The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-18
ANECDOTES OF HUMBERT.
Stories Regarding His Relations to
His Doctor, Wife, and Others.
From the London News.

From the London News.
In Rome as elsewhere in Italy, the
King went about with very little cere-
mony. Hundreds of English visitors
must often have seen him taking his drive
on the Pncian in a victoria and pair of
horses. To every such visitor who took
up his hat or made her bow the King
turned the salutation with warm courtesy.
A pretty story is told in one of Mr.. Rus
| kins books C'Christ's Folk in the Apen-
nines') of King Humbert's pleasant ac-
! feasibility:
contadino had come down to Lucca
! from somewhere in the mountains with
a petition which he wished to present TO
| the King. but when he saw him. with his
! seguito he did not know who he was.
! probably the poor mans only idea of a
! King was gathered from some picture Of
the alteration of the Wise Menu So he
| looked at all of them, and rather thought
! the King was not there, but perhaps one
| of those gentlemen would convey the pa
! per to him. And. being taken with the
| Kings pleasant face, he went 10 him, in
| preference to any of the others, and put
! the paper into his hands. saying Il will
leave il with you. sir; l rather think l
have given it into good hands" At
which the King smiled and said, Yes,
! you have"
| OF two stories illustrating King Hum
bert's humor and his common sense, one
is told at the expense of his Queen-Con-
| sort The one al the expense of his
| physician is as follows:
Sometimes the King from his hunting
| lodge at Castle Fusano went to the sea,
| and amused himself by shoveling sand into
a cart. Take care, Your Majesty" said
! Saglione one day, mot to perspire too
| much" "Ahi my dear Signor DOCTOR an
| swered the King, resting his chin on his
| two hands that grasped the handle OF his
| spade this muscular exercise does me
| much more good than your prescriptions.
Yes. but one must abuse nothing but
! l tell you that / feel very well, and you
are afraid you see in this poor shovel a
| competitor" And laughing heartily the
King finished filing his cart.
| However by exposing himself In every
| wav without exercising any care, the
King contracted bronchitis. which TOOK
chronic form, and gave him a rather
! troublesome cough. The cough was
| source of anxiety to the faithful doctor,
as he could not convince his patient of
| the necessity of taking medicine, Occas-
| ionaliy the doctor was even sent away ao-
| ruptly by the King, who would say; Il
| have not called you Why did you come?
You may go. l thank you very much.
| One evening however, the deceased doc
| tor thought ne nau Shliltu MS fOihN' anu
| he prepared for the King in his bedroom
the powders which he was to take during
the night The next morning Dr. Sagi-
one rose very early. being anxious to
| know the effect of his medicine. He was
received in the bedroom, and at once ask
ed. well. how does your Majesty feel this
morning."
was the response.
"Ahr observed the doctor rubbing his
hands with satisfaction, you see the re-
suit of listening to reason"
what do you mean?" asked the King.
THE powders!'
| Bravo shouted Humbert. &c into
the next room ana see what you can find"
The powders were in the waste paper
basket.
The story at the expense of the Queen
Is this:
The Queen was anxious that her hus-
| band should follow the example of her
father and the fashion among elderly
Piedmontees officers and dye his hair. Her
pleadings were in vain Umbertos is an
1 honest nature that does not like these
subterfuges. Seeing entreaty was in vain
| the Queen had recourse to stratagem. She
| caused quantity of fine hair dye to be
sent from Paris and put in the King
dressing room, together with directions for
its use, making, however no allusion to
the subject The King, too, said nothing,
| though he could not fail to see the pig
ments Now the Queen had large white
poodle of which she is very fond. What
was her horror a few days later to see
her pet come running into her room with
his snowy locks oil turned to a jet black
| King Umberto had expended the dyes
upon changing the color of the poodle =
hair! From that day forth the subject of
hair dye was dropped between the royal
| couple