Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-11-23
ITALY POSSESSES.
THRIFTY MONARCH
Victor Emmanuel Paying
Off Many Old
Debts

Ho"H' ''ai!, NoV' '-king victor
emmanuel stands unique as the one
sovereign in the world who ba, ,ovar
had a debt. More remarkable stiij
he was practically free from debt as
Crown Prince, when his finances were
anything but ford. E.
The Italian civil list amounts TO tho
very respectable sum OF 81 200 600
yearly. but the Kings expenses ara
enormous. He hands over every wear
$500 900 to his mother. he keeps I'M
from eight TO ten palaces and estates
which came TO him from the dispos.
sessed Italian rulers. and he IL nav.
ing of the debts of an extrayaeont
father and still more eytrovayant
grandfather When he came TO the
throne he found that there were many
large debts. on which high interest
was being maid of the great Victor
Emmanuel. n King in the old style.
without Thought where snendinp
women. and feasting were concerned
but n hero for courage and love of
country. King Humbert was more no.
strained in his pleasures. Int thought
that King sbould he King ali
through and not look at the nennIes
Tbus when bis son came M the
throne he found n sad state nj imam.
ciaI chaos
Victor EmmanueIs public mint of
view. curiously enough 10 mat nj bia
subjects that while tbe country 70
moor her sovereign sbouId nav tho
nersonoI family debts and bis nrivata
view is that n aoveroIpn lower, bia
avn dignity and that of bjs subiects
# no rms into money dif,iculties and
| ia ohliyad IN nown nj, iowaIa for ov.
annie He therefore looked about
him for tho hoe, wav IN raise monev
and came IN the conclusion that The
bourgeoise way is the hest that ia.
to cnt down exncnses There was
great establishment. not only in italy
INT abroad when the younp soyer.
eipn. with over 81 900 900 income.
sold nearly n hundred horses which
had been eating their heads on at
the ouirinaI Palace. only keepinc
those strictly necessary for royal use'
Al the same time two or three cooks
were got rid Of Today tn. Queens
clotbinp while still of the hest anal.
Ity. is not bought regardless of the
price. MS was the case with Queen
| Maryherita Furthermore. Queen
Elena's gowns and hats are seen unite
three times n not more by the pub.
lie. and entertaining at the palace Ia
restricted to two balls year. the
necessary State dinners. and such In.
dispensable functions. Despite the
household economies, foreign soyer-
eigns who have visited the Quirinal
declare that they were entertained as
well. n not better. than at any other
court. '..f#
Subjects Hint at Parslnony
King Victor Emmanuel's subjects
do not thank him for his care of the
national excheauer. Quite the con.
trary they complain OF what they call
his '"parsimony," say he is not
King. but gentleman farmer, 20 so
far as to call him the "miser," and
hint that he Is saving his money and
putting Il safely In English govern
ment bonds. SO that the day he loses
his throne he will at least have his
money. This, of course, has come to
his ears, but with such a man gossip
makes little impression, and he has
merely redoubled his efforts to get
the debts paid of and live as he
chooses,
Another of his Economics" was to
turn the ROYAL stables here and there
into paying concerns. For instance,
Castelfusano and Castelpor2iano, near
Ostia. on the sea, under the late
magnificent" King, were merely pas.
siye shooting places, which required
large sums to keen up. The "bour.
geois" King has, with modern meth.