The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08
WHEN KINGS GET
DOWN TO BUSINESS

S--e-@-S-a -
All European monarchs have so much
work Of a purely businesslllKe character
to get through constantly that for the
most part they find 1t necessary for its
proper performance to adopt for time
az all events, purely business methods
heads OF great commercial houses.
Thus, King Edward. who Is one Of the
busiest Of them all. f.s Z each OF the
royal roy pa, palaces wha, |. aothing more or
tne luxurious appointments that one
might reasonably expect to find IN the
private apartment OF the ruling head of
Great Britain. BUSINESS methods for
business mem is King Edwards motto
~ this connection, and as on an average
tnere are some 10000 letters or official
papers OF one kind or another which de-
mand either his attention or that OF his
secretary every year, the wisdom OF Il
can be appreciated by the humbiest COM
mercial persons. Whatever writing his
majesty finds IL necessary to do himself
Is done in a quick hurried style Of pen
manship, which in itself is a suggestion
OF the quality Of work he has to perform.
The king is most particular that all his
letters and papers shall be arranged and
nled according 70 an excellent system
which is largely his own invention, and
ne never keeps any OF them after the
necessity for doing so has ceased. II il
to accumulate rubbish" as we'll as his
strict regard for secrecy. that every
morning the contents Of a large waste
paper basket are taken charge of by his
private secretary. who Is personally re-
sponsible for seeing that they are burnt
He smokes hard while he is engaged on
business matters, and invariably has a
box OF cigars and another Of cigarettes
at his elbow
The czar Of Russia spends more time IN
his offlce-which is the name that he per.
sonaliy prefers to give it-than perhaps
any ruler in the world, and since the war
with Japan broke out he has frequently
been engaged in Ii with first one minis
ter and then another from breakfast time
until approaching midnight. Usually on
these busy occasions, when there Is no
one else In the room but her husband the
czarina sits quietly in chair in one cor
ner and kniIs 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 cab
inets Of drawers. most Of which came
direct from London.
OF all the Offices of kings, that in which
the king Of Italy performs his daily task
is the planest and least pretentious. This
arises partly from the fact that King
Victor Emmanuel's tastes are of the SIM
plei and his views on business matters
very strict and partly from the rigorous,
Spartan method Of his upbringing. In the
course of which he was taught TO 20
without everything that savored OF lux
ury and comfort. He Is at his desk every
morning not later than o'clock, and
being such an early business man himself
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 GUS
tomarily in the thick of 1t by o'clock
He finds such carly habits absolutely nee
essary II he is daily to accomplish the
task which he sets himself. for on an
average besides signing lnnumerable doc
uments every one OF which he reads him
self. and holding countless conferences
with ministers and chiefs Of deuart-
ments II is estimated that he either
writes himself of dictates an average OF
twenty letters a day.
The office of the king of Belgians re-
sembles nothing so much as the sub
editors room in a daily newspaper Of
fice. There are no Comforts Of any
description except one big easy chair
which has seen a great deal of services
but on tables and round the walls are
many bulky newspaper hles-St Louis
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