King George's Ridiculous Plan to
Destroy "American Frivolity" and
Sober Down
Quoen Mary May Even Weave Another
Bayeux Tapestry. Here the Artist Gives a
Hint of How the Picture of the Kingj Of.
ficial "Grower" in Action Might Be Woven.
His, Court
by Reviving
Ceremonies That
Impose All Sorts
of Barbarous
and Indelicate
Duties on
the Nobility
London, Aug. 3.
THE King and Queen of England
have embarked on a great
campaign to restore mediaeval
court ceremonies and to discourage
frivolous modern social customs.
King George attends to reviving
ancient ceremonies, while Queen
Mary sets her face against Buch
modern Innovations as hobble skirts
end tango dancing.
; The royal policy Is directed more
or less ognlnst American hostesses
who are at tile head of everything
that Is ultra-modern In English so
ciety. It Is known that Qneen Mary
strongly disapproves of the giddier
American social leaders. The re
establlshment of aonie ancient court
customs will, It Is believed, entail
duties which will make American
heiresses shrink from marrying
British noblemen, or from appearing
at court if they have already mar
ried them.
Our lively, up-to-date American
peeresses under this reactionary sys
tem may be required to perform all
sorts of primitive barbarous duties
ana to stand about the court In
"Anglo-Saxon attitudes" as "Alice in
Wonderland" expressed It.
How could an American girl reared
In the lap of luxury endure having to
stand ready to hand the Queen her
clothes when she gets up in the
morning, to taste her food before It
Is sent to the table, to sit under the
table with the crumbs and bones,
perhaps, and to perform many offices
which would be even more embar
rassing to a sensitive person than
any of these things?
The King has begun by restoring
some of the ancient -ceremonial con-
the right shoulder, saying, "Arise,
Sir John," or whatever his name
might be. When the knight had
arisen the King embraced him, say
ing, "Be thou a good and true
knight!"
The new knight was then taken
back to the chapel, where he offered
his sword at the altar. On leaving the
chapel he was met by -the King's
cook with a chopper, who demanded
his spurs. The knight had to re
deem them with money. Every
article of his clothing was claimed
by some official of the court In
similar fashion. Whenever the knight
disgraced 'himself the King's cook
was ordered to chop off his spurs.
A bath was last used at the installa
tion of a knight In 1610. The ancient
ceremony has been partly restored by
King George.
Many existing court offices, such as
"Mistress of the Robes," "Lady of
the Bed Chamber," and so forth, now
held by British Duchesses and
Countesses, originally reauired their
holders to perform the services in-
would have been unthinkable to whla
the King's son.
The office of whipping boy was
considered a very desirable one for
a young gentleman of good family.
If It were revived perhaps our
American Duchess of Marlborough
would like one of her two sons to
take the posltionl
On great public occasions a woman
of rank performed the office of
"Ilerbstrewer to the Queen." Her
duty was to strew aromatic herbs to
protect Her Majesty from the strong
odor of the faithful commons.
Still more peculiar was the office
of "King's Crower." This dlgnlflea
functionary had to crow like a roos
ter by the King's bedside at every
hour of the night during Lent. The
custom was only discontinued la the
reign of George II.
Another functionary, known as "the
King's Head Holder." had' the privi
lege of holding His Majesty's head
when His Majesty was seasick.
There were corresponding offices of
a somewhat different character con-
dicated by the titles. Queen Maryvnected with the Queen's person.
Kissing was Indulged in much more
publicly and promiscuously at court
in former days than at present. The
King, instead of merely receiving the
obeisances of debutantes, kissed
them heartily ori both cheeks. The
chronicler Stow tells us how thor
oughly King, Henry VIII. observed
this custom. Whether Queen Mary
will permit the revival of this In
teresting fashion remains to be seen.
nected with the installation of cnal" kneeled the Earl of March.
Dvcyuo m ilia iiBUU, U1Q
Earl Marshal, Ttneeling on the left'
side, held another, and the Countess
of Kent sat under the table at her
right foot."
Can you Imagine that lovely little
American peeress. Lady Decies, for
merly Miss Vivien Gould, sitti nor lin
gered. It was founded in 1309, and er the royal table near the royal
Its earliest members were knlsrhfcs 6etT
Knight of the Bath. The Order of
the Bath ranks next in age and
dignity to the Order of the Garter.
The Garter is conferred solely on
account of the rank of the recipient,
while the Bath is given to dis
tinguished members of the army, navy
and civil service for services ren-
who had returned from the East, and
there became familiar wim the pleas
ant custom of bathing, which, before
hat, was hardly known In England.
