The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17

to the reception Of the foreign princes
ana ambassadors from abroad and to ban
quets In their honor. On the third day
the king will attend a bull fight aud IN
the evening be present at grand ball.
On the fourth day great fair will be
opened and In the evening the Spanish
foreign Office. which is one OF the palace
buildings, will be the scene of an official
reception. On the fifth day there will be a
battle Of howers' and a horse race in
the hfppodrorne, and on the sixth an ex-
'hibitiou by Arabian horsewomen and a
gala performance at the Madrid opera
house. ~ So.
The seventh day of the festivities is the
important one on which the king takes
the oath to support the Spanish constttu-
tion. He will ride In state to the con-
gress hall and, afterwards, go. to the
Church of San Francisco, where a Te
Deum will be SUNG On the following day
there will be q great garden party in the
palace grounds, to which, 10000. people
will be invited. The ceremony for the
last day, May 20, is a fete in honor of
Is expected the chief men of learning in
Spain will attend.
To Get Down to Busfness.
! Immediately after these2cepemonies are
over and done with.sthe youthful monarch
will take up his kingly duties in good
earnest. He is to begin attending the
meetings OF the council OF state immedi-
ately and before long he is to st art on a
tour Of his kingdom, which he is espec-
tally anxious to study thoroughly.
After that the question of his marriage
will begin to loom up. OF course. the
royal lady whom Alphonso espouses will
have to be a Catholic by religion, and, al
though several French and Austrian prin-
cesses have been mentioned as likely to
be chosen future queen. of Spain. pub
lie feeling throughout the country itself
Is much more in favor Of Princess Louise.
d'Orleans, the younger sister OF the queen
Of Portugal
While the coronation will be a gor-
geous spectacle, it will be eclipsed in
that regard by the grand ball. The
dancing hall Of the royal palace is one Of
the best as well as one of the largest in
Europe, and It's embellishments has been,
with NO niggardly hand. Although Spain
is poor, there will be no indication of
that fact dn any of the preparations of
the accession Of the boy king, which will
be more in the nature Of an inaugural
than coronation, as Spanish kings are
never crowned.
That the pepulace may not be enyious
grand ball there will be night fair In
every street Of Madrid and an al fresco
dance will be INDUCED in In every section
Of the city.
Alphonso's Pet Ambitions.
King Alphonso has ambitious plans for
strengthening his army and one Of hia
dearest dreams is OF building new navy
to replace that which Spain lost off
Manila and Santiago. His delight Is his.
army and this. has been SO from the time
he was years old. at which time he
commenced to visit the drill grounds dur
ing military maneuvers and In his In
fantile treble, which he tried hard to.
render harsh and sonorous, would give
orders for evo1utions as soon as he
learned to comprehend them. He has al
ways been studious, and while military
art and history have been his favorite
studies, he has always evinced hunger
for knowledge Of any valuable sort. He
will be II years old on the. day OF his
accession, and 1t is safe to say no other
boy Id all Spain is so we'll equipped in
point OF general information.
CO., OF Winning Personality. -
One Of the best auguries for his sue,
cess in dealing with troubles at home is
the. feeling amounting almost to love