Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-25


the allpersuasive prerogatives OF the
monarch as the Hohenzol.erns them
selves. In his youth he enjoyed be-
ing the CANT OF fashion among the
privileged ten thousand OF the Brit
ish realms. 1t pleased him to know
that the young men Of all lands wore
the same style of garment that he mad
selected either at random or by
caprice He led many ether direc'
tons whittier only the Az uent coulo
follow, so that when it came time for
his mother to end her reign the grave
were afraid that they were about 10
have fribble for king. q sort OF
ropal gentleman usher" as Macaulay
whitening styled Walpole.
His conduct since reaching the
thrC ne has been a constant enlighteh'
ment, even to those who supposed
that they knew Albert Edward to the
core when he was Prince OF Wales.
He electrifies his subjects quite as
much in his personal supervisor OF
the patriclan caste as the ro'ltlciahs
in his knowledge and strenuous de-
yot,on to high matter OF state. Inc
King has become convinced that the
patricians are making themselves
too common" that their young
Adonises are marrying too many
soubrettes II half the interventions
the King is credited with are we'll
founded. the one despised Guelph dy-
nasty has produced an exemplar- as
rigid in maintaining noblary conVen-
tious as the most Bourbon.
Library Of Them.
In other days sovereigns were a'd-
ed in keeping their mobiles In the
way of strict convention by innumer'
able volumes Hence the immense
library of "Liyres de Civilite' instruct
ing those who run or sit how to be-
have under. every conceivable cicum
stance. how to keep a mansion no"
to conduct a table how to appear AZ
the best in the street. even the foFri
OF salutation, the savior vivra, III
short. that marks the weil-Drel from
the poor. Unexpectedly enorgn. the
first essay in the livres de ciVi'ite
was indited by no less a person tran
the great Eramus, who took t'me
from his ironic hectoring of Martin
Luther to instruct the great folk OF
al, lands how to conduct themselves
in the least as well as the most I'M
portant action of life. in the year
1880 Erasmus wrote the volume en-
titled "Civilitas Moruum Pueriiium.'
defeating it to the doughty Duke or
Burgundy, Henry the Rash.
The volume is whimsically as inter-
esting for what it suggests as for
what it sets down, though the learn
ed philosopher succeeds III tincturing
even the majestic Latin tongue with
scintillant humor. The book compre-
hands seven chapters: 1.-The Decency
, and Indecency Of Deportment'-that
is, behavior: How to Carry Ones Self
In Church." How to Eat" How to
: Meet Folk in the Street," 'How to
Behave in Sport How to GO to
Bed" All these whimsical topics are
treated in light and frolicsome Latin,
which, of course, adds to the impress
siyeness OF the structures! The Latin
is the very simplest, the style with
out the least attempt at pedantry, the
illustrations picturesque and full OF
humor. When the astonishing treat
ise appeared everyone that could al
ford it hurried to become possessed or
such a masterpiece by such pundit,
for it was as if the head of Harvard
College or some equally impressive
philosopher should turn his pen to in
structing the -Four Hundred IN the
manners and graces of polite inter-
course.
Erasmus couldn't cn:er room that
had been occupied by anyone else I'M
mediately before him without nausea.
He had travelled all over Europe and
suffered the torrents Of the damned
in Britain from the lack of manners
and graces prevalent among the high
and low. He made the journey as To-
day a youth enters college to fash
ion hs mind for future usefulness. to
drink at the fountain OF politeness
ana convention. He was in his seven
ty-third year, sequestered IN baie.
Switzerland. when he resolved to set
before the world the things that he
had found that the best read and the
test thinkers had agreed upon as the
polite and proper conduct to follow In
all the emergencies Of life. great or
little. When published the world was
SO ready to read anything from the
hands OF Martin Lu:her's proponent
that the book was turned into Eng
fish by Robert Wilmington and &C.
cepted by the British court as the
. catechism Of the polite world, the
patrician caste particularly.
In France the solid sense Of this
Dutch guide to poiiteness found such
favor that Mathurin Corded. an ON.
niyorous hack OF the day. 1887. turned
Il into French and likewise gave II
a more resembling title. Mirror de II
Jaunesse Pour Ia Former BONES
Mocurs ct Civilite ct We" cMrror
OF Youth to Form II on Good man
ners. Politeness ard LfeD. Then