| Show f H t f ea o Soft na s J Pointer i 1 II Can an Give we Pointer r Special Corr ONDON 2 When nn an Eng L t alas American tall to toj swing tho merits morits or de deI j I m of 0 the tho government and andi J I l i n 10 tho ha two o mho tho J tolls to remind the that tb are aro a lotmore 4 grafters fl Ife In than there thero am aroI i hd And ho toke takes I keen a th that t Information I tion In row Now U It I true that t there are aro many n f o here hore th than l thor there nh arc in jCL who get big salaries doing next to nothing at atall att t all Th There rj are no such downright I rai fat soft soaps snaps to bo be found In the Unit United ed cd States M as exIst In this old landA land landA A knoWledge ot of a fO few of thes extra extravagant and most mostly I pou billets may help A AmerIcan to a bit r whop whon next an the finger 0 of orn at American and meg s n 1 at attitude tilt nt ls I hard to 11 t aU an that lying linG ioV t any ha cc to hIt back i iTo To him that hath slum shall be e given biven Time 0 of owns OWn adzes has II a magnificent palace for a adens dens md and enjoys the softest acid Uld best paid ot of aU all the tho many sort rott snaps that exist In tho united kingdom For Forthe Forthe the Marquis 0 of is IK the hereditary lord grin chamberlain of England For filling that purely pu ly or 01 ornamental billet he gets gots 2500 a year eal Is s moro more than any or fell fed federal eral official In the tho United States StateR gets I with the exception of the president For his big salary the tho noble marquis does not begin to do one solid hard days work In ht a year ear When hen the king kingI I ehr ts the I mills grinding ho into tho IlS as the nomIna nom Inn Ina master 0 of ceremonies J which are aro I really arranged by n nf dignitaries i j But ho hM has to put his name to II a lot of pieces pIece of pasteboard for nobody Is admitted to the tho show who does docs not n ticket bearing his signature E TAKES A TIP INSTEAD ISTEAD It Is only enly on those Taro occasions when thorn thoro Is a coronation that the theford lord ford great chamberlain hJ has to fuss around a bit and do some sal real stunts On the day o It is 15 his exalted exalt ed d to carry to the tho kin king his hb gorgeous state aUto For this ho he hol heIs l Is allowed extra compensation Ho HoIs Is 15 entitled to claim tho ro royal nIghtcap and Id night sown gown the bedstead and nil all the tho rest 0 of the furniture 0 of his tys bo Ho never noor really rakes takes the things In these days ho takes es a tip 0 of 1500 0 Instead Another of his o exalted alt hereditary privileges Is to zero the king with water In which to wash hl his hands lie c coro foro oro and after the tho coronation banquet For Fol performing this arduous lInt duty ho he is II allowed to retain tho basin and the tho toels as his special He particular about the tho towels but ho always collars the basin for cue cus tom prescribes that It must bo be or of gold and nd worth at least 1000 lIo Ho gets other ether perquisites besides Tho kin king has as to him with 61 ars of rimlOn velvet with which to make mako n Nm elt a robe raba to be worm m 1 station Of course It do tko take any hing liko th that t quantity of stuff stul to lo lomako F I mako the tho garment but precedent do de demands mang mands It and precedent must ho be i I boyed or something awful might might hap happen pon Time The lord Teat great chamber lain It will Ill thus bo be men roon makes a ver very oed thIng out of the tho coronation In ad to his regular pity His billet 4 Is absolutely ly but for that 1 ver very reason many years yenI arc aro likely to t elapse before It Is abolished The more t J I u useless cless an omco which d represents nn an r antique survival time tho moro more tenaciously J do English folk tolk Insist on I Its I The Tho noble marquis enjoys another t unique distinction It Is the tho j t i sion sian of a name namo that L nobody wL was J ever t 1 I known to correctly time the first i time Imo he camo across S It In print Time The I correct pronunciation II Chumley Nhat 15 s ciao Ule true explanation 0 of this h orthographic freak freal I Javo never been bean able ablo to discover I MANY SOFT SNAPS f i Thoro nr are many soft snaps maps In iii the kings household for or the tho of which his majesty Is 18 In I no wa way rem re m I In tact ho Is the ono one mUll in the tho kingdom who vho has hIlJ not the right to his monago to suit bUtt his own notions Tho various grader 0 of exalted 4 I flunkeys attached to the tho court afro ro pro I b by cast Iron custom to whIch 1 tho ling hR has to submit Ho cant put pul down his hie root foot anywhere rc and say my This clap earning his hie pay and I dont went hint him around IU give him tho I sack abolish h his job and sas o time the money Any such fluch actIon on his part would I causo caulo all sorts Orts 0 of ructions that would the tho to Its toun foun Time Tho best paid billow In tho thoI i I I I HI I