The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-23
ROYALTY TAKES TO TIE AUTO.
so THERE'S ANXTETY Just NOW
IN NAVY 4 ROYAL STABLE.
Many Men and Horses IIkc,, To Lose Their
Jobs if the Notion Keeps spreading
Gorgeous Coaches that Nay TIC Dis
placed Some Motor cars Of Royalty.

GORGEOUS Coaches thai WAY TIC Vs-
placed Some Motor cars Of Koy atty.
The motor car has it's m and mons
Of the enemies il more violently disapprov-
ing than the horsey folk who earn their
living in royal stables. ~,
Royalty, all over Europe, has taken UP
the new fad with more or less ardor, and
! royal coaches and royal horses stand neg
lected in the stables. while Majcsties go
whirling along in horseless carriages.
Especially in Berlin does thc disa pproval
OF royal motoring run high. The Emperor
is a motor enthusiast. Any one Of moder-
ate intelligence would expect that. At first
glance. the motor car would seem to have
been invented especially for William IL.
The eternal fitness Of things demands
some such means Of locomotion for tho
Kaiser. Evidently the Berliners do not
find Joy In the fitness of things. They dis
like their rulers new fad. They look all
the scorn that German face can compass
and say severely hat motoring is not
, 'Kaiserlich. r
While public opinion is unfavorable. prf-.
vate opinion, as cultivated in the imperial .
stables. is violently a~ntagonistic,
Europe has no other royal coach houss
and stable installation equal to that in Ber-
lin. The Kaiser's love OF perfect system
| and rigid etiquette il shown here as in every-.
thing else pertaining to the royal household
All the court officials nave their special
equipages and these court carriages occupy
the left side Of a huge room. There IL no
! fanciful splendor displayed. The Kaiser
says that he likes his carriages uniformed
az severely and punctiliously as his soldiers.
so the official carriages are in deep red.
with light gray seats and Innings finished
in white braid.
Opposite the long row OF official carrisg es
are the personal equipages of the Emperor
and Empress. They are a goodly and COM
prehensive assortment. but are all in dark
blue and silver.
In another building, under a heavy leather
covering, stands the State chariot. a sor-
geous coach which was used by the En-
| peror and Empress on their marriage day.
and will not be used again. 90 says the Kaiser.
until the Prince Imperial marries. .
Under the shadow Of the gorgeous coach.
, il a funny little Norwegian vehicle. which
is dear to the Kaiser's heart. II is phe-
n~omenally light and has but two wheels.
The Kaiser used to drive about in IL, but
the spectacle was too much for his loyal
subjects.
The Norwegian cart was even more
unkaiserlich than the motor car, and the
force of public opinion compelled the En-
peror 20 stow the cart way while in the
Fatherland When he goes to Scandi-
navia. however, his cart goes with him,
among the luggage.
There are many hunting carriages in
the imperial outfit but they have a building
of their own, the only interloper being ths
Kaiser's famous ravelling carriage which
he uses when he goes about the country
watching military II has
an escritoire, with irnumerahle drawers
and pigeon holes for the accommodation
of plans and maps and papers; and from
under the coachman's box may be drawn
n large movable table on which the En-
peror may write. "N- 90
The hunting carriages nre a serious
indictment against royal taste, although
in form and construction they are per-
fectly adapted to their purpose. They are
painted uniformly in light gray. trimmed
in brown. and the upholstery is in dark
green.
For the care of all these equipages,
and the vast stud of horses accompanying
them an immense force of men, numbering
several hundred. is employed These SER
wants eve with nue. apprehension ths
yariou motor cars that are now elbowing
the carriages, and for love of which the
Kaiser leaves his favorite horses eating
their heads of in their stalls,
There are disquieting rumors that as
time goes on, the new toys will gradually
displace much OF the old installation and
a host Of stable boys. grooms and others
will make way for a few. choice souls who
understand motoring. So feeling runs
high in the breasts of the stable STAFF and
their friends, and while no one wishes the
Kaiser harm, there would be general gratu-
lation il his motor cars would blow up
while standing peacefully in their stables.
From the English royal stables, TOO,
comes a faint note Of protest. The King
goes gavly motoring 10 any junction less
serious than a coronation, and enjoys his
daily spin more than he enjoys most things.
Moreover, he Is a jealous ~propagandist.
He is anxious that all his family should
share his sport, and though the Queen
does not manage her motor car herself.
she often goes out in II under ConVoy OF
more daring MEMBERS OF the royal family.
The King has ordered n number of new
motor vehicles and Is ambitious to have a
very complete installation of the sort. not
only for his own satisfaction, but in prcpa-
ration for the food Of visiting royalty that
will sweep into England at coronation
time.
Luckily the King cannot motor 10 hus
coronation. so the show-loving public viii
not he forced to share the stahlemen's
resentment. The state coach in all its
gorgeousness will be brought out again
for the event and there will, II is promised.
be- such an array Of dazzling equipagas
a. England has not seen in many n long
day.
State carriages, long disnsed 10y royalty
and mobiles, are in carriagemakers' hands
being furnished up for the coronation
New carriages Of gorgeous type are build
ing, TO the present joy Of the makers. whose
imagination and artistic fervor have been
cribbed, cabined and confined TO the bounds
of unimposing broughams and victorias,
and to the future JOY of the crowd that
loves glitter aud splendor,
hut II is the Lord Mayor Of Londo town
whose carriage will be a JOY 10 the eye ~
the coronation onlooker. II is brand new
aud gorgeous as though it belonged To The
DAVIS OF Louis XIV. instead of to this sober
wear of grace. The huge vehicle l. a pile
Of gliding over which run riot roses. sham
rocks, thistles. and the arms of the city,
while the arms of the Grocer Company
and Of Sir Joseph Dimsdale himself are
tucked into oTner
The small panels, the wheel spokes
and golG-fringcd, gold-embroidrrcd velvet
hammercluth are blue, The coach j. lined