Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-12
Cannot Shirk
Responsibilities

Adi0AI home is at all times in direct connec
tion with Washington and is constant
" called upon TO pass upon matters OF moment
And at other times the responsibilities OF the
farm weigh heavily upon him, and he has found
himself compelled to seize pitchfork and get
out into the fields and work with the common
farm hands in taking in the hay before threat
ening rain storm descends upon IT,
King Edward, even, when he is watching
yacht race at Cowes, or Devastating at Bal
moral, an equerry may arrive with some import
ant dispatch needing instant attention. ANY
king who does his duty-and the exceptions are
rare-is as busy as Perpont Morgan, and hard
ly knows the meaning Of the word holiday
There are indeed, two monarchs Of whom it
is said that they never attempt to take holl
day. One is the Milkado Of Japan, who works
from dawn to dark; but even he finds time occa-
sionally to indulge in his favorlte recreation
writing very excellent verses The other is the
Sultan Of Turkey, who, for obvious reasons is
afraid to leave the shelter of his palace walls
King Edward VII is one of the hardest work
ina of ROYALTIES; but, like a sensible man, he IS
well aware that all work and no play is poor
policv. and he does his best to get two brief va
cat;ons In the course of the year. One is at
Cannes where he yachts and plays golf; the 9th
or at Homburg, where he puts up at Kltters
Hotel and drinks the water Of the Elizabeth
WelI His glass. with the royal arms cut upon
it. is present from the town of Homburg.
HIS MAJESTY THE EARL
There the King spends very many pleasant
davs motoring and at times playing golf on the
curious Homburg links, where the greens are
surrounded by great forest trees, and the bunk
ers built up with hurdles. When the King is
abroad he drops royal state and travels usually
as the Earl of Chester.
A.. Call nj
when two Americans noticed him. One said
to the other '1'll bet you ten dollars that's King
Edward"
"eDone" answered the other.
The first speaker went up to the Kings equer-
ry, and in low voice inquired the name OF MS
companion
"The Earl of Chester" was the reply.
The Americans face fell "Sold!" he NUT
tered and walked away.
The King of the Begians, though he is kept
busy enough most of the year between the affairs
of his own country and those of the Congo Free
State, always insists upon complete holiday
two or three times a year. Usually he goes to
Paris at least once year. and enjoys the thea
tres and sights quite incognito, under the title
of Count Rivenstein.
KAISER GENERALLY OFF DUTY
On other occasions he goes motoring, accom-.
panied only by his chauffeur. He likes to travel
at good speed, with the result that he some
times gets into trouble Once, near Paris, he
was bowling along at thirty miles an hour,
when a policeman pulled him up, and at first
entirely refused to believe that the arrested
gentleman was really his Belgian Majesty.
JJpon another OCCASION near Dedgehem, In
BELGIUM. his motor engine became overheated a;
refused to work A rural policeman was re-
ouest.,.,. to fetch assistance.
"Not II" replied the man.
"But it is for the King!' said the chauffeur.
The policeman winked.
Give heard that little story before. You must
take me for a green one"
And had it not been for butchers boy who
came riding by and recognized his Majesty the
King of the Belgians would undoubtedly have
had to tramp home.
The German Kaiser plays with the same Wig
or that he works. Without doubt his favorite
holiday is one spent in shooting, preferably either
roe deer or wild boar. If we can credit the writ
er of "The Real Kaiser the German Emperor
spends more than half the year away from
home Taking one year, here is the record The
Kaiser was away 100 days out of 800. Twenty
seven DAYS were given up to the army, and six
teen to laying foundation stones, opening new
buildings. and the like. The other 156 days
were devoted to yachting shooting and to visit
ing AT the same time, we have it on the au-
thority of an Englishman, personal friend OF
his German Majesty, that while at home the
Kaiser rises at six, and sticks to work with only
very brief intervals until midnight
The aged Emperor of Austria will certainly
never give up his gun and rife so long as he can
stand or walk Indeed he ascribes his Won
derful health entirely to his love of open-air
sport His favorite holiday resort is Eisenerz,
in Styria where he has a small shooting box,
surrounded by glorious covers.
RoYALTY'S RECORD STALKER
Whilst in residence here the Emperor invari-
ably wears Tyrolean dress bare knees and thick
= worsted stockings. Probably there few men
of fhis age who can keep up with him
long days stalk among the hills He has killed
more large game than any other living roy
atty
reads thoroughly digests and signs considerably
over one thousand state documents weekly, one
realizes that he has not much time for holiday
making AS a matter of fact, the poor Gar
hardly ever gets away from work, but he de-
votes two hours daily to recreation In summer
he rides, cycles or plays lawn tennis. In win
ter he skates or shoots. He is almost the only
monarch who is really fond of fishing, and near
his palace in Livadia several large ponds full
of carp and the like, which are kept especially
for his private amusement. But what the Gar
enjoys more than anything else is a picnic with
his family in the forest If he can only keep
the hateful police out of his sight for few
hours, and lie on the grass playing with his
small daughters and chatting with his wife,
and eating purely English tea, he is perfectly
happy.
But his holidays are, at the best, sad ones.
He lives under the shadow of the Anarchists
bomb.
A $5,O00,000 HOLIDAY
The Shah of Persia is better known in Eu-