The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

Kaiserin and her children are also written
In English.
As soon as one of The hastily indited
notes Is sealed and addressed q touch OF
the electric bell fstches the Kammerdiener
on duty with his golden ray.
"A mounted chasseur to the post ohice.
quick" orders the Kaiserin, and the letter
Is thrown onto tho tray.
A minute later a groom gallopS of. fol.
lowed. after another half hour. by one OF
his colleagues. freighted with a perfumed
note. as the first. And this sort Of thing Is
kept up all morning.
TIL private lives Of other royal ladies
run on much the same lines. All have their
time pretty well occupied by state and
family duties. and all a to do a ire
mendous amount of letterwriting.
Queen Alexandra designs her own letter.
heads. and is SO fond of drawing that, oc-
c%asionally, she makes designs for her rela-
tives and friends. Thus she has just nm
ished q letterhead for her brother. Harold,
Of Denmark-a Roman III under q royal
crown in a broad circle Of gold. adorned By
q bow. Her own letterheads contain the
name Alexandra in high. stin script. The
first "A" and the last one are the smallest
of the nine letters. the next little larger.
the central letter being the biggest. Above
the name Is q monogram composed Of the
letters "a" one Of which stands for
Alice" which Is Alexandra's pet name.
The paper intended for letters addressed to
her Majesty's father and Intimate friends
are all marked Alice the arrangement
being the same as in Alexandra.
King Edward Of England uses double
foolscap paper. with q mourning border
and the letter "E" under an Imperial
crown. As Prince Of Wales, he wrote on
small dark-blue paper, having in the left
Kaiser William has treated himself to .
.brand-new letterhead since he became smit-
ten with Anglophobia- It contains his
crest. including " naked ruflans as:
supporters" and the white Maltese Cross.
with the insignia Of the Order Of the Garter.
To accommodate all this %splendor. he had
to abandon his old-tims small paper ana
return to foolscap.
Princess Beatrtce's letterheadS bear her
own name in her own handwriting, small
script in silver or black ground. The
being the initial Of both her drst and Last
name. is double.
Since her husbands death, tho Empress
Frederick always writes on white or Light
lilac paper with a mourning border. The
monogram "v. F." Is In black or silver and
surmounted by an imperial crown In the
same colors. Letters dated from her castle.
Friedricshof, are in addition adorned with
her Majesty's crest in the left-hand corner.
The Crown Princess Of Greece also de-
signs her own letter heads. which bear nee
name In golden script under q royal crown.
She uses different colored paper every oay
In the week.
Among German aristoerats the beautiful
Princess Pless (nes Mary CORVALLIS West)
follows Queen Alexandra's fashion BY plac'
ing her pet name on her ~lettsrheads sns
likes to hear herself called Daisy ana
.'Daisy" stands at the head OF her May.
fair letter paper. It's written IN Coio OIL
i1bt 9reen BACKGROUND. which latter u
wreathed In daisies In their natural coior@
Above this somewhat elaborate afSanese
"e"' LADY OF THE COURT.
copyrisht, 1901, by Henry W. FISCHER.