New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-09
New York, July %, 1914.

&, England the answer would have to
~ on no principle. The various reasons
.bicb underlie these gifts cannot be
..8yeeS 10 formula. Peerages, Or
a,-s Privy Councillorships and the
st are bestowed for merit, for party
.orriees. for social eminenee, for mill
,.rv and naval services. for literature
though rarely, for distinction in art
t,r philanthropy, for renown in bank
&c or in the brewing of beer, and for
-o,sv This little catalogue IL not
,omplete, but it is various enough TO
chow how many factors enter into the
business.
mentioned the other day some Of
,te men recently ennobled or deco
rste6. ] might make a longer list Of
m, disappointed and Disseminated, but
that would be a melancholy task. /
vil content myself with one. The
EMISSION Of women is made a griev-
,pee. and a recent London dispatch as
sures us that a body calling itself the
Wemen's Freedom League has be-
sought the King 70 reward with titles
the many noble and public spirited
uoren who render invaluable imperial
.er1ee throughout the Dominions.
rbey kindly send him catalogue to
choose from, or perhaps to accept as
whole.
some specialists excepted, the names
A recognize are largely those Of women
Swho want votes for themselves and
thar women or are otherwise identified
With one form or another Of radical
ism and revolutionary agitation. Lady
tyrsr5 who was Miss Flora Shaw,
formerly or the staff Of THE Times j.
1s5v Henry Somerset, Mrs. Annie Be
SAINT are specimens in one class. MRS.
Bramwen Booth, Lady Frances Balfour
end Mrs. Sidney Webb are singled out
Tor social service" Miss Olive
ecbreiner and Lady Gregory are the
female representatives Of Literature ;
With Miss Alice Meynell, who has
-,sl distinction. The most eminent OF
All is perhaps Miss Violet Markham
o., opponent Of woman suffrage, whose
ability and achievements are an argu-
ment for it. All but one Of the art
category arc sufragists-Miss Ellen
Terry. whose fame has always been
out Of proportion TO her gifts as an
actress; Miss Lena Ashwell, DR.. Ethel
Smyth and others. 1t will be time
enough to discuss these ladies when
tbev have got their titles.
Let US keep to things as they are
and 10 men, and ask what is Sir Joseph
Beecham doing among the Baronets
Nr Bryan, our incompatible Mr.
BRYAN. who chooses a Nebraska drug
e.st TO be an Assistant Secretary OF
State. might well rejoice in the selee-
ton Of an eminent pjll-maker to be a
Bsronet. Sir Joseph was already
knight: and therefore already Slr
Joseph. The title remains the same
but he has now the added bliss OF sp-
pending BIT or Bart. 10 his newly non
ored name. He takes rank with the
Nova Scotians what more could man
desire? he won fame and made large
sums OF money by his skill and au-
dacity in advertising. The narrow seas
which encompass this island used 10 Dc
enliyened by fleets Of fishing boats on
whose sails were emblazoned IN huge
letters the magic words beecnaH
Pills" Than a feet OF nshlng DoaIS
there are few things more picturesque
Turned into an advertising medium,
even for pills worth a guinea box,
there are few things more repeIleh''
But why should the silver sea De I'M,
uuue when the green fields OF England
are bideous with plaeards Of pills and
soaps and whiskeys.
You do not 60 to patent medieihe
man for maxims Of good taste.
Nor do suppose it is wholly, or even
mainly. on account of his pills that Mr..
Peerbam WAS made first a knight and
tben Baronet. with, for aught know,
a peerace in prospect. His name has
m.sical sound. II is, believe, his son,
M. Thomas Beecham, who is the real
musician. Ii is the son, and not the
fathqr. who conducts orchestras ana
frst produced what became known as
E.ecbsrn operas. But the father has
sov taken Drury Lane Theatre, and at
tkst teuple Of the Melodrama and
Cbristmas Pantomime has set up an
opera season. / heard in LoLdon that
Drurv Lane had drawn away from
Coyent Garden. which may be called
the legitimate home Of grand opera,
great number Of its regular patrons.
brury Lane hed become more fashiona-
BE than COvent Garden. Inat Slr 90
seph has done service 10 music, ana
especially 20 opera, seems TO De al
nited. II is Russian opera and ballet
be ass been giving. lie is another
agent in Russianizing London. Russia
and ragtime-these are the Two chiet
Influences Of the moment. The beecn-
ans will have nothing TO do with rag
time. in that also they are benefactors.
Thev have become, a. any rate, impor-
tsnt fcures in the musical world, and
nobody will begrudge Sir Joseph his
To recognize ally form Of art is fa-
more creditable 10 the Government
than 10 recognize mere party seEyieeS
When Mr.. III. J. Tenant is made a
friyy Councillor, people suddenly rec
ollect that he has been Liberal Mem
Der Of Parliament for twenty years.
he has another title 20 memory. lie
is d son Of the late Sir Charles Ten
nant and brother Of the Prime Minis
ter's wife. Mrs. Ellis Griffths is also a
new Priyy Councillor. A Welshman,-
is not that In these Lloyd Georgian
days, reason enough for any promo
ii0nf A bitter partisan like his more
eminent compatrot An NJ. p. fo-
tNenty years and Under Secretary at
The Home Office these last two years.
IN that capacity he is understudy 20
W. NcKenna, and often his mouth-