The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-17
HOLYROODPALACE
TO House LAbOR'S
CINDERELLA COUPLE
Royal Salute Will Greet Pair
and They Will Ride in
GiIded Coach
TITLED AIDES TO 'GRACES'
Their Position Temporarily So
High Wales Would Have to
Kowtow to Them
TITLED AIDES TO 'GRACES'

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London, Mar. 17.-NEA)-Old
jamie Brown, q poor Scotch miner,
and his plump little wife, who once
worked as q mill hand. are going to
Edinburgh to receive royal homage
and honors intended for the King
and Queen of England. For Premier
Ramsey Macdonald has appointed
him-with the confirmation OF His
Majesty-to be Lord High Commits
sioner to the General Assembly OF the
Church of Scotland.
It Is an amazing Cinderella story
this ten-day Transformation in the
lives of tine Browns. And 1t is a ro-
mantle commentary on the changes
wrought by the rise Of the Labor par
ty in Great Britain.
Jamie Brown was born In Scotland.
At the age OF IL. in the grimy little
village of Annbankon-Ayr, he began
what apparently was to be his life's
work. as a coal miner. He kept at it
for 20 years, finally to become an
agent for a miners union, a post he
still holds.
Married Scotch Lass
While a young man, jamie married
e Scotch lass who worked in a near
by paper mill. and took his bride to
a simple. whitewashed. one-story
cottage with two rooms and q kitchen.
They have lived there ever since.
There they have reared four sons and
a daughter, and there Their Graces"
will return when Jamie's duties are
over as Lord High Commissioner.
The official Church Of Scotland Is
Presbyterian, and Brown is an ardent
churchman. Sometimes, as an hum
BILE laylnan, he used to take Mrs.
Brown to attend the great assembly
at Edinburgh, little dreaming that
some day they would hold the pre-
eminent position in it.
This time, when they arrive at the
ancient capital of Scotland, q royal
salute will be fired in their honor. for
the elderly miner now is to represent
the King himself, and will stand in
his lace. a company of the Kings
own cavalry will escort their big au-
tomobile to Hollywood palace.
AAO0AA ANVIL GAACA lilly kylSllIC COlS
tage, which rents for $50 a year, the
Browns will dwell in this great, gaunt
stone palace, every stone Of which,
breathes the tragic and romantic his
tory Of Scotland. They will be sur
rounded by the retinue of servants
maintained there by the government
for the royal family when it visits the
place. Jamie will be greeted by his
purse bearer. his chaplain, his aides
de-camp. and by the lady-in waiting
and maids Of honor named to attend
his wife.
When he gets settled. he will be
waited on by the Lord Provost and
other magistrates OF Edinburgh. The
Lord Provost will say:
I'VE. the magistrates of this city,
have the honor to attend Your Grace
as representing our most gracious
sovereign. the King. We give you the
assurance of u loyal and devoted
attachment to his Majesty's Person,
Throne and Government and in tok-
en- thereof / deliver to you the keys
of his Majesty's good town of Edin-
burgh, capital of Scotland"
He will reply:
"On behalf of his Majesty the
King. whom I have the honor to re-
present, I accept these keys as a
symbol Of the possession of the good
town Of Edinburgh"
When he and his wife ride forth
In state, it will be in a gilded royal
coe.ch surrounded by clinking cavalry.
Troops will give the royal salute. the
kings standard will be carried and
the band will play God Save the
King" When the Browns hold a
1evee at Holyrood it will be attended
by all the aristocracy and rominent
folk Of Scotland. He will wear a
respondent uniform of scarlet and
gold, with a cooked hat and sword by
his side.
His wife will be dressed in black
velvet. He will sit on q gorgeous
throne Of scarlet and gold under a
scarlet canopy. The provosts of the
city will attend in velvet and ermine,
and the bailies in silk and ermine. So
high will be his position that If the
Prince Of Wales and the Duchess Of
York were to be in Edinburgh at the
time little Jamie and his wife would
take precedence over them. No salary
IS attached to the position, but there
is q state grant allowed him of $1O,-
600, most Of which goes to pay the
expenses Of the levees and garden
parties he and his wife have to give.
Succeeds Duke OF York
The duties will be familiar to
Brown, because this will be the Sec
ond time he has had the position.
When Premier Macdonald formed
the first Labor government Of Great
Britain in 1924, he named Brown and
the King at once gave his consent. It
was Q revolution, because for 800
years the Lord High Commissioner
had always been q nobleman. When
MacDonald's government fell, the
Tory government named as High
Commissioner the Duke Of York, the
kings second son. Now Brown sue
ceeds the Duke Of York.
When he first wal High Commits
sioner. q great Scotch nobleman,
Marquis Of Clydesdale, acted as one
Of his a3de-de-catnps and q titled
Scotch woman, the Marchioness Of
Ailsa, acted as his wife's lady-in-
waiting. It Is probable that some Of
the Scotch aristocracy will attend
Ills 0race" and "Her Grace" this
time.
when 1t Is all over, Mr.. and Mrs.
1tOwn, no longer surrounded by
pomp and hefeldry. viii ride back to
Anbank-on-Ayr, settle down In their
1ittle cottage and live just Is before.
yvhon th9 House Of Commons Is In
yaeeGiqn, Jamie will be In his seat on
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nd6 WI, - usual, spend hts week-
eulo n hfs jittle Village, teaching
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