The sun., 1919-04-20
JAMES ANZEN HYDE.
JAMES ANZEM HYDEa
People Revel in New Plays, New
Books, New Fashions, Forgetting
Past and Leaving Future
to Peace Congress

art treasures from Madrid, many OF
them graciously lent by King Alfonso
Kill, to say nothing OF the Zuloagas.
From the brush OF the last named we
are promised a charming portrait Of
the King and his English Queen, to-
gether with n few Of their children
they have six, although the Queen is
not yet 80. So let them come-the
more the merrier; more pictures, Of
course, understand.
The Alndnach de Gothd has Just
come out revised after five years re-
naming at statu quo ante bellum.
The Gothd, as is we'll known, is a sort
of Blue Book of Royalty published at
Gotha in Germany both in German
and in French. The editor had n tough
job of it this time. The last time
when the AImdndch was on the point
of being printed Austria was threat
ened with ACKNOWLEDGMENT and Ger
many facing the possibility Of being
divided up into a number Of different
states. In the GOt1LI as 1t stands to-
day the sovereigns and rulers of yes
terday reappear ornamented with new
titles. The Kaiser appears simply as
only in different universities; he is
even mentioned as chief engineer. not
/ any note being added as TO his being
a bucheron wood CUTTER.
The Crown Prince is presented
notably as veterinary surgeon, doc
tor OF course; they are all doctors
The smaller sovereigns of the erst-
| while German empire have kept their
| titles, preceded by the word ci-devan,
| lheretofore) The high functionaries
are maintained at their posts and the
Governments among which the Ger
! man territory il divided are designated
as temporary" There Is no use de-
nying 1t, the editor, like the actors In
show out in the wilds, has done his
best.
J Suggest Decorations.
The French press is already occupy
ing itself in an amusing way as &c
the decorations likely to be bestowed
upon the various members of the
Peace Conference. They point out tina,
usually after peace treaties have beer
signed in the past IT has rained
decorations like mama for the chill.
dren Of Israel, and even suggest tina,
some plank on decorations should be
inserted in the fourteen original
clauses. But alas. it is pointed out
that in view of the number of dynasties
fallen and the number of crown:
which VIII now go to ornament the
museums, there is a real crisis in the
matter OF decorations available for be.
stowal. Germany, Austria and Russia
three countries most prodigal in the
handing out OF gorgeous decorations
will have to be counted out. The
United States. one OF the mos
opulent and important OF the nation.
participating in the conference alas
has no decorations to offer
The legion dhonncur in France #
already very much overworked. Their,
remains the Order of the Garter il
England. But when Edward III. fl
the year l34S picked up the garter o
the Duchess of Salisbury, and said al
he proceeded CALAMITY to replace i
before his tittering court. "Honi sol
QW mai y pe1rse," he also ordaine,
when he there and then establlshe,
the order that twenty-six should b,
the total number of official carriers
and since that time the number ha
never been increased. Now most o
these have already been bestowed
Whenever a member OF the order die
II Is an inviolable rule that the pre-
cicus trinket be at once returned I,
the Chancellery OF the Order. One 0
the first acts of the Emperor of Ger
many after England entered the wa
was to return his trinket. togethe
with other favors. including fey
hundred OF his English uniforms, {
his august cousin King George. Their
is one. Then the jdrretiere which wa
in possession of the unfortunate Ca
OF Russia. no one knows at presen
what has become OF it. But that wi
make only two garters in any case, t
be disposed of. unless the Shah u
Persia may have been finally prevaile,
upon to disgorge his.
The late King Leopold IT, of Bel
gium inherited the garter Of the Duk
OF Wellington, and to this. following
the custom, he added not one but nv
beautiful pigeon blood ruhics, and
was this rich gem which fell To III
lot OF the late shah of Persia. who
is understood added number of othe
priceless gems. But when the presen
J Shah was asked politely first, the
urged to return the decoration, whic
: had never been awarded him. he wa