The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-02-23
ROYALTY IN SUMNER.

Hot Weather Retreats of the Kings ano
Queens of Europe.
The venerable Queen Victoria. for
more than twenty years. has usually
divided the summer and autumn
months between Osborne and Barmoral
castles.
Often when the weather Is pleasant
she remains out of doors all day. read
ing or writing in the shade Of some
fine old trees. In this fashion also she
frequently discusses her breakfast and
afternoon tea.
The life led by the prince Of Wales
during the summer months il = much
buster and more varied one than that
of his august mother. lie usually
makes the round of the great country
houses of England, where his coming
is always eagerly watched for: spends
few weeks at Homburg. and in Sep
tember takes part in the family re-
union of King Christian at Freden-
borg. However, the prince is happiest
when. for few weeks. he can bid fare
well to the world of form and fashion
and spend brief season in his country
home at SandrinRham, n typical cour.
try home. pleasantly situated in typ
ical English county.
Emperor William IL an enthusiastic
hunter. His hunting estate in East
Prussia is a great forest covering some
seventy-ive square miles of rough and
rocky territory, and abounds in the
finest deer that runs on the continent.
Here the emperor loves tn follow the
chase in the manner of the ancient
founders Of his house. For the mock
hunts 81 popular at Potsdam he has no
patience. He is a splendid horseman
and an almost uncrring marlSsInan. and
cares only for the chase requiring the
highest qualities of horsemanship and
craftsmanship. He devotes at least .
fortnight every autumn to the pleas
ures of the chase.
The Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus
tria has a comfortable but modest villa
ut Ischl. where he usually passes his
, summer vacation. His habits are SIM
pie and severe. and hunting is the one
pastime of which he is passionatcly
fond. There are ample opportunities
: for the huntsman at Ischl. which lies
between Salzburg and Gmunden. The
adjacent mountains are steep. thickly
wooded and overrunning with game.
When staying at Ischl, Francis Joseph
often arises before sunrise to take part
in the chase. His ministers visit lschl
only at rare intervals, but the empress,
who is an almost constant traveller, al
ways joins her husband some time in
August in order to be with him On his
birthday.
Alphonso. the boy King of Spain.
spends the summer at san Sebastian,
closely guarded by his mother, the
queen-regent. The little king il now
eight years old, and has quite u numer-
ous court attached to his person. in-
cluding two or three stately major
domos, and any number of pages and
domestics. The royal nurse. Ray
munda, who nursed him in his infancy.
is still his faithful guardian, md sleeps
beside his bed at night. A. soon as he
is washed and dressed in the morning,
he is turned over To Raymunda, who
conducts him to the queen.
! The castle of Monza, in Lombardy,
is the home of King Humbert, Of Italy,
1 during the early summer months.
Here he and his queen live with as lit
tie pomp and ceremony as possible. In
September they go for short stay ia
the Alps, the king to hunt. and the
queen to enjoy AZ her chalet of Gres-
sonney the long mountain excursions
of which she is 80 fond. Al Grcssoney
Humbert adopts the costume of the
Tyrolcse mountaineers, and leads
life As simple and hardy n their own.
The Italian crown prince spends a
greater part of the summer at Capo Ill
Monte, the Versailles of Naples, where
he holds his court His mother goes
every October TO Capo di Monte to aid
in entertaining his numerous guests,
and when later the king Joins them a
grant bear hunt Is one Of the unfailing
features of the nerrymal<ing.
King Christian. of Denmark, loves To
romp with his grandchildren, and AT
Fredensborg Is often seen seated la u
very diminitiye pony carriage, trusting
himself to the care Of a very youthful
coachman. Sometimes he acts as the
willing horse for still younger driver.
Every afternoon he invites his grand
children To perform gymnastics, and
himself enters enthusiastically into
their exercises. Queen Louise always
takes advantage of having her daugh-
ters with her Mt these family reunions
To perform music in common. and oft
en- they play eight hands ON two
pianos. the queen and Duchess ~ Cum
berland at one. the Empress of Russia
unh the Princess of Wales at the other.
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