The Washington herald., 1912-02-05
SOME FADS OF ROYALTY

Queen Mary OF England cares less for
perfumes than most OF the royal ladies
Of Europe The scent she uses principal
| iy is eau de cologne, though that even
sparingly. Wilhelmina Of Holland also Is
firm believer In the virtues Of this per-
fume. Every morning a pint Of the gen.
uine "Gegenueberdem Juelich's PIatz'
article Is brought 10 her. when she tests
its strength over the fame OF a small
lamp. The entire quantity is used in the
Dutch queens bath, and gives her that
fresh. clear skin, OF which she is rightly
so proud.
The young Queen Of Holland never
uses powder, soap. or cream Of any kind
on her face. She washes herself with a
fluffy napkin (serviette) soaked In warm
water. and never uses anything else.
She spends less time over her toilet than
most European queens.
During the hours set apart for toilet
purposes she generally reads or chats
with her intimate friends. She is very
particular. however, about her dresses.
She win try on one veIl after another to
see which is most becoming to her, and
appears very hard to please. And often
a half dozen or more pairs OF gloves will
be tried on before she Is satisfied that
the fit is perfect.
Queen Alexandra's pet extravagance
also is gloves She has beautiful hands,
and takes pride in having them perfectly
glOved. She rarely puts on a pair more
than twice Her favorite perfume Is
"Ess bouquet" a compound Of amber,
essence OF roses. violet. jasmine, orange
flowers. and lavender. II is a remark
a.. - e.
vorite with British royalty since 1880.
In 1902 Queen Alexandra was presented
with six drops of the most precious
scent in the world-pure altar of roses"
More than 800 acres of roses were re-
quired to produce these six drops.
Empress Augusta Victoria. of Ger
many, uses a special soap made OF whale
fat She is as fond Of eau de cologne
as Queen Wilhelmina, and her bedroom
always is sprayed with II. As a denti-
frice she uses mint water. She has no
free control over her entire toilette, for.
like many other things in Germany. the
Kaiser supervises his wife's toilette.
The Empress has prematurely white
hair. but though she wished to have It
dyed, her autocratic husband refused to
allow her TO do so.
The Czarina OF Russia has her soap
especially made for her in England, but
the composition OF It is a state secret.
and the recipe has never been dIvulged.
No Queen spends more on perfumes
than the wife OF the Gar. She uses
a great quantity OF scent, all OF which Is
imported from France. Her toilet table
IS magnificent affair OF green maIachIte
supported on legs of solid silver. II is
covered with bottles OF all shapes and
sizes filed with valuable scent. The En-
press uses so much OF her favorIte scent
that at Grasse, on the Riviera, hundreds
OF women are busily employed collecting
violets. Each bottle OF the perfume Is
sent direct to the st. Petersburg Chem
ical Academy, where its strength and
quality are tested before being used on
the royal toilet table. The rooms OF the
royal palace are sprinkled several times
a day with essences OF jonquil, tube
rose. jasmine. narcissus, and white vio-
lets. The Gar has TO pay a bill OF
$1,000 year for the scents his consort
uses.
Carmen sylvia, the Queen OF Roumania.
uses a lotion OF herbs and plants gath
cred from the forests OF Roumania. She
invented the lotion herself, and its eff
cacy Is shown by her marvellous COM
plexion. Her daughter-in-law, the
Princess Royal Of Roumania, is very
fond OF Jasmine and white heliotrope.
The soap which eN-Queen Christine of
Spain uses is specially made in Spain,
and has the strange name Of ''waIerat"
The toilet water she uses is also made in
Spain. Its chief ingredients are rose
water and extract OF cocoanut Before
the Spanish-American war she used
nothing but yiRng-ylang, a perfume from
the Philippines.
About twenty years ago there was at
tached to the German Kaiser's military
stan certain oficer. Mr.. Won Bencks,
who was somewhat of a dandy. He was
in the habit of patronizing hairdresser
in the arcade that connects Unter den
name OF Haby, and one day, on the oc-
casion OF some very special ceremony IN
which the Emperor was taking part, he
decided to surpass himself.
Accordingly, he gave instructions to
Herr Haby that his mustache should be
trimmed in some entirely novel way
Now, Herr Haby was a man Of original
ideas, and soon had Won Benck's mus
tache pointing ferociously upward toward
his eyes. II Won Bencks was delighted
with the effect, he was even more so
when the Emperor william himself no.
ticed it in the procession. and congratu-
lated him at the royal banquet which
followed, at the same time inquiring the
name Of the barber who was responsible
for this striking effect.
Won Bencks gave the required infor-
nation. and no more was said on the
subject: but some days afterward the
good Herr Haby was astonished one
morning TO receive the command for his
attendance at the royal schloss.
Upon arrival there he was conducted
to the KaiseTs private apartments,
where Wilhelm himself awaited him
and ordered him to operate upon the
imperial mustache in a way to turn II
out much in the same style as he had
Won Benck's.
The man got to work. while the
Kaiser chatted in a most friendly way,
and, when, at the end of a quarter of
an hour. the Emperor consulted his
looking glass, he declared himself
greatly pleased, with the result, and.
evidently satisfied that II suited his
face and appearance, gave the delight
ed barber the position Of court hair
dresser.
Herr Haby quickly settled down TO
his new work and soon thereafter In
vented what he called a "Schnurrbart
binde." now generally in use all over
the Vorid