The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-08
REPORT OF MARRIAGE
RAT Their PREMATURE

son divorce case last fall which COM
| PEELED him to resign his office as sec
| rotary Of the Government Board of
/ works. and to disappear from the i'm
| mediate encourage OF the King and
! Queen. For. as they have shown In
the case of Lord Hamilton or Dalzell.
who was one OF their principal lords
/ in waiting and IN other Instances.
they will not have anybody connected
with their court who has figured in
| divorce suit
For the Same reason. while the ex-
Mrs. Harrison will become Lady Nc
Donnell on marrying Sir Schomberg.
+ She need not expect to be admitted TO
presentation at court as such, at any
+ rate during the present reign. OF
! course one can say that presentation
+, at court is not a sine qua non to life
I In London. But there is no doubt
wnatsoever that the knowledge that a
person Is barred from court ends
+ sooner or later by affecting his or her
position, not only IN society. but also
In public estimation. since people are
apt 10 take tho ground that II n per-
! sons conduct Is such as to cause the
( sovcreisns TO bar him or her from
/ their presence social intercourse with
that person Is apt to be harmful rather
! than advantageous. 1t is one thing to
! have the right 10 so TO court and to
! hold aloof therefrom. but 1t Is quite
another thing TO be barred from court
/ which entails absence from all enter
tainmelits III London society q. which
royalty may happen TO be present. as
I VOL as excluded from all British en-
| bassies abroad
/ Siy Schombers Mcdonnell owes his
/ title to the fact that he is a Knight
| Grand Cross Of the Victorian Order
! ana Knight Commander OF the order
OF the Bath He saw active service
! during the Boer War. and Is a younger
brother OF the Earl OF Antrim. AS
secretary OF the Office of Works, he
f, had charge OF all the structural prep
f. arations IN Westminster and else
| where for tile coronation OF Edward
/ VII and Of King George. and also look
leading part fl the construction OF
the order OF the Thistle Chapel in St
! Gilcss Cathcdra! al Edinburgh.
II IS probable that after his marrl-
age Sin Schomberg Mcdonnell and
his American wife will spend n good
deal OF their time at the beautiful villa
and parks which sho inherited from
her father the late Major Davis. ana
where many of his countrymon from
this side OF the water have enjoyed
his kindly hospitality.
lust now. when President Wilson is
( considering the selection OF Democfa is
| of light and leading who are TO repre-
sent the United States abroad for til Re
next four years as ambassadors ma
} ministers pienipotentiory, tho problem
OF choosing men endowed with private
! means and who arc not wholly Deepen
/ dent upon the mea gre salaries and al
lowanccs paid by this country for dip
lomatic missions again comes to the
fore.
The expenses OF these missions are
OF the most varied character, and dif-
Ncult TO record or TO explain to logic
lative committees at Washington.
one can easily tabu1ate the house rent.
the cost Of living, of carriages. auto
mobiles, servants, etc. But how il one
to explain the walls or tips which
ono is required 70 give on all sorts OF
+ occasions?
I Thus, when the ambassador present.
his credentials he is escorted 10 the
palace OF the chief OF the state by an
escort OF cavalry. Time honored us
age and the international comfy OF
, nations require that he should Tip"
Z the members or the escort 10 the tune
I OF several hundred dollars. The same
+ unwrittcn laws demand that on such
I occasions as these Il still larger lump
sum should be given for distribution
among the servants of the palace
These walls. which the military escort
and the palace servants regard as per-
Quisites. are survivals from ancient
times.
When the amba ssador happens 10 be
on an extraordinary mission, such as,
for Instance, the coronation. the we'd
ding, or the funeral OF sovereign or
the celebration OF a golden jubilee
! and, owing 10 the tax on the accommo-
( dalton Of the royal and Imperial
aDodcs, is lodged with his suite in
the mansion of one OF the great dlgni-
( tarles OF the court or OF some rich
! noble who has placed his residence at
the disposal OF the crown ror the pur-
! pose. tho special aInba ssador is re-
I quired 10 give his walls or tips twice
I over, that is 10 say. TO Ihe servants Of
the house where he stays and also to
/ those OF tho royal palace where he
! would have stayed If there had been
] any room. In these Instances the
! walls amount to thousands OF dollars
Moreover 1t IS customary on such
occasions for the special ambassador
TO make very handsome gifts in tho
! form of works OF art or iewolry. TO
J the noblo owner OF tho residence in
which he has been quartered, and also
/ to the mobiles wife
I How is II possible to explain sucn
| matters as these to the satisfaction
/ of legislative committeeman. who may
| hail from rural districts. where every
| thing connected with courts. palaces
/ official pomp and ceremonial Is re-
! Sarded IA SO much fummery. out OF
! Keeping with democratic simplicity
| and true republican doctrines?
! Copyright, 1913, Ivy the Brentwood
Company
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