The Glamor of Position.
By Editor
A late Catholic Mirror, referring to the recent visit of Prince Louis to these shores, ridicules the senseless wish to see him. It concludes: “Prince Louis was all right, in fact, he was far more democratic than we, at times, and it is a pity that we allowed his title to cause us such evident palpitation of the heart. It only goes to show what a hold the glamor of royalty and the fascination for brass buttons and gold braid has upon us—rank-scourning people that we are. It will not become us in the future to criticize the English for not doing away with the king and electing a president.” It is a childish trait to love gay uniforms, brass buttons, and pomp and show. Many a maiden would make a fool of herself over a man in military or street-car uniform, when she would not speak to him in ordinary civilian dress. It is to this weakness of humanity that Roman Catholicism with its ornate services appeals. The Mirror ought to rejoice to see this pitiable weakness increasing among the people. They are in thus doing making material for Roman Catholic converts.