The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4 /. 4 |.
BLONDE BR.ONE1iT..E.
Ideal Of spaaill''s''. Young " , King
Mist Be Fair, Bl,ie-Ey,!et1d:l 81 V
M and Tcutotlic, "a,
HIS MANN Es YAH AIDES
\ Fond 81 Mii1gling Itlco gilittosi
Among His Subjects IL 4 u ls55Is
Madrid. TIL

nh jIS s; 3lyS MA DR1D, Jan. H. rs
{ ~ i,o Will be8Alfonso xI11s8bridc That
u question dominates Spain q o.dny, and 4 is
4 especially dcnr to- the NJ adrilcoi,s.
Though tho King is only In his 18th
ysnr ti,e gossips Will have Ii chat Ills for-
mallysnnnounc intention OF ina king the
h .sKrand tour of Europe enrl " mex yea +
& has az Its nalngobject the qucDt u q suit-
able BRIDE \, IN 33ld l.S3
.SS Most stress ls being laid upon "a fonsos
y intentionGtos visit London and Berlin. y hile
Il the Catholic capitals ire q present Il the
I BACKGROUND. AS In the case OF y y g Grown
" Prince of prussia, his inume has ol ready.
\ been coupled with that Of more than one
a pretty girl. Bund much has been heard 81
{ the Inevitable American; Mias Camilla
4 Rogcrb. who're fair hair and blue eyesinr
4 said TO have capt urcd a lfonso''s s,scep.
Z tlble heart sa A e IN
Prefers Blonde.
n BY the law 81 scotitrarlcs, Alfonso, who
n the ,,confession8 book" Of the Primo ss OF
the Asturins late " descrlb bed his ideal a.
fair. blue-eyed and Teutonic, wl i tur Y he
MISUNDERSTANDING to stoutncss, ID 4Fs5
hi AZ ri most b n tho Ii unmarried Catholic
princesaes OF 13urope are dark he is not ~
8f1kelySto flnd his idea. S5 a Iii
II The King hts recen ~ been Try ms e
/. n1ingllng incoEnito among his sub ects.sf9
jSe Some weeks ago, dressed II In n CT Han
gnrb, he a,ippcd With n ~ IS Off GER q z
S tho Restaurant d Fornns, q nd had tho
Batlsfnction OF :lea ring d woman, com n ent
a upon hts ikeuegs to the ISln
After sRupperss no drove with his COM
Ii patlion along the Gale d e Alcala as IL y
y az the bull 7sring, questioning his hired
coachrnan on mat ters Of high poll tics n a
& These oscapadcs are, however, by q no
u means common. On the whole, AlfonHo.
is reserved, indiffe ent to M plaus 9 n ana
Ehy. }i IA n "a! Nh
81 Alfonso has OF lato been buoy on plans
4 TOR improving the big. uncomfo rtab bic pal
ace which oyerlooks tho Manza ma res. L The
q unattrnctiye park, which stretche s DC WI
81 almost to the river. Is to DO rep nted,
and the King 9 priya to room e H e. eco
y rated. an 5l5 s$ ~
Spends Money Lavishly
THE King ii III s fond aa any " oman or
pretty surroundings and ha s more than mar
Il onco given his mother Queen CHI istin1,
& cause for grave prehensio ns by his lay--l
Il !sh method Of spending money on ,inss-
4 sentinl things. The Queens influence has,
Z however atey diminished great ", for
g al fonso Is exceedingly willfnl,g and sists
y that he and no one else, sis sovereign OF
According TO his intimate q a fonso sl Is.
81 inclined to BIZ AngI ophtle In fls tastes,
a court ofIlclal, m ho WaYer.5 says tina 4 le
n was 4 mi ensely annoyed * at IA the AT glo-3
N French treaty about Morocco NJ ost t OF his
wrath. however, was " directed against
Il Fra rce and during the Al uese
q amenities he relna rked II more than once
& that Spain WIS being Ief on IA the cSid,,