Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-10
THE FADS OF QUEENS
MOST ROYAL LADIES HAVE
THEIR HOBBIES.
Many of Their Fancies Are Interesting
and Unique Some Have
Serious Vacations.


To no people is hobby of greater neces-
sity than to the wifes of reignins sover-
eigns, whose circumscribed lives render it
absolutely necessary for them to have some
private engrossing interest
Queen Alexandra has numerous interests
but her special fad Is said to be photog-
raphy. She possesses a most interesting
collection of photographs, taken by her
self, Of the members of her family, her
favorite dogs and horses, her chickens and
of pretty country scenes. Among the val
ued possessions of the queen is a set of
china which Is ornamented by her own
photographs of various scenes which have
pleasant memories for her. and on other
china are pictures Of the members Of her
family and of dear friends.
The queen has many other interests, not
the least of which is her pattern dairy at
Sandringham, for she thoroughly under
stands the working of dairy and is her
self able to make excellent butter Her
dogs and horses give her immense pleasure
for she is devoted to animals of all kinds
A favorite recreation of hers is cycling an
exercise which Of late has been somewhat
put aside for the superior pleasure of
driving a motor car.
Has the Mimetic Faculty.
A great deal has been written about the
young Empress of Russia, but little Is
known of her real character except that
she is a devoted wife and mother and
somewhat reserved to the outside world
Her majesty has many pleasures in her
private life, most of which are shared bv
her husband. Her hobby is said to DO
caricaturing and collecting caricatures The
empress is a clever mimic, and has the
ready talent of catching a likeness and
transmitting 1t to paper, so that even those
who are most caricatured cannot but laugh
at the good-natured way in which their
peculiarities are taken off.
1t is not every one who is allowed to peap
into the portfolio of the czaretza The
car finds this talent of his wife an unfail-
ing amusement, and he himself is not ex-
empted, for the empress has done many a
funny sketch Of her lord and master and
has managed to hit off certain charac ter-
istics of his In clever manner.
The Queen Dowager Of Saxony is known
far and wide for her charitable life. end
Tor her unselfishness and thought fer 9TH
ers. Her majesty has many private inter-
ests and occupations, and perhaps the near
est approach to a hobby Is the ardent In
terest she takes in children Of all classes
me schools, orphanages. homes and can
atoriums which have been founded by her
or through her initiative are numerous in
Saxony. The education and training of
children are subjects Of which the queen
has devoted a great part Of her life. She
Is greatly beloved by her people, ard has
done untold good during her reign
Photography Her Hobby.
Like Queen Alexandra, the German en-
press hobby is photography. Her collec-
ton of pictures is unique, and comprises
every kind of scene; beautiful views and
curious people she met on her eastern trav-
els; portraits Of her children, of her hus-
band and other relations; pictures Of her
children's pets, and collection Of photo
graphs of the game killed by the kaiser at
Hubertusstock and Rominthen. Her chill
dren look upon their mother as a wonderful
being, and every time they receive a new
pet the first thought is to ask mamma to
photograp phi 1t. The photographs taken by
the empress during her journey to the Holy
Land were exhibited with magic lantern
for charity after her return home.
The favorite amusements of Queen VIII
helmina are skating and riding; but as
try. Her majesty is devoted to animals,
and Is averse to sport, as she cannot bear
to think of the animals in her preserves
being slaughtered Her husband, however,
shoots as much as he likes; but formerly,
when the preserves were shot over, the
queen never appeared or showed that she
took the slightest interest in the sport.
and fond of painting, but she is not in the
least musical.
Follows Religion.
It may perhaps be hardly correct to call
religion hobby, but 1t is the only relaxa-
ton allowed to herself by the Queen Of
Norway and Sweden. and the one real in
teEest that she has outside her family and