The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-03
ROYAL TOY COLLECTION.
King Edward Has Brought Many Sou
 yenirs Together in His Palace.


 yenirs Together in His Palace.
 The annual toy exhibitions in Flu rope lead to the revelation that King Edward has had organized in Buck ingham palace toy display which has the unusual quality that every article in it was either used or made by royal hands. The collection is in the Kings own old time playroom and star ex- hibit is the veteran rockfnghorse, Jupi- ter, which his father the Prince Con- sort provided for him when he was only five years old Its mane and tail are sadly dishevelled and it's glass eyes lack lustre; it is spavined and foun- dered, but it is said that the King re- gards it with great affection. That little princes are not very different from other children may be inferred from the fact that the Kings initials, A. B' (Abert Edward), are still to be seen in one of the. rockers, where he lcut them deep with his first penknife.
 A more suggestive toy, though it has hardly proved ominous, is an 1S- inch model in bronze of the first Eng fish breech-loading cannon, the fam ous Armstrong gun. It is a practical working model, and it is reported that around the age of 10 years the then Prince of Wales used often to fire it under the tutelage of a veteran ser geant of artillery. As it carried a good sized bullet a considerable distance a special section of the park was fitted up for his field practice.
 Another notable toy is a model schooner made from keel to yane bv William w., the sailor King, who pre- ceded Victoria on the throne. Tt is only a foot long, but it is a remark ably neat and perfect specimen of amateur workmanship The Kings brother, the Duke of Edinburgh. lat CT of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and the present Prince of Wales both destined for the navy, are. said to have used if as plaything in their boyhood days.
 A very interesting exhibit is the fa- vorite doll of Queen Alexandra. con tributed by her father the late King or Denmark, when he heard thA col lection was being prepared. It is a very staid and matronly dolly, dress ga in quite middle aged style but very richly in white silks and brocade. The legend is that the Queen cut out every Egarment herself and sewed every stitch in them.
 l There is a fire engine built by inc Prince of Wales and flagstaff made tby the Duke of .Connaught, as well as thu tools which he used, also a wagon built by the late Duke of Edin- burgh. The most modern article is a lately added dragon kite, the master work of Prince Henry of Wales. the Kings grandson, who is now -9 years old.
 Altogether there are about 500 arti- cles, representing the English rova1 family history for some seventy-fiye to eighty years. A few, and only a feW, are of costly material and work manship Among these is silver model of the first Paris exhibition, presented by the Empress Fredertclx or Germany to her niece the Princess Victoria on her tenth birthday, July 5. 1878, This is valued at several thou sand dollars. Another costly gift is a completely equipped working model of submarine vessel, presented by the present Kaiserin to Prince Edward of Wales the Kings eldest grandson and heir to the English throne.