The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-08
THE ANGIo-sAxoN KING.

THE ANGLO-SAXON KING.
1t is not at all surprising that Ed
Victim is fast becoming popular Idol
in London. The more beastly he be-,
comes the more he will be Thought Of.
The hideous, bloated monster, Henry
| WILL, the wife-murderer, is now at
fectionately known as bluff King
Hal" and Charles H.. whose palaces
were filthy brothels, is endeared to
modern Anglo-Saxons as THE Merry
Monarch" Hence when the presen,
creature drives his wife from home
and spends his evenings with loose
actresses, it is natural for English
men to cheer and admire him. The
London papers have no words of re.
Rproof when they give the names, as
they do, Of their kings paramours.
and only seem to regret that his in.
functions to keep the drunken orgies
secret were not needed by the cour.
ktesans. who were too proud of thei,
own shame to obey the fat sultan's
orders, writes Colonel John Finertv
in the Chicago Citizen.
1t is notifying to know that Ameri,
can toadies are spending fortunes to
secure invitations to present their
wives and daughters to this besottcd
person. If he carries out his threat
'of visiting Ireland in the near or dis
tant future our kindred 1--WE do not
mean the West Britons) should avoid
contact with him as they would Il
leper.
/ We are Informed by the London
correspondent of the Inter Ocean that
Mrs. FitZgeorge wife of Colonel
Fitzgeorgc, the son of the Duke
of Cambridge. has opened The TEN
pie of Beauty in Broke street, May
fair. where all kinds of face restora-
ton are carried out on the latest prin-
ciples. King Edward is exceedingly
annoyed that even a morganatir
cousin should be connected with an
establishment of that description.
"He attempted to prevent the
project being started, but the Fitz-
georges are poor, and in default of thu:
kings making provision for the fam
lily equivalent to the income derivable
from The Temple of Beauty Mrs.
FitzgeOrge has engaged in trade.
The king. it is reported, said, half
seriously:
"'Why am not Henry the Eighth?
1 could then send relatives who an
noy me to the tower, with the block
as a final persuader.'
Mrs. Fitzgeorge, who personally
receives her clients, is handsome
woman of somewhat naughty type.
with still handsomer daughter, who
is also engaged in the identifying
business"
The crime in this case seems to be-
that even morganatic cousins of roy.
atty should engage "in trade" That
rs well enough for English mud-sills,
but the idea that even bar-sinister
cousins should degrade themselves by
earning filthy lucre is abhorrent to
the sensitive soul of Sultan Victim.
.one of whose sorrows is that he has
not the power of Henry WILL. the
polygamist.
. What an ambition it is to sigh for
the power to send relatives to the
'grewsome old tower with the block
as the final pcrsuader." Edward has
all the loatIhsome qualities Of his mod.
ell. and only lacks the autocratic pow
err he possessed. If those happy days
could be restored, how soon the wife
of Colonel Augustus Fitzgeorge, the
son of the Duke Of Cambridge, and
her handsome daughter would re
brought to the block.
Why does not the present defender
of the faith" God save the mark)
command his loyal parliament to ell
dow him with the same power the
first defender Of the faith" pos.
sessed? They are equal in every 9th.
er respect: why, then. deprive this
pious head of the English church OF
the right Of acting as executioner-in-
chief of a human shamble in the tow
er which so many of his predecessors
in that holy office adorned?