The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-24

raised. He is not getting enough
pocket money, and he has demanded
more. Most Of us have repeated the
old nursery rhyme, 1T must be nice TO
be a king" and doubtless It is, some
Tins. But It must be horrid to be a
king and not have enough money TO
spend. One does not easily imagine
a king nowadays not having all he
wants, especially a king Of a leading
European country. But so 1t is. In
other words, the Kaiser is hard up.
He has admitted II. At present he re-
ceives from the State S650,000 as Ger
man Emperor and nearly 100000 as
King OF Prussia. The last increase,
which amounted to $75O,OOO, was made
in 1889, in the second year of his
reign. Still, It is not enough. The
Kaiser today actually is receiving less
than the old Kings annually received.
An income exceeding four and half
million dollars a year is not a despic-
able sum, even for Kaiser Wilhelm,
but those who know say 1t is not ex.
cessiye. There are no allowances to
other members Of the royal family and
very little comes from the royal do
mains. Some one began, a year or
two ago, to try and foot up the Kais.
er's tailor's bill. They became tired
in the middle and never got to the
end. The Kaiser has several hundred
uniforms; complete uniforms Of all
the Prussian reglments-horse, foot
and artillery-besides the regiments
of the lesser states and those of which
he holds honorary rank in foreign
countries. He has jeweled accoutre.
ments equal to those of an Indian
prince, and every appointment is per.
feet The Kaiser is a great stickler
in matters Of dress, and none can ever
find a fault in his personal equipment.
He Is a connoisseur in the art of Sc
curing apparel and in the art of Gear.
ing it to the best advantage. Nobody
has ever denied that Kaiser Wilhelm
as Emperor looks the part.
Kings and emperors cannot trav.
ell alone. The Kaiser always has a
large retinue with him He forgets
nothing that can make for pomp and
splendor Hence his travelling ex.
penses amount to pretty tall figure.
Then, in addition to the upkeep of
his fifty-two castles, palaces, country
homes, innumerable farms and for.
ests, he is expected to maintain the
royal theatres at Berlin, Hanover and
Cassel, and has to foot the bills for
the royal concerts. The Kaiser has
been very fortunate, however, in the
way of receiving legacies from veal.
thy subjects. Only a few years ago
Herr Wilhelm Hilderbrand left him
an estate worth S975O0O and S75O,OOO
in hard cash. A West Prussian land.
owner gave him an estate of 5000
acres as an earnest Of greater pos.
sessions to come at the donors death.
Baroness Experimentation gave him
100000 and Herr Henckel Won Don
nersmarch placed two and a half mil.
lion dollars at his disposal in 1906.
Statistics published in various for.
eign journals prove that the Kaiser is
by no means the best paid monarch
in Europe. The Gear of Russia has
that honor. The Russian imperial fam.
lily is the wealthiest in the world Of
rulers. 1t derives its wealth from
three sources-the State treasury the
imperial domains formerly church
lands) andthe so-called cabinet prop
critics" The State treasury provides
for the Gear as sovereign, the imperial
domains are the joint property of the
members Of the House of Romanoff,
but administered by the head Of the
house; the cabinet properties" are
the personal possessions Of the reign
ing sovereign as such. No data Of any
kind are available for estimating the
amount Of property held by the Car
and other members Of his house in
their private capacity as individuals.
It is known to be very considerable
both in land and gold, but is very rig.
idly treated as a purely private mat
ter.
The State treasury pays out 81
100000 annually for the needs Of the
imperial house, principally for the
maintenance Of the palaces and the
officials attached TO them. The
reigning Empress has an allowance
Of 100000 per year. and the Dowager
Empress the same. Every child born
to the Gear receives from birtn to
the age Of twenty-one nearly $4,000
a year, while the heir to the throne
receives annually, in addition to the
maintenance of palaces, $4,000,
Daughters receive a dowry of $780,
900 when they marry.
The imperial domains, the main
source of the wealth Of the Roman