Show DOINGS OF ROYALTY The sultan of Turkey has begun the study of German The queen of Italy is reported to be much distressed over her increasing cor pulency Her physicians are unable to make her lean sufficiently on a vegetable1 dietThe The empress of Austria who has arranged ar-ranged to spend part of the winter at Corfu is having a house built at Gasturi in a lovely and secluded spot south of the capital where she will probably pass a great part of each year Princess Militza of Montenegro received re-ceived 1000000 roubles as a wedding present from the czar of Russia Immediately Imme-diately after the wedding she bestowed the whole gift to be divided among needy inhabitants of Montenegro Albert Victor of Wales Prince Collars Col-lars and Cuffs is extremely unpopular in England Recent occurrences have made him detested and instead of being a nonentity in English affairs ho has become be-come a vicious and unpleasant possibility I ity Queen Victoria doss not wear a great deal of fur She has an odd cloak however how-ever in which she comfortably incases herself when traveling in the cold weather It is made entirely of ermine and tho ermine is outside The cloak coak gives her a very regal appearance One of the youngest monarchs in the world is King Thantai potentate of An siam He Is 9 years of age very precocious pre-cocious and fully conscious of the importance im-portance of his position He is solemn and thoughtful disdains childish sports and spends all his time in the seclusion of his palace studying conversing with aged counselors and poring over bob and manuscripts 1 |