| Show I for Ring King George Georgel Start Trade Trace To l o Puffing pulling Special Correspondence o Aug 11 One of ot tho the LONDON L moot moat mo t singular of or the Iho prerogative of cr sovereignty King George has hus not yot begun to 10 ox fU And tho question nf or how he ho will III II une It II when hu ho does doe begin to 10 ex exercise excise mise cise It Is Jut Just now non causing much to tD many mar British shopkeepers and tradesmen especially In that most mast of or shopping t thoroughfares g Ba nond and street where roy royal r o Y il al patronage count for tor s so a 0 much m B By this particular prerogative his 14 his l vested with powers which make mike him by means of or royal warrants th the meat mut potent of or agents In 10 th the I Kingdom 1 It H lg is one oni 01 of ot th the very fry row fats prerogatives remaining In to the which cnn can bo exercised without the Ihl consent of or tho the prime nun mill der l Ur or parliament It Is In a u matter In to which Mch tho king really plays the Iho role rolo of ot tho the boss bos and not ns ho most moat often ortell d dOte does that of the tho horned bossed In hi tAd M 1 1 time royal roal warrants have flared a big part In English history They The hao havo enabled kings kinga to confiscate hg tl estates Ind get troublesome heads hond chopped chapped off att Hut In these days of ot tri Irl triumphant democracy mid and nn bridled ov ml nh the Ih only royal warrants which the king i an Issue without saying by h tour four leave I ac to no some me representative of ot the people are which boom the pet let wares of or soma somo favorite tradesman I MANY Y ROYAL King during Ills his hi brief reign I l these much coveted species of ot I royal warrants lavishly H Ho He grunted no lots Ius HIS than Ihan 90 of or them They rho covered I neap ry variety of or commodity and prod Irod tit ud fr m walking sticks to 10 whisky from luth Rath buns to 10 brandy from mar marmalade marmalad malade malad to 10 motor earn cars The Th tradesman royal warrant Is to not an ui imposing Impeding document In size It I le not much larger huger than Ihan a 11 sheet of or p it can minty enl bo ho read rend at n t close cloo range even Enn when In n a gold gild fruno In a shop window it II des d not much of or ft n how If the tho tradesman J ere r restricted to that method of ot mn ma king It known that ho the Iho of or his hI majesty t Jt it would 1 I int for far t r little OH an nn an But lIuI It a carries with It dl other privileges es Chief i f them l is 8 that of displaying tho the row arms tho lion and tho the unicorn ul for fr the tho crown In big hili and gar Kor reou over oler tho the shop thop hOI front end nl ng In Jn the most moat flamboyant carlet und and n gold 01 1 enameled lottery letters that by r If ape r ml mi appointment ho lie Is III pur puri rf Cor dried fish i Jam hool boots and hot or may b ho hI his hl Herual al meto me m to 10 his hili majesty the king iirth here nare he ho Is iy entitled to make mako makoe the e tane sae announcement accompanied hr by an engraving of or the tho royal arms on ks bill heads hr and letter heads It II might strike some folk lolk that this thin Is It putting t tile are problem of or the ruler of the Ih Ihn in n t empire on earth arth to n rather bU teat J and sordid use uso nut Hut England I hat hA ailed a 11 nation of fn er an MI a t I t I Is natural that rek to 10 make mak of or royalty walty a n pay pays Ia mt u eat s l n In enlightened Ameri U t Ih the Ira I rj of 01 freedom In I mado to tout I tot for or Ins i In 1 IT VOn FOil SNI There an en he b no doubt douht that the pos 1011 f ro royal rOal nl warrants with tho tiro thoMI g they Ih c confer if of f dl displaying the Iho fr coral MI i irm Pm nd IId handsomely as an It H Is IA tho the sort port of or halt at nt dom bites To American a the th royal firms firm i provo prove r rest u attraction They The like to buy bu buy h hem ally buys or Is in l supposed to 10 street ow oweR itt Its distinction ns as D Dt the to t l of or London shop r n sir all rte II to 10 the thc with which ik hI ral have hs been bestowed on In ff the kt J ah there established t In InI lu I it this 3 former favorite haunt of or ord Ilau d U n f and lily his coterie of or dun dan U k k L 1 I A I ve ery ry unattractive street It nn nr n I I v sn and dingy din lop u tto are Id 10 k r nf nol and l depressing Some Home notable v bt J 1 1 In Bond In the tho days da daIt It r 8 turned Into n a shopping La body d f t ud 1111 j the of or royalty roya ty to whom Nelson Kelson bin ki hi t ly and abjectly surrendered tin Ure III aft resided d at No tor lor a n 1 for Po Her fr beauty ln ty till still survive In H 24 4 I raita of ot her hr by y Romney Nelson Mil breath commended her to id Inn the taro ms coon if t e cn of ot hIs country Ills coun to g repudiated tho the charge charR and she ahe died t Her Ilea former abode con COli taint no memorial tablet to Indicate she Mie ho once lived tIro thero But It does sport the tho royal arms That In is because