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Foreign News
July 17, 1913
Baxter Springs News
Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kansas
What is this article about?
Anecdote from C. W. Stamper about King Edward VII at Biarritz detecting onion breath on his courtiers—sergeant-footman Hawkins, courier Fehr, and postmaster Hiley—after they lunched on beefsteak and onions, leading to the king scolding them.
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HIS SENSE OF SMELL KEEN
King George Detects the Odor of Onions When His Courtiers Enter Room.
London.—"Hawkins, you've been eating onions," angrily exclaimed King Edward to his sergeant-footman one day at Biarritz, according to Edward VII's motor mechanic, C. W. Stamper.
Stamper confessed that the sergeant-footman, the knight-courier and the postmaster lunched heartily on beefsteak and onions one day and soon afterward the king wanted to see the postmaster, so the courier, named Fehr, called the sergeant-footman, and the king was proceeding to tell him, when he stopped short, looked at the man and then accused him of eating onions.
"No, your majesty," protested the courier.
"Yes, you have. I'm sure you have. Send Mr. Hiley here at once and Mr. Fehr."
"Yes, your majesty."
The sergeant-footman withdrew and presently Postmaster Hiley was announced. The king called him to his side and was beginning to read to him a telegram he wanted him to dispatch when he burst out:
"Hiley, you've been eating onions!"
"No, your majesty," said the postmaster, instinctively recoiling.
"Yes, you have; it's disgraceful."
The courier then entered the room and approached very wearily, but his majesty's sense of smell was keen, and all Fehr's efforts to suppress the facts in the case were unavailing. The king looked up sharply, sat back in his chair and groaned:
"I'm damned if you haven't been eating onions, too!"
King George Detects the Odor of Onions When His Courtiers Enter Room.
London.—"Hawkins, you've been eating onions," angrily exclaimed King Edward to his sergeant-footman one day at Biarritz, according to Edward VII's motor mechanic, C. W. Stamper.
Stamper confessed that the sergeant-footman, the knight-courier and the postmaster lunched heartily on beefsteak and onions one day and soon afterward the king wanted to see the postmaster, so the courier, named Fehr, called the sergeant-footman, and the king was proceeding to tell him, when he stopped short, looked at the man and then accused him of eating onions.
"No, your majesty," protested the courier.
"Yes, you have. I'm sure you have. Send Mr. Hiley here at once and Mr. Fehr."
"Yes, your majesty."
The sergeant-footman withdrew and presently Postmaster Hiley was announced. The king called him to his side and was beginning to read to him a telegram he wanted him to dispatch when he burst out:
"Hiley, you've been eating onions!"
"No, your majesty," said the postmaster, instinctively recoiling.
"Yes, you have; it's disgraceful."
The courier then entered the room and approached very wearily, but his majesty's sense of smell was keen, and all Fehr's efforts to suppress the facts in the case were unavailing. The king looked up sharply, sat back in his chair and groaned:
"I'm damned if you haven't been eating onions, too!"
What sub-type of article is it?
Court News
What keywords are associated?
King Edward
Onions
Court Gossip
Biarritz
Courtiers
What entities or persons were involved?
King Edward
Hawkins
C. W. Stamper
Fehr
Mr. Hiley
Where did it happen?
Biarritz
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Biarritz
Event Date
One Day At Biarritz
Key Persons
King Edward
Hawkins
C. W. Stamper
Fehr
Mr. Hiley
Outcome
king scolds courtiers for eating onions
Event Details
According to C. W. Stamper, King Edward VII detected onion odor on sergeant-footman Hawkins, courier Fehr, and postmaster Hiley after they ate beefsteak and onions, accusing and scolding each upon their entry.