The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-05

(Today's guest columnlst for Waiter Winchell is Seymour Berkson, author of "Their Majes- tles!-a Royal Merry Co., Round.)
 BY SEYMOUR BERKsON
 Little known facts about pres- ent.day royalty, the Historical .Hangovers of 1889:
 More than 770,000,000 people, nearly half of the worlds popula- ton. are still living under kings and queens in 25 countries.
 This. of course, excludes the Fas- cist stsates. where an honest to-goodness monarchy would be comparative freedom. (Most current monarclas reign but do not govern) Oldest dynasty in the world is Emperor Hirohito's of Japan. He IS 124th of an unbroken line of al- rlond .eyed rulers all of whom have been trained to write poetry as part Oa tleU EVyaA duVASo'
 Hirohito really prefers to tinker with microscopes, rather than poems but tradition requires he compose at least one verse year at New Years time.
 $ The Japanese dynasty dates back tn aR0 H. C.. 90 far as earthly ancestors are concerned. But, ac- cording to Japanese mythology, that's only half the story. Japanese are taught to believe their first em- peror was a direct descendant Of the Moon God and Sun Goddess.
 Dean of reigning monarchs, and also one of the richest, is buxona, purtanical Queen Wilhelmina, who has been on her throne for more than 40 years and insists her cour- try be called the Netherlands-not Holland.
 Youngest monarch of all is the neWly-crowned 3-year oild King Feisal of 1raq (Mesopotamia) to you) where 30,000,000 barrels of oil are pumped yearly.
 The tallest is King Christian of Denmark (6 feet inches In his royal socks) and one of his subjects is Barbara Hutton Mdivani von Reventlow.
 Shortest adult king is Victor Emanuel III of Italy (barely tops 5 feet) and one of his subjects first name is Benito.
 Our recent visitors, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Britain. sit perched on top of such an amaz- ing family tree they have 9 cousin nephew or uncle on virtually every throne in Europe-due to royal matchmaking in the good old days. The British royal family is almost as German in ancestry as 1t is British: Victoria was from the House of Hanover: her consort from the House of Wettin, which was the royal lines official name until the world War, when 1t was changed to Windsor.
 The British royal family costs the taxpayers of Great Britain Q cool $3,O0OO O00 6 year-but 900,999 out of every 100000 Englishmen will swear it's worth the price. (The President of the United States get $75,000 a year in salary plus about b450000 for White House upkeep and other expenses)
 If George VI had his own way the Duke and Duchess of Wind- sor would have been welcomed back to England long ago to let bygones be bygones, but the King must take orders from his ministers, and they have not yet approved Edwards return.
 The only person who really stands in the way of granting Wally the official title of "Her Royal High ness" is Dowager Queen Mary, who still feels bitter about Edwards ab- dication.
 What Britain found 50 shocking in Edward WITS romance was nc shock at all in his grandfather's day. Edward WITS unconvention- ality makes his grandson an almost model boy in contrast.
 Grandpa Edward was the No. royal pfiilanderer of his day and left to posterity such delicacies as Crepes Suzettes (named after 6 dancer friend) and such choice nlorsels of gossip as those inspired by his ardent friendship with the actress, Lily Langtry.
 The tennis-playing King of Swe. den, Gustaf V. is not really a. Swedish as he looks. He is the great-grandson of Napoleon's fiery field marshal, Jean Baptiste Bern adotte, who became King of Sweder through 6 strange chain of circum. stances and handed down the only Napoleonic throne that has survived to this day.
 King Haakon VII of Norway is even less of Norwegian than Gus taf Is Q Swede. Haakon's real namt is Charles. He was born and rearet a Danish Prince. Norway drafted him for her throne by popular election in 1850.
 The Norwegian monarch once tolt