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.-"-v . r In III'. 'a-' L' " " " K I K ' v '' f ' 7 III J - - Vvy'H-fe ' ViV S5Nn f" U SlmZ ' i&JLt ' ill t ' v V V If - - ifCiV.'l4 -V; f I Hali ) I I L-w ml 'f -i- s IE t V i y I l ' II I cJ5fo RJU f BT JOHN S. HARWOUU. DESPITE their vast Htate incomes, many of the monarchs and royal personage of Europe stoop to busi ness. Some desire etill grreater wealth with which to increase the brilliancy of their courte, to build new palaces, to en tertain, more lavishly. Others turn to money-mailing as a healthful escape from the tedium of titled society, while still others of royal blood seek a place in com mercial or professionaj life that they may become of greater service to humanity. By turning those men about and behold ing the side which Is unadorned by the trappings of station, we will find some of them apparently transformed tnto utterly different personages. By reversing Kaiser vViihelm, for example, we discover an especially versatile "captain of Industry," who at one and the same time is a brick manufacturer, a maker of pottery, a shop keeper, a distiller and a farmer. Revolve the Prince of Montenegro half around and we find a newspaper editor, delighting so profoundly in Journalistic work that he writes most of what he printo. Meet Duke Onrl Theodore and Prince I,ouis Ferdi nand of Bavaria in private life, and yon become acquainted with two physicians who devote their days to treating the sick poor free, caring not one jot or tittle about adding to their state Incomes through their medical skill. The American farmer boy who longs for a city Job as a stepping stone to for tune may perchance not know that three of the foremost rulers of Europe are farmers, and make it pay. Reeldes the Kaiser, there are King Edward and Pres ident F"allieres of France, who enjoy sub stantial incomes from the cultivation of the. soil. Indeed, President Fallieres often has said that his vineyard in Gascony nets him a much better sum than he is able to save out of the emoluments of of fice. Although farming Is only one of the Kaiser's many avocations, he has made It a success by his thorough study of the business and his application of up-to-date methods. When he came Into possession f , his farm at Cadinen, near Danzig, Prussia, he found it a run-down estate, th-cattle boney, the crops scanty, the houses dilapidated. One roof often shel tered both man and beast, conditions to which the overseer had become so fully leconclled that he complacently explained bow the cattle and their masters kept each other warm. Today Cadinen is the ban ner farm of the empire. Many agricultural hints the Kaiser ob tained from his grandmother, Queen Vic toria. He knew how prosperous the Queen's dairy farm at Windsor had be come, .and after getting full directions or Vie way it was run lie read all the latest JTnglish books on dairy farming. Then he revolutionized Cadinen. He had the pas ture land that had laid untitled for gen erations plowed and enriched. Instead of merely planting rye and potatoes, hitherto the only crops, he introduced wheat, oats, barley, sugar beetfl and mangel wurzel for tattle. As his first potatoes proved "soapy" the Kainer set bis gardeners al work to develop a better variety, and he finally obtained a fine, white, floury tuber that lias become famous throughout the realm. He imported blooded cattle and Rave the best of care to them. He bought the most modern farm implements, even sending to America for a spirit motor churning outfit. Cadinens farm products now net Its imperial owner J20.000 a year. Emperor William, by the way, came into . possession ot Cadinen through a bachelor's desire to wear the insignia of the Ked Eagle. Jts former owner was a Herr Birkner, who. on bended knee, pre sented It to his monarch. Although the Kaiser was lord of 150 other places, he accepted the 3000-acre tract most gra ciously. Some days later the Official Gazette published a royal decree appoint ing Herr Birkner a Knight of the Red Kagrle and a member of the upper house, where- hr might sit with the nobles o' the empire. The Kaiser's Pottery Factory. . .Another remunerative feature of Ca dinen is the Kaiser's majolica factory, whose products the Emperor placed on exhibit