Show aci LORD HIGH MAYORS he ee dress as gorge gorgeously 01 US I 1 Y as So solomon lonion except on state nell occasions MOLDS HE HOLDS COURT PRESIDES AT DINNERS DINNER S anil and na via no end of oc other butlen II 11 laiq term terin expires soon when ho will come to visit Arner lual hoie the lie chicago pair will be a success england ll 11 very well ofray present admiration fration for americans copl copf right itoi 1801 IT by nac beller A sept 10 the lord maor mal or 0 of london is a ery groat froat man dacre lire are those lit in london mile believe lielie vo that tic lie sits on oil a small ebro throne E c there are those in fit the county who boleo bol 00 oo that lio lie feasts on in tongues and lives a life of sybaritic ease case bo much has been said about the of tho the lord mayors parade that sonio sonic americans lancy fancy him to be unapproachable to tho the common people Is still an all official about dubont st whom horn tho the glamour of red coats lacea finbel roal fen toasts As and hunkers la stained glas attitude attitudes 5 Is yet thrown uc lie is tho the cis clicc le head or of london the present official Is jos crill savory ills residence Is in the mansion hillouse il IIo louse built in fit 1710 1740 arid and a worth visiting biting vi lt lnE in the ho acry reala of bustling lonan i an endless stringer string of Isa wagons gons baris crills jud and busses are arc continually go flog by ll it m with ith bobbles babbles tr ing to 0 I 1 I 1 P 4 5 t V I 1 p I 1 to 1 ait pl 1 1 p an 21 yz Y z r 1 I 11 1 1 E I 1 IX IN 11 11 I 1 iv 6 f L SAVORY ORD OKI or OF I 1 ONDON order ni while lillo drivers swear and pedestrians who attempt to cross cros tho the street take lako their lives in their bends bands in tile the endeavor ills ala a i pry ery buy busy spot diagonally opposite Is tho the little old lady of adlia street surrounded by all her wealth in a tiny square the dulo dole of wellington Welling tiOn sits as he has done those these 1 anany I any tears an horseback holding lis ila aliat liat 1 in hll his hand in sunshine and lit in El showers lowers all is bustle bustio and confusion piny dirty starts steps load lead up tip to the mansion house A backed ber servitor vitor lit in a n arlel coat stands at the door and approaches pro aches and asks each visitor who ait they oy IN ant to sec the lord mayor I 1 say with some hesitancy I 1 look in the mans mails face to see sea it if ho be astonished at my illy temerity both klutho is 13 1 3 immovable lie ile beckons mo me to t follow liim into a email ollice near by it il Is the anteroom ante room of the lord mayors office loiero 3 tore is in it a desk two chairs lilles papers arid and books and a broad tiered man inan staring 11 L ring at passersby passers by through a dirty wandw glass glas ila ho find and me alth Ltha about boutas as much animation as a stone it a idol might bo be expected to exert there ls Is a pause ery cry painful to me and then the in the scarlet coat mi mumbles E wants to see sea it Is I ineis th the a lord mayor there Is another pause and this time the cold sweat oozes from every pore of luy body the gentleman who has been studying Blu dying hummi nature through the dirty window aglais glais adjusts his monocle bad and iran drai Is in reply ay indeed I 1 hand him roy lay card lie ile ser scrutinizes Is closely it for a moment and then re rc illes newspaper writer sr iter eh ch well well weil Is 19 iness Is in and disengaged I 1 think ue lie moves slowly toward tile lord mayors private collico and irk in a second or two to I 1 am ushered into a large lux lur d and cheerful albart apartment jr 1 out A coal tire fire Is blazing bazing for the day Is I 1 d damp a mp the hannings hangings hang ings of the room are leavy heavy and somber from the walls a score or more of dead and gone lord mayors look down dou in tile the ull adlo of the room to a big desk at which b tell the lord armayor Is sealed no ho rises to greet me he I 1 Is not oil a little throne nor Is he res led to 10 rival solomons glory his delro Is that ot of the ordinary en glish guao a r 0 ck coat dark grey trousers vr a i oil boots and ho be wore a stand up arsh I 1 f allar I 1 1 and d plain neck tie of course c 0 urse on oil tale state occasions occasion aLis his habiliment I 1 Is very corgi ious and there is no end of brass buttons laces ise 0 s and tinsel in the make up tip of his costume cost nine indeed lie he Is then as correlus cors cor Reous as a peacock tile the lord mayor Is perhaps a litlo above tho the average height and not much rast middle age there Is but little fast biair I 1 air on the top lop of his head ills mus mils icho fache which is neatly but trimmed Is dark and so are tho the small without being noticeably striking his bis face is both strong and son sible while hla his bearing Is sturdy and simple and on the whole ho he impresses pr e loses ota OLO as ai being a matter of tact fact common sense business busl ns wan man ot of good abilities ablo able to hold ilia hla own ovin in any position not calling for abbo luto genilus and indeed that Is about IN hat bit lis his fellow men hern here say of him there Is the glow of health on his bis cheeks check ills band grasp Is hearty you can call tell that lie ho la Is tend fond of outdoor exorcise exercise via as indeed ho he Is tor for