New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-09
Birthday Honors
uoyEN WHO WANT JOSEPH BEECHAM AND BARo
NETCY-PARTY REwARDS-A NAVAL X C B.-THE LORD MAYOR
LONDON
Copyright 1914, by Geors, W smsuey1

and one Of the best; wanting only the
opportunity Of war 20 make a great
name for himself He has lately been
AZ Cronstadt with the British feet
which went on visit of ceremony TO
the Emperor OF Russia. There were
festivities and brilliant ceremonies in
which he played his part with distinc-
ton; as naval officer in a high
post is expected to. AT the Admiralty
he is looked upon as one of the Off
GERS GO whom a great command IN time
of war may be entrusted. Americans
will not be sorry TO hear that he has
an American wife; with those social
gifts which we expect from woman
Of our own nationality. In Mr.. Laslo's
exhibit last year at Messrs. Agnew's
in Bond Street was a portrait, a por-
trsit-sketch, Of Admiral Beatty, much
admired for its vivid chsracter-drsw-
inc. You admire il until you have
seen the original and then you admire
the original; and the strength Of face
which Is not easily transferred TO can
vas.
Political again, unlike Sir David
Bestty's X. c. B.. is the baronetcy
given 10 Sir John Williams Benn; the
uncompromising leader of this so-called
Progressive party in the London Coun-
~ Council. The name Progressive
was in use municipality in London be
fore Colonel Roosevelt annexed il for
general purposes in America. Has
in each place the same Incorporate
significance; the same personal ends
10 serve; the same consequences 10
subject, citizen, taxpayer, and those
criminals who have the hardihood to
own property or engage in big bust
ness. The finance of the London
County Council has been steadied by
the Moderates, but Sir John Benn's
party services are of a kind fifty re-
warded, as things go, by hereditary
title. He has been a leading figure in
this London Municipal Party since its
creation twenty-five years ago.
! must not forget to sing the Lord
Mayor of London. In the official rec
ord of these honors he has a paragraph
all to himself in big type. | use the
word "big" because it seems Of late
10 have come into fashion, and to mean
so much more than large" Let me
copy the whole paragraph:
His Majesty has also been pleased
in connection with the recent visit of
His Majesty, the King Of Denmark, to
the City to confer the honor of n
baronetcy Of the United Kingdom upon
Right Hon. Sir 7. Vansittsrt Bowater,
Lord Mayor"
SO far as I know, Sir 7. Vansittart
Bowater's claims upon public attention
are purely municipal. He has been
Sheriff of the City of London, and he
is now Lord Mayor of the City of
London. 1t is enough. There is an
ambition. cherished by multitudes,
which can look no higher than the
Lord Msyoralty. With that it is con-
tent, and with the other titles which
always attend upon or follow it.
Upon the Continent there is gem
eral belief that the Lord Mayor, for
the time being, is the first of English
men. His august personality, his gilt
coach, his liveries, his entertainments
the glory Of all these has fascinated
the Continental mind. They have ali
been seen in Paris. and have delighted
Paris by the display of that theatrical
aplendor in which Paris rejoices. He
cts upon a throne of MS own. He en-
tertains at the Mansion House or at
earth; always with magnifcence and
with turtle soup of the best-and of
two kinds, clear and thick, both of
which the guest is offered and ex-
pected TO accept. The Guildhall on
these great occasions is one of the
most variegated and altogether daz-
cling spectacles anywhere to be seen
everybody in uniform american am
bassadors excepted, and in more diff
ferent kinds of uniforms than at Buck
lngham Palace itself. To be Lord
Mayor and to dispense these regal hos
FATALITIES costs each Lord MayOr for
the year who does it we'll something
like 100000 a year over and above his
salary of $4,000. Can any reward be
too great for all this? Certainly not
baronetcy, and the present baronetcy
is thought to have beer well be-
slowed u. W. ).