Show RING KING EDWARD HAS HUGE WINE CElLER Beneath St. St Joness Jones's Palace are Kept His Choicest Drinks Time The bulk bull of oC King Edwards Edward's Id I'd wines and amid spirits is Ig stored in iii huge hugo cellars beneath St St. Jamess James's palace A certain supply Is kept at Windsor castlo antI and Buckingham palace but In each cach case the time stock is of or comparatively el small dimensions and on tho ho occasions of or state banquets or the entertainment of or royal guests tho necessary supplies are aro drawn from tho St. St James palace stores says mOS TU rI At Al one time tho time stock of wine accumulated ac ac- cumulated during durIng- various was of or enormous dimensions proper No-proper record was oas available and antl ono of or tho tIto first acts act of the tho King on on c coming ml to the time throne was to order a a. thorough overhaul of or tho the miles mailes of or bins The Time result was wa that thal many thousands thousands thou thou- sands of or dusty ty and cobwebbed bottles were brought to Th These 80 con- con wines of extraordinary age e but butof butof butor of or a class cla s never nevel drunk nowadays nowadays- Canary Madeira heavy Y ports and brown sherries sherries- and many strange c liquors li liquors li- li of or unknown names tho gifts of ot foreign forel n rulers When hen the prince consort came canoe to this c country ho lie Introduced Introduce hocks Moselles Moselles Mo Mo- selles and other light German Gelman wines These unknown to Britons wines vines were vero of fume fine quality and arenow are arc arenow now only brought out at state balls and an other state tato when the they are arc made into cups The Time royal 1011 cups are still famous Chief Stock Stud Champagne lIc The TIme chief wine stocked nowadays is champagne which l Is practically time the only emily wine drunk lunk at state banquets al although although although al- al though other wines figure fl In iii the royal menus they are arc rarely served servell The kin King himself used to champagne but buL a good many years ears ago he wa was ordered by hy his medical a adviser to abstain abstain abstain ab ab- ab- ab stain from flom this wine Ino Nowa Nowadays as a's his majesty only touches it on ceremonial occasions and an then he never exceeds s two glasses Later on his majesty was wa as advised lse to lo follow the time example of Queen Victoria and to take a u. little old Scotch whiskey whis key koy In mineral mineraI water but now he lie drinks Chablis a U fine tine white whilo Ber- Ber gundy gumly usually u mixed with a sparkling spark spark- ling hing natural water ater rime Tho Chablis arrives arrives arrives ar ar- ar- ar rives In hogsheads and Is bottled In Inthe Inthe Inthe the collars cellars at SL St Jamess James's palace lolace No labels nil appear pear on any of tho the royal bottles betties bet bot ties lies but time the royal roal monogram Is 18 stamped stampe stamp stamp- e ed on omo the time seal of the time corks Chief Cellar Man Ian laim The Time staff of ot cellar man anti and bottlers of St. St Jamess James's palace Is a n. largo large one and an is under the control of a chief clerk and a a. chelf cellar man juan whose dut duty it I is tf tp check the receipt an and delivery of ever every bottle bottie and to see sec that the time correct wines aro amo supplied according accordIng according accord accord- ing to special circumstances Thus when the time French president was the guest of tho tile king 1 special brands blands of claret were supplied while during time the sojourn of tho the kaiser hock was tho the wine most In demand The Tho czar drinks champagne of a somewhat sweeter character than is generally popular in this country an and the wines s most favored ta by the king J-In J of Spain arc lit dry champagne and sherry anti and seltzer water Time The wages of or tim the cellar staff aro are paid out of the kings king's s 's private purse an and not b by the time Lord Chamberlain The high officials of tIme the court courtl aro are gIvena gIven a n. certain allowance of wino wine and time the chief servants ants are aro given gl an un allowance allow mince ance of or spirits As a a. mall matter r of or Cac fact i however very little spirits are arc drunk runk nowadays at time the royal palaces palace and punch lunch that thal famous of or tho timo Georgian da days when hen deep drinking tim ink In ing anti and shallow thinking was the rule of time thu times times times-is is Some Seine Sometime time line ago a large stock of fine old rum ruin was privately sold and front from time timeto to time sales of other spirits spIrits brand brandy Schnapps gin gut an and whiskey have ta taken taken taken ta- ta ken place lolace Gentleman of or llio tue Cellars The Time supreme head of oC the royal rond collar col col- Jar lar bears beams the title gentleman of or the cellars and It Is his dut duty to attend to or ou bo ho represented at nil all tho the principal principal prin prin- cipal sales and to acquire suitable I lots iota 0 lB The Time fact that the tho king is really really real real- ly Iy the tho purchaser Is of course kept J se secret secret se- se cret to prevent fancy Cancy prices being run lun up Tho Prince of or Wales ales has hl Ills his own cellars but Is occasionally supplied from Crom rota those at St. St Jamess James's palace The king when Prince of Wales rates always mado a point of or taking his own wino wine with whim him when he attended public public public pub pub- lic banquets and this custom is still followed by tho the present heir heh of tho time throne who usually drinks a special brand of hock The rime Duke Duko of or Connaught on tho the other oilier hand takes lakes the wine vine supplied at nt the tho dinners he ho attends in an official cial capacity The Tho king icing has luau his own wine sent to tu private houses when he ho accepts invitations In to dinner except In places where ho is 15 an old or frequent fre fre- quent visitor and antI knows that his special special special cial tastes are understood and will bo be catered for tor Originally tho the cellars at nt Windsor I castle which arc aro of or enormous extent were tho the chief repository of oC the tho royal roal wines vines and until the they were overhauled overhauled over over- hauled nobody knew quito what they boy contained The electric light now illuminates II- II their dark depths and every er e bin Is lf numbered and catalogued with all itil the accuracy of a n. business S house |