| Show II II l m bm b rT To toy For All Fuss 1 lIss nod nl Feathers I hers That Go With W It It Gorgeous Officials CEREMONIES i Ibm re h Is One Jinn Inu Who th Has to 10 00 by bt Drown r 11 IS Nov NCI 8 That l i compound ot of the I L mm Mi ages ami the twentieth the corporation of or orI i i iv v nf ot london Condon 1 II threatened with 1 l HI In III all there I j i no governing l h I hi ii Itself It with IM 10 I IllI U h II hM ceremonial M D many por and Bud and Indulge In III so 10 nu h Ii but need 1 I fu and 1 as a thu unique ng which hold away LI h i mile In Sn the middle of ot thu thui I i i il f r the empire I II ice I Ion In the busiest l I e of ot New York Ilton j In i or any of oC the Ih i willed m HI an net tet to bo br go goi If 0 i I i l j In III with colonial did i met lid and one onA will oil oili i oil n i fu lilt Idea of the Ihl Hi III f nf tit what hat Is l known as all UK III i in 11 I to 10 the 1111 rent of ot 1 l i u It l 1 i t n II u i 1 h n t prized i ii a n while I hilt for Its 1111 and I is of r municipal power the London Londoni i itji KOCS Iel b back k to tl a much more moret morer t r mil i nl when pomp and andu ill 11 u i ll to the i r of oe authority it I t 11 UK III I one on of or u t large number i tim i ii Ii lies that Heaped n n I w IJ hell t In municipal I 1 nr r r UM 0 III II i huea iii r i and m hale method of 01 i ui 8 H which pervaded them Again Mil in I I to IU bring a gov JOV n nn nilL u up UI to 10 date London county Junt ui U II vac La formed und l n ul l Irol over its It I arlous bar bor cuji gil 18 Ir territory embracing 1 fl tin corporation bailiwick jj ix from UH It authority mil though It I III the City con conI I nu thi Ih of or the me the Ihl Hank 1 of 01 l OH OHn n III tIr Within Its lis are IU nui i house of ot n II unpin Though practically t ti i 01 i a II million people swaim c v r It lu III the daytime Devoted solely d tn bU II MI UN control by I men hOll CM Ihl f aim tu III be the u if III 1 and I wary t tin 11 11 I oni of tin Ih 1 f I ir i ms of or time Mi i II human Institution public or H 1111 MI i n keep going Indefinitely If IC It in III rending inori mOM than II r IMS pay Up or bust hUlt U 11 tho Ihu thoI I n hI of or tle of or the lit liti i 10 t Tin Th lounta c of the lIol 1 i hi h hIl only lieen 1 in itself a II i IN I Ju that thal It i nuns amounted to W JIMIM aim H xi to MO leaving a 1 den I of r o In the previous J eal BI Ih l I n ft it II to Tho lap gap between and receipts It will V thin be Is III Increasing At the rate raIl It ha hili been 1111 esti estimated ell mated that my will be I leached In III H 11 year 7 Then can no longer loner be postponed and Ind who function It now nOlI I III to eat lIat a I number of official dinner wear robes and nn through funny tunny ceremonies with faces will willbe be i the City II bo addea adden to tu the domain of 01 the lindon county council and method will be substituted for lor custom TU CITY MARSHAL HH lire condition the corporation stubbornly In re retaining nil tile the useless and u 1111 purely orna ornamental mental part lart of ot It III Of Ot thi a atypical typical instance nu lUll just occurred O At Attached to I he lord majors entourage I II a II known n the thu city marshal The office originated III tin th fifteenth c and In those old da dathe daI the city really II lit hla p pHe pa He Ill had of the do M it h and It wa WAI bis hll business to 10 lec eu the Ihl and vagabond were kept kelt In c lie k Hut lut the Ih of ot p III ll ink 11 lie streets has hall long In him ol h The city corporation has t him hlll Into Int a if t t fill foi i luei Ii h uni uniform I form brocaded In hi geld 1111 UK ki d hilt hat I and plumed and spun til on 1 n prancing steed lie precedes tn lord lorl moor mayor on his hili l the th city In III his hi c old couch lIch and a nil e ill on all and u lid to make WilY way foi I him himAt I At other due 1 function lie Ii es el the 1 of thi august p i m mago 1 ago litO To ff III him do It IB