Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-03

tie king are being told today throughout
the seeFian peninsula. Here Is repre-
sentative one.
II seems that when the king went on a
visit to Salamanca last year, the mayor Of
the city and the rector OF the famous seat
of learning there went out to meet him,
fell down before him. and craved permits
sion to kiss their monarch's hand.
. Alfonso shock his head and drew back his
hand, at the same time bidding the local
celebrities to regain their feet. Then he
said:
and not a deity"
He followed up this BIT of royal heresy by
shaking hands with the two men and later
t9king them for a drive In his carriage.
In like manner he rebuked the ged arch
bishop OF zamora. who wished to show his
realty IN similar fashion. and sdded. las
a good ard venerable preate, should em-
brace YOU and suited the action 10 the
sentiment bestowing on the archbishop "a
hearty hug and kiss.
Report has 1t that the king frequently
yanishes from the stiff life OF the Spanish
court to the country. where he may be seen
taking uhaffectedly with any who chance
along, be he priest. peasant or muleteer.
Simple Old Franz Joseph.
las proud as Hapsburg" has long been
phrase for expressing the sublimity of
autccratic bearing. But even Hapsburg
these days has his democratic moments.
when he proves that he is of human flesh
and blood like the rest of us.
Despite her love for court etiquette. the
late Empress Elizabeth delighted TO escape
royal restrictions and find recreation in
strolling about the country side talking
to the lowhest of her subjects. face to face.
and doing lot of wholesome. natural
things Old Franz-Joseph has held the
popularity of his people as long as he has
mainly because he mas showed himself to
item as a man. after their own mold
Some nine or ten years ago Hungarian
deputy of the name of Sikel desired TO Sc
under pS n
t1al compensation for his parliamentary
services. extending over many years
that. in the meantime, his hair had turned
from jet black to gray. He called on the
premier; but. instead of securing his object,
was Informed that no one over forty years
OF age could be given position in the civil
service unless added Baron Banffy,
there is express permission the part
of the sovereign"
+ Some days later Herr Sikel. dressed IN
tn. national Hungarian costume. gained an
entrance into the room in the Hofburg in
which the emperor received. Up to the
moment of going into the royal presence.
he had been holiness itself: now his conf
dence forsook him. and all he could do
was to place his petition on the table be-
side the emperor, who came to the rescue
by laughingly asking what he could do
your ma jesty," said the deputy, finding
his tongue at last, II should like to be
forty years of age"
'Ah, so would l." said Franz-Joseph. ear
caught the purport of the words and speed
lily affixed the royal signature; after which
he made the deputy sit down and talk with
him for the better part of an hour to the
detrment of the public business
His habit of roaming unattended about
his capital, and making little informal ex-
petitions beyond it, all the while welcoming
with his subjects, has further
won the old ruler the reputation of being
simple and democratic at heart, in spite of
all the hidebound etiquette to which the
majority of the Hapsburgs have been tied
for hundreds of years.
Simple Ways Of the Pope.
Anecdotes are continually being related
which show that the pope IS every bit as
democratic as the most democratic of the
rulers of material things who surround him
on all sides. One of the latest anecdotes
reveals not only his democratic habits but
his great love for the memory of his mother
as well.
When a certain cardinal was talking with
the pope, the latter, seeking the time of
day. pulled from a pocket dilapidated ana
cheap-loolzing watch, and attached to IT as
chain piece of old shoestrinS. When
the astonished cardinal had partially re-
gained his composure he took from his
pocket his own magnificent gold timepiece
and requested the pope TO accept 1t as a
gift and give him the nickel one in ex-
change.
But the pope shook his head, and as he
replaced the cheap little affair in the pocket
he remarked that it was good enough for
him as long he lived; doubly SO, since it
was given him by his mother when she
could i'll afford it and had to scrmp to save
up the purchase price. AS for the shoe
string when the watch had been paid for
there was no money left for chain, so one
of his sisters gave him the string, and he
had been happy ever since in the possession
of both
The photograph with this article, showing
the pope out driving in state in the gardens
of the Vatican, further illustrates the demo-
cratic nature of his holiness Roman
photographer without any great reputation
desired very much to secure such photo
graph His friends told him that such
thing was impossible. Nothing daunted
and trusting in the common reports of the
popes good nature and readiness to grant
what might seem to others trivial requests,
he forwarded his request to the Vatican.
The reply came back, why, certainly
and when he appeared in the Vatican gar
dens on the day set he found the pope ana
bility itself and experienced no trouble in
securing the photograph shown herewith
an unusual one, to say the least.