The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-03-03

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them and other citizens. IRE the United
States and Crest Britain. which IN
point OF prosperity and economic de
veIopmenf are Q long way ahead 81
all other nasfoux
Spair's Political and economic de-
cline dates from her expulsion Of the
Jews Russia has suffered grfevousfy
IN an economic and consequently also
IL political sense from her harsh
treatment and persecution Of the Jews
and no one can deny that France has
been injured politically. economically
and in prestige through permitting
anti-Semitism to develop into an issue
| OF the hour
While drawfngroorns and fevees are
likely TO become fewer in number
in England during the present reign,
and presentations at court less indis-
criminate than heretofore, King Ed
ward will revive several state func-
tons which played great role during
the early portion Of his mothers reign
but which were relegated to oblivion
after she became q widow. Chief OF
these is what is known as the holding
of a court" Courts were held not in
the afternoon. but in the evening after
10 O'Clock. and they were attended
only by those who had received the
royal Commands or invitations. be-
ing restricted to the members of the
diplomatic corps and to certain lead
ing dignitaries and high officials. as
well as number of the great mobiles
.rand their wives. the sovereign per-
sonally deciding who is TO be invited
and who not In one word. these
courts are evening receptions by
the monarch of people whom he and
his consort wish to see around them.
and only those agreeable to their mai
estes will receive Commands since
no one-not even foreign ambassadors
or English cabinet ministers-haye a
right to invitations In this respect
courts differ from drawingrooms and
from levees, for to be de-
MED admittance either at drawing
room or at a levee constitutes a So
cial stigma, whereas there is no such
meaning attached to lie failure to re-
ceive command" to court
The procedure at these courts is
much the same as at drawingroom.
That is to say, the people attending
it pass before the sovereign and his
consort in the throne room, making
their obeisance and kissing the hands
As soon as this is over. however, the
function develops into a sort of even
ing party. for which those who. have
made their bows and courtesies re-
main, instead of Immediately seeking
their carriages, as at drawingrooms.
An extraordinary incident took
place at the grand reception of the
leading dignitaries of the Turkish en-
pire which was held the other day
by Sultan Abdul Hamid on the occa-
sion of the great Bairam festival AS
at levees in England, those present
pass before the Sultan, kissing either
his hand or the hem of his coat At
the very moment when a stout, white
bearded old pasta was bending low to
kiss the hem of his sovereign's STAN
buline he suddenly pitched forward
with such violence as TO almost upset
the Sultan. who of course immediate
ly took it for granted that an attempt
was being made upon his life.
The utmost CONSERVATION prevailed.
Swords were drawn and the panic was
at its height when attention was at
tracted to the fact that the pasta who
had been the cause of everything was
lying on the ground, stone dead The
fact of the matter was that he had
ruptured an aneurism of the heart
when bending forward to pay his
homage to the Sultan. Needless to
add, the reception was brought to a
speedy close after the removal of the
dead body.
The reports published the other day
to the effect that an attempt had been
made to assassinate the young King
Of Spain. and that the royal family
had been shot at while taking their
daily outing in the royal park origi-
mated with the fact that a gentleman
of known rank and repute had a pistol
accidentally go off in his pocket. for
tunately without injury to himself or
anybody else. He was at quite dis
lance from the royal party and altho'
the police rushed up to him as soon
as they heard the sound of the shot,
they made no attempt to arrest him
when they learned how the mishap
had occurred.
II may be asked why a man should
be carrying a pistol in royal parF
In answer to this it must he explained
that until very short time ago in
deed the park was the hunting ground
of all the most dangerous criminals
in Madrid. and that it was as much as
ones life was worth to be overtaken
there by darkness. or even by dusk.
Indeed. even now it is only very i'm
perfectly and inadequately policed.
People who heard the sound of the
shot and then saw the police precipi-
tating themselves upon a man natur
ally at first took 1t for granted that an
had been made to assassinate
the King. and that is how the report
had been started-Marquis de Fonte-
nov in Philadelphia North American.
The lnquisitive Young Man.