Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-02

bullhghter before he became corpulent
and just dotted on the bull ring. He
dotes on 1t now, but owing TO his obesi-
~ cannot enter the lists as a toreador
His queen Is athletic and fine swim
mer. having saved q flshermans life
last summer. She is also an m. d."
but her real liking Is for millinery, and
she cxcels In the trimming Of bon
nets.
While the king Of Roumania Is not
noted for anything in particular his
wife. the renowned Carmen sylvia, Is
not only a poetess and a patron Of hos.
pitfalls and soup kitchens. but an adept
In art embroidery, school for teaching
which she has founded and supports.
The czar Of Russia Is more inclined
to lead & quiet life than to dabbIe in af-
fairs of state, especially since his mar
riage, and is said to be prouder OF his
accomplishment as an amateur car
penter and boatbullder and OF mis- ma
rine museum OF models than Of any
thing else, Like his remote predeces-
sor, Peter the Great, he takes TO ship
building, and II he had lived 200 years
ago he might have followed Peters ex-
ample and let matters Of public inter-
est wait on his welding OF the adze
The czarlna Is an expert needlewoman
and musician, besides being skilled in
amateur photography. Her snapshots
on the recent visit to France are very
fine.
Little Alfonso XIII. Of Spain. who, II
Is announced, will soon begin a tour OF
the European courts and who will as
cend the throne next May II nothing
happens to prevent, has had so much
crammed into his short life in order TO
fit him for kingship that there has
been no time for fads. As small boy
he desired greatly to be allowed TO
make mud pies, like the other urchlns,
but was compelled instead to play with
toy soldiers. in the evolutions Of which
he finally became absorbed to the ex-
clusion OF all else. The queen regent,
his mother Is expert as an amateur In
fine silks and jewels and has a magnih-
cent collection of pink and yellow dla-
monds, pearls, rubies and emeralds.
Sweden and Norway, it is granted,
have the most scholarly sovereign in
King Oscar, a linguist. speaking six
languages, a student OF Latin literature
and a poet, having published several
volumes. He Is also patron Of ex-
plorers, artists and authors. benevolent
and hospitable and great traveller In
his own kingdom, being acquainted
with II from end to end.
The sultan OF Turkey has a miser's
greed for money. which, however, he
likes TO expend in building palaces and
klosks along the Bosporus. But, while
he has twenty palaces and an income Of
more than $4,000 900 annually, he sticks
close to his home and expends vast
sums on his table.
Hamid to stalwart Theodore Roosevelt,
president of the United States, and
probably no two rulers Of great pow
ers could be found more Numerically
opposed than they are. II Mr.. Roose-
welt has q special fad, 1t has been made
patent to all In his advocacy of athlet-
les, and II he delights in any one thing
more than another 1t is in outdoor
sports, such as riding and hunting.
His life as ''cowpuncher" and his
hunting OF grizzlies and mountain
lions, together with his advocacy OF the
strenuous life," show the metal he is
made Of as well as what are his de-
lights. CLAIMING A. BARLOW.