The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-24
Simple ADJUSTMENTS OF Kings and
Other Mighty .Personages.

Royalty and high and mighty person
ages are easily entertained, or, rather
they easily entertain themselves when a
leisure moment occurs.
For example, the Grand Duke Of Hesse
is never so happy as when he can snatch
a moment from affairs to devote to his
embroidery. He is very slxillful with his
needle and his work is said to be beauti-
full. He takes the greatest interest in it,
and is particularly clever in the arrange
naent of coIors. Besides embroidery. he
is devoted to music, dancing and also
acting
Il can sing as well as any of them"
says the car of Russia, who has a fine
tenor voice, which it is his chief pleasure
10 use. Indeed, he is quite proud of his
voice. My enemies say many harsh and
unlNind things about me, he once said,
when in gay spirits. ne had been enter
tanning a family party with lively airs,
and accuse me of being destitute of any
accomplishments, but L defy them TO say
them"
Another fine royal tenor is that of King
Oscar of Sweden. who Is the most musical
of mOnarchs- In his young days he was
regarded as possessing the most accom-
plished voice in Europe, and he could
have made fortune out OF It on the
stage
Wholly unmusicaI was the late king Of
Italy, on the other hand. and an amusing
story was once told regarding his lack OF
ear and voice for music by the present
king, then Prince Victor. The insight
| into royal domestic life is delightful.
King Humbert dtsiked to be reminded in
any way that the queen was growing old.
and he had a particular antipathy to see
ing her wear glasses
The prince described one of the domes-
tic scenes thus: When papa saw the
glasses going up to mammas eyes ne
cried. 'MaFgherita. put down those
gases" Mamma id not Ob@y. Mars her
TIA If you don't take off those glasses L
shall sing And mamma had such
dread OF papas false notes that she
Z at.o her TOR
ment.'
Singing, however, is not the only pet
| amusement Of the czar. He has a pas
( sion Tor collecting caricatureS OF himself,
/ and they amuSe him vastly, so much so,
, indeed, that he is having room papered
/ with pictures OF Which ne Is the victim
/ Before commencing the work he gave or
/ ders that ali caricatures OF himself that
had appeared in foreign journals should
4 be procured and the scheme has given
! him rare amusement. Only a phenomenal
sense OF humOr, and d sturdy Seir-respect
favored with general tolerance OF other
mems views could enable man 10 be
I happy in room papered with caricatures
/ AS mad as a March hare, on the other
hand does the emperor Of Germany be
come at the sight or caricatUre or ms
august sell A cartcatuTe room mas been
| suggested as "A good way of taking a lit
I tie vanity out of the gentleman All his
! palaces. both inside and outside might be
/ of himself for he has supplied the carl
caturists OF two continents with bread
= ever since ne appeared on the puonc
! stage.
an the caricatures published in Paris
and London the emperor reads: that is
/ they are collected and pasted into a book
! for his inspection. as well as everything
/ important that is said about him in the
foreign press, be II pleasant or unpleas-
! ant polite or cynical. In this respect he
/ is something ike his grandfather. VIII
liam /. who made a careful collection Of
/ the most ridiculous caricatures Of himself
printed in France from 1866 onward.
/ Although not 1Ond OF carica lures, f0r
/ photographs OF himself the present Ger
/ man eT71ra or has a pOsitive craze and his
1 iavor5te pastime is posing for the camera.
| A TAD at present IS the biOgTaph- There
! is no request for privileges to take pic
| lures which the biOgraph company has
/ asked that he has REUSED de even goes
/ further. and is constantly sending word
: to the biOgraph headquarters Of military
/ and other events and offering opportunity
| of making photographs He prefers him
| self as the central figure Of every picture.
( when possible, no matter where the
| other fellows may be