Hobbies of Queens.
Queen Alexandra is greatly interested in photography. She has taken snapshots of everything from crowned heads to pet dogs. She has any number of pictures of pretty scenes associated with pleasant memories, and good pictures, too. for her Majesty is far above the average amateur in prof.uiency as a “snaps'hottiste.” Another camera enthusiast is the German Empress. She has taken innumerable photos of things that have interested her, and her collection of pictures is unique. The Empress of Russia has a passion for caricaturing and the collection of caricatures. The hobbies of Queen Wilhelmina, the “girl Queen” of Holland, are skating and riding, but from childhood she has devoted herself to raising poultry- The Queen of Norway and Sweden outside of her family and public life is devoted to religion, the Queen of Greece is a yachtswoman. The Queen of Italy has chosen shooting and motoring as her principal hobbies. Portugal’s Queen, who is said to bo the busiest woman in Europe, is an expert physician, and has raised her amusement to the dignity of a profes-
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXII, Issue XII, 19 March 1904, Page 64
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180Hobbies of Queens. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXII, Issue XII, 19 March 1904, Page 64
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