Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-06-11
THE THRONE MAKER.

THE THRONE. MAKER.
Been in Yurnp some timer asked
the man who sat opposite to me IN the
train that was rushing from Euston 10
Liverpool.
replied that / had spent several years
in Europe.
What's yom opinion of Imrupean
kings" continued the mar. DO You con
-idcr that there's amy enterprise and
hustle among EN-? haven't found amy,
hut perhaps you have
CA my replying chat | had no personal
acomintanccs with the monarchs of Eu-
rope. my companion became confidential
and told me the following story;
Pm going back To America after hav
mg made the first big failure i'll my
whole business career. II wasn't my
fault. It was just due to the lack OF
enterprise among these ridiculous kings.
I'm tell YOU al about it, il you care To
listen.
II came over here last March with
full line Of thrones. III been looking at
a picture one day of King solomon sit
ting on his throne. and all OF sudden
en- idea struck me Says | tn myself
a here hasn't been amy substantial i'm
pio, ement IN thrones since Solomons
time, aud there, Il big field Tor enter.
prise ia throne making So | Thought
over The thing IL spell, and made mp my
itud 10 manufacture models OF new and
improved thrones and take them to !.u-
rope and get orders from the reigning
king aud cnlpcrors.
y ou sec. my idea was that the SOFT
ii throne that would suit one King
wouldn't suit another There's kings
,hat they call constitutional. and can't
90 beyond the regular programme of
their duties. And there's kings that can
do As they please in every thing, There's
Kings that are shot at regular. and then,
again there's kings that amt worth
shooting at, New one standard pattern
uf throne, such as solomon used.
wouldn't suit every sort of king. and
calculated 60 make my thrones iii the
particular need, Of each reignmg king.
"Well!" | got to work and studied mp
about all the monarchs of Nurrup. ia
about two weeks | knew the ways OF this
hing aud that king down to the ground,
and recloncd that | knew just the sur1
al throne, that they required.
81 made my models, and mighty hand
some they were. used the best spanish
cedar and the most expensive Narnish
and slt. mud velvet, and eyerythms that
could give them stylish and attractive
appearance. They are what | call real
objects OF art. and I've half a mind 10
hire hall when | get home, and exhibit
thcuS and give a lecture ON thrones and
munarctual institutions generally.
II came To England in March, as
said, aud the SECOND day after my ar
rival took a cab, and put my model
81 an English throne on the front seat,
nicely wrapped up in brown paper. and
told the rahmau To drive to Buckingham
palace whore | was told the King lived.
The thtoue was lust the thing for your
kmp Il WAS what | called an inter
eou> erthle throne and lounge. 1t looked
like u Hr>t class throne, where the King
could sit aud wear his crown and em-
pha~ike hi, remarks with his Sceptlr. till
he might he tired. Then all he would
have Go do would be Ia press Il button.
and the thing would open out and back
ull It became u comfortable lounge.
Nhcte he could lie and rest, and perhapS
taxe httle, while his primo minist.q.
lcad death warrants, aud reports Of ro,n.
Wittcc~, and such, to him. was proud
1T that throne. and felt sure that the
Ming, being a mighty intelligent man.
WOULD catch on to the idea of ID at once
But, rs il happened, he never saw it,
Il drew up IL the trout door IT the
palace, and asked the chap in uniform
al the door if the King was in. He
booked sort of curious at me. and then
he says, His majesty is, at present, in
london
Very Sood SAYS l. Win you lust
take him my catd, and say that want
IL ste him for about ten minutesy y"
No, | viii not, SAYS the chap. 'ara
You'd better drlNe away from here IN
double quick tln,e
go slow. my friend" SAYS l. III tG2
huE dout see me he'll miss the chance
p' a lifetime I've set The model of a
l'to"e M that cab that viii tighten the
KING business fer him fully so per cent.
~ N"o prevent him seeing il, and he ever
Sr'~ Ia hear at thc 2attcr, Nouy Situa
n2r Went be wcrth much
No0 move oN at eNCc' SAYS ZEE. Ii
~" "2ot 'o sex The King, ~ t. your au,~
t'>>1ier and It he's as hiy lunatit as
\eo pSf@pN heH srranSe ~ nave YOU
}'yt>eNteV
Has wasn't What called polite. 80
says Io y6t maE, My triendt If ever
N"o come tN the states, and want Ia see
>W President, NoUN tiRd that the po6,e-
3'rP at the White house know how 10
treaf q stranger, and that the PRESIDENT
,>N a3'>r >'e'aS amy man that calls on
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