The Knights of the Garter have a
fceautlful chapel at Windsor, where
each has aetall, and where their In
stallations take place. The Knights
f the Bath have bad no chapel and
no adequate ceremonies for nearly a
hundred years. King George has had
restored to them for this purpose
the beautif hi Henry VII. chapel In
Westminster Abbey, which, they for
merly used.
In the ancient ceremony of Installa
tion, as described by Frolssart, each
new knight was undressed and placed
in a bath prepared by the King's
barber, who received the candidate's
clothes as a tip. '
The knight was removed from the
water with the words, "May this be
an honorable bath to you," and
placed, wet and naked, to dry on a
bed without curtains. When he was
dry he was arrayed In a monk's robe
end conducted, barefoot, to the
chapel by "two of the gravest knights
about the court"
In the chaiel he offered a war
taper to God and a penny in honor
tof the sovereign, and was left on his
hcnees in prayer till the following
fcornlng, when, after being clothed
in rich apparel, "long green coat, the
sleeves whereof were cut straight and
jfurred with miniver, with great
jhoods furred In the same manner.
Efter the fashion used by prelates,'
he was led into the presence of the
King, his sp-JS Banging to the hilt
of his sword.
Lady Decies, Formerly Mies J l J
Vivien Gould, Whose Sturdy I
Americanism Would Refuse
to Accept Any of the Humil- V p t 7
iating and Ridiculous Offices I f'tfA J
That King George aad Queea j $ .
Mary W C"
Propose J tj .
to Inflict Vf 1
Upon S3
Their Vj I
Courtiers. JF v.- 11
l fJ" 'i 1 .... ik' MlL
Nfr;rfiN Saw
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"When Queen (Catherine of Valois, wife of Henry V., dineo
the Earl of March knelt at the right side of her chair hold
ing a sceptre, the Earl Marshal knelt at the left holding
another and the Countess of Kent sat under the table at
her right foot. Imagine that lovely American Peeress, Lady
Decies, formerly Miss Vivien Gould, sitting under Queen
Mary's Table!" Another Bayeux Tapestry Suggestion.
would revive the ancient duties as
far as possible.
How would that dashing American
girl, the. Duchess of Roxburghe, for
merly Miss Goelet like to stand by
the Queen's bedside early on a Win
ter's morning and hand Her
Majesty her clothes as she required
them?
The character of these personal'
services may be Judged from the fol
lowing passage from Stow, the
famous old English chronicler, de
scribing the coronation banquet of
Katharine of Valols, Queen of King
Henry V.
"The feast was great, with all
princely services. The Queen sat at
table, and at the right side of her
Perhaps the most unpleasant of the
many duties "required of the earlier
Kings of England by tradition was
the practise of touching diseased per
sons to cure them. The King's touch
was supposed to be a speclfio cure
for scrofula, which was then called
"the King's evil," and It was also re
quested by sufTerers from many
diseases. Consequently a benevolent
King was called upon to lay his hands
upon a swarm of filthy people suf
fering from every imaginable dis
ease. Several Kings probably met
their death through infection ac
quired in this way.
The chronicler Stow gives the fol
lowing remarkable account of the
laying of hands on a sufferer as prac
tised by King Edward the Confessor:
"A certain woman, married, but
without children, had a disease about
her Jawes, and under her c he eke, ilka
unto kernels, which they termed
akornes, and this disease so cor
rupted her face with stench, that she
coulde scarce without shame speake
to "any man. This woman was ad
monished in her sleeps to goe to
King Edwarde, and get him to washe
her face with water, and shee shoulde
bee whole.
"To the Court shee came; and the
King bearing of this matter, dis
dained not to doe it ; having a basin
of water brought unto him, hee
dipped bis hand therein, and washed
the womanne's face, and touched the
diseased place; and this hee did
often times, sometimes also signing It
with the signe of the Crosse, which
after hee hadde thus washed it, the
hard crust or sklnne was softened,
and dissolved; and drawing his hand
by divers of the holes, ont of the ker
nels came little wormea, wEere'at
they were full with corrupt matter
and blood, the King still pressed If
with his handes to bring forth the
corruption, and disdained sot to .
suffer the stench of the disease, un
til hee hadde brought forth all the
corruption with pressing; this done
hee commanded her a sufficient al- "
lowance every day for all things
necessary untlll she hadde received
perfect health, which was within
weeke after."
