The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-13
KINGS ARE ECONOMICAL.
RULERS MUST LOOK OUT FOR WAYS
AND MEANS, roo.

| Monarchs who save money! TO the
| verage mortal, who associates unlim.
I tied resources with the idea of royal.
ty, says a writer in the Chicago Trib.
| une, the assertion that not a few of
this worlds rulers are just as saving
| In their personal and household ex-
! penses as the average housckeeper-
In some eases more so will be sur.
prislng. OF course in this respect the
, 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 az.
! fords n striking example of this dis
| 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 a
| private individual-if this epithet can
be used of a monarch-is of quite II
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 nicety: not
beggarly, of course. but quite within
bounds of reason. In fact. many mem
bers of the titled or moneyed aristoc-
racy are "high flyers" compared with
the head Of the house of IIohcnZollcrn
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-
ton 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
ing. The court chamberlain. generals
and military aids of the Emperor live
in Potsdam and Berlin.
During his travels William H. 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 il
Is well authenticated fact that he
has repeatedly explained his economic
lul IL ~ obg lhH NittN iit hdo SiN bOgS
growing up who will soon marry and
have their own royal households,
which are bound to make heavy in
roads upon his eXchequer, 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-elght 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 III. 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-William l., in
the first joy of being n grandfather,
sent for the court jeweler to select
Il present for the Crown Princess, the
present Empress Dowager Frederick.
Several costly ornaments We're submit.
ted for the inspection of William l.,
the prices ranging from $4,000 up
ward.
mo, no! my dear sir" exclaimed the
King. "'rhc things are very pretty,
but much too dear for me- Why. If
/ expended $4,000 for a present for
my dnughter-in-law ut the first child,
and half Il dozen children more are
to come, why, | would have to spend
fortune. No, no; take the pretty
things away, and let me see something
cheaper"
Many other stories of similar trend
could he told of the saving turn of
William |. Yet he was by no means
stingy, but cheerful giver. Person
ally, he was altogether unpretentlous
and not even given to display in point
of the army, the reorganization of
which was the work and the ambition
of his life. He appeared in dress uni
form only IL circumstances demanded.
Otherwise, he rested content to be
called "thp prpatpst nOnlcOnmissiOnpd