WHAT ARE THEY TO DO?
...London, is reported to be holding up its nands in astonishment over tho spectacle of Now York gone "duke-mad," writes a correspondent of tho Now York "Evening Post," in defence of his countrymen. New York society, blandly remarks ono newspaper,. is not used to dukes, and its excitement seems strange to democratic Britons/to whom the very word has'become a term of opprobrium. • We are not concerned to defend New York "society," but it is the simple truth that its unfam'iliarity with dukes has not prevented matrimonial alliances between them and some of its members. But there'is a real problem in this matter of our attitude toward representatives of royalty. If we do not appear excited over them,
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1384, 9 March 1912, Page 11
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122WHAT ARE THEY TO DO? Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1384, 9 March 1912, Page 11
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