Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-08
KINGS AS EDITORS
"The Circular" Gives the News o.
English Court.

1.-THE Circular" Gives the News y.
English Court.
I'VE will have a royal newspaper. i
will be editor the queen sub-editor,
and members of the court contribu-
tors" Although he did not actually
say this, that is what the British
prince consort meant when. years ago.
he founded the Court Circular" to
which every newspaper has since been
indebted for a faithful record of royal
movements and engagements.
Lately there has been some talk OF
disseminating the Circular" for King
George, unlike King Edward, who at
tached much importance to the pubii-
cation and was q great stickler for
minute accuracy, especially in the de-
scriptions of the persons mentioned, is
said to have expressed his opinion that
the paper costs more than 1t Is worth
He holds that in these days of up-to-
date journalism it is unnecessary. But
so far the Court Circular" has not
been discontinued.
Queen Victoria took a keen interest
in the Circular" and 1t was her rule
when her majesty was in residence at
Balmoral, to send a special copy to
one of the Aberdeen papers every
evening. Furthermore, although the
court newsman was responsible for the
publication of the Circular" the late
queen herself, on special occasions,
contributed to its pages.
Perhaps the most remarkable "Cour'
Circular" ever sent out-certainiy no
other one has been so much spoken
about-was issued one day in 1883
when John Brown, her majesty's faith
full Highland attendant, died. 1t con-
tanned the following lines:
IAN honest, faithful and devoted
follower, a trustworthy, discreet and
straightforward man, possessed OF
strong sense, he filled a position OF
great and anxious responsibility, the
duties of which he performed with
such constant and increasing care as
to secure for himself the real friend
ship of the queen. To her majesty the
loss is irreparable, and, the death OF
this truly faithful and devoted servant
has been a grievous shock to the
queen"
Nor was this tribute surprising con-
sidering the high regard Queen Vic
toria entertained for the stalwart
Highlander, whose fidelity to his du-
ties was such as to earn not only the
entire confidence, but the real friend
ship of the queen. Once her majesty
wrote of him: HE was always re-
spectful. never servile; always useful,
never obtrusive; usually silent, but
when he did speak he was blunt and
direct"
Nearly every event Of state impor-
tance is notified in the Court Circular.
Every time the king receives a prime
minister or any officer of state the fact
is duly chronicled. and in the same
way when his majesty has an audience
with ambassadors or governors, or
when he performs any ceremony or act
the public is informed of 1t through the
court newsman.
An interesting event in the history
of the Court Circular" was that which
occurred on November Is, 1911. when
It was dispatched by wireless TELEGRAPH
ply. At that time the king and queen
were going to attend the great Coro-
nation Durbar, and the customary ac-
count of the court doings was trans
mitted by wireless from Gibraltar. 1t
was a week later that the Court Cir
cular" described for the first time the
king and queen consort of these realms
as Their Imperial Majesties.' TINS
arose, of course, from the fact that IL
was only when the king emperor and
the queen empress reached Alden thai
the full imperial style and title could
be accorded them.
The speciality of the late king OF
Greece, who so recently met terrible
death at the hands of an assassin. was
door handles, ordinary and otherwise
He boasted of having a sample OF
every make known to civilization.
When he visited England last he left
behind him a trail of handlesless doors
The kaiser's pet hobby Is the COL
lecting of ties. He is said to have
more than 5000 stored and catalogued,
ranging from cotton ones to purples
and yellows that would startle plow-
boy to the costiest specimen of en-
broidered cravats.
The late King Edward was very
proud of his collection Of walking
sticks, Of which he had hundreds. Two
Of the most interesting were made,
one from a pile that had centuries ago
supported old London Bridge. the
other from the famous Boscobel oak,
up which the prince who was after
ward Charles ii once hid from Crom-
wells soldiers.
Queen Alexandra is the most expert
photographer among royalties. She has
some 10000 photographs of her own
taking, carefully described and num-
bered. AS most people remember, sh"
published a book of views some years
ago.
King Alfonso has two collections.
one of trophies of his career as a
sportsman; the other-surely the girls
liest collection on recOrd-being me-
mentoes Of attempts made upon his
life. One item is piece of skin from
q horse killed by the bomb hurled at