Show COMES Mf HIGHTO Ib TO T BE BEL BEKing BEA TL A ROYAL L TI I lUng King Edwards Subjects Help Him To Pay Pa Off Orf Ills His Social Debts I Every J er Year car EVEN THEN HE IS MUCH SHY SUY When Invited Out He lie is Practically He tHe Guest finest and Has lias lIo to Toot loot The Thc Hills Bills Special London Ag 12 King Edward tho the Seventh wh nt as hard up now ns he pocket speaking tar for tho ho hoH H cLui which take bike tile Inn gue t to 10 Urn lille from fron Windsor beia thew thine ore are line M whit actors and ato not paid laid an ati thins the tie leading lady always n II cosily ent and the tha men inch of at iiii kin I all at flue tho lie expense len e of nf the tho lie Hot also alec lilies hilIs the tram train that car ell carries carrios I rios ries th the company to him As Au com coin command mand performances are reported ported ri to 10 be bo hit his pet lolI anti a at an they thoy i iau art are certainly I the most fre frequently re provided for fOI hi hiM house houPe parties the lie he spends on nn theater theler trains and lint theater people Is 15 not able a aThus Thus although the tue state sll the thu kiti and queen tin nil additional sum of or nearly to pay the tho ladles and of t their hou Iwu holdis holl nearly to spend spond In chanty and Ind an for the th necessity of eMiS up keeps the kings kin income easily spent novAL mS So Bo UH I not Hot to be wondered at nt that is II practised In iii tho the r rai nl house houle household hold For example of plon Is If It any em employed on tho royal would en entertain entertain entertain his ft lends nt lit ton ten This Is III ot l whet the lie Is fed ns CM alpo pa so IMn url arc out of or the family flour u the Hon Itoh 8 her private to 10 write her notus for her tier she he lays lay the tue duty duly dut upon the Hon Umi C Mr Mt n Is technically tier her secretary but bUthe lie he also hiss hai Innumerable other Modal duties Imposed 1 upon him by II the tho He lie play cards 0 rd with her tar for Jn Mini and lint makes a n fourth hand often In a u name game In iii which the king tho tile queen and Victoria Vir lorIa participate Mr Ore ire Is I Lady HI brother bruth r nod anil Is II therefore also alec related to Lady Linly Warwick IS A i HIG 1110 MAN UAN MANir fir ir Atthur John Hinge IH is the prime mover In the social ocal affair of ot the of ot Wale Wales lie He personally willis many notes of or Invitation for his hll hi royal high nesi nesa awl and as Ii hits his private secretary IH Is In on him at III nearly every eer so social cial dat function Sir ir Arthur flop doe for the th Prime and nf ot Wales WaIls jointly what Lady I VA loes person personally personally ally all tot foi the princess THE KINGS iS CHUMS Naturally the Ih royal family Ca 11 II time Issue In for their own formal affair with prodigious ceremony Their favor fiur favorite ite It Invitations are arc Rf big Gar Ctrl II boards with Ith the lie blackest l of or black en engraving graving The fhe King and Quen desire d lre the thc llY or of IK is the conventional phrasing of ot the thi Invitation Hut BUI when the tue king a n friend lust lint to 10 run Into Palace for ho he U Is ory cry likely to scribble on a bit of plain iain In very ery Illegible handby han bend b by bythe the May vay In Dear I 1 wish uMi out look In on me ma to about one Ill hope to 10 see sec you yount youat ou nt at Your our oure sincerely H 1 DW DV tD ltD The flie men who vho most frequently Rt tl such c Y Invitations an nR this Ihle ire are the th Duke of Devonshire Lord hirry opry Lord of at Hereford i antI anil Mr SIr lr Chaplin Lord Loril Ilin olph tint ph Churchill I ho Ii used usell to and so sel did tI Id the let 10 Dean Stanley Lord Playfair who WitH Willi HH until his death lien Ih he hI present kings s Intimate friend also Charles Chorles Kingsley ind Lawrence Oliphant In the Celec CelecIon Ion of his friends fr there Is li no more man In III England than thun Edward Ed Ell Edward Ellward ward the lie Seventh w N w was when he wn merely n r prince would be poor Indeed It if he had harl to 10 Use live on 1 the tha th salary lary allowed him by IJ his hI people Not No that It In Is a n small alary for or It Is 18 I a 11 very considerable cne ene with the pure purne pulled tight light by b a Sp keeper k l r Uw tho th Honorable Sir ton Probyn of ot 1 MM 00 a yc eor r aHle Re from housekeeping I Hut It L is III esti estl estimated mated maled that his III majesty upends not less Ie than half halt his bbs hi great amount In entertaining and gifts and 11 III that leaves n U small proportion for tor the vari varl various various upon him himin ous CUB other expense expellEes gentleman in the capacity of English Fortunately however hoover Queen Victoria Iaron HIrsch and others have hoo left King Kim Edward nicely fixed lila His lis revenues and andare apart from the tho crown are lire enormous derived front from Innumerable ouro are including mining stock and rent money noney W LO a paid palI In tn nt lit the rate of ot ns as as a year by hy modest cottagers In the coun country countr try tr In nil nit his Income Is Ia about a year oar I Hut But his hI own hare of Ms his hi actual salary sIar the total cost of ot approach doe not even entertaining tho the kings private hi his subjects do to PO o much of ot It for Cor or himL him The king Is i host hoit nt ot every CC e y L house hout party part he attends It l tM IN considered I that he s back his social obligations when he asks his hostess to include certain t r tain tam guests in the tM list of those bidden to meet him WHERE WEST OUEST ST IS IR HOST HOSTIn t In all the great grent English houses hotie hou QS tho lie king Is 18 practically nt ot homo home lilt own ervant attend him His hiM own