Ie w lh soup thing thin Ami cd a Mil an opera gon gonera era with h hi ma ken I hi hll nl having reached reB the I spot hulls face tho i assemble lit hili lung lUll Hinl 1111 out The Might Honorable n he hI pauses take another deep breath ut lit the top IIII of or his hl roar roan forth The Lord Mayor nf If London At thin dra dramatic matic malk moment the lord mayor the I he threshold I For Pur es of ot this HOI Hurt t the Iho city lIr marshal gets 1111 Si 00 a aye ye par ir tho city provide him with u hone KOI JOI some year Capt allt a 11 ec ond cousin of nr the th Earl of ot Derby held the Ihl I Y hut but Inglorious Hut Hilt a 1 time ufo It he ht was all MId be hI It 11 was W staled he Ill had become In In private It though much mu more Inore I wen wel hinted ut lit Anyhow It II the corporation a brilliant c i to sae hi hili alary by b abolishing the Ihl useless 11 office Yet only one volee was raised ral E 1 in support of ot a 1 motion to that Ihal effect In th name of fir common Immon sense said Mill Councilman l whit what dignity doe the mayor derive having a aman I man In a II red wit ille 1111 In front of or him himor or strut before bero him Into a courtroom u LA popl Milk Mak wa WI for fill forthe i the Hl ht the Lord May Mayor or Common no anwer but buta a large lar majority voted to rota In tho office and another lU Jay if he h can lIn bi hI found will receive tho appointment I COSTLY It lie IK around the Ihl lord mayor maor that alt all the pomp and end and ceremonial nial tomfoolery culminating In Inthe the She procession marking the Installation I It the Ule new lIew lord mayor tomorrow In the 1903 accounts the administrative cost of ot I the chic 11 government ov v which hu ho Js put JUt down at III ate alt some lx mayors 0 Loid s Income lax on hi hili III hi 1 Iii d robes H d n ti tl the by the I 63 50 Illuminated tn to the lord mayor by hy tho common hall e Sword bearer Hilary 0 Common crier salary t a city ell marshals salary lIlar coo on Four 2000 the city tilt the sword j mid the common crier lire are antique survival who nil purely orna on 11 IlO O I I GOING b l b I UrT m Iron page 13 mental functions function The ale 1111 conners Ionn at et small pay pa but do absolutely for It In the th old ohl days they werey w r up ull posed to 10 b tH be such Much excellent Judge ot 01 all ale and ami beer that they could tell iy ti of ot the lit various brews brew whether Wh I thy they were wert tit to ta be Introduced to LO En Ish stomachs tomache As AI tiered relies relics th they y In the payrolls payroll The Th lord mayor mor U is I invested with more mort fictitious dignity than anybody In th the kingdom The intricate code cOIle of that attends him li U more mor rigorously In iii rt forced then than at et the court of ot royalty In skin M the Ih city pity he hi taken takes precedence nt of nil III mankind MV rave only hl hi his sovereign Even princes of the blood royal roal must mum live give way WilY tn to him No troop troops m mu may y march It without his hll p mill loll dun With the of th Ih the king kin he hI 1 I is the only person In iii the realm who IH III I privileged tn ti visit It the done ilond i t any h it ur of th lh Any or night hours hour h he e re reo the tho countersign with lIh the ryal I seal affixed at and ond never 11 11 uses usei lI It It I The fhe vm has hns hll long JonII been stripped of ot Its It one once great t powers hut but the of nr It Its vanished authority Ire ro clung dun tn to with tenacity t than In the od 0 d I days when lord mayors mayor were Im Imp p i tart some Home 0 municipal work the lord 1011 mayor mor do dOea but his hid chief business bu In Is la to preside at 1 a II lot of om i dul In lul I n gu go n through u II lot of ot fussy nn l funny and In general generald d du things ely a III as they have been Mn en I done by his hla hi predecessors predecessor cities IIII th the i was wan lIa first firm Above all he hll must mu t guard against the Introduction nf of that awful