The Calumet news., 1912-09-14
HAVE AMUSING
EXPERIENCES


Rome, Sept l4-The royal summer
vacation has been productive OF some
most interesting experiences TO the
King and Queen of Italy. who have
this year been more in the public eve
than ever owing To the war They are
at present at their maenificent estate
OF san Rossore, near Pisa, but they
frequently go TO visit the hospitals to
see the wounded soldiers from Africa,
TO review troops and take part in other
functions on which the heart. Of the
nation is now concentrated
The royal Yacht "Yela" is in CON
stant demand. and the King and
Queen generally take their small fam
ily Of four along. as they are all excel
lent sailors and enjoy the change. Re-
sides, the Princess Yolanda. who is
quite a photographer. has been devot-
ing herself principally 10 sea views, or
views in which the sea enters.
The privacy with which the King al
ways moves gives rise TO many piquant
and amusing incidents. Strange as II
may seem for a ruler who goes about
in mis- own Kingdom as much as Vic
tor Emanuel III. does. he is not known
TO many officials.
The "Yela" pat into Spezia the other
day and was az once boarded bv the
D. mo ogf. IA L. ft,e . IA,
Princess Yolanda, VINO was about to
take a snapshot of him, exclaimed. 1T
is against the rule. you cannot take
photographs YOU had better give me
the machine" The Princess, too young
10 stand on her dignity burst into
tears, but gave up the camera. when
the King appeared on deck, Even then
the official did not know with whom
ne he'd 10 do, and was about 10 speak,
when one of the officers came forward
and said: His Majesty" The man
nearly-died Of embarrassment relieved
by a laugh from the Queen, who pro-
posed that he should give Princess Yo-
landa back her camera and that he
should stand up and have his photo
graph taken The Princess later sent
him a copy which did credit TO her
powers.
on another occasion the King was
not allowed to .lard until after the us
Ual inspection. and as under such cir
cumstances he never reveals himself
and never insists. it was some time
before the official knew that he had
been refusing free passage to his Sow
crcign.
Tie other day the Royal family were
out when a tornado arose and they
were near being swamped After q
time they gained the nearest port
Leghorn, but the Queen had a sprain-
cd arm from the shaking she go, and
the Children were somewhat fright
ened
Queen Elena, speaking recently to a
visitor at San Rossore. said, You can-
not imagine tho difference between the
quiet indeed the solitude, here and
the bustling cities where we go Here
war seems in the realms of dreams.
there il is a living reality | so love
this retired life that / recognize che
fact-rrat too much of it is not good foe
mel"
In fact. the summer l!fe of the ltal~
ian SoVereiGns is simplicity itself. Sah
Rossore consists o: what is called hcrc
a Casino, a small palace and a chalet
surrounded by miles of park, compris-
ing some wonderful pine forest, aud
running down to the edge IF the Eiedi-
terranean.
In the park nothing breaks the si-
lence but the singing of the birds. the
tread of an occasional dog, or the
tramp of hoofs, as here the King
breeds horses.
In the palace the King receives Here
are many souvenirs Of his great grand
father, ard here the unfortunate Queen
Maria Pia of Portugal. his aunt, after
her hight from Portugal, lived until
her death.
In the chalet reside the King, Queen.
Royal children and a restricted retinue
of servants. The chalet stands on the
beach: when the sea is rough IL swirs
up even into the large doorway, Ia tho
delight of the children, who love to
play shipwreck. They go barefooted
and they are allowed To get as wet as
they like.
Nearby is anchored the Royal Yacht
while behind is a garage.
The Queen has herself described
their life our life is that Of the
beach; bathing, running in the sand
and building castles. The children take
long baths. fish, and tumble about
barefoot, usually i'm their bathing cos
tunes. I watch them and sometimes
'oin in their games From time To
time we sail about or go for automo
bile rides, with me as driver. In the
park We meet no one, and we prefer
the privary"