Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-14

| caller a card or q letter TO one OF the
| ministers Of officers Of state, VINO IS d.
rected TO make an investigation or
| to act upon the information given For
| hours each Tuesday these Intervene
! continue, and the king shows great
! patience, for, naturally many OF has
callers are cranks and people with IN,
aglnary grievances But ne has often
! said that the information he obtains
| mote than compeusates him for the ah
! noyanyCe he endurcs. At 2 o'clock
those who are waiting are dismmsed
and are told that they must come again
| next week II they want 10 see the king
The private library Of King Oscai
| where he does most n his literary
| work and conducts hts private CORES
| pondence, is a small room overlooking
| the court yard, near the council cham
! Der ana the official offices The walls
are hung with portraits of other soy
erclRns, gifts 10 his majesty and In Z,
conspicuous place rs a Russian leon. &c
! head Of Christ, such IA are found In
the sbrncs ana chapes n the Greek
faith. II IS covered with gold and ot-
eompaned by a fun communion SER
vice In solid gold, which was pre-
scented 10 the king by Emperor Acxan.
der H. His desk bears evidence OF
common use. There are pilot graphs OF
his wife and his children and grandch
diem pads Of telegraph blanks, sta
tionery with the royal crest. several
copies II Puck, Punch and other Eng
lisn and American periodicals. and tn
June number Of Revues das Deuy
M1ndcs lay open whore he stopped
reading an article on the situation IN
China
Upon the wall Of the library hangs a
wreath OF laurel presented 10 him by
the students OF the university, Of which
he Is very proud IT Is framed under
glass for preservation, and near IL i3 n
diploma announcing that the degree Of
doctor Of philosophy has been conferred
upon him by the University Of Sweden
because of the excellence of thesis
submitted. OF all the honOrs oscar II
has received this gives him the greatest
satisfaction. Since he became king be
has been made a doctor Of laws by the
universities Of oxford, Paris, Rome ana
Vienna, but this degree, which Is or
dinarily conferred only upon graduates
of the royal university, was granted To
him when be was a young man and did
not dream of ever sitting upon a
throne
The queens apartments are quite as
comfortable and homellke, The walls
are covered with phctographs OF friends
and members Of the family, including
n signed photograph Of Queen Victoria,
the last that she had taken. 1t Is dated
August, 1899. In the tea room OF the
queen Is a painting IN oil OF the cabin
near Wexlo, In which Christine Nilsson !
was born. In her reception room IS
large ornament In silver presented to |
the king and queen upon the silver |
anniversary OF their wedding by the |
Swedes OF Chicago II represents two |
allegorlcal figures standing upon a |
globe, supposed TO be Sweden and the |
United States, surrounded by the flags |
and shields OF both countries, King |
Oscar and Queen Sophie esteem this |
very highly, as you must understand |
by the conspicuous position II occupies |
In their living rooms.
Upon the walls Of the queens recep- |
ton room are original portraits OF Ma |
poleon l. and the Empress Josephine |
who was the kings great grandmother |
Josephine had two children by her FIRST |
husband Her daughter. Hortense, be-
came the queen Of Holland and was the |
mother OF Napoleon III, Her son, Eu- |
gene de Beauharnais. married the Prln- |
cess Augusta, Of Bavaria, and their |
daughter became the wife OF oscar L., |
the only son Of Field Marshal Berna- |
dotte, who was made hng OF Sweden IN !
1910
Among the other relies Is the cradle
in which the children Of the royal /
family were rocked. 1t was made Of /
ebony and pearl and was presented 10
King Oscar by the sultan ~ Turkey. |
Queen Sophie has had II lined with tin
on1 uoVv ueoe a. FOR noWprc
In a series Of cabinets and hangines
upon the walls in several OF the queens
apartments Is a collection Of Sevres
china which Is said 70 be the most
complete and valuable In existence, and
many Of the specimens ere UNIQUE. II
was presented by one Of the kings OF
France 10 the king OF Sweden $50 years
ago. The kings butler who showed us
around, tells a story Of visit Of his
majesty 70 Sevres some years ogo
where. In looking over the samples Of
the best work done by hat LIBERATED
mandatory, he remarked:
rs that all you have Of that per-
lod."
YES" replied the manager, "and
there Is only one man who has any
more"
Il have over 300 pieces" said the Wis
itOr.
The Frenchman turned upon him
with look OF amazement and incred- |
ulity and replied; Nobody can say
that but the king OF Sweden"
~ am he" was the quiet response.
The dining room In which the royal |
family takes It's lunches and dinners Is |
quite a plain apartment and would he |
considered shabby and out Of date by |
people OF luxurious taste In the United |
States. Tile boards In the floor squeak, |
the decorations are old and rusty, and !
the whole room looks as II II might be |
improved at the expenditure Of HI |
Tie money and labor hut | suppose the |
king and queen have become used 10 II |
and do not see the defects ana blem- |
lshes that are apparent to other people |
The dining room looks out upon the |
roof Of one Of The wings OF the palace. |
where the king has had a plank walk |
with n bainstrade laid down.. upon |
which he promenades after dirnar |
nearly every DAY. From that elevated |
position he can look out over the city |
anil the shipping In the harhor and see |
what IS going on. The people of stock |
holm are familiar with his habits and |
know when 10 expect him. so that they |
are on the watch for him every day
SCIENTIFIC MlSCEI ANY |