desecrating thing a modern Innovation in any An of Dr I the ceremonial that thaI attends him on stile mut If Ir a handshake should be b substituted for tor tiny Uy of ot the forms form of ot on fin his hi official lite when they do homage to lu It him at these them times civic dignity would be bo stinkers shaken to lu its 1111 lt foundations om OK W T LOUD LOAD MAYO MAYOH Ills ml outfit U Is as BI gorgeous as al anything to 10 lie le am rem n ut lit a circus cirous parade e and ov oy in It u u b I the real rial thing HIM Hla badge of Is a Ii wondrous collar of 01 pure gold old over five f fet feet t In length Attached to this In is I u a t lInK maK n pendant displaying the city arms In the center cut in cameo IRmo cl lIed elect d br by a fit wrath of 01 eight eighth roses rolf with I the tho thIstle and nd shamrock emblematic of 01 the three kingdoms and andall andall all 1111 formed of ot diamonds of at the purest water It It Is II lOa t d that thaI the these tatter latter alone alon are worth over oyer a It hundred thou and dollars m slack lack In 1600 1000 the pen IJen dant then Ilan III In u use ule 6 disappear nil nillion now lion th the lord mayor night flight Honorable though he ha In Is Is required to give ghe heavy bonds bond for lor th the wf ke of ot the civic jewelry J w and Ind oth other r costly insignia In trusted to hit his rAre care Out of the th exchequer each Ih lord mayor U ii I provided with three eels tit of sumptuous robes robe One U is of ot scarlet cloth lined fined with silk Ilk and edged with ermine If er r mine another li is I of ot black silk IlIk over vIr which lower are lire worked In sliver lIv r and ahll the third In is I of ot purple silk trimmed with black blak velvet and costly fur tUI Jut Just when one or tho the other of ot those Ih lc gar garments nr menu ments should Im be h worn IMn IN is known only tn to tho the Initiated but something awful would happen It if the lord mayor maor should hold appear In III th the wrong one Pour lour ancient words swords are lire used to the th great powers once wielded by II lord mayors mayor In d doye aya ya when doughty warriors wArrior sometimes sometime filled the One Dill the of which It is studded d with pearl U Is known an as the It was by b Queen I when whon wIt hen she she he opens the tho tint first J In 1611 1571 The Tho sword of state II t date from front 1650 1090 In Inthe Inthe Inthe the presence of ot the king or Rny ony of 01 the tho judge Judges It IN Is carried with lIh point Mint down downward ward wand at other time limes It I is II borne bortl before the th lord mayor with whit the point upward A 1 third sword 00 rd Known an as the black sword end and first used usel In IU 1034 Is I brought brou ht oat nut on fait fast daa cia In lent I nt or when n It death occurs occur In III the royal family Last Lastly ly Iy there U Is I the Old Hutley Dalley sword which It is placed above the lord lorel mayors when he nit sits an as a 1 judge at ut the ther r criminal court lor loor toting then thue old weapons around end making reverences reverence before the lord mayor the gets get u a cool a II year If 11 any Rn man ever had hall a Il soft lOft snap snail he ha has w It It hut but the thi corpora lion would rather go gt broke than at ut attempt attempt tempt to govern the city of ot London without him He lie wears wear a Q gown rown o of 01 black brocaded satin lIn tend and on slate oc ut 0 Iona this u Is worn wool over n a block black court milt with stocking shoe with II silver buckl One Sir Martin Howell lord mayor mayor In U O presented the city It with i 1 n very try goodly royals royale hats halt to 10 be worn by the wo It wa was worn out long ago but the tho sonic privilege Attaches to the th bee known an ins the ot of maintenance of ot wearing It In tho the of ot the HOV sov And the would got get the stick sack should he so fur far forget lort his hh proud prerogative ns us n to uncover when whan he the king kinK happens to 10 be around MACK