Arizona republican., 1898-08-25
WALES SET EN EXAMPLE.

With all the undeniable qualities of
 he prince of Wales there is no doubt
 hat he bears to a greater degree than my one else the responsibility for the ,candaious conditions of affairs among
 he aristocracy disclosed by the reve- ation in connection with the Hooley bankruptcy, writes Marquise de Fonte- 1oy in the Washington Post. Former y an almost impossible barrier exist d between the nobility and all that untitled bourgeoisie and middle class :ngaged in business. Trade and com
 nerce were held to contaminate, and
 by any chance member of the peer lge embarked in either industrial or mercantile pursuits he was looked up- n askance by those of his caste.
 If those old fashioned prejudices
 nave been entirely relegated to the background, it is mainly due to the prince of Wales. the chief constructor )f that species of bridge which during
 he last quarter of a century has united what is known as the City" with the West End of London. By selecting lis friends and associates in many in
 IduC6S dUlOu5 DuSlueSS HIGH, diilOuS ,ankers, brokers, merchants-he has even,, on several occasions, dined at the iame table as the famous money lender md usurer, Sam Lewis-he has in his 'apacity as the arbiter of English so
 iety shown that there is practically 10 species or mercantile pursuit. not wen that of usury, which constitutes bar to social status, and it is solely
 trough his influence that the Sas- 'oons, the Bischoffheims, the Roths-
 hilds, the Tranby Croft Wilson's, the
 Iirsches, and innumerable other city people. are now in the front rank of
 English society
 Perhaps a more curious picture of
 he present condition of English so- 7iety, even, than that presented by the
 1ooley revelations is the one afforded " the case of Straus vs Chetwynd, which has just been occupying the at
 enti0n Of the law courts in London. Yrs. Chetwynd, the defendant. is the
 wife of the Hon. Richard Chetwynd. ,ldest son of Viscount Chetwynd, and IS the only daughter of the late Col mel Naylor Leyland, is sister-in-law )f Lady Naylor Leyland, best known in
 his country by the name of Jennie
 Chamberlain which she bore prior to Ter marriage. The plaintiff in the case a man engaged in the wine business md who first made Mrs. Chetwynd's acquaintance by selling her a few doz- ms of wines. Thanks to the altered
 condition of English society it was lot long before Mir. Straus, a man whose social ambitions were only equaled by his vulgarity. was dining with the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Chetwynd md a constant guest at their house. 'endering himself useful to both hus- )and and wife by doing little jobs for hem in the city such as buying and cling stocks, etc.
 Tn course of time Mrs. Chetwynd got tired of MT. Straus. Perhaps his yulgarity and presumption ended by ,alling on her. Or perhaps she had ound some less objectionable facto- um to do her little jobs in the city whenever she felt like a fling on the
 stock exchange. At any rate, be this IS it may. Mir. Straus was no longer in rited to dinner. and when he called at Mrs. Chetwynd's house he was invari- lbly informed that she was not at home.
 l Exceedingly disgusted and annoyed,