Arizona republican., 1899-09-07
FOREIGN NOTES
AND COMMENT

niZed admirer OF the lady Of the house,
whose devotion to her is tolerated
alike by husband and by society be-
cause it is known to be harmless and
pIatonic. 1t is a custom which has
been imported into England from the
continent, where the admirer in ques-
tion is known. as the "cavaliere s.
vente," and today in Great Britain.
as everywhere On the mainland Of Eu-
rope, all women with any pretension
TO fashion and to society have their
human pCodles.
Poodles of this kind seldom. il ever.
figure in the divorce courts. The wo-
men regard them as all very well to
fetch and carry for them, to act as
their escort, to entertain them, to give
them flowers, etc, but thay would
never dream OF comprc missing them
selves for the sake OF a poodle. The
/ poodle is usually a single man, with
: enough money to enable him to 1--we
a life of leisure. HIS poodledom fur
nishes him with a nice house. where
| he feels at home, and where he can
&C without any formal invitation, no
matter whether it is in town or in the
country. Single men st dreadfully
tired of mems society and find great
relief in that CT pretty, brilliant,
witty woman.
Besides, it is SO very convenient Tor
the husband. The poodle saves him no
end Of trouble acts IS his Wife's escort
everywhere, and serves as a sort of
lightning conductor for all i'll hum3rs.
In fact, today Poodledom has becCmz
such a recognized social restitution in
Europe that tit is only TIE evil minded
and the people without any experience
CT the world who see any harm III it.
Nothing is mere amusing than to
watch the attitude Of the husband to
ward his wife's poodle. His manner
IS characterized by sort of mingled
condos ensiOn, patronage, just 4 touch
of contempt, and q dash Of gratitude
His pride would be hurt were he to see
the woman bearing lis name without
all these little attentions of which a
fashionable woman stands in need and
yet which he would consider q bore il
obliged himself to furnish them.
A woman makes Il mistake If she
chooses a poodle who is more brilliant
or distin gU:shed' than her husband,
and is particularly blameWorthy if sac
selects one who is richer than the man
whose name she bears It is only
cases Of this kind that excite talk. No
stones would have ever been cast a.
Mis-. Singleton Cthe 'ViClet Fame" OF
Gterature) had she net chosen as her
poodle q man such as Lord Curr:e, who
was so much more wealthy and bril-
liant than poor. dull, insignificant Mr.
Singleton. And in the same way the
present duchess CT DevonshiTe, WHILE
still duchess of Manchester, was the
object of much SANDER owing to the
circumstance that her preuX chevalier,
Lord harrington (noW duke O. Devon
shire), was SO much more clever ana
welI-tC-do than the LATE duke of Nm
chester That TIE tive ladies were en-
tirely innocent of any real wrongdoing
is, however, shown by the fact thai
both are frequent visitors OF the queen
at Windsor castle, and that while enc.
namely, the duchess Of DeVonshira, is
TIE honCred wife of a cabinet minister,
the other is British aGlbassadOress at |
Rome.
no cne ever hears anything Of the
pCodles of the young duchess of Suth- !
crland, CT Lady Dudley, of Lady VOL !
verton, Of the young duchess of Bed /
ford, OF the duchess Of Portland, Of the .
warehouses OF CRANKY yet they All I
have their pcodles, only thsy have the |
tact and SaVOir faire to choose for the /
purpose men mere Insignificant in !
every respect than their husbands. |
That is why their names remain ig- /
nCred by the general public, although |
they are OF course sufficiently well /
kOnWn to society itself to render it a /
breach OF SJ0d manners to invite q /
greet lady to any entertainment with /
cut az the same time asking her poo |
die.
In response to an inquiry from a
correspondent as to whether Queen |
Victoria has the power and constitu
tio-.l right to dismiss from office a
cabinet which enjoys majority in the
house of commons, I would say that
the British sovereign has that power.
Queen Victoria. it IS true, has never
exercised it, but her uncle and prede-
cess0r. King William " IN 1884, turn
cd cut of Office the administration OF
Lord Melbourne. which had an en0r-
nous majority in the house Of COM
mons. for no ether reason than mere
caprice. OF course the liberals thus
busted from power were extremely in
iienant at this dismissal, but not one
# them attempted tC deny its perfect
legality. Now no change has been
made since that day, either III the
erns of the constitution or CT the law
d the land, which modifies the light
g the sovereign to dismiss q ministry
hat enjoys a parliamentary majority,
nd consequently the confidence IF the
nation as represented by the legisla-
.uTe. So Queen Victoria still enjoys
ne right, and could transfer the pre-
from Lord Salisbury to Lord
2osebery tomorrow if any caprice
prompted her to take such a step.
Although the peace conference a.
The Hague is dead and gone, yet it has
ust become known that it was Mgr.
TarEassi, the papal internUncio at The
Hague, in whose face the doors of the
conference were shut, that first origi-
lated the idea Of the congress. Mgr
rarrassi. who is CT noble bir.h. grad .
late Of the ecclesiastical college CT
.cbles at Rome, and enc CT the most
promising members Of the paPal dip
-matic service, was aasached to the ,,
mission of Cardinal Agliardi on the
.ccds.Cn Of the la.ter's proceeding 20
russia to attend the coronation OF the
r l. l.