Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-20
TIE COURT or MADRID.
Eccsntrlcitiss Of King and Queen
PiquantIy Described by
Count VasaIi."
Spanish Royalty SsetcSej BY The Author Of
Society at Serbia aad "~Eugland's
Morals - The Nrelched Life
Of he Queen,
P,E4kasoIh P,aI

Wa0nAAN AA@AAAn ~
letters, to 8 young Diplomat has been cali
ed the moot brilliant m in Fraace.
Her articles on Soeis,yia EoSlAnd, which
appeared in ala Revue de Dsux Monde
SIX months sgo, signsd Count Vasah. wss
the literary sensation Of the day. The toll
lowing article, was written before the late
King AlfOnso's death, and therefore speaks
Of the Spanish monarch IN the present
tense
You are gong, my young friend, to leave
the Noyth, its togs, its b.Ce devils and IT'S
sadless Winters, 10 1--we in the country OF
Eight. Be happy. AT your sSe the sun IL
golden, the SKY 10 azure, women eyes are
points Of interrogation, sud-You have
eyes yourself to lOok responses.
Everything Is gay there, even Sretehsd'
rsss; YOU will 6nd Don Qaixiotss, Sancho
Panzss. Cesar de Bszsn By the hundreds,
Madrid soclsty. unconsciously perhaps, is
democratic. Il is frank and sincere, tree
from Stiffness and from affection. You will
see very quickly that the immortality OF all
the great capitals is mixed IN Madrid, with
3 strong dose of hypocrisy, the logical re-
suit OF its clerical education
Very triAirg faults these, when one
thinks of sl the impulsiye warmth and a.
lection that greets the least appeal OF the
Of the heart, the slightest stir OF entAusi,
asm, the 6rst shock Of . noble passion
The Spsniards are 9 people who love for
tee ssSs of loving, and 6ght for the sake
Of fighting.
One hint before crossing the Pyrenees-
which still exists in spits of the cslsors'
ted phrase of Louis NlV-try 10 be as
Spanish as possible, and you will be pstted,
cherished, adored by o Rood.nstursd sOci'
ety watch is unq1esuonsbly the most pit
ant, the most seductive the most courteous
aud By no means the dullest in Europe.
Above sl smoke, in your " house, N
other peoples, in the theatre. II you can
not be : deyoise, don't be q treethinker
Respect the Holy Sacrament, and touch
the ground with your knee when you NEE
IN the street the priest carrying the sacred
Host.
THE king.
Ire King ia 8 charming tAlkerj but, IN
nike tbs Prince of Wales, bis intellec
moves so rapidly that be has not time Il
learn to listen. He is slight, almost lnslG
nifcant; and 10 spite Of the miracles o
his tailor ian American By the way h
has more the air Of an elegant man about
town than that Of q powerful king. H'
Gas his mother s. eyes, but not the expires
sion. He looks st people With 8 frank dl
rectness but 81 lie 10 . bad istner be fail
to read their character.
Most correct in the performance OF tam
ily duties, be never torgets an anniversary
On the 4th Of October he remembers tha
Isabella III. took g husband; the 18Th o
November be sends bis bests Hishss TO hi
mother; when the birthday Of the Queen
his wire, approaches he hss always 3 trim
ket beSpoksn for his dear Cbri5ta. Altons'
XII. is not o prodigal, but saves al be can
and thsy ssy that he sends q round httl
million Of Eeals TO England every month
Ths opposition sccuse the King Of sysrice
he Is rather the son OF an eKtraVsgsn
mother a certain Spanish writer va
'.hmii of york" be is q tinid sPeRdIhritt.
Rs ought to have uttered that phase: "Eh
IDEAL Of g nan is 10 be 8 dethroned KIM
living in Paris with plenty Of money.
A DON JU4S.
They accuse his Majesty OF being q Dol
juan. All smfs5ls kings have had had TIN
reputation. Tbs HSnen enamored OF tn
erown pursue Alfonso 81. to the prone
nsds and to the theatre, esssiI him Wild
their declarations, and often conpEomis'
him by false appearances, More than one
to have it believed that she was "ls bell'
iu Roi," would say 80 willingly.
The Kings first marriage vas 3 love
match, Nothing was more touching thar
the Simple story Of this passion, which re
called Romeo and Juliet loving in spite .
the feuds of their families. Queen lisa
bella. who detested her broIherin- laW th'
Dake of Montpensisr, aud with good res
son, was always opposed TO the marriage
Of Mercedes dOrlesns With Don Alfonso
Mercedes, who is charming" she said, IL
capable, when che is once queen, OF con
spring against her husband to put he
brother Antonio in his Place" The efec
Of this marriage of inclination was i'm
menss upon 3 people with whom love take
the lead Of everything. The death o
Queen Mercedes vas q grief to all Spain
and it plunged the King into q ProtounC
sorrow.
His love dream shattered, the KinG
thought Of marrying sss sovereign. Tn
m~istortunes by which he was overwhelmed
transformed him. His character grew firm
and the youth became 6 nal. With th'
exception of his unfortunate trip 10 Ger
many, there was nothing to reproach hin
With as 8 constitutional monarch.
FHE QUEEN,
When you esnnot say OF q woman tina
she is pretty you ssy she is disrioguee
Dons Christina is distinction itself. She has
DOT wnat they call in Paris chic, but q very
grand air, that Of an sreh-duehess. Al
though few people are admitted to her in,
tinaey, she is believed to be excellent; one
Of the very rare complaints they make
against her is that she il 9 little reserved.
Ii must be confessed the Queen has re,
NAMED a foreigner and does not please
Her qualities are not those in favor at
Madrid. She Is uncommunieStiVe in =
country where sl natures are expansive,
where the sun summons sll Spain to live
out Of floor. from the LIST of January to the
3lst Of December. Dona Christina shuts
herself up where all reserve ought. to be
abandoned.
She is 3 perfect mother q tender and de-
voted wife She is unaffected and gentle;
accomplished, snd desiSiouS to make
friends. Bat her natural gravity ksepS
away the inumstss Of the Kiag, and her
susrerity, which is easily shocked by the
too unceremonious, too open and too gay
Spanish character, checks the impulse Of
those who have the privilege Of making
advances TO her.
At the beginning of her married life she
hsd TO endure q serious annoyance, which
she felt very much. The Queen had brouSht
with her her Vienna physician, DR.. Riedel,
But the moment she was brought 10 bed
the Faculty'of Medicine Of Madrid assert.
ed its right to usher the future Infant"
into the world. The Queen Nished for no
physician but her ogn. Thereupon arose
q series Of claims and . Wrangis Of con-