Arizona silver belt., 1898-05-26
IN ENGLISH SOCIETY.
The Key That Opens the Doors of
 the Very Elsot-
Men Who Have Nothing Hut Money to Boast Of Gain Access to the Charmed Circle of the Highest ia
 the Land

The charge made against American society that it is based upon the wor- ship of money has been so often re peated and insisted on that we our selves have almost come to believe it.. The fact that 1t is not true, either as q general proposition or in detail, has not sufiiced to offset the weight of au- thority, which is on the side of our ac. cusers. The charge has gone 50 fai that we should probably have entered a plea of guilty and thrown ourselves on the mercy of the court if recent ex' perienccs had not led us to pause and consider.
 These experiences, briefly stated, arc, first, that the nation which is most urgent in repronching us as money wor- shipers has recently made itself most conspicuous in the deyoutress of Its worship of the American dollar, and second, that the condition of society in which distinction is based on money. bags and which aoes sot prevail in this country does most undoubtedly prevail among our censorious and superior cousins in England.
 It is not true that mere millions,with out breeding and refinement, can make their way into the leading socia! circles Of New York or of any other great city in this country It is quite true ths; mere millions, ,unacconpaniedb by breed ing or refinement, have given their pos- sessors the entree Of society in Eng land. Two conspicuous recent in stances are those of Col. North, the nitrate king" and Barney" Barnato, the "Kafllr king"
 Itis doing no injustice to Col.North to say that he has absolutely no other claim to notice than his millions. As recent candidate for parliament he made himself the laughing stock of the nation by his exposure of his ignorance, bad grammar and general vulgnrity. Yet he has reached the highest level Of social distinction in England. In com mon with celebrities from this coun- try, he is "a friend of the prince of Wales"
 The cnse of MT. Barnato, the Kaffir king, is even more striking. It is . proof that money, and nothing but money, is the sole condition of passing the portals of high life in England. Mir. Barnato's ea7ly history is enveloped in mystery. When he first appeared in opulent eminence it was said that his start in life was made as a clown in an exceedingly modest circus tent. The myth has since been explained by his admirers as arising from his fondness for private theatricals, this form of amusement having been much in vogue in the diar1ond drifts and gold diggings of South Africa. What is known about him is that he has made sudden for tune, variously estimated ct from $50,- c00,000' to S500,o00,000. Among his quoted sayings arc his boast that he twill stand any man drink, but will lend no man a fiver," and bis advice to always have the first hit" These naxims sufficiently indicate the social rank in which Mr. Barnato ought to be found, and which he would probably continue to flourish if he were an Amer ican. Here his place would be with others as illiterate, as ignorant and as vulgar az himself. But in England he is financial and sociaIlion. Society ac cepts not only his tips and his pre- milims, but his presence. Personages of the highest distinction are not above paying him obsequious homage, and he is perhaps more notable social light than the young ddke who has recently illustrated in anofhe- xypv fhe, Sin cerity of British criticisms upon Ameri- can oaey-worship.-IIarper's Weekly.