MACH AND SC PIKa Away A 1111 heck back In US the citizen o a obtained n charter from the tha kIng ting authorizing authorising th the currying of n a 1 amace mace before the lord mayor which In Is considered n R good end and weighty reason why tilt tie custom should l be bo retained I The he muce mace now In nee uso was wan made mode In 1761 1111 17 1 It t Is II ft feet fHt 3 Inches long and end weighs weigh 19 11 K The rue rh who carried It IH la known M as the common crier rIH He lie also alo cries Oyez three times at It the opening of ot the lord land mayors mayor court And says say soth other things more morl or lees lellI unintelligible that nobody lobody pays tiny attention to In Iii the r 1 fl nt It I iiii 1 Retry when the common o f i of r Mime II me he hi wi was 11 paid til IS ISn u n Mir t dr ini r i pooh cute nt for tor or each cry IY In hI trade ir 1 1 thin gh the Ihl city Now No that thol the UI om tier trier IN is H of ot no use ue MaJ Mn Kir Ker KirKo Ko Fox FOil gets 1 12 u II t y year ar for lor th the Job Juh There Thre In Is I another snare mace pulled culled UK the IJ scepter Ire er of the City illy 11 of London 1 h the lord mayor total tolas to I around l lon on Ott special occasion It 11 onla on ona only a foot toot mil unI a II half hair In III length h but is I Iwo wo wosa h a lot of ot the bl M once thit ha th hem head being of gold h and studded with din diu dl mends and other gems gem Lots of nth ether costly und and 1111 1 gewgaws torn fO purl pur of his hili Among them than li lia I III is isu a u golden key kiv kc which Is IR supposed upp sed I t tp U m itI lock the hi city gates There 1111 hll to 10 c Ibe be bf no Ito gates galea tn to unlock but hilt that nukes I no different 31 Terence the game of It make be he belleve heI I Is still kept up Wh When n the th king goer goe 0 In tate elate eta te to In the city the th lord in rd I meets meet him at Temple Bier Bar 8 r wIth ith lIh his hili hi III at attendant t retinue and hands hand him th the i golden XA key that unlock nothing It was waa WIl In 1211 that lust King KinK Juhn Jill grant I lid ad d the tha tb of London the tc tl to erect their own awn mayor annually hut but ui though II the Ihl r of ot an on eH l li Is i maintained nh lh much enl Hili III and ceremony It II h her n long Iwen n a 1 furo ti r Tin TIIe h one Otte thing fir lo to become a 1 lord 1 mayor nf if 1 London I is II to tn get lel lelI I ny fly n the rat of nf ono one of or the th v nuN nuNI 1 nl I I tu to a II life lite membership In In III a II highly hl ill III t or board nf or aldermen Thiv II III I I II I oily 24 U of them there ind a tilt 1111 they tak Usk III IIII I I turn ur of them ehe and nd must most of lit I live It to In a green gr en old nil age such uch ties tl II are lire rare Hut once elected nil uli u II alderman hii hits to do to h b hf teine f a ft lord 1011 I Is to 10 sit alt It tight I and wait It his hili turn like Ilk A n mint men In III u IL barbel hi hop shop until he hf is I s next First though he hI ho hu her to puss through ih the office of at sheriff election to 10 which is III I equally corneal Two sheriff am lilt I chosen from among list HIP tilder nun and hold for tor u a I vent yens They Th Y Yi hivo hits vu nothing to tn do with of or offender i fender tl llda locking ii up III prisoner it r 1 any soy of the Ih duties dut that pertain to 10 tin the Joh Job In America Theis thief chief bURIn I lit III t to look Imposing In wonderful robes 10 with gold gohl chains around amund their necks neck und other othi wise wi help the city dignity a fall as mavor satellite they have hl Vf t to In bolt hulf the expense OX of ot the lord mayor great rrt Inaugural tune function tion lI the lord mayors show und and th lord mayors mayor banquet Koch Ifach of them M is I showed allowed 53 i O for tor expenses but hut a It shier sher sheriff Itt iff count himself lucky luck who get gets through for less lens than 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