Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1912 — HIS BREACH OF ETIQUETTE [ARTICLE]

HIS BREACH OF ETIQUETTE

Incident, Seemingly Small In Itself, but Led to the Resignation of Multy Millions. Elisha Dyer, the wit and cotillion leader, said on the Kaiser Wilhelm H., apropos of court etiquette: “Court etiquette is, after all, very like ordinary etiquette—the laws of common sense govern it. “Did you ever hear how Multy Millions lost his under secretaryship at our legation in London? Multy deserved his fate. His common sense waa lamentably lacking. “It happened years and years ago; King Edward had just come into his own, and Multy Millions was dining for the first time at Buckingham Palace. “The dinner was a state one. The splendid gold plate from Windsor glittered on table and sideboard. To ' Multy, when the entrements came on, the deaf Queen Alexandra said: “ ‘How long have you been living abroad, Mr. Millions?* “ ‘Four years, ma’am,’ Multy replied in a loud voice—for he knew enough, of course, to speak high and to say ‘ma'am.’ “ ‘What ? I did not hear,* said Queen Alexandra. " ‘Pour years, ma’am,’ Multy shouted. “But she repeated: ‘What?’ “Then Multy leaned forward, and, with a politev and amiable smile, he waved four fingers to and fro before queen Alexandra’s face. “He resigned the next morning.”