meno menage are regarded r as political j 1 L j j u I F o Na arCil J l f p pf f plums subject to the tho To p cm the tho vic victors torn tors belong tho spoils and they are filled by tho government which ha happens ns to bom boin power When the Liberal party I came In a lot 0 of ornamental figure hoods he cis were bounced to make way wa for tor toroth oth others of a different political faith falth Thus It came about that the Hon HOIl Bobby Spencer wes rondo made lord chamberlain and heated created a peer r that ho might properly eu the tho tremell dons dOUB dignity 0 of the tho position The Tho job jobs I Is s an easy ono one but there them Is more work attached to it than ban to Uta tiro 0 of lord great chamberlain which Is II a good and sufficient reason according to the ilio Eng English English lish method or of fixing official salaries why hy he should receive less than half halfOR OR ns much pay INSIGNIA TA OF OFFICE ITe Ile sots gots 10 a year Ho Is 2 sup 11 poo d to bo be for tor too tho smooth running or of things U upstairs in Budd Bucking ham Palace except In the iho ryal sleep Ing apartments where heTO the tho first gentle gentleman man of trio bedchamber chambor holds supreme sway swa Ot Of course the tho real roal work ork Is done dona donaby by the permanent underlings who rev re reva a much ch err salaries tho lord does J l stunts ho carries n white staff and a 8 gold ko koy attached to his perron by a t blue rib ribbon bow bon The Tho gold JOld Io key never nover locks or un unlocks unlocks locks anything Below stabs amon among the tho kitchen pots and pans the timo lord Stoward Is the nom 1111 boss hotS Ho frets els mho tho pay ns as the lord II a year The appointment Is IR a political ono one and wh when the tho Liberals came In the tho Earl 0 of Liverpool ha dual to clan out to make mako wa way for fOl Earl Enri Bea As AB III ht the tho lord department the tho real work Is dono dona b by the tho permanent staff Another virtual and the tho b beet t paying or of the tho lot Jot In the kings s house household household hold I him that or of or of the tho horto The salary Is n 1 a year The Tho Earl Eul 0 of Granard who vho happens to bo be rather hard up for or n a per peer ho mar married m ried an Am American l wife found It paid to ho 00 a 11 Liberal when ho received the iho aVI appointment ANOTHER EASY JOB TOB The Tho mastor 0 of the horse halS Is s supposed to lo look after allor the tho royal roal Mows ns livery liv eI ery stables are am caller 1 hero Leto and the tho various equipages of at their It Itis is b doubtful If Imo ho over oer crosses th the threshold ld or of the UIO kings stables ta Any how hIs pay would not be docked If he He is 18 only required to show up on state occasions Whon big functions are under way his majesty Is In charge charse 0 of the lord chamberlain until he leaves the tho door Then the tho master 0 of the tho horse M for tor his bin sacred 1 I person until the tho place 0 of ceremonIal is 18 reached whore the tho earl carl marshal takes him In hand hanl Another roS easy court billet Is that 0 of tho captain 0 of the 1110 yeomen of mime guard The Tho salary Is a a year ear which le Ie first class chase pay considering that the duties of the tho office are aro purly ceremonial an and Involve nothing that IW by IWan an army stretch or of time Ule imagination could bo be regarded as hard hurd work The Tho yeomen o of the tho guard guald In con conjunction junction with the tho constitute trio tho bodyguard or of the tov rov Their costumes and weapons are those of the tho period 0 et Kin King Henry VIII who created them TheIr functions are arc entirely ornamental for or time real reat safeguarding of the tho kin king I is attend attended ed cd to b by Scotland Yard who rho above alt ull things are aro ore ous A ANCIENT CUSTOMS IS Custom requites requires that the captains or of these picturesque lue but useless J walT should be peers Wham Whon the tho Liberal old ad administration mInistration came camo In the tho Duke Duko of Manchester wn was of r tho yeomen or of time the guard hUard The Tho duke duko dukoIt duket It t will bo be married Zimmerman or of CincinnatI and It is supposed that ho took the tho job to 10 show who had ben been ur In ing him to set to work In n America that ho could make mako more money mommy o over r here bore and far rosier easier At t the tho ot of every eory SS ses session sion of parliament the tho yeomen 0 of tho guard under the leadership ot of their noble captain explore the underground pr precincts 0 of St with old ta fashioned horn and antique halberds In search of at a DOi Gu with engines or of luiu thun thunder t der Of course coume the they never discover any dynamite or other eXPlosives but tho pretense or of looking for or thorn has hasto hasto to be kept up bemuse It Is an ancient custom For Far some reason r son that hn has newer nOer been divulged the UIO Duke of re resigned signed ed his hili billet after