the ground floor has hus been leased to 10 n a fish fishmonger h monger who succeeded a In getting toll Ing a royal warrant from King Edward dward I livery Lvery I second second or third shop In ht flood Bond displays the Ille royal arms that pro pre proclaim proclaim claim the tho possession of tho the royal war warrant rant rani bestowed b towed either cither by hy the UIO Into lalo king kingor or 01 some member of or tho the royal family BUSY BUHY PULLING ILL LING And that In la why wh hrh Bond street shop shopkeepers keepers k s especially are arc w wearing curing a L wor clod nil air these days da and are arc pulling all wi sorts portH of ot underground court wires to 10 obtain that when King George begins to tu the royal war warrant warrant rant they the wont wort get got left For Foran Foras an nil soon lIoon as n ho causes the Uio decree to tu gu go 1 0 forth the Iho royal row warrants that his fa tiL thur so eo freely Issued will bo ho recalled And then unless s they are arc replaced by IJ lilt Ida own ulIn down will have to como come the Ih lion and Uio oho unicorn from the tha th shop front anti and tho the royal fOal arms can no longer bo he displayed on the bill hOlds and the tho letter heads Id give Io a II thousand thou und pounds said lIall ono one of these hood Bond street shopkeepers to 10 our OUI representative rOl to 10 feel sure suro that the oho royal arms awns will toot not have havu hIL to 10 come down from my front And Just before King Edward J wald died God blots bless hint him I spent a I lot of ot money getting gelling theta them freshly glided Across tho the street was wa a IL shop that did dill not boast tho coveted It would woul 1 bo he tough lough luck I remarked 1 sympathetically ml If your our rival over oer there should gain what you lose lone i If It ho he dont ho hll answered gloomily It II wont bo ls for lack lacu of trying I know that he lie Is III working every evert OWr trick Irick ho he know knows II to get one Tricks What hal cnn can he ho used to 10 I pet get el royal roal warrant ants Hut nul that Ul t quos queM lion caused cued him hum to 10 shut up like n clam I Royal Honl warrants are aro not Issued by hy tho ha kung king direct They are Issued In his behalf by b the heads of ot his lilt household 1 the lord lorel who nominally supervises the tho running of everything above stairs In palace tho lord lurl steward who Is M supposed to con control control control the th downstairs department and the Ih culinary supplies and keeper of the privy purse who Is supposed to keep nn an eye eya on Ills hla private It 11 has hM never been hen that thai any nIl nn of or these august court officials get any nn graft Taft out of ot tho Iho royal war tar warrants tarrants rants Hut nil all tho the same It II Is I well i known that other things besides the th In Intrinsic I merit of or the Ih goods on which royal commendation Is III bestowed count countIn In obtaining royal warrants Court flunkeys arc nut not above accepting gen generous gener erous er tips lip And some Borne aristocrats not above allOo promising for fora forat a IL consideration con to 10 uso UM their Influence mid at nt court to In tho the bestowal bestowal of It Uio the coveted document DIstillers Distiller brewers wine Ino flier mer merchants chants clients ore are among tins those who feel most nervous as ns to 10 getting their royal roal war warrants rants renewed 11 by h the new king King George Glor l Is rather touchy on thin tho Ih liquor Since he ascended the th various denials have hao been made of the currently accepted rumor that he ht was wall addicted to drinking more mora than Ihan was WM good for him On tho Ihn nu no of or n a bishop bl hop lie he has been In pro pronounced pronounced a strictly temperate man manNow Now King Kin Edward was not a n bit hit touchy louch on the tho drink drunk question In his of r royal trade putter puffer he puff putt puffed Ad ed the liquor trade trad rather morn more gen generously generously than ho he I lId dud nn ml other branches of or and Industry lie Ho conon con conferred rural 1 warrants on no less IrR than ferr 10 brewers Ao An equal number of or dis distillers tillers were entitled to 10 sport tho the royal roal of or whisky to his hili arms as at purveyors majesty Nearly 49 10 wine Ino merchants m claimed the distinction of contributing to 10 his hili hi vine cellar Six ix firms firma loft left one on In doubt ns at n lu t h what vent his hla favorite brand br of or fizz lIzz And four brandy could point to the tho royal motto Honl Mil Bolt spit mill mel y ns nil a n menus means of or Increasing their business penso panne On the th other oilier roily only nine manufacturers of or mineral waters anti and beverages were re recipients temperance taken of ot royal warrants It may bo be for rOIl grunted that King George Georgo will not himself to the Inference false and expose misleading thought thou hl It II would be br that this contrast would suggest some somo of inn tho once unco quid c LISLE SNELL v |