in his bis youth lie ho was an expert at cricket avid and a strongman strong man at the oar my ily welcome could not have been more corl cor il if vor nor do I 1 know of any official in II 11 I 1 stites who Is more aisy of a VE sit down ho he says heartily ill as nn lie draws dra wo ek a heir chair c for mo me near the urn fire 1 I ant am always glad to tee see americans what a wonderful country america must be with this ibis he himself out in his easy chair until ills his toes touched tho tender fender lie ho throw ills his hands back of li hoai head slid and for a moment seemed in a brown study jint but america Is so different dill crent to england he be resumed your people are lienous and and always on oil tle lump jump I 1 should like to go a to america well why dont you I 1 suggest all my life I 1 have been too to bust but I 1 may go as soon boon as my term of office expires here america Is a great coun ill li i for politicians Is it not perhaps I 1 might bo be elected lord mayor layer of new york or chicago who v he can tell you have met many americans ami ricans oli oil my lily yes A great many calito call to see eee me here and all seem surprised s ad that flat I 1 am so easy of access indeed one lady told me lae that she ex j 1 peeled e acted to see sea me standing on a pedestal with K ith a retinue of servitors about mo me in a gorgeous room N v hero regal banquets are arc hourly cried end and t alio he air Is heavy with rich perfumes she seemed surprised eliou h u I 1 told her its as easily seen as any man in london you have any trouble now did you it if you soo sea every one I 1 who he calls you are arc dept apt busy well I 1 am a busy man in ft a few fair minutes I 1 have to hold court lit in a little room opposite tills one then there aro are no end and of 0 meetings that I 1 must attend and there aro are speeches to bo be made luodo bud and g great reat banquets where on account of my ofil cial position I 1 am called upon to 10 preside hut with ll it all I 1 find ilme to work and read anil and study I 1 lama frat a great reader of 0 american newspapers and books I 1 mil am so when I 1 visit the baates I 1 u alil ill leavo aistro sown idea of the great country and the progress it has made 11 W hot hat of england at present remarkably tranquil tire Is dearly beloved by all our statesmen art are mise and our country Is prosperous 1 I aref jr ef fm I 1 i t q vj fi 1 k r 5 1 ta I 1 q 1 cill I 1 A R I 1 I 1 1 31 1 6 it k I 1 2 1 I ae gc g c r A a I 1 ial tr C 1 a I 1 f n A N I 1 0 1 1 f 3 1 11 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 22 i I 1 or THE LORD MAYORS mayona I 1 think theia IS 1 less calmo than formerly erly and the poorer people are better belter educated and butler botter clothed england hns IN much to bo be thankful for you have been taking sonic some interest in the coming fair in chicago yes yea and I 1 hope it is will ill be a great success I 1 fancy a great many englishmen sl will ill bo be exhibitors and I 1 guess you may count upon it large number of nisi tors from our shores it Is a splendid iden idea I 1 i tho the talk ran on tor for a few minutes longer and then the lord mayor M a arose to go into court lie iio me n 10 to accompany him and I 1 was con to a room across tho the broad hall hallway way it was not an imposing room it was overcrowded with spectators and lawe laciers la wiers r q and was but dimly lighted IN hen bell t the it 0 lord mayor appeared he wore a judged judge gown ON 01 er cr ills his shoulders and there is was as deep silence until he took his sont seat and opened court this appearance of the 0 highest public official of a groat cIty like london presiding oer a petty criminal court seemed somewhat strange I 1 watched the lord mal maor or at work mork for a time t and the sight was not a une ono rough looking character mas as brought to the bar charged with the zenlous crime of having stolen a pair of boots valued at four shillings ile iio did riot not seem to care much and was remanded without any waste of time tl no Wili william larn oard gard a sheepish looking omnibus driver pleaded guilty to having bee been drunk tile lord mayor remar remarked lIed to william latis that ho be had no right to get drunk drank when in employment and foith n m ith fined him ten shillings shilling A youth named fisher fibber was then arraigned for throwing stones from froin bridge lie ila deny his guilt the lord mayor said gravely that tills this nas as a serious of fence as stones sometimes fell with great force and persons might be crippled tor for life by being struck with them he therefore lined fined tire tho man two shillings and sixpence thero there was more of the same kind but these cases va mill ill do as well as others tor for examples citizens of any big american city would smile at tho the sight eight of their mayor sitting in rolice court englishmen see their lord maor malor a man of wealth and high position doing such work and they think it right and proper and indeed oven even the stranger who ito sices bees tills this ligh high official going conscientiously about this petty routine may indeed doubt tho the utility ol of putting a public officer so prominent and busy at this unimportant work that a subordinate might do just as well but lie ha will scarcely bo be inclined itsell ned to