Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-13
THE KING.

Not since the Crown Princess OF Rou-
mania surreptitiously snapped her kodak
at her sister, the comedy young Grand
Duchess of Hesse, at the very moment
when the latter was emerging from her
mud bath at S~chwalbach, shrouded from
head to foot, so to speak, with a thick
coating or mantle Of sticky. black mud,
has the camera played such FRANKS with
royalty as are reported from Copenhagen
says the Washington Post. 1t seems that
when the Emperor and Empress Of Rus
STA were staying with King Christian.
their grandfather, orders were sent to one
Of the leading photographers at Copen-
hagen to come without delay to the Bern
dorff Payace, for the purpose of taking
group pictures of the imperial party. The
photographer brought along with him not
merely the camera for the group portraits
but likewise another Photographic APP
paratus. which, I think, is called the d.
bliograph, and which enables the taking
OF a rapid succession of snap shots. Dur
ing the twenty minutes or so which
elapsed before the royalties assembled
n had grouped themselves into the
necessary poses, the photographer avail
ed himself of the opportunity to a q
series of about sixty or seventy snap shots
VI Tie great peTSOildSSS, Without the IdL.
ter having the slightest idea that they
were being thus portrayed. Nor did he
say anything about the matter until he
had got back to Copenhagen and devel-
oped the entire lot, which he placed on
exhibition without asking the permission
of his illustrious clients.
Many of the snapshots are very anus
ing, and o all exceedingly human,
showing that even emperors and kings
are fond of boyish pranks. Thus one Of
the pictures represents the Gar running
one of his Oun Danish cousins down the
marble steps of the palace. holding the
young prince by the nap of his neck and
the seat Of his trousers. Another DIS
plays Princess Waldemar in the act Of
snatching the hat from the exceedingly
bald head of her brother-in-law, the King
of Greece. in order to throw it at Princess
Victoria Of Wales. A third picture again
shows the. young Grand Duke Michael Of
Russia IN the act of leaping over his aunt,
the Princess of Wales, in order to tickle
the ear of his married sister, the Grand
Duchess Xenia, with a long straw, while
a fourth exhibits the ruler of all the Rus
sias in full flight, holly pursued by the
young Danish Prince. whom he had so I'M
tremendously conducted down the stair
case.
If this had taken place in Germany, it
is probable that the photographer would
nave been thrown into prison and SEN
fenced to a more or less prolonged deten-
ton on charges of, lese majestic. But at
the palace of Bernsdorff it excited, on the
contrary, the utmost hilarity. On hear
ing of the character of the pictures the
Grand Duke Michael, Princess Victoria
of Wales n others Of the young people
/ proceeded to the capital for the purpose
of investigating and reporting. They
were so much amused and delighted with
the pictures that. far from hainp angry
! with the photographer. they insisted on
his bringing the pictures up to the palace
to show them to the two expresses, to the
king and to the car. after which orders
were given to him for numerous sets of
the series. which are being distributed
among the various relatives. Nor did the
royal and imperial personages make any
objection to the continuance Of the exit
bition in the photographers shop win
dows.