INTERESTING ITEMS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2287, 4 March 1912, Page 7

INTERESTING ITEMS.

Lord Morley received £IO,OOO for his "Life of Gladstone." A lucky fellow is the physician who attends the Empress of Russia. For each visit he receives a fee of £7O. The Queen of Denmark is a passionate admirer of Charles Dickens, and has read many of his books several times. Lord Inchiquin possesses the unusual privilege of using scarlet liveries, the same as those worn by Royal servants. The Shah of Persia will not sit at a table on which either salmon o r lobstei's are placed. The Czar of Russia is the largest individual landowner in the world. The land belonging to him is greater in area than the whole of France. The King of Italy is one of the most enthusiastic of Royal motorists, and the only one who has qualified by passing a severe practical examination in driving a motor-car. He is a clever mechanic, and can repair bis own car as well as drive it. When the King of Siam is attired in his full'compliment of Royal robes and is wearing all his State decorations the value of these amount to something like £200,000. The Prince of Wales is the owner of one of the largest collections of postcards in the world. It consists of more than 10,000 cards. The Emperor of China has a household consisting of 500 persons, including thirty bearers of State umbrellas, an equal number of fan-bear-ers, thirty physicians and surgeons, seventy-five astrologers, seventy-five cooks, and sixty priests.