Men and women of high rank
waited upon the King and Queen aft
table. At some periods they stood!
behind the royal chairs, while at'
other times the King even required
them to serve him kneeling. Wa
read this curious account ox how thtt f
food fas served at the coronation)
banquet of Queen Anne:
"The Lord the Server, with th
. Lord his assistant, went to the
dresser of the kitchen, where the
Master of the Horse to Her Majesty
as Sergeant of the Silver Scullery
called for a dish of meat, wiped the
bottom of the dish and likewise the
cover within and without, took' -assay
of that dish, and covered it, -then
delivered that dish and the rest '
of the hot meat to the Gentlemen .
Pensioners, who carried it to the
Queen's table and placed thereon is
was by the Lord Carver, with the helm
of the Lord the Server and his as
Blatant." - .
These menial services had then?
compensations, for after a rw aJ-baa-quet
one noble lord would claim all
the silver, another all the furniture,
another all the wine left, and a gal
Knt knight would not disdain to sale
Down to the time of King
Henry VIII. a "whipping boy"
was kept for each of the
younger boys in the royal
family. When the Prince of
Wales misbehaved himself
the whipping to which his
conduct entitled him was
oestowed on this boy. It
My Secrets o Beauty.
By MME. LINA CAVALIERI, the Most Famous Living: Beauty,
'HSaving the Beauty of Your Mouth.
the price he charges. Some of the
worst work I have known has been
done by a very workmanlike high
priced man who prides himself on
being the fastest worker in all New;.
York.
Dr. - Murphy, the great Chicago;;
surgeon, hearing a younger physician ;
boastlnfc of the speed with which he?
performed major operations, re
marked: "An operation Is done"
quickly enough when it is done ,
right!" This Is equally true of den
tistry. Your dentist should be not
merely a "tooth carpenter," but aa .
architect of the "Jaws.' which ln
volves considerable deliberation. ,
All Hps should be red, more or lesa
red, never too red nor too pale.,
The art of the attractive woman con ,
slsts In ascertaining and realizing
Just that exact note of roslness.'
which agrees best with the general '
coloring of the face, and which com- ,
pletes It, dominates it, without, e. .
aggeratlng It. )
Many use a "rose pomade" to,
make their lips red. But the pom-"
ades usually sold are by no means '
safe. For this reason it' is well to)
know how to make one for yourself,,
. and then you are certain that it con
tains nothing caustlo or injurious.
Here is the formula for one' which)
is easy to prepare and which I use:!,
Oil of sweet almonds.. 125 grammes
White wax .' 60 grammes .
Powdered alkanet .... 13 grammes
Oil of roses........... IS crops "
To avoid ehapped lips, nsvsr gq
out in Winter before you have pow
dered the lips with glycerated
staroh. The rosy pomades also pre
serve the lips from chapping. Herat
is a white pomade very easy to mako!
at home: ' ' 1 , f
The KingT after girding on the "As the starting point of his campaign to take England back to the Middle Ages, King George has restored much of the
light's swo'rd, bade him kneel, and quaint ceremonial connected "with the installation of Knights of the Order of the Bath."Bayeux Tapestry Style.
Lth his own" Wor4-struct Mia on " ", ,. . . v , - , -
knight1
DTD you know that an artist can
make a woman's portrait look
ten years younger by the
simple expedient of lifting the cor
ners of hex mouth, or make her as
much older (which, of. course, he
never does) by drooping them ever
so little? That indicates In a way
how Important the mouth Is.
Oh, the sins of omission and com
mission that are perpetrated In our
childhood against, the mouth mostly
through neglect or stupid care of
the teeth. The Hps and cheeks can
only be beautiful when they are
shaped and sustained by a full and
even set of teeth.
If there are gaps in the row or if
some press forward and others back,
like soldiers out of line, then you
cannot posibly be the possessor of a
pretty mouth, and therefore, no mat
ter what flatterers tell you, you are
not a pretty woman.
Of course, regulation of the teeth
should be done in childhood. It is
unpleasant for the child, a source
of irritation to its nerves and an out
rageous strain on the pocketbook of
the parents, but It must be done.
For some reason regulation of child
ren's teeth costs beyond all excuse
or reason. It is a little specialty of
its own, but it requires less knowl
edge and intelligence and skill than
any other branch of dentistry.
The neglect of the past can be
remedied to a great extent by a care
ful, conscientious dentist Bridge
work will span gaps and all out
sunken cheeks and the lines and
wrinkles which they induce. Teeth
can be made to meetoppostng teetE,
as nature Intended, instead of pok
ing each other out of their natural
places, as is so frequently the case.
Be sure your dentist is a good
one, and don't be unduly Impressed ;
thejipeed at which he works or;
,011 of sweet almond.. fcO grammes
White spermaceti 50 grammes
Virgin wax ,.... (0 gramme
Candy sugar ..,f .60 grar"."-
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