Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-26
KINGS ARE ECONOMICAL.
RULERS MUST LOOK OUT FOR WAYS
AND MEANS, TOO.
Emperor William a Shining Illustration
of How Monarch Can Scrape and Save
Queen Victoria Quite Thrifty-Prince
OF Wales Becoming More Prudent.

Emperor W1iiiafn SHINING ILLUSTRATION
of Howa Monarch Can scrape and Save
Queen Victoria Quite Thrifty-Prince
of Wales Becoming More Prudent.
Monarchs who save money! To the
average mortal, who associates unlim-
tied resources with the idea of royal
ty, SAYS a writer in the Chicago Trib-
une, the assertion that not Il few of
this worlds rulers are just as saving
in their personal and household eX-
penses as the average housekeeper-
in some cases more so Will be sur
prising. OF course, in this respect the
person of the king or queen must be
separated from the official character,
whose representation" requires ex-
pensive splendor for reasons of State,
for courtesy's sake, or because GUS
tom so DEGREES. The king is, officially,
eminently public character; his
household affairs are as much his own
affairs as those of the private citizen
are to the latter In fact, the common
mortal can enjoy much greater privacy
than royalty.
Emperor William III. of Germany af-
tinction. The world at large undoubt-
edly is of the opinion that the German
monarch, much given to spectacular
display and expensive journeys, and
a great lover of art in all its branches,
spends fortunes in the maintenance
of his private establishment. The re-
verse is the case. William H., as Il
,,,,;, 80. In
be used of monarch-is of quite Il
saving disposition. and in his house
hold every branch is regulated by fig
ures. Each department has so much
to spend annually and no more. The
appropriation for each of the depart
ments is calculated to n nicely; not
beggarly, of course, but quite within
bounds of reason. In fact, many men,
bers of the titled or moneyed aristoc-
racy are high flyers compared with
the head of the house of HohenZOllern.
AS soon, however, as representa-
ton" is deemed necessary the case is
different, and in this respect the i'm
perial court of Berlin is probably the
most expensive among royalty.
The German empire, as such, pays
not one cent toward the representa-
tom which Is incumbent upon the
King of Prussia as German Emperor.
The Prussian princes receive not one
cent from the treasury of the State.
In case they have no resources of
their own, their expenditures have to
be met by an annuity paid them by
the Emperor. The latter lives during
the greater part of the year in the new
palace in Sans Souci, and his establish
ment there comprises the Emperor and
Empress, the imperial children and
their tutors and governesses, the lady
chamberlain, and three ladies in wait
and military aids of the Emperor live
in Potsdam and Berlin.
During his travels William II. has
his own cuisine and lodgment mostly
in his special train or on board the
imperial yacht Hohenzollern
The Emperor has repeatedly refused
to incur expenses which many n rich
private citizen would incur without
hesitation were he SO minded, and it
Is a well authenticated fact that he
has repeatedly explained his economic
turn by saying that he has six boys
growing up who will soon marry and
have their own royal households,
which are bound to make heavy in
roads upon his eXehequer, because the
number of available Protestant prin-
cesses with kingly dowers is alarming
ly small in Europe.
The Emperor, on the other hand, is
personally exceedingly rich. He once
called himself the greatest land pro-
prietor in Prussia, which is no doubt
true, because the Manual of the
Royal Prussian Court and State"
shows that the Hohenzollern crown
estates comprise seventy-eight landed
estates and fifteen forests, which are
under rational administration highly
developed, and the proceeds of which
form the bulk of the imperial income.
In this respect William IL. is by no
means an expensive gentleman farm
er," but an agriculturist who looks to
results as fully as much as to appear
anceS.
The saving disposition of William l.,
the grandfather of the present En-
peror, is well known. A little episode
is illustrative of this fact. When the
first child Of "Unser Fritz was born
the present Emperor-Wiliam L., in
the first joy of being a grandfather
sent for the court jeweler to select
present for the Crown Princess, the
present Empress Dowager Frederick.
Several costly ornaments were submit
ted for the inspection of William l.,
the prices ranging from $4,000 up
ward.
mo, no! my dear sir" exclaimed the
King. 1.-THE things are very pretty,
but much too dear for me. Why, if
[ expended $4,000 for Il present for
my daughter-in-law at the first child,
md half dozen children more are