Royal Robes

Kaiser Wilhelm has taken to wearing nose glasses while reading on railway trains, following his fad of wearing a monocle after the English fashion.

The sultan of Turkey has issued an edict forbidding the publication of books in his realm. The reason is said to be that he is going to publish a book himself and wants a clear field for it.

Prince Rola, son and heir of the muree of Rajputana, India, will soon become a student at the University of California. He is a graduate of Calcutta university. The prince is the first native prince of India to go to the western states for education.

Though an African, King Menelik of Abyssinia is a man of progressive ideas and has transformed his mediaeval country almost into a modern state. His military system still belongs to a past age in many respects, but he can put into the field a formidably equipped army of 300,000 men.