| Show AMERICANS APING ROYALTY WHITHER ara are we drifting when one sees the lie developments taking place in religion in society and in politics the above question naturally suggests itself but alt the news recently reported from new york completely overshadows everything heretofore published of an innovatory character that is that american women are adorning tham themselves selves with crowns y ye 64 real unmistakable crowns not blira tiaras or turbans or any such mock imitations of european royalty the new york world describes the crown worn ara by mrs W K vanderbilt Vanderbil tat at the opera a few evenings evening ago it was an exact duplicate of the british crown it was made in london last summer and cost the jeweler who made it had fears about vulgarizing vulgar izing queen victorias victorians royal symbol but a good price subdued his political scruples I 1 mra mr vanderbilt has two crowns the one mentioned and another bought from it german princess a few years ago she does not wear the german crown very often because its former owner was both obscure and impecunious the london made crown is a thing of beauty and in this the he lady likes to make a grand display it is an artir artitia art itic tic arrangement of pearls and diamonds and rises from the head in stately graceful plot picturesque fashion two other ladles ladies wore crowns at the opera last jut week they were mrs mra ogden mills and mrs dr seward beward webb but their crowns were mere vulgar affairs compared to the vander bilt diadena dia deni however they are war ranted to be sv superior perlor in texture and in fabrication to any worn by the one horse kings of europe all these crowns weye were brought over from europe last summer and entered this country free of duty what will the tariff advocates say to wit Is mrs Vander bilts gewgaw lio to be admitted duty free and the two dol lar woolen shirt of her coachman to be taxed 40 per cent cant the wearing of these crowns Is excia i ng much comment some of the more fashionable clubs in new york are talking critically of the innovation what would andrew jackson or thomas jefferson or patrick henry say to such arrogant assumptions of royal appendages on the part of american women what do we say ourselves simply that such doings if persisted in will lead to a repetition of the horrors of the french revolution on this continent the people may smile at present and indulge ina in a joke over this mock royalty but jokes and smiles will not bo be the only expression of the popular sentiment it is stated that mrs vanderbilt diw was sorely annoyed when told that queen victoria wore her crown at the opening of parliament only or on very important state occasions our american queena Quee nl has no parliament to open but she might assist at the dedication of a new freight house oi 01 passenger depot and then wear her crown what with this rage on the part of american women for aping royalty for marrying european counts and for displaying their hoarded or inherited wealth our country is assuming an attitude that threatens to subvert old in and obliterate old customs this ador adoration atlon of wealth ought to be stopped this worship of the dollar is a curse the query how much lo is he worth should be set aside and the question what is in him be substituted republican publican lie institutions cannot nourish flourish and continue by the side of mock queens fustian lords and purse proud plutocrats |
