The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-09-16
1T COSTS TO VISIT ROYALTY.
Expenses That the Strong Boxes of
william ii. and Felix 1. Must Meet

Though Emperor William III. has not
gene to Russia on his $1,000,0O0 special
rain this year, his trip is as costly and
splendid as on former occasions of the
kind. He has taken a fleet of ten men,
of-war with him, besides the usual
throng of secretaries. officers and SER
wants, numbering all told some 150
men.
In his strong box, which is a part of
his baggage on every trip to the court
of a foreign sovereign, he carries $780,
600 of presents - brooches, genmed
snuff boxes, rings, watches, diadems,
and less pretentious trinkets for less
pretentious persons. About $4,000 in
cash is taken along, as the poor of the
Russian capital must have their con-
ventional gratuity of $1,000 or $4,000,
the men aboard the German ships must
have their drink money" on the DAYS
of greatest rejoicings. and gold pieces
must be scattered lavishly among the
hundred and one servants and petty
officials who come in contact hourly
with the imperial party. As may be
seen from this incomplete list of the
emperor's present expenses, it is a
costly thing to be an emperor abroad
in Europe.
1t is also a costly thing to be the host
of an emperor abroad in Europe With
the items of the naval demonstrations
military reviews, Examinations. garden
parties and household accommodations
inpl11aH II &c oil L.
must spend some $4,000 Il day to en-
terrain his German cousin.
Hardly will the German emperor be
out of the way when President Faure. of
France, will arrive at Cronstadt with
more ships, more attendants and more
demands upon the capacity of the
ROmanOtf court to dazzle and amuse.
Faure, too, will be under obligations to
play the open-handed chief of men,
though not on the magnificent scale
which is required in the case of a mon
arch by the grace of Cod" OF the
100000 travelling expenses allowed
Felix Faure by the French chambers
he will give $4,000 to the poor of Mos
cow and st. Petersburg. $1,000 to the
officers he takes with him and the Rus
slams who do him services that merit
gratuities. The grand reception at the
French embassy in ST. Petersburg will
cost $1,000. The two horses to be given
the ear have cost him $4,000 and
drink money" for the men of the Du-
puy de Lone, in which he will sail to
Cronstadt, will swallow up $500 more.
The French newspapers say that the
prospect of all this splendor in the Rus
sian capital has turned Faure's head,
and heymaliciously mention him nova
days as Felix |. They tell a story to
illustrate his growing consciousness OF
his own Importance. A minister re-
Gently telephoned his regrets to Presi-
dent Faure a few minutes before the
hour set for a cabinet dinner. The next
day the master of ceremonies at the
Elysee called upon the minister, drew 4
long face, and announced that he had
an important communication from the
president to the minister. He then pro-
ceeded to dwell upon the improperly
Of minister tclephoning regrets to the
chief magistrate of the great French
people. THE president requests en-
phatically," he said, in conclusion, that
hereafter YOU observe the etiquette of
the EIysee by communicating with him
only by letter VIXEN it is impossible for
you to communicate with him in per-
SON"
Now the minister thus addressed was
i'll bed with govt at the time. But he
is from the south of France, and when
he went to Paris he took his temper
with him. He rose in wrath. planted
his bare feet on the floor, and pointing
his finger at the master of ceremonies,
shouted:
'Mr. Master of Ceremonies, as man
you have my respect; 1 have no quarrel
with you. l shall be glad to have you
sit here with me and take glass of
Madeira. But to you as master of cere-
monies have this to say:
$40 the devil with you and your Mr..
Faure and your etiquette. Tell him
that-tell him that for me-"
The master of ceremonies did not
wait for his glass of Madeira or his
little conversation with the minister,
but hurried off in confusion.
1t is owing to this story and dozen
more like it that the French newspapers
refer daily to the growing proportions
of the presidents head since he learned
he was to be the guest of the czar, and
that they ridicule him as Felix IN. Y.
Sun.