Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-06

1T they S1 won't 3 be enough s'a " n 1s:t
families left in this counthryl
this summer to make a scan
dali"
"Where'H they be-" asked Mr.. Hen
messy.
They'll be in London" said Mr..
Doolev. They're all goin' over 10 see
tn coronation iv King Edward. Win
that proud monarch is declared Nv
Great Britain. Belfast an certain wards
iv Londonderry, King.-whin he comes
out an takes tn oath iv ONCE an
puts on tn crown an begins his IN
ageurval address, he'll look down on
a sea iv upturned American faces, an
7 won't blame him. Ivry scow tnat
crosses tn DRINK is loaded down with
thin. They are firm tn British aris-
tocracv out iv their proud but I'M
heated homes. Whin tn big dOin's
comes off, L wudden't be surprised II
We found NANNY an honest American
heart batin' behind an ermlne rope.
'Tis a great chanst FIR tn jocks to get
even with tn steel thrust. what wan
iv our princes iv thrade Wuooeh
change in a little iv his proceeds IT
tn chanst TO wear a cOronet and give
three CneeTS III ANAAAS
now. Hinnessy, If / was tn King
with me commercial thrainin' 1 wud-
dent he crowned at all. I'd rent out
tn lob I'd advertise FIR sealed dos
an whin tn coronation come on, us
at home I'd be, sittin' in me slippers
countin' up tn money while j. Fler-
mont Morgan. as king, me frind JaWh
n Rockefeller as Lord High Chan-
chellor. an Jawn w. Gates as IN
Ar-rchbishop. Nv Canterbury, received
IN, annlause iv tn House ~ Lords, an
wives thin bein' tn officers ~ tn
steel Thrust. tn Pickle Thrust. tn
Solder Thrust, an tn OF Masther
Thrust.
'.Ye see. we've got to do these things
Hogan tells me, because We re
wurruld power. a wurrulu PUMei'
dive mind. Whin we was less " a
power an thought Ourselves more Win
We we're restricted to our own back
ward an niver had throuble with
annvwan but whin he come over tn
fence. il didn't. make amy din renee
To ms whether tn coronet was wore
on tn front or back iv tn halr OF
carrid in a valiso. A prisidint w IN
United States was swore IN as thoush
he was a Pole wantin' to cast his frst
vote. Him an tn man befure MIN
rode I'D to tn capitol followed by a
procession Nv naygurs. tn ChleI Jus
tice asst him If he felt competlnt 10
hold tn Job an he said he did, ne
made a speech that had been printed
in tn mornin' papers fr tn last ti1he
on, wint over to tn white house an
had his bed made up. A cabinet officer
was all right If he cud get his appro-
nriations through be standin IN
drinks fr Congress an cud make a
threatv that wud break i'm tn hand.
All that was required Nv an ambassa-
dure was that he knew tn best place
FIR wandhrin' pathrite TO BUY
readvmade necktie an that his wife
didn't nut on airs In thin happy days
whin we were sthrugglin' to tn front.
a king seldom come this way Wanst
i'm awhile a naygur potintate Wud snip
IN firm tn South Sea Islands but We
niver paid much attintion to thin.
mind we'll whin King Calico come mere
firm tn Sandwich Islands an stop
ned at tn Grand Passyfic Hotel. A
comfy Nv citizens was appinted to fix
ND an Entertainment FIR him. Ihey
decided to give him a poker party.
..But. now. be hivens. ivry other day
we're threatened with kings. Down in
Wash'nton they tell me there's build
in full iv clerks figurin' out how to
ravceive royalty. Ye'd think il was an
aisy lob. All that annywan wud ex-
pict wud be; Good mOrnin', king, or
.sHow-do. kaiser? or 'How's thricks,
impror? But tits not so. No, sir, II IN
prisidint was to make wan small blum
der. if he was to tap tn impror on tn
shirt stud where only king shud De
tapped, we'd have a European war on
our hands before nightfall. Sure! Sup
oil uafffr1f In tn nGTkOT an
tn hired girl comes in an rings tn
hell FIR dinner Ye'd say ivrybody out
to tn Winds as soon as he can. tn man
that paid for tn food first an maybe
a fight or two in tn dureway. Not at
all. Be no means. First tn king or
impror, thin fifteen minyits later tn
sub king. thin tn family iv tn king,
thin amy morganatic relations, thin
tn staff an so on. In tn dinin' room
ye'er idee is haste to tn place nearest
tn duck Wrong. No wan must set
down till tn king sets. Thin wan be
wan down tn line accordin' to rank.
TIL rankest down first. Afther tn din
ner no scramble FIR tn rockin' chair an
tn place near tn stove. Out as We
come mixing. prince, jock, earl, land
grab. Won. excellency, Sob. Where's
tn prisidint? In tn panthry doin' tn
best he can.
IT'S a delegate job an amy man
that knows JUS how rielty shud be
threated can get a good place in
Wash'nton. Ivry day some fine point
comes up. Supposin' tn king asts
himsilf to tn house, is it betther to go
out befure or afther he comes? How
shud a Missoury congressman ap-
proach his majesty? On his hands an
knees or through tn window? Shud
tn sicrety iv state speak befure he is
spoken to or afther or not at all2 If
tn impror is caught slippin' a king
out iv tn deck. shud tn fact be min
toned thin or whin We have played tn
ace firm tn sleeve? Shud the prisi-
dint an cabinet back away firm the
rile family on'y as far as tn sthreet
or to tn city limits? All those CUES
tions have got to be answered an an
swered right.
"No wan knows what tn horrible