New-York tribune., 1903-06-11

.,seIves but let all these things be done
aacentIv and in order according to the apos-
tolic precept, and let the King-Emperor be the
final the sole judge of how in mundane matters
NAV be best fulfilled the ideas of St Paul. 1hus
,t comes to pass that the functions at court IN
the new reign may be compared to that portion
of the Iancers known the grand chain be
fore their throned patron commingle in mar
monious array all the different sets Inc
author proceeds 20 explain that while the pollu-
cal prerogatives of the crown have been sur
rendered to the demand of constitutional prog
ross the reigning house has more thah coih-
pensated itself for the loss of these oy '
simultaneous extension of its authority ana use
fulness in every department of the Social prov
ince; and moreover, that the fashlonaole "olio
of England, heartess and cynical IN some super
fetal aspects. shows the other manu. do'A
ties of childish simplicity and reaily PASSIVE
obedience to its crowned leaders ne husoShu
and the court of Queen Victoria" remarks the
author. sententiously, began by MAKING his
lish society respectable. Edward VII went on 10
make II smart Now as during his princely
neriod he insists on it's being in all things
decorous as well as entertaining" The author
brings to a close chapter on a representative
court and twentieth century courtiers with TINS
ecstatic passage:
London has risen to Its present cosmopolitan
prosperity on the social ruin of kingiess Par1s.
Nor is that all. 1t is not only the modlsh plutoc
racy of St James's, Belgravia and Mayfair tnat
is kept going by the court The palace, lts IN
habitants its satellites and their doings are the
favorite themes of small talk and speculation IA
the very huu1blest circles in the remotest parts
of the provinces or the empire What at each
successive meal, forms the daily courses or the
royal table. How much IL paid tor the Tea,
coffee tobacco and snuff of Buckingham Palace
The exact work respectively allotted to each OF
his majesty's dressers. How often the queen
changes her gown. Such the problems that
exercise the speculation of innumerable Wen
paid writer's, that are discussed with a oetalI
that DELIGHTFULLY."- stimulates the inventive rae
ultv by thousands of fireSides, at as many dlnheT
and tea tables in as many housekeepers' rooms
servants halls and parlors. Were the hlng ana
his court longer central OBJECTS What lhtel- !
lectuaI motive would there be for the exercise
to the extent now described of those tacultles
which the palace doings bring into play. Inc
mere fact that gossip about the great gratlnes
worldwide instinct is 1tsef an argument IL
favor of monarchy. From a representative
court the transition is natural to a cosmopolitan
society.
If is painful to find Mr. John Morley's sue
cessor as Editor of THE Fortnightly Review"
writing a bout monarchy in the spirit of jenkins
himself and revealing that idolatrous love OF
snartness which is the most ignoble and 1nane
nassion in English social life. "Kingless Paris"
will not be impressed by so fantastic an argu-
ment in favor of monarchy. and Americans will
find, after reading the passage, a new source OF
thankfulness that they citizens Of great
republic and that they have a President who
embodies the social gospel of a strenuous life.
I do not wish, however to create any prejudice
against Mr. Escott's book on account of few
mawkish and snobbisn passages about royalty
and smartness. It is full of anecdotes and enter
tanning gossip about public men and social per-
sonages. and its mellow optimism and easy
going tolerance are preferable TO the stale cyni-
cism and pessimism which taint the air of fash
ionable London. l. n. L.