The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-19
king IS FAsT|D|OUS
British Monarch Is Attended by
Three Wallets.
George Usually Dresses Himself
Duties Of the Chief Man Servant,
Who Stands Between King
and He Tallors.

London.-His majesty has three
yalets--a chief and two assistant
vsIsts.
The chief valet has been with his
majesty for the last twelve years. His
duties are to superintend the care Of
the royal wardrObes. TO attend on the
king In the royal dressing room and
to take all instructions concerning the
kings clothes which may be given him
either directly By his majesty or by
one Of the private secretaries.
His maiesty's clothes are kept In q
large room adjoining the dressing
room. The walls Of the room are lined
with wArdrobes, which are divided In
to two sections. One section contains
the kings uniforms and the other his
mateaty's ordinary morning. walking
and evening suits Of clothes.
Over night the chief valet is In
stTucted regarding the uniforms, II
any, and the suits of clothes which the
king will require for wear the follow,
Ing day, and these are placed by the
assistant Wallets In the royal dressing
room. Before suit or uniform is
sent into the royal dressing room it is
inspected by the chief valet, to see
that 1t 10 properly brushed, ironed and
ready for wear.
Every morning the suits which the
king has worn the day previously are
brushed and ironed by the assistant
vAlsts.
The king. it may be added, never
wears the same suit two daya running.
An rule, his majesty would not wear
the same suit .oftener than once in a
week, and when 1t had been worn
about two dozen times 1t would be put
out Of the royal wardrobe.
The present king keeps earlier
hours than did his late majesty. King
George customRIfly rises at sevsn
o'clock. when he takes cup of light
coffee. which the chief valet brings
him directly the king enters his
dressing room. His majesty then has
his bath. which is always cold one;
while the king ia in his bathroom the
chief valet puts the links and studs
into his majesty's shirt. puts out an
assortment of ties on the dressing
table and places the boots or shoes
the king intends to wear on a ma
hogany bootstand, and then retires.
The king dresses himself without
the aid OF valet, except when put
ting on uniform, when the chief
valet is generally in attendance. When
the king travels, the chief valet SUI
perintends the packing of his majes-
TVS luggage, which is done by the as
sistant Wallets. A list of everything
that Is to be packed is made out by
the chief valet, and on the arrival OF
the luggage at the kings destination
the list is checked over by the chief
valet while the portmanteaus are be-
Ing unpacked
The kings chief valet is a well edu-
Gated and we'll informed man He is
a first rate linguist speaking French,
German and Italian in addition to his
native tongue. perfectly. He has trav-
eled all over the world with the king.
and is known and held in high esteem
by all the great European monarchs.
from whom he has received on their
visits to this country many tokens or
their esteem.
King George rarely or never tries
ga suit of clothes, and seldom is
seen by the tailors who have the hon
or OF his majegty's custom.
When the king desires to order any
new clothes he informs the chief valet
OF the fact, who gets patterns for the
kings inspection.
When his majesty has selected the
patterns. the chief valet gives the or
der to the tailor. and the clothes,
when ready for trying on, are fitted
on dummy figure OF the king.
The chief valet inspects the suit
when 1t is fitted on the mo6Jl and
gives the tailor all the necessary d-
rections concerning It, suit is gen
orally fitted on the model three times
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