The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-02-02
WHEN EDWARD Dimes.

Much Given to Hos pitalfty--Prece-
dence* Observed. Etiquette for
Guests of His Majesty and the
Menu offered to Those who Sit at
the Royal Table.
When King Edward and Queen Alex
andra give state dinner the follow
ing is the form of invitation:
THE lord steward is commanded by
the King and Queen to invite Mrs.
Vanderbilt to dinner Thursday, the fif-
teenth, at nine o'clock. Full dress"
The guests assemble in the drawing
room and there arrange themselves in
a crescent to await their majesties' en-
trance, which is made without an
nouncement. With the ladies only is
there handshaking ceremony. Guests
invited to a private dinner find their
royal hosts in the drawing room to re-
ceive them. The guest of honor sits on
the Kings right hand and the royal
family on the left.
The precedence at state dinners is as
follows Foreign ambassadors take
precedence of English mobiles; archbish-
ops rank with dukes; bishops with
earls; foreign counts and barons take
no precedence, but rank with English
baronets or great landed proprietors;
and in entitled precedence, an earl,s
grandson, or near relative of the arts
tocracy, precede the esquires or coun-
try gentlemen; next come wives of
country gentlemen of no profession;
then barristers and their wives, naval
officers and their wives, military men
and their wives. Physicians are ranked
in the royal household as next to baro-
nets. At private dinners usually some
members of the royal household are
present; the royal household numbers
about two hundred.
Apropos to King Edwards new rules
on precedence at his coronation, presi
dents will rank with kings and emper-
ors; his argument is that he desires to
honor the state and not the man. No
distinctions will be made, except per-
haps in the case of near relations of the
royal family. There is no race preju-
dice in England, and had not King
Edward issued a decree to the effect
that widows of peers who had married
commoners had forfeited thereby their
prerogatives as peeresses of the realm
there would have appeared among the
latter at Westminster Abbey on eoro-
nation day a negress of the Hottentot
TYNE. for the widow of the Earl of
stamford has lately married a Boer.
On state occasions there is splendid
display of silver and gold. crystal and
fine porcelain being more in evidence
at private dinners. The dishes which
the fiunkies carry about must be deftly
balanced on three fingers. One dinner
set of pure gold will dine 1870 guests;
In another set there are 400 silver
plates.
The sideboard is decorated with lot
of golden trophies, some captured from
the Spanish armada; on the walls of
the banuueting room of Buckingham
palace are displayed many gold shields,
mounted on scarlet; a peacock OF pre-
cious stones, valued at 100000; a IT,
gers head with solid gold tongue,
and diamonds for teeth. The value OF
the royal plate, including services for
every functions, is over s,0OO.0 900. To
nay his yearly household expenses
about half a million dollars is neces-
TO return 20 the state dinner. there
are three servants 10 six guests-one
10 pass the food one 10 take away the
empty dishes and one TO go for the
food. Each royalty has his or her
own servant. The King Is always walt
ed on by the same footman, and he is
always tefNfu lintf Ah' NN''h 80" 49,
special servitor.
The menus are printed on beautiful
cards. surmounted by the royal arms,
and with picture Of Windsor Castle,
buckingham Palace, or whichever roy
a resldencs may be the scene Of the
junction. The menu IN headed, Their
Maiestles' Dinner" this n followed by
az date, and sitter that the French
name Of the various diahes-pOtage
poison, hofa d'0euyre. relieve, entrees
s0rbet. r0n. aalsde, ff0maEe. DESSERT
fruits. varies, cafe nolr The usual
order h two kinds ~ soups. two kinds
~ nfh. ln fact two kinds ~ each
Course. Nlth three different dogseftu