laugh when he be thinks it over there Is something I 1 ery cry democratic that brings tho the lord mayor into a con common I 1 mon court so a many hours every day tor for the purpose of meting out ant mercy as justice to the lowest arid and meanest of tho elio inhabitants of the great city of v which aich he bo Is chief magistrate at later hours than those on which I 1 saw him at tho the mansion house court you might flad find the lord mayor pursuing other duties tile the same stead luy lity d duttry and perso orance t that bat lie be displays when hou sitting in a petty criminal ninal court As lord mayor lie ho Is connected with fill all the cile chic boards that havo have to deal alth ith tile the nuances finances of the tily city and lie he has to ills dispense the hospitality ol of the city to those persons whom it may care to lionor honor ile he Is a member of the school board for lo 10 london it don an almoner of christs hospital a governor of tho the royal hollot aay ay college chairman of the princess helena college and a of the united westminster schools thou then again he be Is a governor of queen annos annes and of tho the royal hospitals besides these he Is a church harch warden of tile tho historic church of st marys wool noth a prominent men mem berof and honorable guild of goldsmiths a conservative slid and a weather member of the primrose league so ou can readily see that the lord mayor la far from being an all idle man mail then on special such tor for instance st alice as the visit of a frisky monarch to london and drafts which aich are made upon his time and energy and pocketbook are something enormous lit in return he bo gets compensation in tho the way of a little extrait glory and in the shape perhaps of a decoration of sonic some sort to haio basil and to hold bold as a marl mark of the generosity of kings and queens his show on lord mayors day when he ha Is sworn into Is a very costly affair but lie ho does not have to pay all the expenses of it it Is paid for on a sort of voluntary assessment ses alark by the lord mayor the aldermen AIde rEnon of the city and tho the city guilds for all th this Is the lord mal ma or Is paid per year while to keep up anything like the dignity of the t lie ho he must spa spend e it at least le ho can serve but bet orle one term of one year lit in duration most oat lord majors indeed spend lipond a good deal more than this for they do not elect poor men to bo be lord mayors in london and as a the honor Is considered a great one by london merchants rich alderman alder meu are willing to spend a deal of money ones once they reach the high position lon of chief magistrate magl of the city the present lord maor mabra no exception to lo the rule indeed ho be his has more than one on reason hi incumbency noted for generous display lie ho has been married but two to laari ear and tits his Is wife I 1 to Is an exceed exceedingly I 1 charming boojan A am an with ith a brentus tor for entertaining she helped him not a little when hen the german emperor was here and since her husband has been in has wore more than kept up ill the reputation or 0 thu that th U mansion alouse for hospitality I 1 lr r savory was mos a good while climbing to his present prominence ino ia father was wait it a respectable business bu shiest niazi lu in tho eoll smith lini line lie ilo mounted up by easy stages ila ho joined his fathers guild and that gaila hims him a start atari later lie was elected a alel iff next ho he was elected on fin alderman dorman Bl to represent Lang bourn all this thia wits was done slowly butonne but once ho he be canto cabio an alderman his way lot loid d mayoralty was clear providing lie ho could liva liti long enough no one but an all alderman can become lord mayor and it Is tho aldermen ito ho feet elect him in ill accordance corda cor dance Ince with an old custom it 1 not a rule it Is the sentor senior aldert lian who Is each year elected go 90 once an alderman ou on must be worth at least to be one it Is only a question of time when you N ill bo be lord ala major or cut but warty many a good and worthy citizen of london ila has wearily waited halted tor for tile years to roll roun round dand and has died before tile time came when his ambition would bo be sails bell Iu dushing shing but matter of tact fact americans can call scarcely understand tile way this lord maor maine Is looked upon hero lit in london lit in their eyes it irmay may beenk of oc loss less importance than tile the mayoralty of now nork ork or other american cities the L ills lord mayoralty of london Is a ve very r y expensive one tile the man mail who holds it wields lompa compa little political power suit as a stepping stone alone to a higher position it Is of tie no consequence indeed most lord majors think there is no higher position pus lilon not oven even that of prime mint ister lit in now new york and other american cities on the 0 other ther hand tire the MI ala or Is a political power of tire the first magnitude arid and from froin the mayors layers chair he be way may mount to that of president of the united states stales mayors ot of smaller towns than now york have done as much hut but londoners Lon doners hold the position of lord major alaor in high respect 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