waiter hands han him his food M as n till the same paine waiter does doell for tor the mUter of ot that at a every dinner his hll majesty attends In town or country When the king times out so io 10 his chief chic waiter At the thc coun country country takes try tr houses his majestY simply possession and has hns nil III meals except excel t dinner din his hI ncr ner there In private The guests are Ire tho hi horses hore and so o are MC th and one everything else about th the place so II o long as ho he remains Tho The of ot Marlborough onel the of Cra Cri Craven II ven nn formerly Mies Martin have hlo had more frequent opportunity than thin any an American peeresses of or Ing In King Kin Edward to pay off ote his odai duties dutle by acting ns as hostess for him antI they could testify It If they the would oulI how completely he takes possession of ot their houses whenever he deigns to honor them with hid hl hi presence For this and several other reasons a n number of If the English nobility notably the Dukes of or Devonshire I anti and ant Sutherland ore are sabi eal l to spend much more mon on h entertaining than does dol the king himself He lie has hRs at It least no king to entertain save on rare occasions O visits him privately For certain certain s one tain alit distinguished foreign forel n guests his has spent J ns os much as a II week for or a house houIe A copy cosy co y dinner at nl his dub the till or strictly controlled by b the theIn tIn In nn whose members are arc tI hl hi majesty JIM t or there and when he hI ani th tM hi entertain At It home hOlM the prim prIce of af J tin ti dinner frequently lUllS tuns up into the four tour Im HII JIt majesty pays liars out of oC his own On bin hll Queen Victoria VIttorio Introduced this cartful system fwd and King Edward has to tu It I nut But Ring King r alone Is II responsible for tur reducing the time tinie of nt liP his own dinner rating eating to 10 one ono hour by b eliminating in innumerable numerable petty poll courses Junell The private dinner nt lit costs lens leis le s toda than It did ven wn In the days of quiet Julet QU n simply bemuse e It ItIs Iti Is III i not thought n sary to so KO soman many man things to 10 et eilt The fhe kings exam pi pl In this instance IHl affected every ew dinner table tahle in polite London Ken Kenat at when the famous gold ohl plate Is III u J and tho the kings favorite lower glower the th Is the the tho menu Is i short and simple Ie The Chit and nud of or Wales oles who spent over on their house hou e warming ball at nt House Houle th oth r night take talt like tie lIe king kin and and queen Ilu n their op poi to It save a i little When they go I o 0 York Yolk foUM on the thi kings Sand estate este lille the tho prince and ami live lic almost The shares her liet drawing ream with her favorite l R to tu Ii the of War lIr w wick Ick The 1110 princess prIncea and the lie lady have a 1 common wilting wIlling Je Jk k a I piece of ot fine Cli The lint line n state am private slits vate entertaining by hy the lie royal family staily is easily eM II enough drawn so 10 far as RI fl the tho letter loHer of ot the Uv I v Is I con eon concerned State entertainments are ar those given ghen for tor state Inte reasons and paid for forout forout forout out of or the state pocketbook Private entertaining Is what the tho royalties do doon doon on their own account pay nay pR for tor out of their private printe incomes Income TilE THE SOCIAL S The formal private entertaining of or both hoth the king and queen lumen and anil the IhlO of or Wales Is far ar too big u it thing to be he arranged by themselves ellee They signify who vho shall be tie Invited and then they hey cnn con go 10 about nl lt their and not trouble themselves them further to 10 remember the tho list I lord Lorit rd Knollys the he kings 11 secre secretary cre Inn tary 4 I his Lord Knollys Knolls principal duty In Iii connection with the kings entertaining Is III to tell his hili ma 1011 whom he hI Is l About to 10 entertain Princess of ot D I Mid fAld once that If I lord ord Knollys were werl wakened cud sud suddenly denly dealy In the nl and told tolt to re reo repert repeat pMt pert offhand the tin names of at all the peo pei people pie Ill the king hall had Invited to dinner Inner for three months to come he could do It without a moments hesitation The TheIon lord Ion chamberlain of or 0 state stat functions has little to do with the private partIes ea The waiting LoM Joi Edward union lInton uncle of ot lord Francis Hope 1101 1 Is a R highly Important person nen when thien hen It enlace to the th kings kines entertaining ns Oil he hi heM h hIIS hiMI M MI In 10 the reign of QUEen Victoria No i senant Merant of or hl his hili may approach i the presence enre without first approaching Lord All details when the king feels celia Inclined to 10 reduce Iu hi his to detail are submitted to 10 Lord Lorn Idward who In turn places pieces them In the hands handl of ot leeser authority I Lord lArd rd Kd I Is II satti to be the most meet obliging peron Ier n In the lie royal myel household h He lie Is an amiable gentle m Ine S rd rI grey never refuses refus to IH e anybody Sir Probyn who to lives at Palace and noli who has hils an apartment In the Tower Windsor anti and a 1 house home at t stands tandi It between the Ihl king and his bank bankbook look book loo It Is his duty dill to 10 let his Ils majesty know 1 00 when fund funda are running low 10 The Thc I Is he lie knows more mote nearly titan than anyone else IN the exact amount the I kins lne I spends on dinner parties partiN lunch luncheons eons COB and the amount spent I nt on ne nei n oary sary pr s fits t for tor aristocratic wide and bridegrooms the queen wish to trouble |