Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-12
The Eoe0,tT Hounr
Sbeak,ng of Soft Snabs--~
England Can, Give Pointers

| tors belong tho spoils," and they, are
nlled by the government which happens
to be in power When the Liberal party
came in a lot OF ornamental figure
heads were bounced to make way for
others of different political faith.
Thus 1t came about that the Hon.
Bobby' Spencer was made lord
chamberlain and created peer that
he might properly sustain the tremcn-
dous dignity of the position. The Job
Is an easy one but there Is more work
attached to II than TO tho ofI5co OF lord
great chamberlain. which Is good and
sufficient reason, according to the Eng
lish method of fixing official salaries.
why he should receive less than half
as much pay.
INSIGNIA OF OFFICE.
He gets $4,000 year. He Is sup
posed to DO responsible for tho smooth
running of things upstaArs In Bucking-
ham Palace except In tho royal sleep
Ing apartments whore the first gentle-
man of tho bedchanrber holds supreme
sway. OF course tho real work is done
by the permanent undcrlIngs who re-
celvo much smaller salaries When tho
lord chamberlain does official stunts
he carries n white staff and gold KEY
attached to his perRon by a blue rib
bon. Tho gold key mover locks or un-
locks anything.
Below stairs among the kitchen pots
and pans. tho lord steward is the nom
inal boss. He gets the samo pay as
tho lord chamberlain-s10 600 n year
The appointment is a political one and
when tho Liberals came In tho Earl of
Liverpool had to clear out to make
way for Earl Beauchanp. AS In the
lord chambcrlatn's department the real
work Is done by tho permanent staff.
Another virtual sineoure and the best
paying of tho lot In the kings house
hold Is that OF master of the horse.
The salary Is s12, 800 a year. The Earl
OF Granard. who happens to be rather
hard up for n peer. although he mar
r1ed an American wife, found 1t paid
to be a Libcral when he received the
appointment
ANOTHER EASY JOB.
The master of the horse Is supposed
to look after the royal News" as liv-
cry stables are called here, and the
various equipages OF their majesties It
Is doubtful IL he ever crosses the
threshold of the kings stables. Any
how his pay would not be docked If he
didn't He Is only required To show
up on state occasions. Whom big func-
tions alo under way his majesty Is In
charge of the lord chamberlain until
he leaves the palace door. Then the
master of the horse assumes RESPONSE
bility for his sacred person until the
place OF ceremonial is reached where
the earl marshal takes him in hand.
Another easy court billet is that OF
tho captain of the yeomen OF the
guard. The salary Is $1,000 a year
which Is first class pay, considering
that the duties of the Office are purely
ceremonial and Involve nothing that by
any stretch OF the Imagination could
be regarded as hard work.
The yeomen of the guard, In con-
junction with the gentlcmcn-at-arms
constitute the bodyguard of the SOW
credgE. Their costumes and weaDons
are those of the period Of King Henry
VIII who created them Their func-
tions are entirely ornamental. for tho
real safeguarding of the king is attend
ed to by sleuths from Scotland Yard
who, above all things. are inconsp'cu-
Gus.
ANCIENT CUSTOMS
Custom requires that the captalns OF
these picturesque but useless warriors
should be peers When the Liberal ad-
ministration camo In the Duke of
Manchester was appointed captain Of
the yeomen OF the guard. The duke
It will be remembered, married Miss
Zimmerman of Cincinnati, and II Is
supposed that he took tho Job to show
his fnther-in-iaw. who had been urg-
ing him to set to work in America, that
he could make more money over here
and far easier.
At the commencement of every ses-
sion OF parliament the yeomen of tho
guard under the leadership OF their
noble captain, eXplorc the underground
precincts of ST Stephens, with old
fashioned horn lanterns and antique
halberds. In search of q possible Guy |
Fawkes with engines OF hellish thun- |
der" OF course they mover discover |
any dynamite or other explosives, but |
tho pretensc OF looking for thcm has |
TO be kept up because 1t Is an ancient |
custom. |
For some reason that has never been |
dHulged. the Duke of Manchester re- |
signed his soft-snap billet after lead |
Ing one such expedition and doing his |
best to look solemn over II II is said |
that the king expressed tho opinion |
that a nobleman who had had tho good |
fortune to marry an American helrcss |
was under no necessity OF adding 10 his |
income. Anyhow. the berth WIS be- !
slowed on Lord Allcndale, who needed |
the money The captain OF the gentle |
mona alarms, who gets tho same pay. |
Is Lord Denman.
s67 A DAY FOR NOTHING.
Tho lords-in-w waiting also. got SHIFT |
cd whenever there Is change OF ad- !