| Show I Proud Amer American can Peeresses May Become W Waitresses ail esses toI to I I King r- r George V Talks of Reviving Old Customs London Sept 25 King King George Geoge V Vor of or England and his wife are aro said tobe tobe to tobe be planning to deal a cruel crud blow to American p peeresses eres en The American ln women who marry English h titles are altogether too frivolous and ul ultramodern ultramodern ul- ul tra modern think their royal highnesses high high- nesses So they have havo been very ery active active fiCtive ac fiC- ac- ac tive thinking up means of discouraging discouraging discouraging aging aging- lively American heiresses from marrying English dukes and earls carls Tho The plan that they are saId Bald to have hit upon is to restore medieval al court ceremonies Up-to-date Up Tan Yan Yankee lee kee girls never could stand this The They love titles and the social prestige prestige pres pres- tige the titles brinK bring but tho the Idea of oC taking part In the barbarous court ceremonies of ot tho the middle ages does docs not appeal to them at all For Instance how could tho the proud VI l Vivian ln Gould who is 18 now Lad Lady Dodos Do Do- dos cbs endure having to stand ready to h hand tho the queen quean her clothes when whon the tho latter arises on a n. cold winter morning morningto to taste to her food tood It Itis ItIs Itis is sent to th tho royal table to be a A. waitress to her highness at dinner or possibly sit under tho the table with t the crumbs and the bones hUe tho the queen munches her hor lobster and chicken a a. la Ia king That's tho the way things went oot In the middle ages and King ICing George Gcorge has hasa a notion it would be a pretty prett good goodway goodway goodway way for tor things thinKS to go new Out with these moderns and all aM their foolish h notions In tho the good old days a a. whipping bo boy was as kept for tor each of or tho the younger bo boys of the royl roal f family When hon tho the Prince of ot Wales ate ato green apples contrary to his hla parents parents' wishes wisheR or otherwise misbehaved himself the whipping whipping- to which his conduct entitled him would be visited visited vis- vis vis Is upon tho the whipping bo boy who was generally the son of ot a peer It has been suggested that In case caso old customs are all revived the delightful delight delight- ful and useful position of or whipping v. bo boy be tendered to one of ot tho the two sons of ot the tho Duchess of bou bough gli On great reat public occasions some proud peeress performed the office of ot to the queen It was hor her Job to strew aromatic herbs to protect her majesty from Crom the great unwashed Wh Why It ha has been asked should not the tho dainty Lady Ashburton who was formerly Miss Frances Francos Donelly of Now New York be bc given ven this useful and antI dignified position Of ot course If It the oJ old ceremonies are revived others beside American S 4 A t 4 i fu P f n A A AI tIU EP 4 d I t c r f c 7 jn I ISS IS'S S'S 5 I L S Duchess of s 1 m T Ti u A 1111 1 Tl peeresses will get the chanco chance to take tale part in them For Instance there thoro iras as as th the kings s crower whose business It was t as to crow like lIte g r J a n. rooster b by the kl kings king's s 's b bedside at every even hour of or tho the night ht during during- L Lent nt Another functionary known as tho the head holder had Wi lUll U J. the rare privilege of oC holding the kin kings king's S head when tho the latter was sea sea- sick These positions of or course could hardly be given to peeresses |
