New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-05
THE HEIRS or BERNADOITE.
PERSONAL TRAITS OF THE SWEDISH ROYAL
FAMILY.

FAMILY.
TrRoN AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE IhiBuNEl
STOCKHOLM, July 10.-A notable wanderer
Is King Oscar You be sure where to hpo nun
aurine summer time in his two Kingdoms To-day ne Is
nerbaps IN Stockholm tomorrow he ia inspecting
connie of military camps twenty five miles apart ana
more than a hundred miles distant from the caPita.
The day after you will hear Of him from somewhere our
On the east coast where he is inspecting fortress OF
mau-of-var or is on a fishing hunting expedition
connie OF DAYS afterward he Ia mics away, opening Hn
agricultural fair something in that ne running away
after splendid aud costly public dinner there py speo
train TO Chrstiania 20 the mountains OF DoFre' VI
Norwav for hunting reindeer. don't believe there Is
n reieuing monarch in Chrstendom that personally Is
an we'll ACQUAINTED with everything and eyeryb IN
b,s kingdoms as the present King OF Sweden ana NOR
yav aud IN this respect his subjects are indebted TO MS
incessant travels and marvellous memory.
To be King of Sweden with Its 4,6oOOOo inhaoi'anu
and Of Norway with its 300 900. IT, from the point OF
salary very nice business the civil lists from both
couptr,es give an income OF about s3s0Ooo The roya
folk ought 10 satisfied but they aren't ee VIC No
weciap Government recently made repeated DEMANDS
upou the stor-TbDg" 10 donste about Slo'oOV moie
YEARLY 10 the Crown Prince. The "stor'1hng' or Nvf
we gian Parliament, has just a. many times 'So
proposton whereby 1t that the sturdy people on
the es. side OF the noun think that they pay their
ROYALTY well enough. Add 10 the above That ihe roya
family has besides the royal castle at st"ckhoim Win
its 600 rooms the OF yet ano her spacious phoe W
The capital for the Oldest Of the the throne
mt being the Crown Prince his son. ana In the vicn
,tv Of stockholm the country palaces OF Rosenda Haga
Tlrfk,dal. Drot,nIngholm. Rosenberg, syartAto and
s,ronsnolm IN the southern provinces those OF Here
yads Abbey and Bsckeskog together WITH sophero inc
Kings private property and in Norway pes'ues tAc
r.ya castle at Chrsuana, another an ser paiace 10 I'M
same town and the country palaces Of Osksrhsl' ana
II must be admitted that family OF ten members Is uh
commonly well housed be the family yet royal one
OF the swedish nsturalzed branch OF the befnadotte
family at present the King the Queen ana ther 'h'ee
voungsr sons are living a, the palace, Roscnda
about two miles from Stockholm; the crown f1hee'
with wife ana baby boy trying the qualities OF soe
medical springs In Germany, and the Princess Eugene
tbe Kings sister with the DuehessDowaser OF Dfe-
HARLEM are seoarnng In tie island Of ootiand, IN the
Battle
corrcspouding with the remarkable rupuins-aeouf,
propeBsiiies Of the King hs habit OF early sing wen
a. home Al about O'Clock IN the morning ne u On
horseback and, accompanied by bsadDuauis ne taxes
trot round the park or 10 the drill place OF hs s
Cuards returning to Rosendal at about g. The Princes
ha,les and Eugene the third aud fourth OF his sous
arc then or TO their garrison duties and about D. "sen
the pretty but sickly Queen is arisen be IN her com
many takes breakfast, after which be very dhgcnuy
scrutnizes the newspapers, Ths Dany journal
Dagssda being reads 'al no. m All aud 'G cone
% tber with the secretaries Of The state departments
nv n The officers vi Court 10
srnnon syerybody does a. likes, the King generally
=: s ne moas s as
on horseback AT o'clock dinner served. 70 wnisn
several yva ssev psrke o.
supper for about hour the members OF inc
family proper are privately together discussing Tue
events OF the DAY. family matters eic. Al ABOUT IVA ~
the Queen, the weather permitting, taxes an airing W
carriage win four horses ana attended by one or TWO
OF her aoles honor In the deer park tue servants
generally dressed IN the hafdrcss OF the Court nvery
Inc life erovD however, witt an Ostrieh Ieatber ABOUT
three high Ia his cap Whatever her slDphcly oi
permit OF the royal honors due her To be omttea
| when out Of the castle. 49, -
once IN a while some OF the liberal newspapers arc
/ terribly outspoken Forty years ago an editor nh
lug lines which quote from current journal, wouia
\ have been thrown into dungeon, ana aIter MOCK
trial. or even without that, made an exile Tor NE
"A weakness very often adherng 10 the hlbtorlog-
| raphers ~ their desire TO attribute 10 the Kings
| the honor OF everything done during their reigns
worth mentioning IL scarcely the trdtb II the days
OF Old when iathery, patrarchal kind OF relgung
Dy tue grace of God applied on the largest scale
and In our days the positive influence OF the nonarchs
OF the political sphere proper seems TO De yanisnlng
liz Email Everywhere the people are the most thankful
when the regiUnQ bes de down their directing
ATTEMPTS within the limits Of strictly abefaplng from
lingering the keyboard OF the state piano, aud nc
warmer acknowledgements ARE given them than when
they have the great merit OF not putting themselves IN
the way OF progress and when they simply with grac
look down upon the endeaVors OF Others w
the service Of civilization. Their natural role is nova
generally that Of encOuragerg, not that OF creams
| power" 80
such strains now are sounded very often by the liberia
trumpcts OF Sweden around the decayiDg walls Of t'
| royal jericho.
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