The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-26
HOBBIES QUEER AND VARIOUS.

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HOBBIES QUEER AND VARIOUS.
A very peculiar hobby was that Of
an old woman who had been employed
at court in the capacity of nurse and
who had a most extensive collection of
pieces Of wedding cake. The cakes to
which the fragments belonged had
been cut at the marriages of the high
est in the land. The place of honor
was given to a portion of Queen Vic
toria'S wedding cake and nearly every
royal marriage that had occurred since
the accession of William ", was re-
presented in this curious collection.
M. Nestor Roqueplan, a Frenchman
Of letters, was collector Of warming
pans and devoted a. gallery in his
house to this article of furniture where
visitors might enjoy the pleasure of be-
holding the identical warming pans
that had aired the beds of such cele-
brities as Queen Mary of Scotland,
Catherine de Medici, Gabriel d'Estrees,
Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. de Fontange
and other noted personages.
Lord Petersham, a noted dandy in
his day, had a hobby for walking
sticks and also for various kinds of
tea and snuff. All around his sitting
room were shelves. those upon one side
laden with canisters of Souchong,
Bohea, Congou, Pekoe, Russian and
other varieties of tea. The shelves OBJ
posite were decorated with handsome
jars containing every kind of snuff
while snuff-boxes lay here, there and
everywhere. Lord Petersham prided
himself on possessing the most mag
nificent array Of boxes to be found in
Europe and was supposed to have a
fresh snuff-box for every day in the
year.
Another eccentric F'renchman was a
bean enthusiast. He wrote a book
upon the history of haricots and their
influence upon humanity; and rejoiced
in collecting beans from all quarters Of
the globe and carefully labelling and
arranging them. Some of the speci-
mems were very valuable, having cost
as much as 500 francs. His death was
hastened by the mysterious disappear
ance Of some Japanese beans, upon
which he set especial value.
Count Henry Won Bruhl. a famous
German diplomatist busted himself
in collecting boots, shoes. slippers and
wigs of all shapes, sizes and fashions
This curious hobby was rivaled by
that of a late king of Bavaria, whose
collection of hats was unique. A king
of Wurtemburg boasted the possession
Of above 5000 copies of the bible: and
a nicotine-loving American reveled in
a treasury of pipes, Of which he could
count 365 specimens in meerscharn.
brier, glass. china and clay.
The Duke Of Sussex, brother Of King
George Il. had a pair of hobbies that
were as wide as the poles asunder.
He was an indefatigable collector of
bibles and of cigars. Pope Plus TX.
was collector of slippers. He al
ways had twenty-four pairs in his
wardrobe, made of red cloth en-
broidered with gold and ornamented
with a solid gold cross: his chamber
lain being strictly enjoined not 10
part with single pair. however we'll
worn they might be- to any of the
many devout applicants for them.
Wigs and walking sticks were the
especial vanities of Mr. William Evans.
sometime principal clerk in the pro-
thonotary's office for Anglesea. Carna.-
Won and Merioneth. and so highly did
he value them tnat he beCueathed one
of each to three different maiden ladies
for whom he had In turn felt a tender
ness in early life
A European lady living in Japan ac-
CURED no fewer than 100 teapots of
various patterns and kinds. Another
lady had q, hobby for collecting bon
nets. She made a rule never TO mart
with one she had worn and when she
died left behind her q wonderful col
lection Of feminine head adornments
elliott, the founder of the world-re-
nowned steel-pen business, had a
passion for Cremona fiddles. although
he was absolutely without musical
knowledge.
A London BARRIERS hobby was the
collecting of dressing-cases-a hobby
which he pursued with such avidity
that on his death 500 of these articles
came into the hands of his executors
The Queen of Italy is said to be an en-
thusiastic collector of boots and shoes
Her collection includes shoes of Marie
Antoinette, of the Empress Josephine
Mary Stuart. Queen Anne and the EN-
press Catherine of Russia.
Another gentleman had hobby for
scarfpins. He is said to have kept a
book containing as many pages as
there are days in the year in each of
which a different pin was stuck. Every
morning he fastened into his scarf the
pin allotted to that particular date.