The sun., 1910-06-12
DIFFERENT ORDERS or MEN.

DIFFERENT ORDERS or MEN.
Legends Telling How Tbey we're EstAb-
Ilshed- ReeognitIOn % Noble bleed.
Il IL indsputable that noble blood has
never been recognized officially in England.
sagacious HAllam declares Il "a singular.
prOvidential circumstance that In an
age when the gradual march Of ciVillSa-
ton aud c0mmsrcs was % little fOressen
our ancestors, deviatinR from the usage
% neighbOrinR countries. should. a. u
deliberately. have guarded against that
expansive forcs which In bursting through
obstacles improvidently imposed has
scattered havoc through Europe allld-
ing n the French Revolution.
The auspiciOus circumstance was the
limitation Of nobility 20 the actual pos
sessor Of title. which forbade the estab-
lishment Of a privileged class in this coun-
try such as existed elsewhere and still
EXISTS IN a measure. writes Frederick
Boyle in the FdH Mall ''Osetis.
On the same unquestioned authority
Il may be declared that the law OF England
has never taken account Of 'gentIemen.
saving one statute Of Henry VI. which
Ia not Of general application.
But the oficial or legal view 70 not
always nor often perhaps that oi the
public. Noble blood was an article Of
faith with all the TeutOnio tribes. not tO
say ol mankind at large. Il was based
on divine descent But a precious old
saga tells how Heimdall one Of the gods,
travelled on earth under tho name Of Rig.
and created the different orders Of men.
First he made the Thrall. with Wrinkled
hands and crooked knucEles. ugly face,
bent back and bong heels. IL was q sort
Of instructive acknowledgment that the
WORKING class b first in Importance, for
on 4 the others depend after all. Then
be made the freeman. whose beard h
trimmed, hair lOoss and ahirt well cut
Next the Jarl. OF noble. with fair hair.
bright cheeks, eyes keen a. q young
snake'a who made war and hunted, sWaSn
and learned rInes. that u cultivated
his mind. Last Of all the king appeared.
a son Of the Jarl.
Itisnot a little uninterestinE 10 compare
this myth with tho English folk tale re-
ported by Alexander Barclay IN the reign
Of Henry VII. Eve was sitting. her chill
drsn round her. when ahs psTCeived the
Lord approaching Ashamed Of their
number. which sseIns curious % begin
with. she hid the ugliest IN the chimney
and the hayloft. but such a. we're fair and
we'll made she kept wisely andcunningly
AZ hand The Lord was pleased with
them and appointed the eldest emperor.
the next kina, duke. governor. Judge
aheriH. MAYOR and ~ on down tO burgess
Then Eve rscollsCted the Othera. and
produced them. black with sOOt un-
slightly with straWs and oObwebs. The
lord exclaimed. diaUIstad: None can
make a silver vessel out Of an earthen
pitcher These shall be pioughmen and
tiIlers Of the SOIL keepers of oxen and
hogs &c.. and N this wise they shall live
In andlssa sarvituda' The toWnsmen
shall laugh them TO scOTn. but some may
be sufered 20 live in towns a. pudding
makers, bvtchers. cObblers, tinkers, cos
tard mOngers. ostlers and daubeTs.
The last named We should call painters
BV the way, Heimdall takes no account
Of traders, whether mayors or burgeases.
They ars not worth attention. But
schapmen.' saa going merchants, were
an in,Dortant class In Scandina via. almost
a. enterpriafng az vikings and much more
rsapectaDla. They are constantly men
TONED Ia the Saga among men OF birth
and standing. But on occasion the con-
tamut OF warriors and landowners for
those who buy and sell betrayA itself
Once We hear % q young chief who strikes
All kills a brother p@rsleting In his de-
t.rminatIon 70 fit out a ship Tor trade.
In tba oldest sample ot English literature
.,tant the heso, BeOwulf. eKclaims
sR~ttsr death than tho life Of a churl for
ths man nObly bOrnl" The sentiment
vas not thought ridiculous ia this country
until a date which h would bs very rush
10 fi1. but not very distant. Neverths-
less. a. aOon a. We iind detailed infOrma-
tion on such matters appears that
nObles and gentry OF long descent were
puttina their younger sons into trade
fn5ss.I Paul HentEnsr wrote In Queen
| Fhzabeth's time Of the ancestor Of the
CeciIs that hs Was apprcuticed by his
| father 10 q mercer. as poor gentlemen
| are used 20 do with their soma.
One would think that pride Of birth
cpuld not survive In the elder. no pOa-
sesred the title and estatea. when con
/ scious that his young brother was -aerv-
| ing In the shop But u did Tor ws are
not a logical raos. nor consistent. a. the
philoaophic love 20 remind ua. About
| the time HsntEneT wrote, lord Brooke
Was hastily sending 70 inform a country
ueiRhhor that the hOuas abe occupied
/ In london had been bought by q trades
man. Doubtleas your Ladyship will not
/ remain a. tenant Of such a fellow IL
auDeara that the fellow" WAS the Lord
Mayor. IN spite Of law aud circumstances
and common sense the antique super
stition Of noble blood persisted.
In France a hundred years later the
Duo de- IA FOToo waa tempted % ap9ul-
late Ia the new Fast india Company &
trade, importing a ahtplOad Of apicaE
and china Tho secret tranEpired and
PaFlianlant took aston. Nothing Lena
than tho forfeiture 0f his peogags was
c0mulandsd. But Parliament had not
tho courage 10 prOnOunce such q deoree
against Ono % the arNt nOhles of France.
and on condition that the Duo withdrsW
to hia estates Il threw out the motion
In la8t Louis Wv iamled an ediCt per.
mitting men oi noble birth % trade Sdth
lndia--Which meant investing In thg
Dmpany. But it did not last.