The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-18
TIPS ARE ENORMOUS
AT ROYAL PALACES
ny Ia MAnou1sE DE roNrENoY.

~ Ia MAnauIsE DE FONTENOi.i
- INFERIOR WILLIAMS invitation TO
GX-president Roosevelt TO take
up his quarters in the royal pal
ace during at leas. portion
o. mis- stay at Berlin is regarded
as very unusual distinction; |
II is a compliment ordinarily reserved !
Tor guests who are either monarchs
themselves or members OF relsnlns
houses. but Is very seldom accorded
to any one else. 9ihus. the only non
royal people whom | can recall as
having been entertained in this fash
ion by the Kaiser since his accession
to the throne have been old Count Yep
pelin and the Prince of Fuerstenbers
and his wife. The prince is probably
the most intimate personal friend oil
the Emperor, while the relations be-
tween the Empress and the princess
are almost equally close. william
makes several stays each year with
the Fuerstenbergs at their magnif-
cent place at Donaueschngen. i'll the
Grand puchy of Baden. Ii is in the
courtyard of the Chateau of Donaue-
schingen that the River Danube takes
its source. Colossally rich. extremely
Independent. occupying the post OF
grand marshal OF the court of Berlin
that is to say, It's highest Office, being
moreover a member OF the PrHy Coun-
Gil OF the Emperor of Austria, as we'll
Fleece, and belonging TO the media
tized. or formerly sovereign, houses
OF Central Europe. who have still the
right of mating on footing of equal
ity with the now reigninb families. the
prince forms an important link be-
tween the Emperors of Austria and of
Germany, and has contributed in no
small degree to strengthen the bonds
of alliance between Vienna and Berlin.
Having nothing to gain, either in Of
flee. rank or wealth. his advice Is ac-
cepted as absolutely disintcrested by
Emperor William. who is generally IN
derstood TO consult him about almost
everything. not only in political at
fairs, but also in family matters. and
IL has always been regarded as indi-
eating the degree OF favor confidence
and friendship which the Fuersten-
bergs enjoy on the part OF Emperor
William that whenever they come to
Berlin they should be requested to
take UP their quarters at the palace.
| instead of at hotel.
Entertained mt Hotels.
Emperor William very often has
other non-royal guests whom he in.
| vites to Berlin, among their num-
| Der being Lord Lonsdale. But they
at one or another OF the Berlin hotels.
and the nearest approach TO Whist
| the Emperor is about 10 do in having
Colonel Roosevelt TO stay with him
/ y
ago. he placed one OF the imperial VIII
/ las at Potsdam at the disposal of the
| late Count Shouvaloff. so long Russian
| minister at Berlin, when he returned
thither after his retirement. in order
to undergo prolonged course Of
treatment at the hands of some emil
nent German specialists.
| Emperor Francis Joseph on one oc-
casion had Prince Buelow CHARTERED a;
! the Hofburg during his stay at Wen
ma. and paid a similar compliment to
General Won Moltke. the chief Of the
headquarters staff of the German
| army But as rule visitors who are
| not of royal or Imperial rank arc
been during the past few days. at one
of the leading hotels of the Austrian
metropolis.
| King Edward adopts similar meth
ed in London, and I cannot recall AIRY
quest of non-royal or non,imperiaI
rank being ouartered at Buckingham
| Palace. The only guests who are GUAR
tered there are either relatives of the
King or else some foreign sovereign
visiting London IN state.
Edward VII, however. like Queer
Victoria, entertains plenty of non
royal visitors at Windsor Castle, ant
during his periodical stays there u
the summer and in the late autumn
Of each year, there are a succession
Of parties invited. either to dine AM
sleep. or else to spend TWO or tire
days, the guests including the varlou
ambassadors and their wives. the Cab
ter halves; the eS-cabinet minister
and their spouses, and also leadln!
members of the English nobility VIII
sprinkling of distinguished non
! Marquis de Breteuil and his America
wife. and the Marquis de Lau an
Prince Arenberg, from Paris; the Duk
az Alba, from Madrid; Prince and Prin
I r 49,, NFa,
cess Pless. from rom G frnn W;ea ana ou
It was at Windsor. by. the BY tina
Queen Victoria entertained Genera
: Grant, after the termination Of NJ
: second term of the presidency OF IN
1 United States. The general was ;s;
. companied on that occasion by MI:
Grant. and at dinner all precedent
S were violated in his favor by his bein
: placed beside his illustrious hostess
He was more fortunaIs, ~ ms iT g; re-
and Benjamin Harrison. each of whol
was in London soon after the explra
: ton of his term of .oofhce. Ihey nc
e only received no invitation 70 d ~ y
!. from the sovereign, but at the ofrlclf
: and social entertainments at Wh WI !,
{ they were present, were compelled
e weld the pas" to every titled person
T. age there Queen Victoria converse
i with General and Mrs. Ira III; i've ~, 81 -,
: she did not see them again, Ate
/, spending the night at the castle. the
1t We're driven through TIE nome arest PARK Ne,
S conducted over the mausoleum
Trogmore, which she had erected ,Sa pr 9v'
Consort, and where she now herse
reposes beside him, and at y o'clos
II they returned to London, IN time e
y lunch,
e Enormous Tips.
~ Ia,;t,tiopSl 70 the King ar
:, oueen's fayorite country home
= sandringham, where both Of e them ~ g 2,
y seen at their best, are reS i,,s -, y
j d il,a foreigner, not roy
parSonags; is asked h ny MS Tay only nj h sn
* o on that is to say, in the autumn a.
Is around Christmas time, 4
- F,x-President Roosevelt's stay az :
7. sohiosa' al Berlin, lis likely to prove
= i ii greayer source Of expen;as
him than would have been ms solou