New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-29
pAwyING OF HIGH ORDERS.


PAWNING OF HIGH ORDERS
Article p OF the Statutes Of the order OF the
Elephant which has just been conferred d. the E>s
Of Denmark upon Prince Won BuloW' INC C,. N..
rellor ~ the German Empire. explicitly prohloi1S
the knights under the penalty OF expulsion from
pawning the insignia. In view OF the fact that
the order in question. which Is among 'he Nlosl
ancient IN Europe, corresponding ia Importance
and rrestige 70 the British Order OF the carter
and "a TIE Golden Fleece % Austria and SPAIN
"a conferred only upon members or the fslsh'ns
houses ana upon statesmen Of the very hshesl
rank the prohibition might appear unnecessary
Int this IS very far from being the case ORDERS
az this kind occasionally find their way into the
ravnshop. and there are many who viii reeaH
fbe dIsgracefui lawsuit in which the Spanish IRE
sender Don Carlos became involved some twenty
years ago at Milan. when he was proved IA court
20 have pawned the municipal mont oe ple.e'
or pawnshop, there his jewelled insignia OF the
Golden Fleece the identical insignia that had oeen
made AZ the beginning OF the fifteenth century
gor Duke Philip the Good, the founder OF the Or
der ana which had subsequently been worn Oy
F7rnperor Charles Y throughout his entire reign
AS IN the case OF the insignia OF the Golden
Fleece many OF the stars and badges OF the oF-
ders OF lnighthood OF great intrinsic Vaiue-
Thus the mere star OF the British Order OF the
Star OF India IS valued by jewellers at $780, owing
10 the presence Of diamonds IN its composition
sts cost having been made matter OF court rec
ord the other day when the star belonging TO Sir
Henry Fowler. formerly Secretary Of State Tor
India was found by the police in a LONDON pawn
shop where IL had been pledged by e dishonest
servant who. make matters worse. had int-
mated that he was pawning It in behalf OF his
employer This explanation did not appear IN the
least hit strange 10 the pawnbroker. who SAID
that he was accustomed 20 receive the insignia
OF orders OF knighthood as pledges. To what eX-
tent they figure among the valuables brought 20
pawnbrokers as collateral is apparent from the
number OF stars and crosses that are 10 be found
in the shop windows OF pawnbTokers among the
unredeeEned pledges exposed for sale
No story OF the order OF the Elephant would be
complete without a reference TO the extraordinary
remark made by the Danish special ambassador
sent 70 Paris in 1871 to present the Order OF the
Elephant 10 King Louis XVIII. IN handing the
insignia 20 that monarch. IN the presence OF the
assembled French court. he wishing 70 make clear
Louis its equality with the French Order OF the
Holy Ghost, exclaimed soennly: Sire. notre Saint
Esprit c'est Elephant. Daignez le re-
oevor." C'sire, our Holy Ghost is elephant
Deign TO receive it, Louis XVIII. in spite OF his
phenomenal obesity was amazingly witty man.
with keen sense OF hunor, and he afterward de-
claTed that be had never in his life found so much
difficulty IN RETAINING from burst OF laughter
and from the utterance Of the witticism which
hovered on the tip OF his tongue in reply.
PEERLESS WHO LEADS THE sCFFRAGETTEs.
Lady Harberton who has come 50 prominently
before the public in England during the last few
weeks IN connection with her leadership OF the
suffragette movement may be remembered as
having played a similar role some twenty
yesrs ago in the crusade for dress reform and for
She substitution Of boomers for skirts. At that
time she involved herself IN legal proceedings with
a number OF country inns where the landladies had
refused 10 serve her with refreshments owing TO
what they denounced as her inmodest gaFb. Lady
Hsrberton claimed 70 he quite much apostle
OF rnodesty as those who took exception 10 her
hz- at
dkcolletage. Low necked evening dresses, she
argued. and still asserts to-day. are "unwOmanly.
lacking in propriety and debasing: whereas,
boomers and short skirts she insists are 'elevat-
ing" There is why beautiful woman
should bare her and shoulders in public, says
Lady Harberton, but there many valid reasons
why she should wear knickeTbockers and display
her legs below the knee
Lady Harberton is no longer in her FIRST youth
having been married for nearly fifty years 10 the
sixth Viscount Harberton. Irish peer. head OF
the house OF Pomeroy. which has number Of
representatives IN this country. and which has been
settled in ireland ever since Arthur Pomeroy went
from his ancestral home at HarbeTton, in Devon
shire. 10 Dublin chaplain OF the Lord Lieu
'tenant 1872, dying Dean of Cork Lord Har-
beTton Is connected by ties OF kinsmanship with
the Duke OF Wellington, one OF his ancestors
Henry COlley having been a brother OF the first
dukes father. Lord Mornngton. The 81 fated
British general Sir George Pomeroy Coiley who
was killed Majuba Hill in the Beer OF a
quarter Of a century ago. LORD Harberton's
FIRST cousin. Lady Harberton Miss Frances
Legge u Malone House, County Antrim. and be-
longed to the house Of Legge. OF which Lord Dart
mouth Is the chief
ENGLISH JEWEL, FOUND AT TEHERAN.
PerEia's new ruler has since his accession caused
an inventory and valuation 10 be made OF the jewels
contained IN HIS imperial treasury They are esti-
melted by The European and Oriental experts en-
2oyed for the purpose AT the minimum sum Of
t'aoeo. and IL is said that the new Shah, who
cares but itte for jewels, but who is in terrible
straits for money is about 10 place large number
OF his jewels upon the market
Tie inventory has revealed the presence IN the
Treasury o. a famous English crown diamond
which mysteriously disappeared az the time OF the
execution OF Charles I. and which has engraved
upon II the royal arms OF England. Charles kept