The Washington herald., 1913-05-29
Court Gossip of Interesting
Events on THO Continents

penses of the household. $4,000: royal
bounty. aims. and special services, E13.-
eO0. A heavy expenditure Is entailsd upon
, the King through the frequent and
splendid entertainments which the King
deems II his duty to give from time TO
time. Even the refreshments provided
at the courts amount to a considerable
figure. while such bare items as light
ing the fire in the vast kitchen of Buck
ingham Palace. or cleaning the countless
windows of the palace, absorb a large
sum.
The provisions for servants of the
household and of guests, and for the
endless succession of persons who have
to attend at one or the other of the
royal palaces are unstinted and reckoned
on royal scale, which applies also to
wages. board and pensions for servants
and retainers. If at times the work is
rather exacting. the reward is In PRO-
portion, and it may be said safely that
no royal servant finds himself or her
self neglected even when unfit for &C
tive service. The pension list which the
King of England maintains Is of abnor-
NAL length
Again. the presents which come from
the king reach total which would sur
prise many multimilIionaire. Occa-
sions seem to multiply indefinitely on
which II is fitting or graceful that
the king should make some personal gift
necessarily of somewhat costly char
acter. TO some member of the royal
families Of Europe, or to one or other
Of the immense number Of public and
private individuals who come under his
notice. But perhaps the most difficult
and yet most interesting, outlay, and
one which, exercised by the Comptroller
Of the household, is under the immediate
and daily supervision OF the King him
self. is to be found in the list of public
and private charities to which annual
subscriptions and donations are made
Although scarcely a day passes without
some announcement Of a gift from the
privy purse, these public benefactions
do not represent a 1.-THE OF the outflow
which takes place in the relief Of suf-
fsring and want Applicants for helm
seem to think that the purse of Fortuna
tus must be in the dispensing hands Of
quests have to be disreEarded, Il Is safe
to affirm that no case which can posi-
bly, be entertained meets with any other
than n generous response.
King George is not a great traveller
but the expenses incurred by his late
father grandmother on the throne for
their journeys to the Continent or on the
royal yachts were extremely heavy. All
the arrangements which seem so easily
perfected and resemble cloCIlworl- are d.,
not only to diliCsnt care. but also to an
inevitable outlay. There is reason TO be-
heve that the revenue at the Kings
disposal is not adequate to the heavy
calls made upon It, especially when It is
remembered that every dollar the British
King receives as his apanage he spends
for the benefit of his people. directly or
indirectly.
But TO return to Germany: While the
income of the Prince of Wales from the
estates NJ his Duchy Of Cornwall last
year totaled eSl.:=N. the yearly revenue
of the Crown Prince OF Germany. who.
by the way. comparatively spea king. is
the poorest heir apparent in Europe is
less than $4,000 lone million marks) II
Is estimated that the aggregate wealth OF
all German rulers and their families
reaches the stupendous sum Of SI5nHGD ~
G2S million marks. Hence. should the
proposed armament tax C''wehrbeitrag'D
be extended to princes Of the blood also,
the German treasury would be richer an
nually by something like $4,000 C225cO.-
90 marks.
FLANEUR.