Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-15
The Swedish king.
Stockholm Correspondence New York Tribune.


To be king of Sweden, with it's 1850, 600 in
habitants, and of Norwey. with it's 1900, 900, is,
from the point of salary, very nice business, as
the civil lists from both countries give an income
Of about $3.50, 600. The loyal folk ought to be
satisfied; but they aren't, as the Norwegian gov
eminent recently made repeated demands upon
the "Stor~Thing"' to donate about $4,000 more
yearly to the crown prince. The "Stor- Thing"
or Norwegian Parliament, has just as many
times rejected the proposition, whereby it seems
that the sturdy people on the west side of the
mountains think that they pay their royalty
we'll enough. Add to the above that the royal
family has besides the royal castle at Stock
holm, with its 600 rooms, the use of yet
another spacious palace in the capital for the
oldest of the heirs-at-law to the throne not
being the crown prince or his son, and in the
vicinity Of Stockholm the country palaces of
Resendal Haga U1riksdal. Drottnngholm,
Rosersberg, Svartsjo and StrOmshOlm; in the
southern provinces those of Herrevad's Abbey
and BeckaskOg. together with SOphiero, the
kings private property and in Norway, besides
the royal castle at Christiania. another smaller
palace IN the same town and the country pal
aces Of Uskarshall. and it must be admitted that
family of ten members is uncommonly we'll
housed, be the family yet royal one OF the
Swedish naturaIized branch Of the Bernadotte
family at present, the king, the queen and their
three younger sons are living at the summer
palace, ROsendal, about two miles from Stock
holm; the crown prince, with wife and baby
boy, are irving the qualities OF some medical
springs IN Germany and the Princess Eugene
the kings sister, with the Duchess Dowager
Of Dalekariein. are sOjourning in the island of
Gotland. in the Baltic.
Corresponding with the remarkable running
about propensities Of the king is his habit of
early rising when at home. At about O'clock
in the morning he is on horseback, and accom-
panied by his adjutants he takes a trOt round
the deer park or to the drill place of his Lite
Guards returning to Rosendal at about g. The
Princes Charles and Eugene, the third and
fourth Of his sons, are then of to their garrison
duties. and about 8, when the pretty but sickly
queen is arisen. he in her company takes break
the newspapers Daily Journal, or Dag
btadn. being. 1t Is said, his favOrte among the
Swedish. He reads his mail and confers either
with the secretaries of the State Departments or
with the officers Of his court up to o'clock,
when aluncheOn Is partaken Of by the whole fam
lily. In the afternoon everybody does as he likes,
the king generally spending his time upon lit
erary pursuits, as he does couple of hours in
the morning before he takes his trip on horse
back. At 6 o'clock dinner is served, to which
generally several higher civil and military
officers are invited "by royal order" At 10 they
partake of a light supper. and for about an hour
the members of the royal family proper are pri-
vately together discussing the events of the day.
family matters. etc. At about 10 a. m. the queen,
the weather permitting, takes an airing in a
carriage with four horses and attended by one
or two OF her ladies OF honor in the deer park.
the servants generally dressed in the half-dress
of the court livery, the life groom, however with
an ostrich feather about three feet high in his
cap. Whatever her simplicity of manners so
much spoken OF, may be, the queen will not par
NIT an iota of the royal hOnors due her to be
omitted when out OF the castle.