Arizona republican., 1902-07-27

Pointed to succeed poor old Sir Spencer
Polsonby Fame as permanent chief of
The lord chamberlain's department. of
III The members of tine king entourag..
there is no one who possesses = more.
profound and extensive acquaintance
OF foreign courts and OF foreign society
tiiIn Sir arthur. and only those for
eignrrs viii hencefcrth enjoy access 10
the court Of =. James who have passed
The I;itIster of his critical eye.
l hear. 100, that from now on foreign
eIs desiring presentation at the court
. az England viii he obliged to obtain il
through their ambassador or minister.
Until now Foreigners could he presented
by any OF their friends, English or for
eign. who had already been presented.
In fact, during the reign O. Queen Vic
tc-i.. there were. on several occasions.
rather disagreeable scandals. owing to
the discovery that English ladies of
rank had accepted payment from for
eiSHers for presenting them at court.
the fee in certain instances brought to
light having mounted up into the thou
sands Of pounds sterling. All these
abuses are now at an end. and no inl-
rccuuous lady Of title will be any
longer in = position to supplement her
income by means of payments obtained
from wealthy foreigners. especially
Americans. for presenting them at
court.
Let ne add that in three cases to my
I knowledge IN which American ladies
/ have asked for invitations to c1i:rt on
the strength of presentation ct draw
I ing rooms held by Queen Victoria they
! have each received limitations from
+ The lord chamberlain i department that
! they would have to be presented anew
( and ly their embassy.
/ King Edward seems tn BE- quite as
unfortunate in his attempts IN get peo-
/ pie into the Jockey club as he has
: been in his cndea vurs to secure the
admission of his friends to the Royal
+ Yacht squadron. The latter institution.
ike the Jockey club. takes the ground
that il ciubland all men are equal.
and that ii club matters the recon-
nendatio-s of the sovereign do not car
~ any moro weight than those of any
other member OF the orga niZation.
Every one knows of the fixture Of
tn Kings repeated efforts 10 get Sir
Thomas Upton elected as a member
q The Royal Yacht squadron. and now
/ hear that he has been meeting with
similar obstacles in his resolve to get
Sly Edward Vincent into the Jockey
cub. OF course Vincent Is Il man of
entirely different social status TO Lip
tor. But he is, perhaps on account of
his cleverness. 50 extremely unpopular
that in spite of the large sums OF mon
cy+ which he is devoting to his racing
stables. the Jockey club has several
times rejected him.
'sSi." Joseph Montague I-ivesey,
whose death has just taken place in
England. was one Of that odd hundred
OF so Of individuals claiming TO be bar
orlets. and who. as such. prefix the
word ''Si:-'' &c their Christian names
But few people are aware that any che
who CloOzes may assume the title OF
bar0Cct without mourning those legal
penalties which are involved by the
unlawful adoption OF the title OF = peer
There was a barcnetcy O. ,4ivesey
created in 1927 But the second holder
thereof having sided with parliament
il its conflict with King Charles i. anC
having acted as one Of the judges whl
condemned that monarch to death Of
;he scaToId. was attained after the
restoration ~ parliament. deprived Of
his title. and driven 10 seek refuge II
his country. where he died withnU'
: issue. i was therefore ridiculous il
the extreme that any one should CHIN
the baronetcy II the end of the nine.
tee@th century, ana even if the pzeutC