Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-14
ROYAL WAYS AND wHIMS.
some Rulers Fond of Early Rising,
Others of Being Photographed.

From the New York Sun.
OF all the royal personages of Europe, the
first up in the morning is the Emperor of
Germany. Winter and summer he rises at
5 o'clock. His habit is to dress quickly
swallowing a big bowl of cafe au lait as he
hurries 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 H. when he dresses carefully, and APP
pears at luncheon with the empress and the
children. Then the public life of the day
begins. He receives ministers. ambassa-
doris. generals, reviews troops makes
speeches, pays a few rare calls. conducts
himself. in fact, like a normal everyday
sovereign.
The Emperor of Austria. old and broken
spirited though he be. is fairly active. He
is up at 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 cup of tea served in the
Russian fashion, with sugar and lemon.
The Queen of England is not SO regular
IN getting up as in other details of her life
In her earlier days she was always called at
half-past q; now she takes her ease and
gets up when she feels like it. Sometimes
that means o'clock more often .; some
The LATEST of all the royalties is the ex-
King Milan of Servia. He is never afoot
before II O'Clock. When he rises he sits
down. half-dressed, to lunch. solid repast
OF heavy meats and buildings and wines.
After luncheon he smokes a couple of eli
gars-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
> o'clock he is up again. and generally
goes out in search of amusement. He is
very seldom back in the palace till dawn.
when he tumbleS into bed
Hunting used to be called the sport of
kings. but not many of the modern crowned
heads keep up the old traditions in this re-
spect The car occasionally assists at Il
battue. but the thing boreS him. and ne
goes only out of politenese. 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 good deal. but those who know
him best say he doesn't much care for the
sport. With him it is a matter of tradition
the right thing for royal parsonage to do
The King of Portugal. who holds the rec
ord for fairness among all the royalties is
physically 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 has shot
only once in his life, and then in very I'M
kingly fashion. He wanted to have the
sensation of killing without the trouble of
going in search of his game. So he sat in
anu pOtlSu DIT q lOC rdDDllS
let loose from a bag in front of him. As
the frightened little beasts scattered in 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 shooting again. The
King of Italy is the only real representa-
tive of the old kingiy tradition He is a
mighty hunter, and frequently throws up
all the routine of work without a word of
warning and goes off with one officer Col.
Pazzimbolini, to spend several weeks in the
Alps i'll the pursuit of the game of all kinds
with which the mountains bound. Formerly
he established no means of communicates
with Rome. Neither Queen Margherita 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 IL till he descended to
the plains. OF late however, he is wiser.
Now a carrier leaves Rome every second
day during his expeditions. bringing reports
of all that hapDens.
Most of the royal personages are fond. al
most to the point of insanity, of being pho
tographed. 1t Is not, as one might have
supposed, the kaiser who holds the record.
1t Is true. he has more than six hundred
different portraits of himself, on horseback
and on foot, and In all sorts of uniforms
and costumes. And he is said to spend
sometimes an hour 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 Marlbor-
oush House there are said to be 1900 dis