THE KING'S TASTES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10925, 14 November 1913, Page 1

THE KING'S TASTES.

HOME LIFE AND EXERCISE. NO INTEREST IN GOLF. The King's home life and tastes hava been described in the Liveqiool "Daily Post" bv the writer, of "From a Club Window' I ': . "In private life lie is the simplest and quietest- of English gentlemen. _He is the most domestic of men, the kind- | est of fathers, and always happy in | the bosom, of his family. The King is i the best father in England. Next to his children, the King best likes agriculture, but he has practically no t-inu for this. He would have made a capital countrv gentleman, but he would never have been an H.F.H., for he is not keen on hunting and has _ not a particularly good seat when riding. AT LAWN TENNIS. "As he advances in middle age, though he lias no tendency to corpulence, the King finds an increasing need for exercise, which, is why he not only rides every day when m London, but generally manages to obtain a set of lawn tenuis. Indeed, iu the grounds of Buckingham Palace he has often had as icanv as half a dozen sets in an afternoon'". He is not a good server, but is strong when close to ( *ho net, though ho moves rather slowly. "G-olf possesses no interest for him, and though he once in a way plays a hundred up at billiards, ho can seldom make a break of twenty. Of course. his supreme sport is shooting, at which he excels. " His Majesty is a most abstemious man, not fond of champagne, but avs a rule drinking a light while wine or whisky well "diluted in Perrier. The King loves a good English cheese, birth at lunch and when he is dining quietly. He likes a choice, somewhat mild cigar, and it is not unusual for him to consurne a dozen a day. '• He has very little leisure for reading beyond what ho devotes to studying the daily papers, but when he takes up a book it is never a novel, but a volume of geographical exploration, and hn is fond'of "studying the reports of the Geographical Society."