The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-29

then the price Of labor would advance
and profits would proportionately de-
crease. 1t is delightful to read the edi-
torials of the Times" on these subjects.
Purer English. sounder reasoning,
stronger logic, better informed States
craft does not appear Why is it that
editorials worth the reading are not to
be found in the newspapers of the Uni
ted States? Because the people of the
United States are in such a hurry that
they would not read them If they did
appear. Every man is on the jump
Every man thinks he knows everything,
or is perfectly satisfied that what he
doesn't know is not worth knowing.
No one is willing to acknowledge supe-
riority in another, or willing to sit
down and be taught Reverence for
authority, Difference to superiority. do
not exist in the American mind. Such
editorials as appear daily in the
Times would not be read at home by
one man in a thousand, Newspapers
are not conducted for the one thou
sandth, but for the nine hundred and
ninety-nine.
There is one English topic just now in
which all Engishmen are taking most
lively interest To understand it you
must unders tald the general divisions
of English social and political life.
Every body has some knowledge of the
English House of Peers and some idea
of the magnificent thing it is to belong
to it, The House of Peers is something
like the senate of the United States ex-
cept that membership is for life and
generally by inheritance To be peer
you must be at least baron. Baron is
the lowest order of English nobility.
Above barons are viscounts then earls,
then marquises then dukes A baron
is never called a baron IT, his face, but
always addressed as Lord" To earls
and marquises you say "Your Grace"
To a duke my Lord Duke" and SO on.
The queen can make her sons dukes.
Then they can sit among he peers, but
as dukes and not as princes To I'M
derstand everything about the English
nobility would take a month of study;
to explain would take a week A few
things only are necessary to the pres
emit question. In England only the cid
est son of a. baron inherits the title. On
the continent every son of a baron is a
baron, and that too from the time of
his birth. That is the reason why there
are so many more barons on the conti-
nent, and why continental baron
amounts to so little. Apart from the
real titles borne by peers there are titles
called courtesy titles borne by the fami-
| lies of peers For instance every child
of baron is called THE Honorable So
| and-so." If John Smith be made
| baron he must not be called Baron
| h1Yt r, tbn rfh n
| by any fancy name the queen chooses to
give him. If he should happen to have
q little country place called Bubbles he
+, would probably be named Baron Bub-
bles. His son Immediately becomes the
Hon. Mr. Smith and his daughter the
Hon. Miss Smith Nohlemen often have
several titles. In that case the eldest
son, during the life of his father, takes
| the second title, Only by courtesy
| however. Tt does not make him the real
| thing He remains a commoner ard
may sit in the House of Commons
| Thus the eldest son of the Duke of De-
| vonshire, though known as the Marquis
| Harrington, for many years was in the
/ House of Commons and a very illustri-
| Gus member thereof Ever so many
| years ago a great lot Of Englishmen
| wanted to be ennobled, and there were
very good reasons why they should be.
They had distinguished themselves by
devOtions to the crown and the crown
owed them something in return. But
| the House of Lords was stuffed full and
| the King, James T., didn't know what
| to do about it. 1t was finally decide
to create a class of semi-nobles who
| should be above the common herd. but
at the same time not peers These
| were called baronets or little barons
and they, too, had their own ways.
manners and regulations. They were
| to be addressed as "Sir'' and their
wives were to be addressed as Lady"
| If John Smith We're created a baronet
| he was not to be addressed as Sir
Smith" but as "Sir John" To ad-
dress him as Sir Smith" would be a
| fearful breach of etiquette An unfor-
tunate New Havener once committed
this henious offence. He became con-
nccted by marriage with an enormous
Iy rich English family of the name of
! Brown One of the Brown family was
| made a barOnet and the unfortunate
New Havener when he met him, in his
| ignorance of aristocratic ways, adj
| dressed him as Sir Brown. The chill
| ing frown that came over the faces of
| the Browns present lowered all the
! thermometers in the kingdom. The
breach Immediately affected between
the New Havener and English aristoc-
racy was wide. deep, and has never
| been filled. The English Browns cut
! him to a Brown. The American
! Browns continue to regard him with
lofty scorn. He has done everything
| i'm his power to atone. He has burned
| incense under the nose of the English
sristocracy He has offered to bow
his head and to rub his nose in the
dust before it. All in vain. He is es-
| ranged for ever. Never can he baslz
within the inner circle. Other sins may
he forgiven; sin in etiquette. never!
Another very singular thing about the
haron business is that Johns wife must
he addressed as Lady Brown" Only
the daughters of dukes, marquises and
| esrls are addressed as Lady Kate, Lucy
or Nan, as the case may be. Then,
| o,sin if Smith were made Lord Bulb
hles his wife's title would be Lady Bub-
HES The whole thing is enormously
complicated. only such wonderful in
tellectual Americans as the Lowells, the
Phelpses and the Bayards can completely
master it. Hay has given up in despair
and makes Secretary White do all the
aristocratic business for him.
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