in the Hohenzollern Industrial Art Store in Berlin, where they sold readily at ' good prices. Indeed, the Kaiser boomed the business with such zeal that some of his critics denounced his "shopkeeping" as bad form. To" such strictures the Kaiser paid not the slightest heed. In fact, they seem only to have' increased his commercial zeal. Jt Is said that once, on receiving some specimens of his factory's output, he "Jaughing-ly displayed them to an as- EMPEROR WILLIAM EDWARD HAVE LARGE INCOMES TSON FARMS AND' BUSINESS M xf f I V-- -I alt In! -rC 1 Ill i , 1 .z J7 cjj&rzrs . -&rzH5Lisfnr jsr jz.i-v sj semblage of nobles with the' remark: "Who wants to buy this beautiful pottery? Step up, gentlemen, before it is all gone." Those who know . the Kaiser best, however, stoutly defend his raajolicanl ness, saying1 that he did not enter it merely to fill his purse, but to improve the earthenware industry of Germany by evolving new Ideas in pottery dec orations. And true it Is that the Kais er's plant has turned out many new designs for vases, friezes and plaques, as well as absolutely new kinds of earthenware for mural decoration. For example. It was the Kaiser's idea to manufacture majolica pieces that might be used for the construction of the en tire ceiling of the Imperial Bank of Danzig;. In his factory Kaiser Wilhelm gives as much attention to details as in the administration of his farm. Although he employs the most eminent artists for designing and fashioning pottery, he nevertheless does not permit any new kind of earthenware to leave Cadinen until he has inspected it. During the eight weeks of each year that he lives there he arrives at the works promptly at 6 A. M., cheerily greeting his em ployes with a "Good mornlngr, work men." And as If to assure his men further of his personal Interest in their efforts, he frequently invites them to luncheon and talks with them freely. Still another source of imperial in come at Cadinen Is a distillery, situated not far from the servants' hall. It produces about 35,000 quarts of spirits annually. This enterprise of the Ger man war lord has been condemned se verely, by the temperance societies ot Germany; and since the Kaiser an nounced that he had climbed on the water wagon, It has been reported that In consistence with his own example of abstinence he would close the distillery. Not far from the farmhouses, pottery, factory and distillery of Cadinen may be found the Kaiser's brickyard, a roy al venture over which there has been waged a bitter public controversy. The Kaiser insists that the $1,500,000 plant is just able to hold. Its own with the "brick trust." On the other hand, not a few of his subjects, who view his nu merous enterprises as a menace to com petition, look at thejmperial brickyard very much askance. "How can the Kaiser fight the 'brick trust?" they ask. "Is not the Kaiser himself the 'brick trust?'". No one knows how richly the Kaiser's diamond Interests pay him. His mines are In German Southwest Africa, a re gion called Barsebaland, near the Port uguese territory of Angola. The Kaiser says his own agents discovered the mines, and then he paid for them out of his own pocket. Prospectors of the Settlers' Company tell a different story. AMD ICING In the Spring of 1SS8. they say. they found traces of diamonds In Blue Grounds, Gibeonland, and asked the German Military Governor for permis sion to work the fields. Governor von l.indequist promised to look out for the company's Interests, and forwarded the petition to the Colonial Office In Berlin. The reply came back that min ing was an imperial right, and the company should not work the mines. While the real discoveries of this wealth were debating their next move three English agents of the Kaiser suddenly 'hove In sight. They went over the same ground that the Settlers' Company had examined, discovered trails which led to still richer fields, where they sank a shaft and unearthed dia monds ' in large quantities. Governor von Lindequist then appeared, and in the Kaiser's name took possession of the mines. Each package of stones is sent to the Kaiser for his personal in spection. Of th- workings ot the mines he has a miniature model. In this way he tries to keep informed of the details of the