The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-30
EVEN ROYALTY
IS NOT EXEMPT
Eternal Servant Question An
noys Kings and Queens,
as Other Persons.
EFFORTS NOW MADE TO
STRAIGHTEN OUT TANGLE
Problems Presented Are Com
pleX and Most Difficult
of Solution.
BY LADY MARY MANWARING.
peciaI Cable to The Tribune.

LONDON, Oct, 29.-Even royalty is not
exempt from the eternal servant qucs-
ton King George and Queen Mary. or,
at least those officials whQ look out for
such things for their majcstics. arc still ,
hard at work Strengthening out the serv
ant troubles caused By the death of King
Edward and by reason OF the great army
OF. those who minister in humble ca
pacity 10 the needs of the royal family
1t may be said that the problems pre-
sented are complex and most difficult OF
solution. When King Edward came TO
the throne he made practically clean
sweep of all who had been in the royal
service in his mothers reign. bestowed
on each a substantial pension, and
brought the stan of servants en- bloc from
Marlborough house, who. OF course, were
thoroughly verscd in the manner In
which his late majesty wished them 10
perform their duties. and fell readily into
the routine at Buckingham palace.
But King George. even if he had de-
sired to do SO. could not have followed
his fathers example In this respect, for
the simple reason that his majesty kept
much smaller STAFF Of servants at Mar-
Numerically, II would not have been suf-
icicnt to efficiently staff Buckingham
palace. His majesty. therefore, decided
TO retain a number of the servants In the
present royal household. Some OF the
chief servants in King Edwards house
hold have, of course. been ponsioped and
placed on the retired list, hut those
who remain in the royal service do not
Gently introduced. which do not exactly
harmonize with their preconceived no
tions concerning tho extent and character
OF their duties.
Buckingham Over Stated.
The fact is. King George always be-
lered Buckingham PALACE was over
stated with servants, and has been OF
opinion that the dignity OF sovereignty
could be sufficiently maintained without
keeping two men 10 perform ono mans
work, The servants chiefly affected so
far by The new regulations arc those
rather grand officials known the
erooms OF the chamber and the pages of
the back stairs. From these 1t has al
ways teen the custom 10 select
tain numoer for what is termed "close
walt attendance on tho sovereign. The
servltors on close wait, however, have
always had an extremely easy time OF it.
They are only Oh duty In the corridor
into which the personal apartments uf
the king open. and their work consists
meroly In uSherlnS visitors Into the royal
presence or summouinS any member Of
;he household TO tho personal apartments
whom his majesty may desire TO see, 4
comfortable sitting room is provided for
the attendants on close walt where hith
erto they have had their meals. inclld-
ing an excellent late dinner Al 80 D. m.
Under the new regime. The number Of
servants 10 y" put on clos" wait Will be
meals in the breakfast room attached 10
the men servants quarters. and when not
on close walt they VIII be put ordinary
duty In different parts OF the palace.
Large Staff at Windsor.
But apart from these regulations the
prospect or tho court being more fire.
uucntly at WINDSOR castle than was hlth-
erto the case IS rather disturbing 10 those
somewhat luXuriously minded groums am!
pages who have always rega ardcd Windsor
xI,-II L.. i.s1
reign The staff Of servants kept perma
ncntly at Windsor was comparatively
small but in the future il Will be very
much larger; and a number Of the palace
servants. whose services there can bo
dispensed with VIII DC dispatched ve"y
shortly To Windsor. TO fully understand
how this Arrangement will affect some
OF the royal servants IL must be en-
planned that In the late reign mum
Der Of the servants. when not required
at Buckingham palace, were allowed 10
go TO their own homes, and there WcTo
certainly some who were probably not on
duty for more Than six months In tho
| year, But in future most or the grooinS
and pages not rcruireG for duty at i5uck-
| inehsm palace win be sent to Windsor
| castle and several VIII. Us has already
| been stated, be kept there permanently,
| What the full extent OF the changes in
| the conditions OF the royal servants Will
| be is not. OF course. yet known, but it
| Is surmisee that they viii be extensive.
| and that several comfortable SlnccurcS
| VIII be abolished
| Discipline More Strict
| No very great changes beyond those
| indicated will be carried out just now,
| fnr King George desires to becomc well
J acquainted with The working of the large
| household now under his control before
carrying out any extensive hlterdIons IN
! its management but the general disci-
| pIinc will he strlCter and the servants
VIII find themselves buster Than they
hitherto have been, Though their work
lNa
As reca rds the women servants. d very
| large number OF those who we're iii serY-
ice at Buckingham palace IN the lsle
| reign have been rc-onGagcd in Queen
i Alexaudras household and will go TO
| Marlborough house when 1t is ready for
| her majesty. ana, of course, al the scr
,,ui,t at Sandringham remain in her
majesty's employ. The female, staff who
were at Marlborough house In tho late
reign will all SO TO Buckingham palace,
but number OF new c,, u'nids iiis haSs anS eth" the
Srrinr will be trained in their duties at
Windsor castle. , 49,, ,.o,
4 special set OF apartments has oeen
set aside at buckingham palace ano
Windsor castle for the use oil inc Priilce
Of Wales, but these will be atteuded by
the ordinary servants. as yet no arranGS-
rnrti bjyhuess with servants of his own
beyond the services Of valet WHO ''as
brcn tho servant mainly in attendance on
the Young prince for some years: Du'
IL, u,iu In future devote himself cX-
'i,,sivcIy to the aervicc ot the heir to
i've throne when his royal Eighness Is at
any OF thc royal residences
To Mamtsin Separate Court.
Queen. Alexandra intends TO MAINTAIN
a scparate court and it is To be no mean
nn, il the recent appointments To hci
/. ! bnrscIold are any sign. IL Queen Alex
. audra proposes 10 make herself a con
{. spicnous figure al State and court c"rc-
,nonIaIs IL will bc necessary 10 revise
some OF the existing regulations as TO
, ctiauctte and precedence 1t has been %
. the practice for queen doWhgcr 10 i've
In retirement and Queen Adelaide neVci
out herself forward in any way after
I. her husbands death, and she Was very
. rarely seen on any public OCCASION II
SOY crcisn has ever continued 10 he a
. l,rouIineTH ligure at court The Empress