The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-15
EUROPEAN MONARCHS
ARE HARD WORKERS
Adoption of Regular Business System
is Necessary in Order to Get Through
With Routine Work.
(London Tit-Bits.)

then another from breakfast time until
approaching midnight. Usually on
these busy occasions, when there is
no one else in the room but her hus-
band, the Czarina sits quietly in
chair in one corner and knits or
stitches at some fancy work while
his imperial majesty gets ON with his
business The room is simply
furnished, with plenty of desks and
cabinets of drawers, most of which
come direct from London.
OF all the offices of Kings, that in
which the King of Italy performs his
daily task is the plainest and least
pretentious. This arises partly from
the fact that King Victor Emmanuels
tates are Of the simplest and his views
on business matters very strict, and
partly from the rigorous, Spartan
method Of his upbringing, in the course
of which ne was taught to do with
out everything that savOred of
luxury and comfort He is at his
desk every morning at 8 o'clock, AMI
such an early business man himself.
he cannot tolerate hardness in others.
Kaiser Holds Record.
But the Kaiser can beat his Italian
brother monarch, for he is in his
office arranging affairs of state when
most of the other sovereigns of the
world are still in bed; that is to say,
he is customarily in the thick of it
by o'clock. He finds such early hab bits
absolutely necessary a he is to &C
! complish the task which he sets him
self, for on an average, besides
4, singing .innumerable documents,
every one of which he reads
conferences with ministers ana chiefs
of departments, it is essential that he
either writes himself or dictates an
average of twenty letters a day.
The office OF the King OF the Belgian
resembles nothing so much as the
sub-editor's room in daily newspaper.
| There are no comforts" Of any des-
cription, except one big easy chair
which has seen great deal of SER
| vice; but on tables and round the
walls are many bulky newspaper files.
This state of affairs rises chiefly
| from the circumstance that his ma.
| jesty is very intimately concerned
with numerous great enterprises of a
| commercial character, and that he
i his big dealings on the various bouT,
ses. Therefore. the prices of the
money market have a constant attrac-
ton for him, and he likes to keep
all the newspapers by him for a year.
/ King Leopold is in his workroom
every morning at clock and at that
hour he is engaged closely scrutiniz
ing the financial columns of the morn.
ing papers.
| King of Portugal.
King Carlos of Portugal hates the
routine work of state, though, OF
] course. he has to do it like other
monarches. 1t is said, however, that
sometimes when a subordinate Min.
lister has repaired to his palace to
discuss various matters with his
majesty for an hour or two, Sthe
King suddenly suggests that their
time would be better spent in some
form of exercise or sport, of which
he is very fond, and "a few minutes
later the two might be dis
covered in eager participation of whai
the King has suggested. But things
go very smoothly in Portugal. anC
there is no need for any one to worry
When the times are anxious, Kins
Carlos can work as hard as any one