The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

his majesty gave him a gold piece and | remarked:
 My good man, you are foolish 10 waste your time swearing and praying when you get into trouble. What you want to do is to put your hand to the wheel and pick up your carrots" He then walked away laughing.
 A Royal Money Making Farmer
 Speaking of the vegetable cart, I have no doubt that his majesty knew the value of those carrots and potatoes and just what it cost to raise them. He Is, am told, one of the best farmers of Greece. He had much to do with found- ing the agricultural department, and has rendered great service to the farmers of the country. He has large farms of his own, and I am told that it is now pos sible to buy butter and milk in Athens which come from his majesty's dairies He has Danish farmers to manage his estate, and has imported Danish dairy maids to superintend the butter making. He has large vineyards, and the kings wine is regularly sold in the markets. It is about the best made in Greece and can be bought at the leading hotels.
 am told that the King has made fsoney out of his estates as well as in speculation of various kinds He gets an allowance from the government of little more than s2oo,o0o a year and he mas apout $lO0,O00 more from France England and Russia, by whom he was put on the throne and who are to a cer- tain extent the protectors of the king dom of Greece. This money is to keen up his palaces and maintain his court but he has lived simply and has invest ed the surplus so that he is said to be a millionairs. He owns stock in rail- ways, vineyards and mines He has a fleet of merchant vessels which trade at the various Mediterranean ports and he has also money invested in Ameri- can securities which he buys and sells on the market.
 The Kaiser once saractically remark ed to King George that the making of money as hardly beftting a King, hereupon George l replied:
 T see nothing unroyal in the making of money, and l can tell you I would rather be a rich merchant than a bank rupt King"
 How George Got the Throne
 And this brings me to the tenure of office of this remarkable monarch. He has held the throne for 48 years, all though his predecessor as expelled from it, and if the people were much dissat- sfied it is doubtful neither he could re- tain it today. The ruler of Greece has not drop of Gfeek blood in his veins He is the son of Christian, the late King of Denmark, and he as placed on the throne at the suggestion Of the great powers which protect Greece He was elected by the national assem- bly here, and accepted the crowr through his father acting as guardian This was in 1863, when George was only IS. few months after this tho national assembly at Athens declared him of age, and he came here to rue He has been on the throne ever since and one of his family, although It II doubtful whether this will be the crowI prince, will succeed him.
 The king was married shortly after nc ascended the throne to Olga, the eioes' daughter of the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia and brother of the late Enl- peror Alexander II. By her he has hac six children and he also has Q number ol grandchildren, the most of whom live here at Athens. The king is related tc nearly all the chief monarchs of Europe One of his sisters was the late Queen oi England and another has been Empress of Russia.
 His majesty Is a Lutheran, and this is permitted by the terms of his accession but it is provided that the children must belong to the Greek church, which is also the church of Queen Olga.
 An Unpopular Queen I am told that the queen is not liked | by the Greeks and this notwithstanding her charities, which include hospitals schools and other benevolent institutions The Greeks are sensitive, and her majes-