business, so far as it is. possible, without visiting the fields in person. The mines are controlled by a syndicate of seven men. four of whom are German officials and hold 90 per cent of the capital stock In trust for the Kaiser. The social strata of Germany have been turned upside down by the Kaiser's pat ronage of business men. Before he as cended the throne the aristocracy had consisted almost entirely of land-owners. Such men the Kaiser often characterized as drones. "I would far rather talk with a slvarp merchant," he. would say, "than a lazy and stupid prince who only knows how to spend his rents." Accordingly, the Emperor gathered about him the leaders of German commerce and manufacturers, men like Krupp, the Stumms and the Bal 11ns. In many of the companies from which the new German aristocracy has derived great wealth the Emperor himself owns stock. His total private annual in come is estimated at $1,000,000. Edward VII AVatohes Stock Ticker. Though Edward VII has not opened a store or started a factory like his Im perial nephew, the Kaiser, yet he has learned not a few of the mysteries of the stock market, and has been credited with winning large sums by fortunate specula tionand also with dropping several guineas at the game. At one time In his career he could have been called a plung er. Now he buys and sells only after con sulting the best posted financiers of the kingdom: and It has been whispered that on one or two occasions he has been ad vised by certain Americans whose finan cial operations are known Internationally. Of late years the king has sold many of bis superfluous possessions in order to put ... mmb - - - 7a rr n GQPcf TO El . - -TTHMTM III II II III! mm ii r W-.n fc ti'e remainder on a paying basis. He. thus has made his farm at Sandiingliam pro duce a total income of $300,000 a year. He bought the place In 1S6I. with a view of making It a ..toyal residence. Failing in this plan, lie tore down the old structure and in 3870 built a simple yet beautiful country villa. But he regarded the prop erty as hardly more than a pleasure spot until on one of his visits to the farm, he happened to complain to an up-country-lord of his many financial embarrass ments. "If you need money." said his guest. In effect, "why don't you make some right here? This old farm can be made to pay, and pay well." Edward thought It over. He decided to try the experiment. He employed expe rienced gardeners and horse-breeders. He built new houses He importeu the best pedigreed stock obtainable, he gave atten tion not only to horses and cattle but to almost every other kind of farm anlmaJs. With poultry he became so successful that the Ixindon comic papers frequently al luded to him as the best judge of chickens In the realm. Like the Kaiser. Edward VII keeps close tab on every detail of farm work, frequently dropping in when least ex pected and making a thorough Inspection of everything. Dressed In a corduroy suit and shod with hob-nailed boots, he ap pears to take a keen delight In tramping all over the estate through the mire and dirt. Nothing out of order escapes his notice or memory. If he finds a broken slat, and orders It repaired, on his next visit he will be sure to go to the very same spot to see for himself If his order was executed. He Is just as exact in the management of several smaller farms which he also has put on a paying basis. The products of Sandringham the let tuces, radishes, beets and onions which are displayed In the London markets as "Best Vegetables From His Majesty's Farm" bring high prices. London's ex clusive trade also is willing to pay extra for "Best Sandringham Butter." "Fresh Sandringham Eggs" and "Choice Sand ringham Chickens." Butchers often adver tise in their windows special cuts of meat at more than the ordinary market figure with some such tag as "Finest Sandring ham Beef." It is estimated that merely the market products of this royal farm amount annually to $200,000. From Sandringham also King Edward derives an additional income by the breed ing and racing of horses. His stud there Is one of the finest In the world. The prizes that Itis borses have won at the track In a single year have totaled $3,O0O. and he has realized additional large sums In the sale of