The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-26
HOBBIES OF s0vEREIGNs.
Humbert an Expert Collaborating
George Collects Door Knobs.
Brooklyn Ea gle.

Brooklyn Eagle.
Emperors and kings, after all. are only
mortal, and, indeed, the majority of the
| hVlng rulers of the world have tastes
! and inclinations which many of their
SUBJECTS would think below their dig
NIFTY to cultivate or make known to the
is some authentic information about
! a Few of the worlds leading soVereigns
Which is now published for the first
King Humbert of Italy was a most
skillful glazier, and had quite mania
for mending broken windows. In a let
N Feg written EN- to his SON. the Prince of
mas been very busy week for me-
have entertained the king of Siam;
opened three private bazars; been pres
emit at eight private dinners, and nut
IN seyenty-six panes of glass. Fate has
W vdlIed it that l should have the posi-
t ZION OF OF King an With the soul and ambi-
The king of the Hellenes has perhaps
the most curious hobby of ali royal
! ties. His mania is that of collecting
! door handles. His majesty has, literally
speaking, thousands of these harmless.
| yet useful. articles slowed away in
certain room in his palace The Prin-
cess of Wales. the kings sister, once
Wales has been -persuading me to ask
you TO come and stay at Sandringham
for few weeks: If you do come, how
ever she added laughingly, please do
not take when you leave, any Of the
handles from the doors. as the prince
mas the peculiar taste of preferring
! door with handle to one without" His
| majesty, 1T is said, possesses handles, and
| cherishes them as dearly as does a phil
! atelit his choicest stamps
The German emperor has MANY hOhbiaS
| one OF the katSer's chief delights how
| ever, is in collecting ties and scarfs Of all
ages, OF all patterns and of all countries.
! lie mas no fewer than $4,000 ties and bows
! of different descriptions. When he was
last in England the emperor one morning
came down to breakfast at Sandringham
tie 9n t m2SG g{66rgeoHs many Gqored
! VINO IS known to have a very quiet
! taste in this article of dress, as to what
he thought of his tie, the prince replied
| good naturedly: well, now you have
asked my opinion and 1 will give it to
| You quite frankly. We are such old
friends that I am sure 1 shall not of
! fend you. Should plain Mr. Robinson
! wear such tie as yours in this country
| it would be duecedly vulgar; should a
| duke or an ordinary prince wear it, it
! would be called striking, but when it
pleases the German emperor to honor
such a mixture, it is called rich and
The king of Siam prides himself in pos
sesslng a larger number of recipes for
! the making UP of sauces than any other
man in the world. He has agents who
have specialized in the culinarv~art all
over the globe the business of which
/ gentlemen is to discover not only orig1-
ma recipes for sauces, but also to dis
cover the inventors ana makers up Of
! these sauces. During the visit of mis-
majesty the king of Siam to these shores
three years ago, he paid a visit to Lord
Salisbury at Hatfield. His oriental high
ness had, let it be said, been previously
consulting the prime minister concerning
some internal troubles t9en going on in
his country. One evening at dinner the.
king dilated enthusiastically on a certain
fish sauce, which he said he alone of all
men could make up. Then and there
with Lord SaliSburY's permission his mai
esty went down to the magnifcently pro-
vided Hatfield kitchen, and in a few very
few minutes manufactured this glorious
royal sauce. Lord Salisbury and his
guests, out of courtesy to the regal cook
all partook of the makeup His lord
ship was very shortly in the direst ago
ny, while the Duke of Cambridge, who
was present, made some most unroyal
/ erimaces, and refused to touch more for
/ all the kings of Europe and Asia rolled
! together, Your majesty" said Lord
| Salisbury. with ill-feigned hilarity. ''you
were complaining to me this evening
| about the internal troubles in your king
| dem of Siam. The cause is easy to
find. This pointing to the mixture) is
the source of all internal disorders" His
majesty laughed heartily, but. neverthe-
less, he has still the greatest faith in his
! recipes