The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-13
MANY MONARCHS
 ARE IN BUSINESS Two Rulers Are In the China
 Business ONE RUNS A DRUG STORE kinq Peter of Servia Is Most Uncon- ventional-He Runs a Barber Shop and Owns Patent
 Medicine.
ONE RUNS A DRUG STORE
From Tit Bits.

From Tit Bits.
 It is popularly supposed that all indus trial Kings" come from America, but Europe can still boast few records, and amongst them is the production of real, genuine business monarchs. For instance, the Kaiser is the proprietor of most important porcelain factory at Cadinen, and as might be expected he does not delegate the duties to others The gem eraI conduct of the establishment is based on the Kaiser's own rules; he engages employees himself, and even goes so far as to design some of the wares sent out from the factory. As befitting one Of ms rank His Majesty is a model employer, and sees to the comforts Of ms men, providing them with cottages and pen- sions, besides giving them a share in the profits, the latter being estimated at %lO,- GOO year.
 But the Kaiser is only one of many monarchs who have gone into trade. King Peter of Servia is. perhaps, the most un- conventional of them all, for he runs a barber shop, owns a patent medicine, and conducts motor car agency in his cap ital.
 The reigning prince of Lippe-Detmoid deals in butter and eggs, whilst a prosper ous brick factory swells his profits. The King of Wurtenburg is the propri- etor of two hotels in his kingdom, and they add &10,000 year to His Majesty's 1 revenue.
 The Emperor of Austria owns china | ware factory in Vienna, which is one or | the most famous in the world, and em- | ploys over 1000 skilled workmen The l King of Saxony conducts similar bus 1 mess, though on much smaller scale, ! but, according to report, trade is increas- l ing, so His Majesty need not keep ! wake O nights wondering if his trav- 1 elers are fit for their jobs.
 Greatest of royal tradesmen, however, l is the much-abused Leopold of Belgium. 1 One of the most astute financiers, either l in Europe or America, Ills Majesty | quickly saw the possibilities of investing | in the Congo rubber trade, and, aided | by his position, he invested large sums l of money until in the due course great | tract of most valuable land came under 1 his control. Altogether it is stated. Leo 1 pold has sunk a5,OO0,OO0 in the Congo, | and, his profits being something ike 20 {! per cent, it is easy to work out ms an-
 nual returns. When things began to get gloomy the astute monarch let leW se-
 lect American millionaires have hnger in the pie but John Pierpont Morgan and l his fellows got very little out Of Leopold
 who has a genius for acting the parts of l king and tradesman at the same tlme,
 utilizing the prestige of one to swell his | profits as the other.
 l Queen Carmen Sylva is the only work ing journalist among the crowned heads
 of Europe, but her majesty has within late years added a booksellers shop to
 the affairs of her state. This may be seen in Bucharest and in the leading house
 In the trade. Lately she has opened a
 bookshop in Paris.
 The queen of Portugal has chemist s 1 shop in London, registered in her own
 name. Unlike the various other busi-
 nesses enumerated in this article, the Lis
 bon establishment Is conducted solely in
 the interests of charity, and, conse-
 quently, when the queen attends to the
 wants of customers personaly-she often
 makes up prescriptions herself-she IS
 working in good cause and need fear no criticism.