fine-blooded stock. To have a King's horse In his stable Is the ambition of many an Englishman, who Is willing to pay a good round sum for It. The English sovereign also makes good profits by exhibiting his cattle at the. various fairs. II in stock invariably wins a good share of the prizes. Unquestionably one if anon for the King's succens as a farmer Is the; co operation of his employes. whoe good will he has won by kind treatmrw. He shows an interest not only in tliclr work, but also In their recreations. To encourage home life lie offers prizes for the most neatly-kept, cleanest and pret tiest cottages. To guard against Intem perance he has banished all public bouses from Sandringham. The clubs that he has built for his empUyes have no bar. He believes that merriment of the right sort brightens and lengthens life, and whenever there Is a celebration In ills own household he al provides a good time for the tenants. Whenever he goes hunting he sees that his men get a good portion of the day" bag. French President's Vineyard. Not of royal blood, but of peasant stock Instead. President Fallieres of ' France finds not only profit vit pleasure In the work of a peaxant among his vines at Angouleme. Gascony. Those who visit him unawares at his country home are likely to find him In the plain, rustic garb of an ordinary field laborer. Be sides watching things as' closely as the Imperial and royal farmers of Cadinen and Sandringham, he does a good share of the work himself. With the true per sistence of a tiller of the soil, he has never become discouraged by all the pests and blights that beset a farmer. When the phylloxera killed all his vines he promptly had them all uprooted and burned. Thereupon he replanted his whole estate of about To acres with vines on a resistant root. The President's vineyard produces a thousand barrels of wine In good years, which he sells for 10 a barrel. Though holding the highest office In the Republic, M. Fallieres never has permitted his po litical or social Influence in any way to advertise bis wine business. Queen Wilhelmlna learned to make money when a girl by selling chickens and eggs. Reared In a most practical manner, she waa taught all wifely ac complishments. At Het Loo the small playhouse still stands where she learned to cook and churn. It was at Het Loo In those early days ot her life that she raised poultry, the proceeds of which net ted her quite a substantial bit ot pin money. . After her marriage she suggest ed to the Prince Consort that a good dairy farm at Het Loo ought to pay. The Prince had been Interested almost exclu sively In hunting and forestry, but he forgot both, for the time at least, to as sist bis royal wife In her new scheme. He bought some prise cattle and sent agents to the principal dairy farms of Holland to learn all the most up-to-date methods of the business. The Queen vls- 3 Ha Het Loo often, and personally In spects the butter making, at which she Is an expert. Het l-o produrt are In great demand and net the Queen an ever Increasing revenue. Next door to Holland's royal dairy. King lyopold does business along far different lines. By no means has he llm- ited himself to milk and butter. In so many enterprises all over the world is his hand fell that he is -regarded as the shrewdest royal money-getter in Kuropn. His exploitation of th rubber resources of the Congo have caused many mission aries to give him a still more striking characterization. Not a few of them have declared he Is a veritable ''money monster," who has permitted bis agents even to torture and mutilate the natives of the Jungle In order lo compel these sava&'es to Increase his already enormous ncome by a few more francs. By some Ienpold Is called the "Royal Fox." while others who respect his finan cial ability above everything else ha named him the "Yankee Monarch." This Istter term may have been suKxesred by his dealings with many American?, among them Thomas F. Ryan and Thom as F. Walsh. With Ryan he has been associated in rublier and tobacct deals, and from Walsn be Is said lo have ac quired large copper Interest in the I'nlt ed States. He has Invested lare sums In Iron mines In Wls.onsiu and gold mines In other tai. Not a few of his francs have been involved In American railroad and trolley car companies. He also has mining and railroad Intercuts in China and Russia. He owns a vast amount of real estate in his own country, especially t Ostend, anil holds real estate mort gages in all The European capitals. Al though his statu income of ITfrt.rvio a year looks small Ix-sl.le the Sultan's Jio.mm.rtin. or even Alfonso's $l.rW the Belgian King has amassed such a private fortune that he is. In fact, far richer than cither the Turkish or I lie Spanish rul-r. TMiken Who trk to llel Others. In striking - contrast to the koM and pleasure-loving l.