The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-23
john Hays Hammond Will Be Treated Like
M JOHN EIFnETH WATKINS.

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About as Respondent as an ink blot
on Eaudily Illuminated page will
our special amba ssador. John HAYS
Hammond. apnear in the choirs OF
p Westminster Abbey during the crown
ins OF George V. by the grace of
God of the United Kingdom OF Great
Britain and Ireland. und OF all the
y British dominions beyond the seas.
king. defender Of the faith. Emperor
of India" 10 lie pulled off in dear old
London the o2d Of June.
Although Martin Nan Burcn sent his
represcn,a tivc a-struttinG into Queen
Nictoria's coronation hall most gorge
ously caparisoned in uniform. topped
off by a 'threc-corncrcd hat adorned
/ with golden eagle" and augmented
by a Sword in II white scabbard'f--
although, furthermore president
CIeveland's special ambassador at the
Cars GROWING exhibited his well
knit legs in knickcrhoclicrs and silk
stockings. President Taft hath decreod
that = Ambassador Hammond must mar
the scintilla ting. glmmerinE picture
OF June % with the habit noir'' which
our particular branch of civilization
prescribes for hotel walters and other
dignihed gentlemen OF opulent pro-
fession.
These We're Allowed Fuss and
Feathers.
1t was good Andrew Stevenson, of
Culpeper, Va. a former Speaker OF
the national House of REPRESENTATIVES,
who, in natty cooked hat and saucy
side arms. did the honors for MS ut
the Victorian coronation. And twas
Clifton r. Rreckinridgc, OF Kentucky.
who displayed his shapely calves at
the swearing in of the Gar OF all the
Russlas back there In 500. But times
and temrcrs have sinccd changed. and
there will he no fuss, feathers or rus
tian in the hallowed abbey for his
eSccllency. Hays Hammond. DESPITE
the fact--if fact Il is--that he will pay
Landlord Burdctt-C outts 100000 for
six weeks lease OH the latters nice
corner house in Stratton Street.
s II is deyou,ly TO he hoped. indeed,
khat. while uphoding the dignity of
tho United States in the palaces anu
mansions OF London, our special am
bassador will not have to share the
cmba IRA ssmcnt of Lambert Tree. VINO.
while minister to Belgium. attended q
Junction in his plain 'evoninE dress,
and who. while standing among tho
guests, holding cup of cafe noir ana
waiting for the beverage TO cool, had 1t
ruthlessly snatchcd from him by a uni
formed attachc OF one Of the other
legations, who had mistaken him for =
waiter
To be IA his excellcncy'' for few
weeks, and to have Il place In the
abbey choir. right next to real arts
tocracy of the Almanach dc Gotha
brand, is a great and glorious privilege
and no doubt worth 10 Mr.. Hays Ham
mond this snug fortune. on tile interest
of which alone you and ] could 1.-Two
quite luXuriously for the remainder OF
our mortal eSistcnces. even allowing
ourselves an electric buggy in the back
woodshed.
But the thrill at hcing called ''yonr
eScellcncy, sir and 4 front seat AT the
greatest three-rnged performance on
earth, with two parades thrown i'll.
are not the only pcrauIsites TO be en-
ioyed by this plucky American, who
once languished in the shadow OF Dom
Paul Krugers gallows, but who lived
to open up the long-lost mines of King
Solomon.
Elbow running With ltoynity.
His elbows will he fairly raw With
clubbing aga Inst those Of the monarchs,