The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-06-11
ny OLSON GARDNER.


LONDON. June II Wearing a
dress sui, Ia the day time aud udlug
In a gildcd hack with men In circus
clothes standing up behind IL not
exactly In r RS line But being
envoy to the late Edwards funeral.
he had 20 do Sc
I'VE hope. said the earl marshal.
apologetlcally. "a Mr Roosevelt.
I'VE hope YOU will not mind wearing
your evening clothes Ia the day
time
T. r. was assigned to share with
NJ Pinchon, the French envoy, an
obscure seat IN an archaic circus
chariot. the eighth IN a considerable
line OF similar vehicles
Tho crowd knew from the Off.
ciai program whore 20 look for him.
and after counting eight
that's inn" came in chorus
from the side lines. and host OF
fingers were pointed at the gentle
man N glaHaea. with the rumplod
shirt iront
embarrassed Tor once.
This WAS bad enough but when
they added Eilo. Teddy" and
waved handkerchief. the colonel
felt quite embarrassed A funeral
IL no place FOR a demonstration. 80
the poor colonel screwed himself
Into 4 remote corner ~ bis Eildcd
cage. and assumed a. we'll aa pos
slble the expression Of wooden
Indian.
But why was Roosevelt put into
the eighth % q iius % closed char
tots. instead II on a prancing horse
up among the klnEaf
A TOT Of people have asked that
question Seth Bullock voiced Il
characieriafically
what dyuu think they didF be
demanded ia supreme disKWlt Put
the colonel behind The chlnk. and
just ahead Of the girls OF inc bed.
chamber"
Two ores, Republics.
Quite 20. Tho two great rcpub.
lee ~ the world. France and the
United States. we're put at The tail
Of the parade Ahead 81 them we're
the ENJOYS from China and a i0t %
nluthfate priucellnga from miacel.
iane0us countries not even men.
toned In the school EeographieH
Bui more absurd than THE after
these and ahead of " ptuchun. who
is at The head % the foreign affairs
| department 81 bis nation. werr
lot ct French "nnhllitieN" sprira
and branches % some royal stock
which fiuuriahod before the rrpub-
l lic waa established. and witch has
no more official standing In the
I France Of today than confederate
money has IN the United States In
fact. Il vas as II some foreign GOV.
eminent should overlook our aecrc,
Z tAry Of state In favor ~ some r.
mote descendants OF Jefferson
Davis
The French authorities were
mere than hot about Il. Everybody
Z In London knew what 81 Pinchon
thought about H. Hut everybody
knew. also. that the efforts 10 In
volve the United States In the fuss
had been unsuccessful Roosevelt
had replied
Didn't Worry T. q.
Nothing interests me less than
questions Of precedence don't
think that the relative positions Of
the United States and ganio Do
mingo are determined by their
showing IN a funeral parade. n our
embassy happened % be put IN the
tail 81 the procession have an
idea that the good old United States
would stiil wlggle along
Hearing hoW r r. regarded the
matter. Seth Bullock cheered up
and recalled the story of his partici.
patton in the first Roosevelt lnaug.
uraL lie had come on as part 81
the Rough Riders. and WIS looking
I forward 20 seeing that famous regi
meut lead the way up Pennsylvania
av.. when he discovered that the
troop had been assigned 10 n place
behind practically everything else
7 In the show He FASTENED wrath.
fully 70 tell T. r.
Don't say a word" said the lat.
I ter before Bullock had fairly got
{ through the doorway. Il know what
you've come for. They had 10 put
them 40 the end 10 hold the crowd. ("
That was a satisfactory explanR.
I tion ~ the American event. but the
real explanation OF the management
Of the funeral procession is 10 be
found In the fact that II fell to the
I duty of an old back.number IN the
/ British peerage, 10 wit, the duke Of
Norfolk, who, with a profound rev.
erencc for things ashley always.
hsyobeen, worked out the whole
scheme according to tho rules In
vogue during the reign Of Henry
the Eighth. u was n military and
I royal pageant The army and
navy came first. Royalty. accord.
ing 70 birth and marriage. came
next The girls of the bedcham.
Der" as Seth Bullock calls them,
and the honorary ENJOYS OF the
I great republics OF the world. were
4 just ahead Of the donkey and swarm
OF small boys closing In behind
Parliament had no part. Art. let.
ters and law were unrepresented
And the eOmmons7--oh. nothing do
ing
Tremendous Pageant.
But as a show-as an imposing
pageant--it was tremendous. I
have seen parades OF all sorts and
In all manners OF countries. but
nothing to compare with this In
gllttering solemnlty That slow.
moving column passing between