-opoll art- two royal Bavarians who have devoted all their spare time to ministering to the sick poor. They are Duke Carl Theodore and Prince Louis Ferdinand. 1'ntll he w a 30, Duke Carl was content to lead the military life of a royal Bavarian. Then the emptiness of such an existence palled on him. and he decided to fit himself for some sphere of usefulness In the world. Though much older than the other stu dents, he started at the bottom In the medical school' of the University of Mu nich. On gradiatiiig be worked In a pub lic hospital for two years. loiter ho made a special study of diseases of the eye. It was not until he wlis 40 that he obtained a license to practice medicine. Duke Carl worked In the slums until he discovered that he could do n wider work by establishing a clinic to which the poor of all grades mU;lit come; whereupon he opened to thein the doors of his own home at Tegernsee. There he gives treatment free to all the poor who come between 9 and 2 o'clock each day. In the 26 years that be has practiced ho has performed more than 10.000 operations for diseases of the eye, and treated oO.ono patients. Twenty years younger than his kins man. Duke Carl. Prince Louis Ferdinand began the study of medicine at 21. Dis eases of the ear and throat and the pre vention and cure of consumption have interested him chiefly. Like Duke Carl, he has made his home a medical mecca for the poor. The gates of Nymphenherg. his country estate, always are open to the needy and suffering. At the free hos pital which he maintains at Munich, and In which he spends six to eight hours a day, about 4O0O Indigent patients are treated yearly. Naturally enough, his patients fairly worship him. When It was noi?cd about that he had gone to Italy, an army of peasanis and laborer.', besieged his home and refused to leave until they learned that the Prince had only gone to attend the funeral of King Humbert and would return again in a few days. Prince Louis at one time used to play the violin In the orchestra of the Royal Opera-bouse at Munich. He is said to have encouraged his daughter of IS, who possesses a much complimented voice, to study for operatic roles. Of his two either children, one intends to be a physician. I'.ke hm rmlwr. Th Prtnee. who ta first onum to the mad King- of Fararla, married the Spanish Prince Marl fllla -Paa. A YttryaJ PruresKlomU Art 1st. Of much tb same high type. Is Prims Kuseno of Bwmden. youroreat son f th lats King Oscar. Be abandoned royal drawing-room for tb art art studo and became a palmer f landscapes, not as a mere pastime, t'ke many errb-r Buropeana of rack, but a a professional artist who might test his skill toy the money rtww irs at Lh market. When the Pnnni nrt went to Paris h was invitd ta aTl sorts of social functions, but h firmly dclind to r-s drawn away from work. He insisted on being called altr.pjy Mtn aleur Engene." and al hjs naaeX ha tolled early lats.. 'ffhea tas rrst pletitse appeaxed In tte aAe It wis signed with a nom-iV-jilnnve. so iaj It mlgnt e J'ldged entirely hvVpsndent the arM-tal standing of t he painter. Gres.!. Indesd. kis his pleasure to -learn triat tho picture was much admired, and that a roo-1 sum haI sen offered for i 71 t--chs. Prlncs Eugene erldenly Inherits his ar tistic tendencies. His father, besides be ing Interested In many enterprise. mo"s; them being th brewery at Su ErV nl the Grand Hotel at Stockholm. exh:hitd also a penchant for writing. Ths old K1n itvotad htmsvir especially to translating Italian. Grman. French and Kngllsi plays, hisiorlea and no-rela A crtl by the Klnsr of em of PWnin i dramas caused a na-tnnaj laugn when the Nor wegian po"!. In all serrmisneBS. chal lenged the royal antlior to a duel. So.