A ROYAL FOOL.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1264, 1 February 1883, Page 2

A ROYAL FOOL.

Here’s the latest about the mad King of Bavaria. He dines alone, with plates set for imaginary guests. At all hours of the night he routs up his courtiers to play at billiards with him, and if they have a button awry he dismisses them from his service. He orders plays operas to be performed at midnight, at which he is the sole spectator. Sometimes on these occasions he falls asleep, then the performers have to make a pause until he awakes. These interludes not unfrequently last twoor three hours. Occasionally he takes an actoi|or actress into his favour, but, in this case, no insringement of etiquette is permitted. A little while ago he in.

slated upon the chief actress of the theatre reading tragedies to him when he was in bed. One night, being tried—for she had to stand—-she sat down on the edge of the bed. She was at once banished from the kingdom for having insulted Majesty by touching the Royal couch. He has already built one palace, which architects, decorators, and masons are under oath not to describe p and his latest freak is to build another otl model of Louis XlV.’s folly at Ver> z aailles, every room being reproduced according to exact measurement.