Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-05
ROYALTY AT THE TABLE.
Edible Fnncies Of Feminine Rulers
of EurOpe.

Edible Fnncies OF Feminine Rulers
of Europe.
The queen OF England breakfasts at Q
o'clock, lunches at and dimes at 9, and the
waiting at breakfast and luncheon is done
entirely by two Indian servants
The menus are headed Her Majesty's
Dinner" with the date beneath. The good,
old fashion is kept up of having the cooks
name called out as each dish Is brought to
the table.
The queen is called the most expensive
tea drinker in England. She likes tea and
uses a particularly fine souchong costing
As I'D a pound. She has always bought her
tea at a shop in the Strand. About forty
pounds of tea are used in week at Windsor.
or coffee she seldom partakes, except
delni- -tasse after dinner With her soup is
served glass Of old. white sherry; this the
woman drinks from a cup of gold, formerly
the property OF Queen Anne. She often
takes a glass Of beer.
Yankee Fruit.
The apples which the queen eats grow in
New York state. 1t was Lady Randolph
Churchill who introduced the SpitzenDerg
apple TO her majesty Just twelve years ago
and since then a supply Is sent yearly to
Windsor. These apples, by the way, are
highly polished, each one is wrapped in vari-
colored tissue paper and the barrels are
painted in parallel stripes of red and green
| and giossily FURNISHED, while around ana in
side the top of the barrels apple blossoms
and leaves are realistically painted. On the
| head or each barrel is stencilled the address,
"To the Under Steward OF the House, Wind
| sor Castle, England"
| The queens fondness for Viennese and
| French bread runs into all sorts of shapes.
| There are loaves and twists and rolls made
Till
| edification of any small grandchildren who
may sit at her majesty's table.
Queen Victoria's household expenses
| amount to the neat little sum of $425,-
| 900 a year.
Imperial Germany at Table.
The emperor and empress of Germany
take their morning meal as simply as any
couple in the land. A small round table,
fully set with everything the menu affords,
in covered silver dishes, is carried into the
breakfast room at the appointed hour.
| Next to her majestys chair, a smaller
table with coffee and tea urns, spirit lamps
burning. Is placed and then the house mar
shal having approved OF the arrangements,
the kaiserln's chier valet knocks at the bed
room to announce that breakfast is ready
All officials and servants withdraw.
The breakfast consists Of eggs and omelets
| OF various iavors, steaks and outlets, hot
| and cold rolls, marmelades and toast and
that very German dish, pumpernickel Upon
festive occasions-birthdays, for example
| chocolate as we'll as tea and coffee are
served. Her majesty comes to breakfast in
wrapper with her hair done up In an
impromptu coil, while the kaiser sports a
smoking Jacket over a pair of red or silver
braided trousers, Breakfast Is served by
the empress and when over everything is
quickly removed.
Queen Olga OF Greece has very simple
tastes In diet and she keeps Lent with ex-
emplary fidelity and eats black olives and
bread like the poorest OF her subjects
Other Royal Whims.
King Humbert is a vegetarian. He lives
entirely on vegetables and fruits. The doc
tors have forbidden him TO drink coffee and
his beverage is Bordeaux and plenty OF
water. The king never feels so well as
when his fare is bread, potatoes and oranges.
Peaches are his favorite edible. The queen
has made repeated attempts to become a
vegetarian, but finally has given up in de-
spalr' being fond of generous
diet. The royal meals are served on gold
plates
For breakfast the pope has a single glass
OF tea or milk roll and no butter. At 8
O'Clock he dines-a little soup, two courses
OF meat, with vegetables, one glass of wine
and a dessert OF fruit. He always eats
alone.
The sultan OF Turkey spends $4,000 a day
Tor his table and this does not Include
grand state dinners or other elaborate func-
tions. 1t is simply his majesty's every
day meals. He likewise takes his meals
alone and not in any particular room, but
wherever he happens to be-in the palace
or the garden or a private park. Silver
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