lelu In Ing one such expedition and doing his hili best to look solemn over It It Is him said that the tho king expressed time opinion a who had had the tho good fortune to marry nn an American heiress was under no 0 of adding to his Income Anyhow the berth was WID be bestowed stowed on Lord who needed the money The captain or of the tho gentle who Jet gets time tho sumo 0 pay is III Lord Lon Donman A DAY FOR F OOt NOTHING The aLso got INt Cd whenever there Is a flange chango of ad J k 6 Ther are seven ven or of thorn ono for every duty In tho iho that except on bIg state occasions when they all have havo to show u aeh ot of them lens to bo be on dut duty only ono one da day In time I For or that the they trio aro paid a year each whIch Is over 67 a lay day for or such Buch apologies for perk O t as they per por perform form onn when whon the they are In iii attendance on the king Nobody will deny eny that their jobs job should bo be classified among time tho soft snaps Time Tho gentleman ot of time tho In tho kings household T hM has an easy JS billet Ho He gets a year for far keeping tut an eye yo on the nine department and seeing to lo It that when drinks lire are called for the supply never run runs J short A tow years ago h ugh Cecil Len Lea who site In parliament for East St SL Pancras startled timo tho house b bt openly charging th that t ote with the tho I generous emoluments or of his j i r r I use uso of It to greatly his Ho said Id that ole acted us as duet agent and tout for a ono one or of the tho biggest firms that he excluded 1 all other othor brands from the royal and Ind b by representing It ns me the tho favorite wino oI of his hili majesty enormously In Increased creased Its stiles IM Ids Lea heel spent several years In where he had acquired the tho habit or of plain speaking regardless of whom It hurt But It hurt Kings Kingscote cote lit only served to provo the strength h or of his pull for fol ho he Is the tho son Hon Honor or of Sir Sh Nigel Cole the or of the tho ro royal ul The chu cs wore never nover denied bulno but no Investigation I followed and amI still his billet ns as also the tho pot post of gen gentleman gentleman usher whatever that mummy may bo be boNot beNot Not only are oro the tho holders holden or of real soft NOtt snap john jobs far al better paid In En England i thAn la In America but UIO they are aro much ti less els liable Hablo to rot gut the tho sack no matter what they do o I SPEAKERS DUTY It would bo be a 11 gross gros exaggeration to lo toI loI I describe b the post of speaker I of the t house of f II I mum a soft snap a But I h work la 11 nol nod nearly us Las arduous as tint that or of the speaker of the house or of for ho he has nothing to todo todo do with le legislation Ile IIo hM has I merel to see to It that the tho rules miles or of orthe the political game are strictly observed ed cd Ito IIo is II paid 2000 a year and I provided with II a handsome suite 0 of ofa a apartments to live In and n a special to attend allend him when ho he moves moos shout In his official grown to keo It from getting tangled Ull In hla hie leSS legs When hIJII ho he tires times or of tho he can jump Into a sort soft snap rIght ol offra peor peerage Jo witha pension or of a year ear for the tho rest reet of his life J ii w But BUl there thero ore are man many easy jobs at to the house 0 of commons Tho has hns little to lo do ex copt toto tolo the mace to tho tt table blo and back lie He gets n year lr and a suite sullo or of apartments apartment In the house rent free He Is garbed In n n a black court Hlll atilt with knee knoo breeches silk stockings and amid sliver buckled shoes ho an and a little sword nt al his hili side To assist ol him and keep him him from feeling lone lonesome some somo there thero Is a deputy sergeant who gets n a year and nn an assistant sergeant who Is III paid The softest sn LT among the tho of the tho house or of lords R Is him that of the I gentleman ush usher l or of the tho black rod so mn called de because u his J rl staff of office is 8 a little ebony wand a He Is so a species e o of glorified mew eager and Is Invested with no end of dignity When hen ho passes through the corridors be tween mho tho two houses the polka call lI j M I i upon all strangers to do him by theil limits He gets a year eal and his chief duty Is II 10 tos un s mon coon the tho and commas tl time tho upper house on a ROD REBUFFED When hon he appears nt at the door of lb house of commons a takes t place The e g n i i y ways slams t the doer hr his the Is supposed to signify that the ic co comons x moms mons will brook no I d then theIr rights mind amI privileges by II 1 vom When hen the lh door has hIlS been e G Black Rod knocks knock humbly upon t throe tines Then the tho sergeant arms opens R a little wicket gate gU peering through h It Il what l d t of the row or words wor s tl to effect Black Black Roil Rod explains and Is S ltd admitted d j f k s1 W |