-h, an encounter of course was prevented. A novel which caused a great sensation and of which King Oscar was believed ti be the author wo entitled "En Droll ling." h portrayed all the enurt person ages In very slicht masquerades. Gustavo V. like his father, has a'.so written sev eral hook. Another titled ruler who deilcht In. but has not gone Into business merely for the shekels. Is Prince Nicho'a of Montenegro. lHsplte the fact thai his country i remarried hair barbaric, he shows a mental ability much superior to that of many royal personages living In the very centers of Eu-Oj.can art and learning. Not onlv d,-es he publish a weekly rIcr. ,, GiR Czei nogor-a iMontenegran Voice 1. for which he writes most of the copy, hut he fln.i time to pen historical noxels like "Th Empress of the Balkans." rnnce Nicho las firmly believes in the lllerty (.f the press his press. He adopted this nml'i for his newspaper: "To t.H Ih.. irtiih and only the truth." Although Mont j negro is only half as big as New J.-r-j sey. w.th a vipulation not quite as large , as that of the Rorough of The Brons. j New York 'city. Its riiler manages i. I eke out an income if Ht',H He gets ii from tit xes. mti(R!:' lroleiim and toJwcco. custom duties and J subsidies from Russia end Austria. Nev. en lidos. Prince Nicholas alnays is in tit bt. dm-. 1, is s.ii.). ti Ms fondness for the uumtnc table. Th present tncen of ll.ll. who s l.ie daughter of PTince Nicholas, might turn her liu-mry tal.ms to profit, like lier father, should the need arise. Bifo'i she mai-r1d she tun a most congni.t helpmate of the Mom. n. -gran ruler, and together they wrote petiis. dramas and stories. Some of tjucon lle tie's poenis hae been puhlis'ici in Italian transla tions. Those mho lw1iic in tl-o com mercial value or :t writings point i Carmen Syla. tiie I t tjucen or Roii- llianla. who ilcrlvij? n substantia! In come from her books and t-oiitrlbut ion-t to magazines. The European ruler. however. nN makes his money easiest js Prince Al bert, the nitilature sovrtrtgn of eighl acied Mo:vc. 1 11 proportion to its area this realm prtwluces a far richer rovtl icvenue than any o her country m the world. The gambling devices of Monte Carlo not only net an annual Income of tSti.iMi for tile Prince, but tlie also meet ail the expenses of the govern ment, with a grol surplus ov r. As 1ii Casino Is run by the "Sea Bathing and Visitors' Club Company." the Prtnee does not. need to pay any attention 10 business details. Vet he Is reported be thoroughly unhappy. His domes! ic life has been storni . and his mind is said to have tecomc more and more de pressed by the suicides of iiiifortunale gamblers within his tittle rTi!m. Two German Princes whose commer cial operations ate on a scale as mam moth as that of the more noted Ameri can captain of industry, g by the nans of Max Egon zu Ful stetibet g and Krsfr. zu Ilohcnlohc-Ochriiigen. They are hu-d-ness associates, anil sonic of the enter prises th.'rt take up their lime are rail roads, steamship lines, breweries, great department siores and land companies. ltont I,ct the llniple Peep. BsUn Transcript. New, rio not blsnic me, Io!;y, I wiil not bear one word; And If ih'rr's any sveldiisz. 'Tts t who must be hard. What did ton think me made of? Am T a dolt, a sheep? Ah. lio!!y. if xou'd not be kissed fon"t let that dimple, peep. Pprt frocks of avery coKn . For jou are alwats fair: . Pirn hats that waken Wonder And set the world a-stare: Break every wine convention; Make Mrs. Grundy weeo: But if you wish me to behave tKn"t let that dimple peep. You've license to be cruel. Although It ts a shame; Asd you may term me stupff At every sort ef gsmr; And doubt me. Iotly; flout ms. And all contumely heap; Hut If you'd have an buni'oie save Don't let that dimple ieep. The thine you like. Ill d , hsm. Obey jour sllehtcat wish; 11! FSrrlnee digestion FSrfore your chlt1n dih, I'll follow ali caprices With desperation dep; But. fascinating: matd. bvts- Don'l Jt that dtmree peep. 'Tla idle to be angry: Nay. wor 'tia sinful, too, A-bout an a t so - harmless Whv make s. much a io tire way's tne only safe way. 'Tl vry hard to keep. 1 . rwMiv. if you it not r Jxu't let that dimple feep.
