Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1911 — Armchair Etiquette. [ARTICLE]

Armchair Etiquette.

The question of an armchair was once a matter of high state in the fortunes of Prussia. This was in the year 1606, when the Elector Frederick on visiting at The Hague that Prince of Orange whom his father and he had beeri instrumental in raising to the dignity of king as William 111 of England was informed that during the interview the king would be seated on an armchair of state, while he (the elector) would be accommodated with an ordinary settle or stool. In great dudgeon (as Mr. Brayley Hodgetts recalls in “The House of Hobenzollem”) the elector rejoined that if he was not worthy of an armchair his troops had at least been thought good enough to assist the Prince of Orange to mount the royal throne of England. Finally a compromise was effected, and the two sovereigns conversed with one another standing.