Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-19
Special Correspondence.

n ONDON, Sept. 9.--Thcre have
been fortunes made in beer Stic
world over, but there IS nnfy
one country which can show a
section of nobility who have to thank
4 beer for their titles That country Is
\ England and the nobemen concerned
are known, thanks to Labouchere, as
4 the "Beerage instead of the Peer
age
Just at present It's members are much
to the fore They have dropped all
s business matters and have united to
z fight the governments license bill,
y which aims at decreasing the number
of saloons. Fewer saloons would mean
+ smaller profits for them. Therefore,
they are championing the right of the
& poor man to have every possible facility
for getting beer.
Ss The 'Beerage" proper is composed OF.
Il four peers, one lady of title and half a
dozen baronets and Knights One of
Z; their number. Sir John Charles Bell,
4 lord mayor of London, who is chairman
land one of the largest stockholders of
q the Wenlock Brewery company, has
4 just i8been further honored by being
Is made u baronet With the sons and
daughters who may be entitled to tho
courtesy prefix Of Honorable" mar
Il ried as they are to other lords and
ltitiicS. liliG SMtltGu 10
afair-sized proportions. Naturally these
titled husbands and wives and also
their titled parents have been let In
on the ground floor in brewery invest
ments. F
OLDEST BEER BARON.
Tho Oldest of the Beer Barons,''
Z that Is as regards creation of the title.
is Lord Ardilaun. Americans will rec
Eognize the man quicker when / state
that the bnron's name Is Edward Ar
thur Guinness. 1t is just twenty
eight Years ago that he was created a
v peer, though his father was made a
baronet as long ago as 1867
Lord Ardilaun was the eldest son
Y hut&his Younger brother Edward Cecil
q Guinness. has outdistanced him in the
4 race Of honors, for he was created a
baronet nearly a quarter OF century
q ago. and six years later became a
baron. Now only a short time ago he
was raised again in the peerage and
made a viscount. That is Lord
1veagh.
-s5 PLAIN MIKE BASS.
Lord Burton, who takes his title from
" Burton on-Trent where most of the
4 English beer is brewed, will be better
\ known to Americans by his family
name. which is Mike Bass. Everybody
4 knows Bass ale all the world over,
Just as they know Guinness stout or
porter and Alsopps pale ale. Tho
2 head or the house OF Alsopp is Lord
Hindlip. The only titled lady brewer
& IS Lady Meux of the famous London
9 brewery bearing that name.
There are baronets and knights and
al sorts Of minor titled people connect 4
ed with the ''Beerage'' directly such as
Y the aWorthingtons, the Whitbreads the
iaGiilbeys, all heads of English breweries
BEER TAINTED FAMILIES.
BY direct connection on account Of
marriage and tho subsequent alliance
q With the finances of the great brew
8 cries the following titled families
& come into familiar touch with tho
"Berrage" and all its interests; Lord
I'lunkett. Earl of Howth, Earl of Clan
5carty, Lord Forester, Lord Langford,
Earl of Bant1y, Earl of Shaftesbury
& Lord Byron. Lord Bagot, Earl OF
spenbigh, Lord yaux of Harrawden,
p Earl Of Aylesford, Lord Guernsey and
!, the Earl Of Onslow.
s''-s WAS "a STAGE BEAUTY.
q Place aux dames--though there is lit 4
I tie to be said Of Lady Meux. She is
quite mystery. So far as the title is
concerned she Is the last holder, for
1T will be extinct with her DEATH Her
maiden name was Veleria Susie Lang
\ don and she was on the stage in the
y seventies. OF course she was a beauti
full and fascinating woman. Among
J the wealthy young men about town in