstS ni.t bHen run unfairly.
Moreover. when Queen Victoria made up
her mind 10 wed young Prince Albert,
VINO was not even a member of Il roya;
idmlly nut a mere ''screne highness" "A
number of the great English peers and
dlSnstaifeS actually forget themselves 50
lar AS ia grumhlo openly q: the idea az
their being compelled TO accord the pas
to the husband of their Queen.
The manner in which Prince Albert set
an this to rights was as efliestcious as ii
HFFt. IL ~ l.,
IN politics, and that too, of the most adj
Nanced description. he revived III the
English court all those mediaeyal IDEAS
according 10 which no one was entitled
10 wait upon the sovereign or upon the
members of the rcigning family unless
possessed OF noble lineage and rank. Ha
Transformed those peers and peeresse s
who had objected to his precedence into
something much akin TO 1unkeys. com
rcl!ing them to perform services which
many would describe rs mental. When
he went with her majesty in state or
seihl-stite TO the opera or to the theatre,
dnche sses. marquises ana earls would be
compelled not to sit in the royal box.
but stand behind the chairs of the Queen
and of the Prince throughout the entire
performance and it is hardly necessary
10 recall here the well-known story of tho
action of the Queen while on a visi, "a.
Nihg Louis Philippe at the Chateau d E,u
when, although thirsty, she refused 4
glass of water handed to her by servant
ut the Kings orders. and declined to re-
ceive 1t until rendered to her by one of
the kings own sons, the late Duke of
Ncmours.
Prince Albert's plan. although il would
NOT commend itself to d.mocrific ideas
was 4 most polite one, to Judge by the
results. For in spite Of its being s,ihiecf
70 u constitutional form of government.
there is no country in the world where,
royalty Is treated with more profound
-eSard and receives more unstinfed hom
use than Great Brittin--a land where the
greatest mobiles now vie with one another
IN their eagerncss To obtain at court of
iices entaiing discomfort and fatigue. as
Wen as the performance of services that
IN establishments of lesser rank would
ne performed by a mental. There is No
longer any of that ''iaisser iller'- which
formerly prevailed, and which is now 50
conspicuous feature ut many of the
continental courts Nor are there to be
witnessed ut buckingham palace such ex-
Aaorolnary scenes as those which char
acterize state balls at Madrid and al the
Quifihli where. as soon as the sumner
room Is open. the buffet is taken az
STORM. iust as II it We're the Refreshments
tar OF some railroad restaurant and the
royal guests horde of famished traysl-
lers.
Indeed the etiquette of today nj the Eng
iish court rivals If it does not surpass.
.isit oi the courts of Vienna and st. Pc
tersburg, and 1t is to be regretted under
the circumstances that when the Emper
or on Japan resolved to organize III,
court of Toxic on a European basis no
should nave applied to Emperor William
Tor Earon Won Mohl Instead os saekln,s
the assistance of Queen yictori, ar ih-,
Prince Of Wales III tna matter askinp
them 10 place some one of their CONF
uisntaries at his disposal. Baron Nohl
was hoe altogether successful in weaving