Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-08
HOW Ii SPENDS HIS TIME.
Complete Program of His Habits
Throughout a Single Day

Lis hour for rising is generally about
$50 or 6 in the morning. His attendants
sleep in the adjoining apartment, and
even before he wakes his bath, of which
he is particlarly fond, is in readiness
for him. After d plunge and a careful
rundown he is dressed by his valet
for breakfast. While this is being done
he is shaved by an expert Chinese bar
Der, his fiji gers, over which 81 many
ladies have fairly raved are carefully
manicured, and in an hour and half
he is ready for the meal.
Breakfast generally consists Of
fowl of some kind, well larded; salt
fish with cream dressing, onions direct
from China, rice and cup of tea.
There is nothing whatever the matter
with his excellency's appetite, and he
spends fully an hour at the table.
Meanwhile his son opens and reads his
foreign mail, while his interpreter
looks after his invitations to dinners,
the requests for the ambassadors
autograph and the hundred and one lit
tie matters which it is impossible for
him 10 give any attention.
Next Ii sends for the morning pa
pers. And he is very fond of them.
He enjoys exceedingly the likenesse5
of himself and has the variuos accounts
of his entertainment read aloud. He
doesn't exactly understand why Ameri-
cans should wonder at the many
questions he asked, as in his country
it is a mark of great esteem. He is the
Chesterfield of the Orient, and such
little interrogations as How much
are you WORTH DO the people think
we'll of ycu?" and Have 70 any chance
of reelection ?" which he asks of the
dignitaries he meets, are an evidence
of his concern for their welfare
BY the time he is through with the
newspapers his valet removes the long
red silk dressing gown, in which he
usually lounges about, replaces the
easy black satin slippers with the
shiny boots reaching almost to the
ankle, arranges the divided skirts the
silk petticoat, and then completes the
viceroy's toilet by helping him into his
wide trousers, his skirts, and last, but
not least, hia famous yellow jacket and
black hat with the radiant topknot,
with all it's red and gold cords falling
backward to the eminent visitors
modent but well kept "pig-tail'' behind.
The peacock feathers are gracefully
az juHted, and Ii is ready to be seen
and to question all corners.
In the matter of wardrobe the vice
roy can rival any of New York's heavi-
est swells. He has upward Of twenty
different suits for state occasions and
as many more for private functions.
When in his room, reading smoking
or chatting, he likes to be comfortable,
and lies on a diyan attired in light
silk suit of purple, made very much on
the order of American pyjams. He
smokes cigarettes occasionally, but pre-
fers a pipe, and puffs away by the hour
when at leisure at long bamboo stick
with a huge brass bowl at the end. He
sips the strongest of black coffee the
while and appears to enjoy such times
better than any others. 1t is then that
he really plies all about him with ques-
tion of finance politics and minor topics
of the day, and he astonishes all by
his wonderful fund of general knowl
edge
About o'clock in the afternoon the
great man lunches lightly. His dinner
is served at o'clock, and consists gen.
orally of pork and chicken, his fayorite
dishes. He likes fowl of any kind,
however, and does full justice to all
that is set before him. The meal end
ed, he smokes a cigarette, chats awhile
and then retires. BY $50 or 9 o'clock
he is invariably in bed and generally
asleep.-New York Journal