Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-15
TIT. Is OF LONG AGO.
Some Of the Ancient Styles Of
Royal SaIutation.

Royal saIutation.
FANTASTIC AND RIDlcULOU
In Spain at One Time the AppeIIa-
tions Applied to the King Became
4 So serviIe That Philip III. Sup
pressed Thorn Caesar and the Title
aDsmigod.r
Shenstone in his quaint essay on
Adventure" printed with long SIS In
the year 1902, says, sit is very
convenient piece Of knowledge for
a person upon journey to know
the computations with which 1t is
proper to address those he happens to
meet by the way" The author found
himself well or Ill used in proportion
as he happened or not to suit his salu-
tations to peoples ideas Of their own
rank. u.
1T may not be imprudent," he says,
ITO accost a passenger with title SUI
perior to what he may appear to claim
This win seldom fail to diffuse a won,
derful alacrity in his countenance and
be perhaps a method Of securing you
from any mistake OF greater .impor-
lance. was led into these observa-
ttons," he remarks, .'by some solicit
tudes lately underwent on account
Of my ignorance in these peculiarities.
Being somewhat more yersed in books
than can pretend to be In the orders
Of men, 1t was my fortune to under
take a journey which was to perform
by means Of inquiries" After enumer-
ating the mishaps that befell him on
account Of misplacing the titles
friend" "honest friend, honest
man." dame" madam, = ISL, 2 Sweet
heart" etc, he says naively that he
was within a foot Of rushing down a
.precipice by calling another for
sooth.n ,ss
ssWhen you reflect upon this subject
he continues, addressing the public Of
his day as a sympathetic friend, learn
to be wise from Others harm and do
mot forget to observe decorum ON ev-
cry occasion. In the meantime you
may If you please consider the vast
Importance Of superior titles when
there is no one SO inconsiderable but
there Is also mind 1t can influence
The Princess Elizabe in an un-
dated letter from "Hatfilde' sends by
request her picture to Queen Mary and
concludes the carefully worded epistle
with: 't'And thus will (trobling your
majestic II fere) end with my most
humble thankes, beseching God long
to preserve you to his honor, to your
consort, to the realme' profit and to my
JOY. Your Majestic most humble sis
ter and seruante.. ..s5. %,ggs.
! st. Folk tells us, says the elder Dis.
raeli, that kings were usually address.
ed by the titles Of most fIlustrious,
your serenity or your grace. The ap-
peIlatfon Of your majesty was estab-
lished by that Tiberius Of France,
Louis XVI, whose manners were of
the most sordid nature. So distinct
were once the titles of highness and
excellence that when Don Juan, broth
err of Philip H., was permitted to take
up the latter and the city Of Granada
saluted him as your highness it occa-
stoned such serious jealousies at court
that had he persisted in 1t he would
have been condemned for treason.
Until the reign of Constantine the
prefix illustrious belonged only to
those who had made splendid reputa-
ton in arms or in letters. sac
In Spain the affectation of titles
grew to such degree that Philip III.
published an act which forbade seryile
and ridiculous attributes. reducing
them to the simple ''the king our lord =
Ferdinand and Isabella Z. were high
nesses only. Francis l., who styled
himself the first gentleman in his king
dom, saiuted Henry VIII. as your maj
esty. Il u
Ancient Portuguese writer's give fam
tastic accounts of the kingdom of Mo-
nomotapa, "a native African kingdom
famous for its gold mines, lying In
the lower Zambezi basin and chiefly
In the present Mashonaland. The king
Of this region is surrounded by mu-
sicians and poets, who thrive in his
atmosphere and who adulate him by
such refined batteries as the lord OF
the sun and moon, great magician and
great thief ETA
The king of Persia Is called branch
Of honor, mirror Of virtue. rose Of de
light His majesty Of Ava Is called
God and In his correspondence with
royalty styles himself king of kings
and insists upon being obeyed. as he
attends to the preservation OF animals
Ian ambiguous conclusion, to which
foreign royalty might reasonably OBJ
ject He Is also regulator OF the sea-
sons, the absolute master of the ebb
and dow Of the sea, brother to the
sun and king Of the four and twenty
umbrellas To mark his dignity the
four and twenty useful and often ple>
beian articles are always carried be-
fore the august monarch. ~
The most striking titles OF the king
OF Achem are sovereign of the uni
verse, whose body Is as luminous as