THE KING AT WORK AND PLAY

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3543, 6 July 1905, Page 4

THE KING AT WORK AND PLAY

The king is an inveterate smoker. Snpißward Vms |r«|hfe£la ■"ef’c&pt at clhrucr,andTi» neveff’becn a great wine drinker. Wlk tin r in England or on the contine i 1 ■ - ’-ceives by telegraph ev ’ 'V work ? f p. • J '4-oispj flr-h- ' " ,m; i cat moments of Ihf kit v A- ■ t.- when he won the Derby w;.,di in IS9G. This had long been the ambition of his life. Shooting, the .king places above all dth’er enjertaiiinieifts that can be offered hihri; and hisyirincipal visits have always been paid in the shooting season. In his„DWa~S.ftt his favorite topic of conversation has been clothes. Over the fashion of a tie, the cut of a jacket, and even the shape of a boot, he wi ll grow loquacious, “"1 ' J J / The ij/n'l if lad Wpert shoemaker, ip handicraft he chose to learn 'wheiTa bqy r being oMjged parents j Id-' 1 ' iSarni -somtei tradl/ 1 has worn shoes of his own make. The king, the lord mayor and the I i constable are the-ortly-owes-wbo-know- - tbe password of the Tower of London. . This password is sent to the mansion house quarterly, signed by his majesty, and is a survival of an ancient custom. Euler of the largest empire the wflirffllKak eveYJJcpown, Edward VII. pin Enjfflaftid, '/mightiest of mon- ' Web*®, reigns' over about 400,000,000 v pj;ojpJe, cigarier. of mankind. In IcftWr w/?r ilt jfaJi id^-i)ne person out of every fo u i;- -o we»- a 1 leg ian c e to him. ■ iOiic faouojl hi "Edward’s is collecting crjstalq"'’Y’bV‘'some time he has been colf CcTiig--dMiei-ic specimens, those expensive baubles which for centuries ha've been'’reg-&rdb3''in the orient as , revcalers of_thy future. 3< 33ast year, at ; ifr-g.ucticfh’'- hi* majesty woman, ’ wfed’phi«i s4,fybp He also knows all about ceramms’and bronzes.