Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-10-10

search conducted under the auspices of
some member of the Genealogical
society of Pennsylvania will at least
supply the br ken links which con
nect Us with these dynssties. In or
der 10 stimulate still further sueh re-
searches | would suggest that the or
der of American Queens be divided
into various degrees. according 10 the
number of rayal dynastles from which
the queens are respectively descend
ed. Thus the precise quantity Of
royal aneestory may gauged with
matthew Steal exsetness.
The Foulke prospectus has been
subject TO irreverent observations by
the nninformed. Twenty six eoats-of-
arms, we are told, with their heraldle
descriptions, are distributed through
the tables, all based upon authority
One skeptie thinks II extraordinary
that the Welsh trioesmen who had no
coats TO their backs should now g.eam
iorth IN history as the possessors of
brilliant coats of-arms. Such criticism
is due to tie critics still more scaEty
knowledge of their aetuai apparel.
'One member of the family, using
the answer OF Artemus Ward 70 the
matrimonial proposals Of the Mormon
widows said that 1t was the much
ness of these ancestors that he OBJ
jerted 10, that he did not mind a duke
or two. or even king, but he did not
want so many of them. Such mod
GRAFTON IS manifestiy impossible
when iptermarriages between royal
families are considered. If you are
willing to take one King for progeni-
tor you NAV have to take a dozen. In
the matter of royal ancestors as well
as that of iatox .cants there is no per
feet safety except in total abstinence.
The prospectus tells US that within
the limits of such q circular 1t Is
scarcely possible to do justice to a
work of this description here Is no
reason to doubt the statement. Some
thing more than g brief cIrcular-ln-
deed, something more than any COM
N On literary production, however tabu-
lated and adcrneawith coats of arms
is needed TO portray adequately the
glories of such ancestry. The marvel
i that these tables are offered to mem
bers of the family as we'll as 10 others
at the low price of s. per copy.
up to the present time royal
ancestry has been generally confined
to the families of such Americans as
have been best able to pay for it 1t
is gratifying, at least to the Fonikes, to
find one which is now placed within
the reach of modest purses. The man
who will not give So for such progt nj
tors must be insenslble 10 the calls of
fame aud to all noble aspirations.
1t is TO be hoped that the step thus
taken toward the demonstration of
oval and noble blood Will be generally
followed, and, although few families
eau hope TO vie in ancestry with the
variegated luxurianee of that of the
family of Fou!ke, yet that all may IN
time find some sort of nobility, and
even royalty, within easy reach, thanks
- the diligence and ingenuity of the
mem bers of the Genealogical Society
of Pennsylvania"
In view OF this delightful bit of
irony we can forgive Hon. William
Dudley Foulke for all the mugwump
: fflictions he has visited upon US IN the
past. He has not only celebrated the
royalty of his own family descent, but
| he has shown US how much better and
| cheaper it is than that of certain New
ork genealogies which, not so long
ago, were offered to US accompanied
by loud smell OF soap aud coonskins.
We blot out our once resentful account
with Mr.. Foulke and offer him hand
OF sympathy.