New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
R0YALT'Y'S LIVERIES.
Why Their adoption by an Ameri-
can Exhibitor Aroused Criticism.

Il is pity that of the principal American
exhibitors should have handicapped tee popularity
and success Of part OF his entries in the great
International Horse Show at the Olympia in Lon
don last week by putting his men in scarlet and
goid Hveries. which in Great Britain is comb!na-
ton restricted, with two notable exceptions ex-
cIusively TO the servants O: the royal family or
course there IS statute prohibiting anybody else
from putting his oomestics in the same garb as
those of the reigning house. But the unw-ritten
laws dealing with the matter are Infinitely more
stringent and their violation is much more strongly
resented People are just as jealous OF the color
CT their Everies abroad as they are of their
armortal bearings. and II IS probable that had
royal heraldc devices figured the buttons of the
coats Of the American servants ii would not have
excited n bit more adverse comment than the
appropriation OF the royal scarlet and gold.
IN Italy, as in England, the royal livery IS Of
red and gold: az Berlin of black and silver:
brussels or Blue coats and red breeches; while tho
liveries Of the court Madrid likewise blue,
heavily gallooned with gold bullion. The Duke OF
orleans has assumed the veries of the royal house
q France which have always consisted of royal
tlue coats and red velvet knee breeches King
Louis Philippe having been the only member of his
mouse VINO ever made of scarlet Iiveries EN-
peror Napoleon had liveries consisting of green
end scarlet breeches and II 10 q so,,e1.l.+
iecnilar circumstance that most of the French
ambassadors abroad should make use of the Napo-
!eohc hFeres for their domestics. The liveres OF
re PRESIDENT Of the French Republic nowadays are
49, que, ana much more simple than those OF
Nhlch Marshal MacMahon made use when chief
fO . mar
-. esNaHts on state occasions wore liveres of
NhI'e' with every seam gallooned with gold lace
"4Io ~ihcn his armorial bearings were woven
Al England there only two persons besides
me members Of the reignine family who are on
.-1eo 10 make use Of the royal veries-that is 10
sdy, OF scarlet and gold One Of these is the soy
eEelsns Master of the Horse for the time being
JUST al present that Office is held by the Earl ~
SeI,oI-x"ilIe the other is Lord Inchiquin the
Heho OF me Irish house Of O'Brien and the ltneal
descendant Of Brian Boroihme whose family re-
ceiVeo patent from King Henry VIII authorizing
head ,zT
being 10 make of the royal liveries in recos-
milton Of the first Lord Inchiquin's surrender Of his
Crown.
With regard the cockade which forms mart
ara parcel Of modern royal liveres in Europe IT
me up-to-aate form Of the bunch Of ribbons with
which soldiers in bygone centuries were wont 70
cock their hatsthat IS 10 say 10 hold the hrim in
position. The three-cornered hats were in course
Of time abandoned by the soldiers hut retained for
domestic llveries. and still form part of state liv
cries When the high silk hat took the r,laca of
the 1ricornered chapeau for ordinary livery wear
the cockade was transferred from the brim Of the
one 10 the edge OF the crown of the other. the
oockade usually consisting Of a species OF rosette
OF ribbon. In the monarchical countries Of Europe
it Is only the livered servants of rulers Of naval
and military officers and of those high in the SER
vice q the crown who are permitted 10 use cock
ades.
BARON De FORESTS HISTORIC MANSION
Baron Maurice de Forest who has purchased
Stowe House from Lady Kinloss. is the natural
Hirsch. ana adopted. with rare generosity by
the latters widow. who. when she died. bequeathed
70 him and TO his younger brother. Raymond. all
her own large fortune. Possessed Of immense
means, the young baron, whose title IS Austrian
one, conferred upon him by Francis Joseph in
recognition Of the numerous phfanthropic institu-
tions created and endowed BY Baron Hirsch. will
therefore. he in position 70 restore some OF the
former glories OF this magnificent country seat
Of the most stately and palatial in Brit
he is mar 70 ord Ger ards
Ethel, and they have little boy. Of the name Of
Alaric The baron, by the bye, is a naturalized
EngshEaan, and holds commission as lieutenant
IN the Stauoroshlre 1eofnahIy- ne was prev
oUsly married 10 the widow of Albert Menier. OF
chocolate manufacture and racing fame who.
moreover, was the daughter OF the millionaire
owner OF the Paris newspaper lie Journal But
the union came 20 grief, and was severed by
divorce and annulled by the Church for the young
baron has abandoned the faith Of his father and IS
e Roman Catholic.
LADY Kinloss from whom the baron has pur-
chased Stowe, IS the eldest daughter Of the last
Duke Of Buckingham and Chandos who was
frenuent visitor 20 the United States possessing
many friends here. He died without male issue.
and his dukedom became extinct, everything that
he possessed in the shape OF property, including
Stowe House in Buckiughamshire. passing TO his
edes. daughter. then known as Lady Mary GTen-
vile along with his Scotch Barony Of Kinloss
Lady Kinloss is therefore IA peeress in her own
right She married Major Morgan, who assumed
her psfrOnymic Of Grenville and on her demise
her eldest boy will become Lord Kinloss and the
principal representative OF the family OF "hch
The late Duke OF Buckingham and Chandos was
the chief. The dukes Earldom Of Temple went
IN his nephew, coming TO him In rather peculiar
manner II was during the reign Of George ~
that the latter, wishing 10 confer q special mark
Of favor upon his pet crony and chum. the Duke
OF Buckingham of his day, granted him the
Earldorn Of Temple, with the stipulation that it
should be inherited, in default Of male issue. by
the dukes favorite granddaughter. Lady Anne
Crenvflle. Lady Anne married Gore l-angton,
end died before her brother the third and last
Duke of Buckingham. Consequently, on his demise,
her eldest son Gore Langton. succeeded as his
mothers heir, her brothers Earldom Of Temple.
CUriously enough his wife. Lady Temple. was a
sister OF the widow Of the Duke of Buckingham.
lady married TO Lord Egerton Of Tatton,
who still retains the title OF her first husband.
Stowe House rented by Lady Kinloss 70 the
late Count Of Paris from the time Of his Danish
.nert from France until his death. in 1894 and was
his English home. The house It now stands
built al the end OF the seventeenth century by
Sir Richard Temple It IS approached by a mag
niacent avenue OF ancient elms more than a
couple Of miles in length. through stately Corin-
THAN sixty feet in height, the FACADE OF the
building being no less than thousand feet in
length The main floor Of the mansion IS reached
By the ascent of an immense fight Of steps. In
deed. a famous wit remarked that there Is no
getting out OF the house after dinner without
.umbling down A fight Of steps as high as ST.
Paurs'
The pleasure grounds by which it is surrounded
are innrnortalized in the verses OF Pope and the
prose Of Waipole. extend over one thousand acres,
and constitute the finest example Of landscape
gardening in Great Britain. Tho ornamental build
ings and temples in the grounds comprise many
remarkable structures and an immense amount or
valuable statuary, and add TO the charm OF the
place by bringing before the visitor memories or
al the celebrated peTsonages who have beer identl-
fed in way another with stowe lot tIlere .
not a single great man in politics war or letters,
nor any foreign monarch prince OF the blood
visiting England the nineteenth century VINO
has not been entertained az Stowe House. ana the
late Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were there
tor q week in ls45 the then duke, the grandfather
T.5~, plo zrdi ie