The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-25
BULGARIA RULER
VERY MUCH LIKE
THE KAISER
GAR HAS ALL THE ENERGY AND
TASTES OF HIS BROTHER Mon
ARcH-woRKs SIXTEEN HOURS
DAILY.

PARIS, Nov. 24.-Prince Ferdinand.
the new car OF Bulgaria, is perhaps
one OF the most extraordinary mo-
archs reigning today IN Europe. j
10 not even except Emperor William
of Germany. Indeed. Prince Ferdinand
resembles the emperor In more ways
than one.
IL is really extraordinary how Fer
dinand resembles the emperor. lie Is
exactly like him In everything except
features. They do not look alike, but
act alike.
Like the kaiser, Prince Ferdinand
IL intensely interested in all the ar's
and sciences. He has composed an
opera and Is an excellent musician. H..
4, spite OF the fact that he takes an un-
holy delight in embelllshing Wagners
scores.
Like the kaiser he has formed the
habit Of working at least 10 hours
daily. He signs DEGREES, designs houses
and bridges. makes new laws. inventS
perfumes. organizes alliances, writes
all his own letters, reads books. pa
pers. magazines. plays. goes every
where, knows every one, sees every
thing. He has built modern hotels
and delicious villas, destined to shell
ter the scores OF visitors who flock at
certain seasons 10 this exotic coun-
try. Thus he encourages trade,
IL is related OF him that his love
for all kinds OF animals is without a
limit-especially. dogs. His palace
swarms with dogs. They are under
every ones feet. | heard little story
the other night about him which may
interest you TO know.
He has q tiny little dog that he
loves most devotedly. He Is rarely
seen without it, She sleeps In lux
urious basket In his room. Not long
since this little dog was Ill. She
moaned in her sleep and awoke her
royal master He got up quickly. tried
10 soothe her and failing took her
back 10 bed with him. where she slept
blssfully until morning.
Another anecdote has come TO me
which | think interesting also. and
that touches his great love for me-
Chanics. Here again he is like the
emperor OF Germany. who also loves
engines for their form. and power and
speed. Prince Ferdinand is fine en-
gineer Not long since he astounded
the chief OF one of the great railway
companies of Paris by applying for
permit TO run the fast express trai7
from Paris to Calais. And he ran tho
train.
Lastly Ferdinand resembles the
kaiser in his ever-increasing nervous
restlessness. He Is never still. He
radiates action and seems TO set In
motion every one and everything with
which he comes in contact.
We. have just been celebrating the
Feast OF the Dead in Paris. 1t Is true
we have no longer very much religion.
Religion has gone out OF fashion. but
we still venerate and respect our dead
heroes and hold in loving memory
cur dead friends. This, of course is
a matter OF sentiment (the French
man Is nothing II not sentimentaD. II.
is not matter OF religion with us.
This celebration gave me several
things 10 think about. | noted for one
thing that the style OF our graveyards
is undergoing a change. quite trans.
formation. may say. Monuments are
no longer CHASTITY and inartistic. One
has only TO look around to see guam
titles OF busts and statues that one
admired at the last salon or exposi
ton Of sculpture. This Is admirable.
is II not? Our dead should have the
most worthy and beautiful in art to
mark their graves and conserve their
memories.
But the epItaph Is quite out OF date.
There Is the name and dates and that
is all. A mark Of excellent taste.
think.
AS for mourning. that Is getting To
be almost a thing Of the past Grape