Grand Forks herald., 1916-09-13
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SAY WRITERS
Berlin Correspondents Draw
Word Pictures of Brit
ish Nobility.

London, Sept. 13.-Strange impress
sions Of what is supposed to be going
on in london are printed from time
to time in the Berlin papers. In the
Tagliche Rundschau the following
picture Of club life is given:
Scene: A gentlemen's club in
London. A political club Of the first
nobility admitted. All Of them per-
feet gentlemen. Time: o'clock P.
NJ. Half an hour before dinner. All
the gentlemen are in immaculate
evening dress, with Immaculate white,
diamond studded shirt fronts. All OF
them are we'll fed figures, with we'll
groomed faces.
"At this first class gentleman's club
most members do not know each
other, nor do they wish to know each
other, for that would be entirely con-
Gentlemen who do not know one an
other do not speak. In his distress.
however, Sir James Hennekey, who
has forgotten his watch, dares to
transgress this code of honor, and
furtively turns to Sir Robert Burton,
who is stretched full length on a
leather couch close by.
Sir, would you have tho kindness
to tell me the time?'
OuOChcu, ILdy, OlS6 uSctcO, OH ISOO.
ert Barton rises from his recumbent
position and shouts: 'Waiter!' A
we'll fed waiter, with a red, shiny
face, appears, Tell the gentleman the
time Sir Robert sternly commands,
and the waiter tells the gentleman
the time.
'Ridiculous Snobbefy."
''Sir James Hennekey turns away,
murmuring Ridiculous snobbery! In
war time. too!' but the perfect gentle
men take no notice and continue
reading their papers until the dinner
gong summons them to a magnificent
interior room.
Here the roast and boiled joints Of
old England are set before them on
silver dishes by the white kid gloved
hands Of walters as stiff and stark as
the starched collars in which their
bulldog, beefy necks are imprisoned.
Such is the club, life, or what is
tantamount to it. in England, the
homo life of these British sovereign
aristocrats who affect to read US
Germans homilies in their reptile
press on true democracy"
although obviously exaggerated, is
given by special correspondent of the
Berlin Post, who says he has been
able to investigate conditions in Lon
don at very recent date. He writes
as follows:
England is continually shouting
from the housetops that she is fight
ing for democracy-she,t the most i'm
placable tyrant the most selfish
aristocrat among the nations!
How this democracy is really in
gathered by a visit to Hyde Park. The
meadows there are not fenced round: ::
every elegant gentleman and equally
every tattered beggar has the right to
walk freely over all the pastures. Yet
the broad carriage road that runs
through the whole length Of this
democratic pleasance is subject to
conditions that are anything but
democratic.
Road Only for Rich.
This road, the only one leading di
rectly from the northwestern to the
southwestern extremities Of the city,
not so much as a cab may roll along
this sacred domain.
What an enchanting picture this Of
the most extreme capitalistic pride
and snobbism in the very centre Of a
mock socialistic generosity!
The whole affair, however. Is char
acteristically English. Due reverence
mas Oeen SHOWN to form; that is ev-
erything. Hyde Park is at, the free
disposal Of everybody. even of the
homeless vagabond. but no citizen not
rejoicing in the possession of pri-
vate carriage may, were it but once
in his lifetime. enjoy a ride in Lon.
don's only park.
THE London police, as a whole
perform their duties very effectively
The policeman. indeed. is ubiquitous
He is met with everything-save only
in those parts where his presence is
most needed.
'"The empire Of the police ceases
where the dock neighborhood begins
Whoever would visit these regions
must do SO at the Immediate risk oil
his life, for no policeman could be in.
duced to venture among the human
offal that inhabits them.
III. as but too frequently happens
any one notifies the police Of the mys.
terious disappearance in Whitechape
Of a friends or acquaintance q Scot
land Yard official courteously re.
minds him that as a Londoner he
ought to know that the police did not
hold themselves responsible for any
thing that occurred in these parts.
"As with English social conditions
so also with finance and politics. The
kernel is one of coldest, purest
esoism, but tho external wrapping1
are most attractive to look upon.
Herein lies the secret of England's