Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-26

| LONDON CITY
GOING BANKRUPT.
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mental functions The ale conners get
small pay bui do absolutely nothing
Tor o. IN the old days they were sup
posed 10 be such excellent judges OF ale
and beer That they could tell by tasting
OF the various brews whether they
were nc TO be introduced TO Ensl sh
gtOm0chs, AS sacred relics they stu
figure 10 The payrols
The lord mayor ls invested with more
fictitious dignity than anybody In the
kingdom. The intricate code OF etIQuet
mat attends him Is more vigorously en-
forced than at the court Of royalty In
side the city be takes precedence OF
AN mankind save only his sovereign
Even princes OF the blood royal must
give way tu him. No troops may
march through Il Without his pcrm8.
sion. With The exception OF the king.
be Is the only person Ia the realm who
ia privileged 90 visit the toWcr-Lon-
don's ancient ctadel-at any b an OF
the day or night Every 20 hours ne re-
ceIyca The c0untersIgn, with the royal
| seal aihXed-dnd never uses H.
The Office has long been stripped of
[ lts once great powers. but the symbols
of lts vanished authority are chung ~
with greater tenaCty than IN the o q
days when lord mayors We're replly I'm.
pOrtaut pcrsOnoges Some municipal
work the lord mayor does. but his chief
business Us 90 preside mo a l0t 0f ON
cial dinners go through 70 lot OF fussy
and funny ceremOnlls. and an general
DO things precisely as they have been
done by bis predecessors since the office
was FIRST established. Above an things
ho must guard against the Introduction
Of that awful. Decorating, slcrioglous
thing-0 modern inuoyatiOn-in any OF
the ceremonial that attends him ON
state occasions. IL q handshake should
be substituted for any OF the forms Of
obeisance enjoned on his official satel-
ltes when they do homage 10 him at
these times, LOndon's civic dignity
would be shaken TO ITS foundations.
CARE or THE LORD MAYOR
His outht Is as gorgeous as anything
10 be sem at a circus parade. and ev-
erythlng IN II Is the real thing. His
particular badge Of office is Il wondrous
collar Of pure gold, over hye feet I'm
length. Attached 10 this rs mag-
nlhcent pendant displaying the city
arms IN the center cut In cameo. enclr.
cled by a wreath Of eight roses, with |
the thistle and shamrock entwnied.
emblematlc OF the three Kingdoms and |
all Formed of diamonds Of the purest |
water Il ls estimated that these latter |
alone are worth over hundred thou |
sand dollars Back In 1900 the PEN |
dant then IN use disappeared" ana |
now the lord mayor Right Honorable"
though he IT, Is required 10 give heavy |
bonds for the bookkeeping OF the civic !
1ewelry and other costly insignia In |
trusted 10 his care
Out Of the clty's exchequer each lord /
mayor Is provided with three sets II |
sumptuous robes one Is of scarlet |
cloth lined with silk ana edged with er-
mine; another is Of black silk. over |
which flowers are worked IN silver. |
and the third Is OF purple silk trimmed |
with black velvet and costly fur JUST |
when one or the other OF these gar |
ments should be worn is known only |
to the initiated but something awful |
would happen II the lord mayor should |
appear In the wrong one.
-Four ancient swords are used 10 |
symbolic the great powers once
welded by lord mayors In days when |
doughty warriors sometimes filled the |
office. One, the scabbard OF which Is |
studded with pearls, Is known as the |
pearl" sword. II was presented by |
Queen Elizabeth when she opened the |
first Royal Exchange IN 1871. The |
sword OF state dates from 1850. In |
the presence Of the king or any Of the |
judges u Is carried with point down
ward nc other times Il Is borne before
the lord mayor with the point upward
a third sword. known 0s the black
sword ana first used in 1884, is brought
out on fast days In Lent or when q
death occurs I'm the royal family. Last.
IT, there Is the cold Bailey" sword
which is placed above the lord mayors
chair when he sits as a Judge at the
Central criminal court.
For totlng these old weapons around
and making 'reverences" before tho
lord mayor the swordbearer gets a cool
$1,000 year. II any man ever had a
soft snap he has Il. but the corpora
ton would rather 60 broke than at
tempt 10 govern the city OF London
without him lie wears gown OF
black brOcaded satin, and on state Oc-
casions this Is worn over n black court
suit, with silk stockings and shoes with
silver buckles. one Sir Martin Bowes.
lord mayor In 1916 presented the city
with VERY goodly royale hiatt" 10 be
worn by the swordbearer II was worn
out long ago but the same privilege
attaches 10 the swordbearers headgear
known as the cap Of maintenance" Of
wearing II IN the presence Of the SOW
ereign And the swordbearer would
get the sack should he so far forget his
proud prerogatlye as 10 uncover when
the king happens TO be around
MACE AND scEPTER.
Away back In 1884 the citizens o,
London obtained a charter from tho
king authorizing the carrying OF
mace before the lord mayor, which Is
considered a good and welghty reason
why the custom should be retained.
The mace now I'm use was made I'm 1854
Il Is 4 feet inches long and weighs 10
pounds. The official who carries Il
around Is known ms the common !
crler" He also cries "Oyez' three
times at the opening OF the lord
MAYORS court, and says some other
things more or less unintelligible that
nobody pays any attention to. In the
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