Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-11
Sweeping
ONION, June when King


George and queen Mary set
tie down to housekeeping in
Buckingham palace and start
establishing their court many changes
will be made both In the domestic and
ceremonial personnel OF the establish
mcnt The new royal brooms will
sweep all tho more thoroughly be-
cause the period Of official mourning
allows Of plenty OF time in which 10
do their work.
Tho figure heads -the Lord steward,
the Lord Chamberlain. the master or
the house and those other political ap-
pointees who are paid big salaries Tor
doing ceremonial stunts-will probably
remain unchanged. but they really
don't count for much For the rest the
court will be romodclled and the court
set win be almost entirely new set.
II will be a younger set FOR one tnlhs'
for the new king and queen are both
well on the sunny side of NIFTY and
like springs to like" the world over.
II cannot be expected that the close
friends Of Edward VII VIII become
the intimates of his son Nor Will those
Of the queen mother possess anything
like the same influence with queen
Mary
The new court set will contain few
or none of those financial and COM
mercial miilionaiTes who were 50
close to King Edward. The represen-
tatlves Of the "Bcerage' peers
who owe their cnnoblement to their
success in satisfying the national thirst
for ale and stout will be replaced by
peers who owe their titles solely TO
their ancestors. To some extent.
therefore the court will be more
aristrocratic and less democratic.
Petticoat influence will be far less
potent, for those three or four very
pretty, very ViVaclous and very charm
ing women who We're always invited
10 the country house parties gotten up
for King Edwards entertainment. will
scarcely be allowed n look in at the
court In short most Of those who
have possessed heretofore what
Americas might call pulls at court
viii lose them and some who have
had no Influence to speak OF VIII
hereafter be people well worth culu-
waiting by ambitious climbers who
want to get to the top of the social
ladder.
MOVE UP To THE FRONT
Most conspicuous among these will
be the Tecks-the three brothers OF
Queen Mary. THAT makes them worth
taking stock Of As brothers Of the
Princess Of wales they didn't count
for mush They occupied back seats at
court Now they are 10 be assigned TO
front seats That Is indicated by the
news that has been allowed 10 leak
automatically but none the less au-
thoritative-that their rank Is 10 he
raised from that Of Serene Highnesses
TO that of royal highnesses Serene
hiRhnesses are only a species OF cour-
tesy highnesses and I'm the order OF
precedence come below most or the
English nobility But a royal high
ness Is the real thing.
Queen Mary Is very fond or her
brothers Her affection for them II
heightened by the recollections OF
early poverty-cO poverty at
ieast-shared with them. In one re-
spect King George followed In his
fathers footsteps He married n
dowerless bride. His wife's father, the
late Duke OF Teck. was always hard
w Here am l." he once said Of
himself. "the grandfather OF the future
king OF England and how much pocket
money do YOU think | have 10 last me
another month fourteen shillings
and eightpencel'
IL is no doubt due largely TO the
fact that he could not leave his sons
money enough 10 absoiNs them from
the necessity Of working for a living
that they have all turned out such
fine chaps. All three OF them went
through Sandhurst fEnglands West
Point) and entered the army and have
served In IL with distinction.
The eldest OF them. the present Duke
Of Teck, IL az years old and In now
a major In the life guards. He hasn't