The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-19
THE KING DIMES OUT

| From Pearsons Weekly. It Is haif-past seven at Buckingham palace. and the King. after an arduou.
 day, has retired to his personal apart
 ments to dress for dinner. His maIesty
 is dining out tonight with a member oi
 the household who has been honored foi
 many years past with the soverelgn's in. I tlmate friendship.
 The dinner will be very quiet one only three guests are to be asked to meet his majesty. and 1t will be over at Il D. m. sharp.
 The King is assisted in making his
 toilet by his chief valet, and his ma jesty
 notices that the links his valet has put In his cuffs are the famous gold and green enamel links given to King George by the Tsar. The channels are reputed to be 4o0 years old, and are probably l worth 92000.
 Among the three guests whom the King will meet tonight at dinner will be the Russian ambassador. and that Is why the valet put these studs in the King cuffs.
 When the King Is dressed (his majesty Is wearing ordinary evening attire and
 no orders'o he goes to his personal writ ing room where two equerries await his
 majesty. One of the equerries will be in attendance on the King at dinner the other has some papers recently arrived
 from the war office and admiralty which
 the King reads through Two of the dispatches are contained in i envelopes with a large P. on the top left
 hand corner. This indicates that these
 dispatches are of private character and such dispatches can only be opened by the King or Lord Stamfordham. These two the King locks in drawer of which only his majesty and Lord Stamfordham
 have key.
 A quarter of an hour later the King
 is seated at his hosts dinner table. On the Kings left is his equerry. on his right the Russian ambassador. Opposite Is a famous admiral in London on twenty-four hours leave and young French officer also In London on short leave. The latter is great personal friend of the Prince of Wales. At the head of the table sits the Kings host.
 The floral decorations in the centre of the table take the form of the combincl eolors of the flags of the allies.
 The dinner Is quite a simple one, there are only five courses on the menu, and, of course, no wine Is served which rule Is now in force at every house which the King may honor with his presence at din- ner. The talk runs mainly on the war hio tHc iNiiiB 'iStcuS Nttn Interest 10 hOff1e stories of the Prince of Wales strenuous life at the front which are told by the young French officer.
 Coffee and cigars are served in the smoking room after dinner and the party have not long been gathered there when messenger arrives from Buckinham palace with letter from Lord Stanford ham for the King.
 The message contains matter that re- quires an immediate reply. and the King goes to his hosts study where he can talk to his private secretary over the tele- phone. The King presently returns to the smoke room, and when the cigars are Hn- ished his maesty rises and prepares to depart.
 It is only half past 10. but dispatches have arrived at the palace which his majesty will have to attend to ere he goes to bed, and so the King bids his host rnd fellow guests good night and few min utes later one of the royal motors with the King and his equerry is gliding rap idly and silently down Pail Mall to Buck ingham palace.