The Washington herald., 1907-06-02

Tts following account Of the birth Of the heir %
the Spanish throne is from woman who was in The
palace on the gyaHrful day. Il is addressed 90 O.
fashionable member Of L0rI1u.s exclusive smart SET
and uil be r-8d vl.h INTEREST,"
Madrid, May 15-My Dear: After
what has seemed like months Of nervous
tension and tendency to jump out Of
ones chair at the rumble Of ever passing
carts, it is all over
Really, the affair was such a hustle and
hustle at the last that 1 have 10 pinch
myself to believe that Il IS all true. I
and some Of the ladies had dined together
as usual. It was too warm 90 go 10 the
theater, so we ordered coffee IN my rooms
and sat by the open windows overlooking
the gardens. The Queen, with the King
and her mother had quite a long stroll
there in the early evening. We finished
our coffee, and then leaned out and looked
once more at those bare flgstaGs pokiue
Up into the blue night sky. 1 had those
bare poles on my brain for the thousandyh
time. We wondered if it would be fags
or colored lEhts-theu toddled off To bed
That night there was no one waiting in
the big square. For weeks there had
been small groups hanging about, hoping
10 be the first % get news, but that par
ticular night the sentries had # all To
themselves.
/ was awakened by a voice shouting.
Get up. BE quick" I simply fell out of
bed, and. rushing to the door without my
rT-
on fire. Wait for me-" openef the
door. Marie de b. stood there. She was
absolutely crying with excitement. Fire.
You goose. no. The Queen" 1 rushed
for my dressing gown-Marie had her
hair in curriers', and looked q siglt-and
dashed into the corridor and the arms Of
one Of the haiherders with a long spear.
who was running faster than I have ever
seen a Spauiard move before.
Palace Like Beehive.
We begged each others pardons. and I
asked him if there was any news. In
Spain one gets most awfpuy frank about
these things, and 7 have found uvsaff
camping with utter strangers in "a way
that would make one blush for week I'm
England. From the mfnuteness Of his de
tails he was, I am sure, married.
b. this time-au I'm a moment il seem
ed-the palace swarmed and lummrd U-7
hive. Behind closed doors I heard the
electric switches turned on, while half
dressed maids hurried from room IN
room. The captain Of the halberdferg
swung by body of men in all the elor,.
Of their old-w0rld costume at his heels /
1--WE are hidden % summon everybody. II /
cannot be very long" he vouchsafed /
/ observed that we had better 90 and
dress. and lucky it was that We did SO. |
q for little later the bishops were assem-
bling in the private chapel. and we all /
rushed away.
The chapel looked lovely, white flowers /
everywhere. and such decorations. But
we all gave our dign'-y away sadly. The
old hUQuesa of chad FORGOTTEN half |
her hair and all her rouge The bisEors /
also were not as tidy as they might have
been, and I never saw such a collection
OF unshOrn Chius in my Ifa-and the
Spaniards do get so dreadfully blue. some
Of the dear ladies' prayed very hard. but
all the same there was constant rustic
Of unrest and excitement and also NOR,
than "a suspicion that a certain amount
Of hooking-and-eyoIn was going on ali
the while.
Bravery of the Queen.
Il was brilliant morning when We left
the chapel and then ran against LADY
-. who told me that the Queens mother
the dowager queen. and the doctors ana
maids had all been called up about 4. and
had not left the Queens apartments since
she said that Princess Henry WAS terribly
excited. but was acting awfully brave.
and that the queen herself was behaving
spiendidly. But. then. she is so pluekv-
IL is only when one sees her among all
these courders. with their fussi7g and
their fuminC about triGes. that one real
lies how splsrdIdiy English her majesty
is. ! was dying for some chocolate by
this time. but little Rita Ge T. said il was
much funnir- 20 go around 10 the other
side uf tle palace and watch tho people
Of course / had never been anywhere
when a future king was being born. So
I gave UP the chocolate and went with
ler.
Great ChUrChmCn Arrive.
Presently all the crowd I'm the square
bent and waved 70 and fro. The great
churchmen were arriving. They had come
more carefully dressed than had most of
the bishops. who wore a very "up-aIl-
night" and worn appearance. But even
these great worthless betrayed some
anxiety, and the Archbishop Of Toledo