The Washington herald., 1910-06-05
BY TIE Ex-ATTAcHE.

by THE EA-AIAAtEAE<r
Sovereignty is profession, like any
other, demanding specialized training.
also experience of particular order, and
much hard work of character not re-
buried in any other calling. When.
therefore, monarchs happen to lose their
crowns. they are apt TO feel themselves
just as much at loss for an occupation
of their time, as officers, who, after serv-
ing for three or four decades in the army
or navy. find themselves relegated to the
retired list.
Presidents of the United states, when
they complete 'helr term at the White
Horse. can return to the practice of law,
Ike benjamin Harrison and Grover
Cleveland. But the anointed OF the Lord
are as a rule brought up from earliest
infancy with no other aim In life than
that of ruIership, and their existence
while on the throne is spent in " atmos-
phere 80 totally different from that of
the ordinary citizen. that when deprived
of their scepter, they are Ike fishes out
Of water, that IS to say, completely out
OF their element.
The cable dispatch from Russia. pub
llshed last week. to the effect that the
deposed Shah of Persia, now living In
giIded exile at Odessa, has taken up the
study Of surgery. and has made all ar
rangements TO attend lectures at the
local university and clinics at the city
hospital Is therefore calculated TO give
that the frightful tortures which he de-
vised. and the appallingly ingenious pun
| ishments which he was wont 20 inflict
upon his subjects IN Persia, prior 10 his
! sovereigns have spent their time after
/ able him 10 furnish rare information to
/ his medical instructors since he has en-
/ jOyed the opportunity unique in civilized
TeOuntries. OF vivisectional work, not on
mere brute beasts, but on human beings.
/ What the dispatch does suggest Is a
/ brief review Of just how other dethroned
/ sovereigns have spent their time after
/ abandoning the reigns OF government
King Edward. according to one of the
! lnnumerable stories printed concerning
/ him at the time OF his recent death, re-
marked 10 an American friend, in reply
/ 20 an inquiry as TO what he would do in
the event Of the abolition Of monarchy IN
/ Great Britain, that he believed ne could
/ find a useful and lucrative feld Of activ-
/ ity as a lecturer in the United States,
while King Leopold's repeatedly expressed
regrets that he was unable 30 visit this
country, not as sovereign, but as a
/ plain business man. for the purpose OF
/ embarking In railroad enterprises. such
/ as those OF the late z. II. Hartman. and
/ industrial and financial undertakings.
such as those of the Standard Oil. serve
to convey the belief that had he lost his
crown he might have become a power in
Wall street,
Abdul Hamid Enendi. as the ex-Sultan
OF Turkey is now styled is reported, or
| excellent authority. 10 be spending hts
days IN the villa Aliatini where he is IN
/ captivity at SalOniki. at the bench and
the lathe. as a carpenter and Joiner. he
learned the trade from a German OF The
name Of Carl Terssen. prior 10 his ac-
cession 10 the throne, and even during
his so busy reign. was often won't TO seel
healthy relaxation and exercise in hi
deliberately appointed workshop at th'
Yildiz Kiosque The Kaiser. the Gar
Emperor Francis Joseph. and Kinl
George, have all OF them samples OF III,
ex-Sultan's handiwork. presented to then
by him.
Thus. Emperor Nicholas has a table
made by Abdul Hamid, richly inlaid witt
the Padishahs arms BY touching
spring. the center thereof flies open. AM
there arises from the cavity a gold plate
on which is to be found everything need
; ed by a smoker, in gold. amber. ant
precious stones.
King Edward, too, had a writing desk
, invented and constructed by the eX-Sul
tan, which is a mass OF complicated ma
chinery. and can only be opened b,
working the springs properly. AbdU
Hamid confided 1t 10 the late Sir Mich
olas O'Connor. the British Ambassador
! on his departure for England, on leay
Of absence five years ago. carefully eX
, planning to him the mechanism. Whe
? Sir Nicholas got to England. he foun
, that he had forgotten the mechanism
and was quite unable TO open the desl
After laboring over 1t for twenty-fou
1 hours. he finally pitched on the secre
by mere chance, and was so terribl
/ afraid OF the desk getting shut up agar
that ne Immediately inserted a bundl
OF newspapers, 10 prevent II closing, ur
I'll he could turn Il over to King Edward
at Sandringham.
. Prince Alexander OF Battenberg. afte
being compelled by Emperor Alexander i