Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-15
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'ENGLAND's MERRY MONARCH.
Edward VII Shows How to be Happy,
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| Though a King.
| | Edward VII, Of England, Is the
merry monarch of Europe. No other
man living today knows better than
he how to be happy though reigning.
Now this is to his credit, since
crowned heads are not as a rule the
most cheerful folk to be met with In
days journey. The young and old
ones alike, from Alfonso, of Spain, to
Francis Joseph, of Austria, are so
busy lodging anarchists and living up
to their duties that they have no time
and, worse still, no courage, to enjoy
themselves, but King Edward is al
together different from his brother
sovereigns.
He does not have to dodge anar-
chists and he refuses TO allow the re-
sponsibilities of kingship to sour the
milk Of human kindness within him.
"Contentment, like charity, must be-
gin at home" and "The first duty OF
ruler is to be popular" are some OF
the simple but genial maxims by
which the head of the British Empire
lives, with results that fill his German
nephew with mingled disgust and
envy and the English nation with sat-
isfaction.
His subjects like him for number
less reasons. and for none more than
that since the days Of Queen Eliza
beth they have never had a more in
defatigably sociable monarch. Un-
like his mother. King Edward Is not
over fond Of stopping at home and
what, like Queen Elizabeth, he loves
to do is to visit around among his
subjects.
Visits Most of the Time.
Only a strict sense Of duty and eti-
quette ever persuades the most
friendly ruler in Europe to stop for
any length Of time under his own roof
tree, and having both an inclination
and a real talent for visiting, he pro-
ceeds to crafty himself by spending
at least eight months Of every year
on the wing.
The court physicians, knowing |
what is expected Of them always SOL
emnly insist on the royal digestion
being taken to a sprightly German
spa for annual repairs and at some
period in the round Of the twelve
months the king looks In on the in
spring French capital for happy
week But for a daily diet Of enjoy
ment he finds rounds Of visits In fine
old English country houses just about
as satisfying as any recreation he
knows. and year after year he goes
to stop not only with his old friends.
hut with new ones. for sixty odd he Is
still interested in enlarging his circle
Of hospitable acquaintances.
From August until after Christmas
and even until the spring season. |
when London wakes up socially. the
king manages to be most Of the time
out@nf his great capital. and accord
ing to the ideas of the German en-
porer, he shows a most reprehensible
desire to avoid gold laced uniforms
and taste for plain, loose, easy
clothes and for junketing about
among his subjects that Is manifestly |
unkingly.
Evades GiIded Uniforms.
Nevertheless. and in spite Of his i'm
perial nephew's point Of view. King
Edward evades velvet robes and gild-
ed uniforms as often as he decently
can, and when he goes avisiting he
sees to It that nothing like royal state
Is allowed to hamper his movements
Months ahead, it is true. he Is book
ed for his visits, and list of guests
to be invited to meet him Is submit
ted for his approval, or he Is asked
to mention those whom he would ike
to see; otherwise no unusual arrange
ments are made in his behalf, except
when he Is to be the guest Of one OF
the great peers Of the realm who en-
Joy stately shows.
The Duke Of Devonshire, Lord
Rosebery. Lord Rothschild and the
Marquis Of Londonerry, for example
are among the personages who greet
the king with troops, brass oands
and six horse coaches and torchlight
professions. Once a year Edward
makes It his business to spend a few
days at Dalmeny or Chatsworth wit
Messing stately entertainments.
On these occasions the queen goes
with him. and there Is great show
of gorgeous, costly glitter. But as the
wears slip by he cares less for visiting
in state, and for a jolly good time he
prefers something vastly more infor-
NAL and without fuss and feathers.
Likes to Dress Simply.
In a plain, gray sack suit, that Is
neat but certainly not more spick'
span or gaudy than the clothes an
American man of business might
wear, and in a gray derby hat ana
gray gloves and carrying a STOUT
crook handled walking stick, the king
likes TO dress for a trip to a friends. |
Sometimes the derby is exchanged Tor
soft fedora, sometimes the sack suit
Is brown, but, with the exception OF
Leopold, of Belgium, no European
monarch dresses so plainly as Edward
VII, and the wonder Is where he got
his reputation as an arbiter OF fash
ion. The German emperor Is not
only far more of a dandy, but 1t Is
known that he deeply deplores his
uncle's fondness for loose gray
tweeds.
Last summer, when King Edward
went to see his German nephew, Will
liam appeared in uniforms of ever IN
creasing splendor, his breast blazing
with orders, but his amused looking
elderly English relative stuck con-
tentedly to his sack suit, calfskin
boots, derby hat and the brand Of fat'
fragrant cigars which, when he visits
at home or abroad, are always carried
about in quantities by his valet
At His Country Home.
And out in his own home country,
all precedents to the contrary ne
makes it his business to be comfort