Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17
MOVING RorALTIEs.
How Kings Change Their Place Of
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Kings, like their humber subjects,
frequently have occasion to change
their place of abode. even though it
may only be to one of the other royal
palaces already furnished with every
comfort a monarch can desire. Never
theless there are hundred and one
articles required for daily use which
the king takes with him wherever he
goes, and consequently moving is al
ways a. function of considerable i'm
portance in the eyes OF the officials at
Windsor
1t is not generally known jist an
inventory consisting of sixty volumes
contains a full description of every
article at Windsor, from the solid
gold dinner service valued at $500,
600. down to the smallest hearth rug.
1t was compiled at Queen Victoria's
behest some years ago, and is always
called into requisition on these occa-
sions.
In the castle workshop the packing
cases have been made by a staff of
carpenters, and under the supervision
OF an inspector who is directly re-
sponsible to the master of the house
bold for their safety, the articles are
packed by the royal servants. and not
by outside workmen. In the inven-
tory every article has a number, so
each case as it is packed is sealed
and ticketed with the numbers of the
items it contains before being placed
in the vans. In this way it is impos-
sible for any one to detect which cases
contain valuables.
King Edward is very methodical,
and not infrequently superintends
the packing in person. Whenever
he goes into residence elsewhere he
insists on taking several small chests
of drawers, tables, desks, etc, con-
tanning his private papers, besides
favorite inkstands, pen trays and
ether knick-knacks which he likes to
see about him. In addition severaI
thousand pounds worth of plate and
china have to be taken for dinner
parties, all of which must be most
carefully packed. especially as among
the crockery plates valued at $50
apiece are numbered. and it says
much for the abilities of the royal
packers that a breakage is very sell
dom recorded. Each case is checked
three times during the journey-on
being placed in the van, when trans
ferred to the train and on arrival at its
destination. A servant who acts as
detective is sent by the train as an
ordinary passenger.
The king admits a fad for collect
ing walking sticks, and his collection
numbers over a thousand specimens,
at least a score of which he will want
to take with him. 1t is not often that
he uses the same stick on two con-
Secutive days, and he makes point of
personally selecting the sticks he
wishes to be packed. Yet no great
amount of preparation is necessary
for the royal fitting; indeed, the
packing is rarely begun till two days
beforehand
Some soyereigns are very particu-
lar as to their moving and cannot
bear strange surroundings. The
kaiser is one of these. and when he
goes into residence elsewhere every
article in his study at Potsdam-
even to the pictures and knick-knacks
with which his eye is familiar-goes
with him, and is SO expeditiously
packed and unpacked that his room
lis never long in state of chaos.
Other monarchs have similar whims,
rs, for instance, the king of the Bel
grams, who cannot sleep in a strange
bed. and the Emperor of Austria, who
insists on dining at the same table
wherever he may De. but he strongly
objects TO using tablecloth, this is,
perhaps excusable
The most difficult monarch to
move" is undoubtedly the car, and
the transfer of his fittings from the
winter palace to Livadia is always
matter of enormous preparation, and
in consequence is not often under
taken. All the furniture in every
room, with very few exceptions, is
moved bodily, even down to the car
pets and the greater part of his IL
brary, consisting of $4,000 volumes,
makes the journey also. The COM
fort of the royal children, too, is very
carefully studied the toys and entire
contents of the nursery being moved
enmasse to the new residence. if only
for a stay covering few weeks.-Tit
Bits.