The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-15
ROYAL lUays and lUbiii1s
Emperor William the First and King Milan the Last Euro
pean Sovereign TO Rise in the Morning.

with one officer. Colonel Pazzimbolini,
to spend several weeks in the Alps IN
the pursuit Of the game of all kinds
with which the mountains abound.
Formerly he established no means OF
communication with Rome Neither
Queen Marguerite nor any Of his min
listers ever knew where to find him FOR
weeks at time. He might have lost
his throne in a sudden upheaval and
known nothing Of it till he descended
to the plains. OF late. however. he is
wiser. The queen duplicated. the min
listers almost commanded him to mend
his ways And now a carrier leaves
Rome every second day during his
hunting expeditions, bringing reports
Of all that happens and taking back
the royal commands.
A Passion For the Camera.
Most Of the royal personages are
/ fond almost to the point Of insanity,
of being photographed. It is not. as
one might have supposed, the kaiser
who holds the record 1t is trTe he has
more than 600 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 mirror when he is
about 20 add to his collection.
nephew out and out in this respect At
MARLBOROUGH House there are said to be
no lest than fifteen hundred distinct rep
senta-iOns of the PRINCE
Whenever he proposes to launch a new
style of dress. a certain shape of h2t or
fan Of trousers or cut of coat he gets
/ himself photographed in his private rooms
so as TO judge of the effect. He knows
that he gives the lead in mems dress all
over Europe and he has a heavy sense of
MS responsibility. If the picture does not
please him he does not sport the new
costume. The tailor has to come for a
The Emperor Francis-Joseph is also
very fond of being photographed; but he
does not like elaborate posing. He pre-
fers the careful snapshot. He walks into
the room where everything has been pre-
pared stands for minute just as he may
md himself in front of the camera, then
walks out. He is the terror Of the pho
tOgTapherS, because he does not hesitate
to express his disapproval very strongly
if the picture is not to his liking.
The car has the same distaSte for the
formalities Of the photographer. In fact
ne carries II SO far and shows such pam
fll nervousness in front of the camera
that it is very seldom a picture is OBJ
tained 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 similar physioS-
nOmy.
The sultan of Turkey is another nerv-
Gus SUBJECT His fear, however Is not
so much of the photographer and the ma
chine as Of his royal subjects. No por-
trait Of the sultan is allowed to be pub
I llShed in any country under the sway
of the shadow of God. He was photo
sraphed fer the first time in many years
/ on the occasion of the ksisers visit 10
Turkey. And after twenty copies had
I been printed the plate was taken by the
sultan, who Keeps il locked up in his pri-
waite apartments at the F'ildiz Kiosk
OF royal ladies. the Empress Frederic
7 Of Germany is fond both Of being photo
/ graphed and of phOtOgraphing others. She
does not like 10 be- taken singly, but is
! always glad TO make part in a group
which she arranges herself with the incest
taste. The kaiser does not approve en-
I rirely of his Wife's hobby for SNAPSHOT
I ting. He thinks such frivolous pursuits
/ beneath the dignity Of an empress OF
Germany and queen of Prussia. and he
has never allowed her to practice on
himself
The young queen of Holland has herself
( photographed on the least possible excuse
And when her mother. the old queen
makes some mild protest. she answers
/ tthey say, All it is not for myself YOU
know; / want to please my people
I The queen of ROumania the literary
artistic, musical Carmen Sylvia. is also a
constant client Of the photographer She
/ gets herself photographed in al sorts OF
( romantic attitudes Carmen SYLVIA paint
T ing. Carmen sylvia at her writing. GARNER
I sylvia playing the national songs which
/ she herself has set to music or composed
/ Carmen sylvia in poetic revery.
As for the great public in its attitude 10
/ the royalties photographed, here is a list
i OF the number ST pictures sold each year
The pope 1900; the Princess of Wales
/ 5000, the emperor of Germany, 1900
the ear. l4,00O; the Prince Of Wales T..