The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-14
ROYAL WAYS AND WINES.
William the First and Milan the
Last Sovereign to Rise in the Morn


Last Sovereign to Rise in the Morn
ing.
OF all the royal personages of Europe
the first up in the morning is the Emperor
of Germany Winter and summer ne
rises al five o'clock. His habit is to make
very hasty toilet, swallowing a big bowl
of cafe au lat as he hprries on his
clothes Then he goes out for half an
hours ride accompanied only by a couple
of officers of his body guard. Immediately
on his return he sets himself down to his
desk and is not to be disturbed till II when
he dresses carefully, appears at luncn
with the Empress and the children. Then
the public life of the day begins. He re-
ceives ministers, ambassadors, generals,
reviews troops makes speeches pays
few rare calls, conducts himself in fact
like normal every day sovereign.
The Emperor of Austria, old and broken
spirited though he be- is fairly active. He
is up a o'clock and breakfasts on cafe
au lait with a couple of rolls of Vienna
bread.
The melancholy Car is a late riser He
is seldom about before 10 o'clock when his
valet brings him a cup of tea served in
the Russian fashion with sugar and lemon.
The Queen of England is not as regular in
getting up as in other details of her life
In her earlier days she was always called
at the respectable hour of 1870 O'Clock;
now that the years have accumulated over
her head, she takes her ease and gets up
when she feels like it. Sometimes that
means o'clock, more often 9, sometimes
as late as 1890 She generally absOrbs
couple of tiny cups of tea the first thing;
gossip says she adds, after the continental
fashion. a half teaspoonful of fine cognac
TO the beverage.
The LATEST Of all the royalties is the
unspeakable King Milan of Servia. He
is never afoot before y o'clock. When he
rises he sits down half dressed to lunch,
solid repast of heavy meats and pud-
dngs and wines. After lunch he smokes
a couple of cgars-he likes them very
strengthen, if there is nothing very
pressing TO be done, he goes back to bed
and either reads or goes to sleep as the
fancy takes him. About 3 O'Clock he is
up again and generally goes out in search
of amusement. He is very seldom back
at the palace till dawn. when he tum-
bes, usually semi-unconscious, into bed
He is not an edifying monarch, King Mi
Ian of SerVia.
Lost Sport.
Hunting used to be called the sport of
kings, but not many of the degenerate
modern crowned heads keep UP the old ira
dtion in this respect. The Gar occa-
sionally assists at a battue, but the things
bore him and he goes only out of polite
ness. The Prince of Wales is a very good
shot and is fond of grouse shooting but
his big game days are over The EN-
peror of Germany hunts and shoots
good deal, but those who know him best
says he doesn't much care for the sport
With him it is a matter of tradition. the
right thing for a royal parsonage to do
The King of Portugal who holds the
record for fairness among all the royalties,
is physically disabled from such violent
exercise. The King of Sweden never
touches a gun. The Sultan of Turkey
cannot bear to see one. The King of
Belgium has shot only once in his whole
life, and then in very unkingly fashion.
He wanted to have the sensation of kill
ing without the trouble of going In
| search of his game So he sat in an arm
chair and potted at "a lot of rabbits let
loose from bag in front of him. AS the
| frightened little beasts scattered i'm all
directions, the King blazed away from his
| armchair When the smoke cleared away
and His Majesty called for his bag" he
had to be told that all that had been
| found was one tail and a certain small
quantity of fluff. He never went shoot
ing again
tinuer of the old kingly tradition. He is
a mighty hunter and frequently throws
up all the routine work without a word of
warning and goes off with one officer, Col
Pazzimbolini, to spend several weeks in
the Alps in the pursuit of the game of
all kinds with which the mountains
abound Formerly ne established no
| means. of communication with Rome.
Neither Queen Marguerite nor any of his
ministers ever knew where to find him
for weeks at a time. He might have lost
his throne in a sudden upheaval and
known nothing of it till he descended to
the plains. OF late, however, he is wiser
The Queen supplicated, the ministers al
most commanded him to mend his ways.
And now a carrier leaves Rome every sec
ond day during his hunting expeditions,
bringing reports of all that happens and
taking back the royal commands.
4 Passion for the Camera.
Most of the royal personages are fond
almost 10 the point of insanity, of being
photographed 1t is not. as one might
have supposed. the Kaiser who holds the
record. 1t is true he has more than 600
different portraits of himself-on horse
back and on foot, and in all sorts of uni
forms and costumes. And he is said to
spend sometimes an hour posing before
a mirror when he is about to add 10 his
collection
But the Prince OF Wales beats his
nephew out and out in this respect. At
Marlborough House there are said to be
no less than 800 distinct representations
of the Prince.
Whenever he proposes to launch a new
style of dress a certain shape of hat or
fall of trousers or cut of coat he gets him
self photographed in his private rooms so
as to judge Of the effect. He knows that
he gives the lead in mems dress all over
Europe and he Bias a heavy sense of his
responsibility III the picture does not
please him he does not sport the new cos
tune. The tailor has to come for fresh
consultation.
The Emperor Francis Joseph is also very
fond of being Photographed; but he does
not like elaborate posing. He prefers the
careful snapshot. He walks into the room
where everything has been prepared,
stands for minute just as he may find
himself in front of he camera, then walks
out He is the terror of the photographers,
because he does not hesitate to express
his disapproval very strongly If the pic
ture is not to his liking.
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