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FHEKLAND. DL'X'KM HKLT 30, 18SI5.
The Mania for Titles.
it is suggested by Mr. Henry Labou
ehere, the London newspaper man, that
if American heiresses find titles indis
pensable the United States government
might be doing wisely to create a home
supply of titles to fill the demand.
Says Mr. Labouchere:
"The mania for titles inherent in the
Anglo-Saxon it is vain to contend
against. But the matter is somewhat
serious to the United States. That
country must be a great loser through
the accumulations of its wealth cross
ing the Atlantic. If this continues
the United States will do well to manu
facture the coveted article at home,
for it is a wooden nutmeg thut is easily
;bought. The existence of titles, it is
true, is not in accordance with the sim
plicity of republican institutions, hut
in view of the heavy drain this might,
he overlooked, and the parents of any
girl might be allowed to buy her a title,
say for one million dollars."
There does not seem to be any real
reason, however, why the government
need take action in this matter. To car
ry out Mr. Labouchere's pian to its
plainly logical conclusion it would
merely be necessary for every American
subject to select whatever title suited
his fancy and adopt it. Let the plan be
thorough. It would cost nothing for
any man to style himself a "duke" or
"viscount," and having called himself
such it would take all the logicians of
Europe to prove that lie was not quite
ns good a duke as any of the dukes of
effete Europe. Better irtill, p;i-s an act
of congress creating every American j
boy from the time of his birth an earl
and every girl a duchess. With some
thing over sixty-five million dukes and
duchesses in the country who would
care to go abroad for tinsel honors?
Fun for (lie GiiostH.
Nothing is half so funny as a young
bridal couple trying to look old and not
giving away the fact that they are a
bride and groom. Usually their efforts
only make it more noticeable. Such
was the case with a young couple
the other evening at dinner. They
arrived in the night and avoided at
tracting attention from the guests, but
the next duj r a gentleman asked the
clerk to have o, bunch of white roses
placed upon the table at which this
couple sat. The clerk waited until
they had gone into the dining-room
and then sent the beautiful bouquet
fn. The waiter, with all the pomp of
his profession, placed the-roses In the
middle of the table. The bride blushed
and the groom looked as if he were
making a desperate effort to quote
Scripture backward. Finally, so em
barrassing did the situation become,
that the groom, in a wild effort to re
move the cause, grabbed the bouquet
and set It down 011 the floor. Natural
ly, the guests enjoyed the seene, and to
see a young bridal couple sitting at a
table with a large bouquet of white
roses sitting 011 the floor beside them
only made their efforts not to give
themselves away the more ridiculous.
Newly wedded people should be
licensed to carry firearms and be privi
leged to use them on such occasions.
FOR the first tir.ie since the war the
state bonds of Louisiana sold at par
u few days ago. This is an advance ir.
credit most encouraging 1o that state,
which lias paid a heavy por.nltv for its
repudiation policy. Its credit is not
yet fully reestablished, for its bonds
which bring four per cent, ought to
bring a premium. Many of the discred
ited obligations of Louisiana have been
disposed of by compromise or other
wise, and the interest on the present
debt has been promptly paid for twelve
years, so that the improvement in the
state's credit is deserved.
IISTT XAI KWANG, the Chinese consul
general in New York, who has aroused
the antagonism of his fellow-country
men there, is reported to be a tremen
dous aristocrat. lie is of lofty lineage
and great wealth. He is fully aware of
his vast importance in the universe
and is haughty and unapproachable.
His wife is a charming little woman
who has become a mother since she re
sided in that city.
EVEN the most dignified personages
may with due decorum mount the
wheeled steed and "scorch" to and
from their high offices. It is reported
that Justice White, of the United States j
supreme court, rides a bicycle to and j
from the enpifol.
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