Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-12
Especial Correspondence.)

81 n ONDON, fCUs L. w iien Ill h%h6
lishnan and American fall to
discussing the merits. or de-
nerits, of the government and
institutions of the two countries. the
Englfshman never fails to remind the
American. that there are lot more
grafters in public life In America than
there are in England. And he takes
keen delight in rubbing that infor7na-
tion in. .e 500
Now 1t is equally true that there are
many moro officials here than there
arc in America who get whopping big
salaries for doing next to nothing at
all. There are no such downright.
fat soft snaps TO be found in the Unit
cd States as exist in this old land
n knowledge of a few of these eNtrav-
agnnt and mostly superhuous blllcts
may help Americans to retaliate bit
whom next an Englishman points the
finger of scorn at American corruption.
and assumes a holicr-th1n-t thou at
titude. II Is hard 10 have to take
all that lying down without any chance
10 hit back - 5tts
To him that hath shall be given. The
Marquis OF Cholmondeley owns $1,000
acres, has a magnificent palace for
residence, and enjoys the softest and
best paid of all the many soft snaps
that exist In the united kingdom For
the Marquis OF Cholmondeley Is the
hereditary lord great chamberlain of
England. For filing that purely or
namental billet he gets s22,5o0 a year.
which is moro than any state or fed
eral official in tho United States gets
with the exception of the president.
For his big salary the noblc marquis
does not begin to do one solid hard
days work in a year. When the king
starts the legislative mills grinding
he steps into the limelight as the nom
inal master OF ceremonies which arc
really arranged by minor dgnitaries.
But no has TO put his name to a lot OF
pieces of pasteboard, for nobody is
admitted to the show who does not
present a ticket bearing his signature.
q, TAKES A TIP INSTEAD.
1t is cnly on those rare occasions
when there is a coronation that the
lord great chamberlain has to fuss
around bit and do some real stunts.
On tho coronation day It IS his exalt-
ed privilege to carry to the king his
gorgeous state raiment. For this he
Is allowed extra compensation. He
is entitled TO claim the royal nfghtcap
and night gown, the bodstcad and all
the rest Of the furniture OF his mates-
TVS bedchamber. He mover really
takes the things. In these sordld
days he takes a tip of 81 500 instead
Another Of his exalted hereditary
privileges is to servo the king with
water In which to wash his hands be-
1ore and after the coronation banquet
For performing this arduous duty he
Is allowed to retain tho basin and the
towels as his special perqusites. He
isn't particular about the towels, but
ne always collars the basin, for Gus
tom prcscribes that 1t must bo OF gold
and worth at least $1,000 He gets
other perquisites besides. Tho king
has to provide him with so yards of
crimson velvet with which to make
himself a robe to be worn at the ,coro-
nation. OF course II doesn't take any-
thing like that quantity OF stun To
mako the garment, but precedent de-
mands 1t and precedent must be
poeycd or something awful might hap
pen.
The hereditary lord great chamher-
lain, 1t will thus be seen, makes n very
good thing out of the coronation in ad-
oltion TO his regular pay. His billet
is absolutely supcrfluous, but for that
very reason many years nro likely To
eIapse before II is abolished. The moro
useless an office which represents an
antique survival tho more tcnacioualv
do conservative English folk insist on
Its retention.
Ihe noble marquis enjoys another
unique distinction. 1t is the posses-
Sion OF name that nobody was ever
known TO pronounce correctly the first
tlme he camo across 1t In print. Tho
correct pronunciation ia "CybumIev :,
What is tho true explanation Of thIs
photographic freak 1 have never heen
ablo to discover
MANY SOFT SNAPS.
There arc many soft snaps In rho
Kings household for the existence ~
winch his majesty is In no way re-
sponsdble. In fact he Is the one man
In the Kingdom who has not the rioht
TO regulate his menago to suit his own
notions. The various grades Of exalted
hunkcyS attached to tho court are pre-
scrlbcd by cast Iron custom to which
tho king has to submit He cant n,It
down MS foot anywhere and say. s'rhls
chap isn't earning his pay and don't
want him around. III give him the
sack, abolish his job and save the
money
Any such action on his part would
cause all sorts of rltctions that would
probably shake the throne 10 It's foun-
dations. The best paid billets In tho
royal mcnago are regarded as political