The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-24

was purchased on behalf of Lord Ions.
dale, Lord Howe and other noblemen
and gentlemen for presentation to the
King. The sarmor is cap-apie suit
richly decorated It was originally
made for Sir Christopher Hatton, and
bears the date 1885. It now stands in
Windsor Castle.
The most valuable gifts which the
King has received since his coronation
were those sent in 1905 by the Mikado.
It will be remembered that Prince Ar,
thur of Connaugnt was sent by His
Majesty to Japan to confer upon the
ruler of our allies the Order of the
Garter. When the mission returned
there arrived with them no fewer than
$50 packages and boxes of various
sizes, which, strongly guarded. were
sent at once from Liverpool to London
These contained unique collection Of
Japanese works of art and antiquities,
such as armor, ieweled swords. Satsu>
ma vases and the like. From their
historical associations these articles are
practically priceless. An expert asserts
that if thrown upon the market they
would realize at least f250,000.>
The largest legacy ever bequeathed
to reigning sovereign was the $780,.
600 which the miser John Neale left to
Queen Victoria. But it is no uncom-
mon occurrence for subjects to make
requests by will to their sovereign An
eccentric old Scotch lady, by name Nc
William, who lived near Balmoral, and
upon whom our late Queen had bestow
ed many favors, left to her benefactress
a handsomely fitted vault in a neigh
boring churchyard. The late Lord
Arlington left legacies of 9100 apiece
to the Queen and to the Duchess of
Connaught, and requested that the King
would accept set of very quaint ana
beautiful waistcoat buttons.
| As for the German Emperor, he has
been very fortunate in the value and
variety of property left to him by loyal
Germans. Six years ago Herr Wilhelm
Hildebrand, of Georlitz, presented his
monarch with handsome villa at Arco,
in the Tyrol which the Emperor con,
verified into a convalescent home for
army officers. In the following year
Herr Hildebrand died, and by his will
left his whole fortune to the Emperor.
The total amount is believed largely
to exceed 100000, for. besides $780,
900 in stocks and shares. there was b
large quantity of valuable building
land. William II. also draws hand
some income from line of steamships
which were left to his grandfather
by the founder and owner of the line.
/ What is perhaps the most peculiar Of
the many requests to His German Maj,
esty was made by an Englishman. The
will of that picturesque personality, the
late Mr.. Harry Panmure Gordon, con.
tanned the following clause: 81 direct
my executors to offer for acceptance to
His Majesty the present Emperor of
Germany the boat carriage launched by
Mis- Majesty the late Emperor Fred
erick. and my shooting carriage on
Wheels Mr.. Panmure Gordon had a
large collection of carriages, and this
boat carriage was, we believe, built
from design of his own.
Animals of one kind or another are
very frequently bequeathed to royalty.
BY the will of menagerie proprietor
three very fine elephants came into the
possession of the German Emperor; but
as the latter had no personal use fol
such mountainous steeds he sent the
lot to the Berlin Geological Gardens
Some wears ago the Gar received an
equally embarrassing legacy in the
shape of a gigantic polar bear Nc
doubt he would gladly have done the
same with the animal as the German
monarch did with his elephants, but
the Czarina took such a fancy to tht
splendid beast. with its shaggy white
coat. that His Majesty was obliged II
order a cage to be fitted up on tbs
premises. and we believe the great crea
ture still resides in state in an out
building of the Winter Palace.
President Loubet became very mucl
attached to the little Russian Princesse
during his famous state visit to the
) Russian court, and all the children
have reason to remember ''Unel
! Loubet. = as they called him. by tn.
beautiful presents which he gave them
; The Grand Duchess Tatyana receive,
| a most wonderful toilet service in Loui
; XIV. style. Over the dressing table I
a crown Of solid gold. above which i
sort of fan of feathers from the rar
Australian Tyre bird. There are over
? hundred of these feathers, and as eae
bird supplies two only the great valu
of the present may be easily imagined
: The second sister. Anastasia. was de
; lighted with a doll s house of a sumr
!. tuousness quite unprecedented. Will
the youngest, Maria, who was then
|, mere baby, had an automatic femal
= clown, with, perched on its shoulder