The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-29
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and otherwise, that story of rubbish, non
sense and lnconceivable consideration In
that some person in the village of Attle-
boro, which is situated In Vermont New
Hampshire. some other region of New
England some weeks ago secured the
CONTRACT" for supplying the British gov
ernment with official coronation badges,
amounting to hundreds of thousands IN
number, to ne given out by order of the
King In commemoration of his maJestys
browning. In the outset we were told
that this Attleboro man, being a progress
i've person, had filled his grip" which
means presumably a travelling bag, and
had proceeded to England with his thou
sands of samples of coronation badges.
Arrived there, the Attleboro man. ii was
and is alleged, lost no time In securing
from his majesty the contract for sup
plying all the badges required for the
coronation.
Doubtless millions of Americans have
put their faith in this insufferable rub
Dish. The Attleboro person, In order to
advertise himself and his trade, did pro-
coed to England with his grip" full of
sample badges. He no more saw the
King In London than he at the same time
saw his holiness the Pope In Rome. 1t
was and is and must remain impossible
for such a self-advertlser to obtain
speech or audience of King Edward. And
IL the King had such orders to give for
badges he could not possibly have given
them to an adventurous tradesman from
Attleboro, concerning whose character or
integrity he knew absolutely nothing. All
business arrangements concerning the
Kings household or the Kings govern
ment are, as every wel-informed person
knows. not brought to the immediate
consideration of the King.
What Is true of this Attieboro person
is that he filled his travelling bag with
specimen badges and proceeded to see
other tradesmen In London and else
where In the United Kingdom. He tells
us that he carried 1900 of these medals.
That is more than twice the number of
badges which will be given out in honor
of the Kings coronation.
Probably in London alone $780, 900 coro-
nation medals will be sold in the streets
to the holiday makers, just we see
them In this country sold of presidential
candidates in presidential years. These
are the kind of medals that the self
advertising and utterly fraudulent. At
tleboro man will sell to wholesale trad
ers in London, and the agents of these
'tradesmen will sell them to the multitude
at two cents apiece
The cheapest coronation medal that will
be bestowed upon any man or woman,
even the one given to the soldier or po-
liceman, will exceed In value 81, and will
aggregate In value as high as s10O EACH
Thus we have some over-smart Yam
kee of Attleboro, which Is situated at
some poin in New England, getting him
self advertised as selling the official cor
onation medals or badges to the King of
England. The king never heard of At
tleboro, probably never heard of New
Hampshire Vermont, and never heard
of any proposition from America to sell
him coronation medals or badges. 1t is
i'm possible that the king ever heard or
ever could hear of any such trade pro-
posal.
So goes all this humbuggery about the
coronation of King Edward. You read
in every local newspaper in the United
States that Mr.. So and So and Mrs. So
and So and Miss Blank Blank are going
to the coronation. 1t has already been
stated that none but officials can be In
vited to Westminster at the moment that
the king Is crowned. AS Mr.. Richard
Croker, the Emperor of New York, has
given out already, he paid $500 for a seat
wherefrom to witness the coronation pro-
cession Thousands of other Americans
have paid similar sums for that privi-
lege. Many years ago, in my youth, 1
paid a goodly sum to see her late majesty
the queen drive by; therefore l know
how 1t is l wish l had that goodly sum
back In my possession, since the after
years gave me ample opportunity to see
that great and good woman, whom l
reverenced. When we read that So and
So of this country have gone to witness
the coronation, let us be assured that
they will enjoy no such privilege: they
will pay from SIS to $500 to see the king
srive by. Yet at the end of the sum-
mer thousands of our compatriots will
return to America, loudly claiming to
have had the privilege of seeing King
Edward and Queen Alexandra crowned,
whilst we will know that they saw no
such thing; that possibly from some
hired point of view they witnessed their
majestes drive by in their carriages.
The good king and queen will, for rea-
sons of state, be on view as they pass
through the streets of London, and in
that relation alone 1t will be possible for
American snobs and cads to see Them
II any American promises you to show
you to see the king inaugurated, he or
she promises a cheap lie. Such promise
is i'm possible
LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER.