Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-10

I'm the week--so that except on extra
ordinary occasions when they all have
to be on SHOW, they lay off six days
for every day that they have to dance
attendance on the king Considering
that fact, the pay $3.50 a year. isn't
bad, but out OF It they have TO pur-
chase their own gorgeous outfits.
ALFRED MAY STAY.
The Poet Laureate Is in the lord
chanbeflain's department but al
though Alfred Austin was chosen as
the chief poet in this country by a
Conservative administration, IL is prob
able that the prime minister viii allow
him to retain The honor, for the salary
that goes with 1t is only 1915 a year.
If, however, Mr. Austin We're to pro-
duce another line like that notorious
And they cry. Hurry up. for pity"
or if he ventured again upon such a
rhyme as Cecil" and ''wrestle" II Is
doubtful whether Sir Henry's patience
NvOuld be equal to the strain for he is
devoted TO the muses..
When the lord chamberlain
IL doing official stunts he
carries a white staff and a gold key.
which never locks or unlocks anything.
attached TO his person by a blue rib
bon. There Is greater than the lord
chamberlain-to-wi the lord great
chamberlain. His Office IL an heredl-
tary one, and therefore he cannot be
displaced, when there is a change OF
administ Saf1Qn, He Is the most exalt-
Ell sort otlsSeA and is regarded as far
too important to be trotted ONT except
on the greatest occasions. He has the
Palace of Westminster under his con-
troll and among his privileges is that
of selecting the peer who makes @ lot
OF other peers envious by carrying the
sW ord of state when the sovereign
goes to parliament. He has precious
little to do really and few responsible
ties, but II Is quite In accordance with
the British scale Of remuneration where
exalted funkeys are concerned that his
pay is more than double that Of the
hard-worked lord chamberlain. amount
ms to s22,50O year.
BELOW STAIRS.
Below stairs among the kitchen pots
and pans, the lord steward holds sway
over the kings household Lord
Hawkesbury has just been given that
job by the new premier, displaclng that
ttaunch Conservative nobleman, the
Earl of Pembroke. The pay Is the same
as that of the lord chamberlain--Sl0-
900 a year. Associated with the lord
steward In the management of the de-
partment Is the treasurer OF the house,
hold and the comptroller OF the house,
hold, who are paid $3.50 II year each.
But they ara political appointees and
for that reason Viscount Valentia and
Lord Hamilton have been tuSned ont to
make room for Sir Edward Strachey
and the msster Of Eiibank, The stock
of lords Is not nearly SO large In the
Liberal as In the Conservative party,
and consequently less august folk have
to be chosen TO M the minor court bill
let's.
BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH.
The lord steward, the treasurer and
comptroller and two or three perma-
nent household officials comprise that
mysterious institution known as the
board OF green CLOTH one OF the most
venerable props of the British consti-
tuition. In the course OF IT'S long ca
reer. dating from before Henry II has
defed the onsaughts of many REFORM
ers who would have swept II out OF ex-
istence. But the reformers have sue
cerded In abolishing lot OF hlgh-sal-
aired sinecures that formerly enjoyed
It's projection. so that now its payroll,
which was once over 100000 a year, Is
only tli5,000, OF which $4,000 represents
the amount paid domestic servants. 1t
derives Its name from the fact that
It's members. when they condescend to
make pretense OF earning their sal
aries. sit around a table covered with
green cloth.
n. It..l,, 20 "a ~.
board has a green seal II has a king
dom OF its own extending 200 yards In
every direction from Buckingham pal
ace Within this little klngdom--the
Verge as Il Is known round the green
table cloth--the board has power to
punish all who break the peace, and
II has a limited power. too, to save
any OF the kings servants from ar
rest No servant OF his majesty can
be arrested for debt without a warrant
flsned at the green table. And 10