Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-09-26


out the kingdom and kept a profes,
sional hunt @.aa and hounds for that
purpose. There are a number Of other
equally absurd stuecures which ought
to be abolished, but they are held by
men of Importance and influence and
parliament does not like to NEEDLE
with them.
For household expenses s965,000 is
allowed With this money eight or
ten palaces have to be kept up-Wind-
sor, Buckingham, ST. James, Hampton
Court, Osborne Balmoral Sandring.
ham, KeUsington, Claremont, Frog
more and others, although the greater
part of the expenses at Osborne, Bal
moral and Sandringham, which were
the private property of Queen Victoria
are paid f.om the privy purse The
official palaces are an enormous eN-
pense and the maintenance of the sta.
hles, carriages and parks must be paid
from this fund. For repairs the sum
of 100000 is appropriated. and to this
the cost Of the new furniture, now be
ing put into Windsor and Buckingham
palaces, is charged
Over all these expenditures the Of
fcials of the government have practi-
cal control and an account is rem
dered to parliament but the privy
purse which amounts to $4,000 the
king can Use as he pleascs. No &C
count is rendered. From this are paid
the personal expenses of the royal
family and the court the state cere-
mouials. balls, dinners and other
functions. travelling expenses and
food for the household, which usually
consists of 100 persons or more.
Added to the privy purse is the
100000 which the king gets from the
duchy of Lancaster. This gives him
n total of $&50,000 for his personal eX-
penses, of which he is required to rem
der no account.
Alexandra has an allowance of
$250000, from which must be paid all
her expenses and salaries of large
number of retainers required by the
queen She has reduced the number
considerably, but is paying about 80
per cent larger salaries than Queen
Victoria allowed because the ladies in
waiting upon the present queen will
be subjected to many more expenses
in the way of wardrobe. Queen Vic
toria was CXaCting in many respects,
but she entertained so little and
dressed so simply herself that her at
PENDANTS did not require elaborate or
expensive toilets, Under the present
none but ladies of wealth can accept
such positions. Queen Alexandra has
notified her ladies in waiting that
their services will be required only
at important state functions. She
will be attended regularly by Lady
Sufiield and Miss Knollys, who have
been her secretaries for several years,
and are ultimate confidential friends,
thoroughly acquainted with all her
wishes, ideas and preferences.
Queen Victoria left large estate in
jewels, stocks, bonds and landed pro
perty. She owned some of the most
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no one can receive a Iarpn aronnr al.
though she VAS a very rich woman
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