The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-04

generally goes out in search Of arnuse-
ment- He IS very seldom back in the
palace till dawn, when he tumbIes into
bed
Hunting used to be called the sport Of
kings. but not many Of the modern
crowned heads keep up the old tradi-
tons IN this respect The car occa-
siOualiy assists at battue. but the
thing bOres him and he goes only out
of dpoIiteness The Prince Of Wales is
a very good shot. and is fond OF grouse
shooting, but his big game days are
over. The Emperor of Germany hunts
and shoots a good deal, but those who
know him best say he doesn't care
much 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 fat
ness among all the royalties, IS phys
fcally disabled from such violent exer-
else The King Of Sweden never
touches a gun The Sultan of Turkey
cannot bear to see one The King Of
Belgium mas shot only once in his life,
and then IN very unk1ngty fashion
He wanted to have the sensation of
killing without the trouble of going in
/ search Of his game. So he sat in an
armchair and potted at a lot Of rabbits
+ let loose from a bag in front of him
As the frightened little beasts scattered
in all directions the king bIazed away
4 from his armchair. When the smoke
J cleared away and his majesty called for
/ his bag he had to be told that al that
I had been found was one tail and a Ger
I tain small quantity of fluff He never
went shooting again The King of Italy
/ is the only real representative OF the old
1 kingly tradition He Is mighty hunter
4 and frequently throws up all the r0u-
/ tine of work without a word Of warn
/ ing and goes off with one officer, Col
+ Pazzimbolinf. to spend several weeks
( in the Alps in the pursuit Of the game
Z of all kinds with which the noun talnS
/ abound Formerly he established no
Ina Of ann 10
+ Neither Queen Margherita nor any of
/ his ministers ever knew where to md
I him for weeks at a time. He might
! have lost his throne in q sudden up
heavaI and known nothing Of it till he
descended to the plains. OF late how
I ever, he is wiser. Now a carrier leaves
Rome every second day during his ex-
petitions. bringing reports Of all that
[ happens
Most Of the royal personages are fond,
I almost to the point OF insanity OF being
photographed. It is not, as one might
I have supposed. the kaiser who holds the
( record Il is true, ne has more than six
/ hundred different portraits Of hlnse4I
( on horseback and on foot and IN all
I sorts of uniforms and costumes And
/ he is said to spend sometimes an hour
I posing before a mirror when he IS about
/ to add to his collection. But the Prince
of Wales beats his nephew out and out
in this respect At Marlborough House
/ there are said to be 1.5U0 distinct rep
I RESERVATIONS OF the prince Whenever
/ he proposes 10 launch new style OF
dress certain shape of hat Or pair
/ of trousers or cut of coat, he gets him
self photographed n his private rooms
so as TO Judge of the effect If the pic
ture does not please him he does not
sport tie new costume The tailor has
/ to come for a fresh consultation
The Emperor Francis Joseph IS also
very fond of being photographed. but he
does not like elaborate posing He pre-
I fers the careful snapshot He walks IN
to the room where everything has been
prepared, stands for a minute Just as
he may ind himself in front of the
camera. then walks out He is the terror
of the photograph ers, because he does
not hesitate to express his disapproval
very strongly If the picture IS not TO his
I liking.
The car has the same distaste for
the foruaIities of the photographer In
fact. he carries It so far and shows such
panied nervousness in front Of the cam
era that it is very seldom a picture IS
Z obtained that bears any resemblance
Most of the portraits of the car that
appear are obtained by careful touching
up Of portraits of the Duke of York.
/ who is of the same build and very SIM
| liar physiogn0uy-
The sultan Of Turkey is another neEv-
Gus subject His fear, however, IS not
so much of the photographer and the
machine as Of his loyal subjects Ne
portrait of the sultan is allowed to be
published IN any country under MS rule
He was photographed for the first time
in many years on the occasion OF the
kaiSer'S visit to Turkey; and after TWEEN
ty copies had been printed the plate
I was taken by the sultan, who keeps 1t
locked Up IN his private apartments at
the YildiZ Kiosk
The Empress Frederick of Germany
is fond both OF being photographed and
of photograp hing others She does not
/ like to be taken singIy, but is always
( glad 20 take part in a group
The young queen of Holland has her
self photogra phed on the least possible
excuse And when her mother makes
some mild protest she answers (they
/ saw All it is not for myself. you
know; I want to please my people
/ The queen of ROumania, the literary,
( artistic, musical Carmen sylvia, IS also
a constant client of the photographs
She gets herself photographed in al
sorts of romantic attitudes-Carner
sylvia painting Carmen sylvia at heI
writing. Carmen sylvia playing the ma
tiouaI songs which she herself has set &c
music or composed, Carmen sylvia IL
poetic revery.
AS for the great public in It's attitude
to the royalties photographed, here is 9
list of the number of pictures sold each
year: The pope, $1,000: the Princess Of
Wales 1900, the Emperor of Ger
many. 1900: the czar. 1900; the Prince
Of Wales. 1900: the Queen Of England
10. SOC. the ex-Empress Eugene OF France
500.
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