The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-25
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 in smbyro has some drawbscxs to con tend against. We have often tried to imagine what sort df time the Infant Moses had in the Egyptian court. Pre- sumabiy. he was but . baby when his mother sumsgied him into the royal herself with him-apd his bringing up was doubtless in &C., cordance with the nomp and circum- stance of Egyptian royalty of that an- cient period. However much coddling he may have fallen heir to, it did not prevent him from turning out strong man, when the time came to show it.
 But coming to modern times we can- not avoid a feeling of sympathy for the baby born to the purple" as the saying Is, for he Is figuratively put in a straightjacket before he can walk. Take the young royal baby of Spain. as an example. He is not quite year old, we believe, but already he is be- ing watched and guarded in all his movements. We are told that when his royal parents decided to attend the home coming in London q short time ago. the problem of the rulers wei fare was discussed by the Madrid court with the usual Castilian gravity and concern. Finally 1t was decided to forward him to the destination, while another baby that resembles him--for that matter, all babies look pretty much alike-was to be taken in the paternal party as substitute. The schenie worked to perfection and the emby- ronic king reached his motifcr's coun- try wrapped in hlanket of plebean nature but safe and in good spirits It is understood. that the baby-fake will be continued until the family has again resumed it's qnarters in Spain.
 This is the, beginning of life of cOutIHuou CdtC dh0 NatShfi6t 6HA ~ will grow worse as time passes and he gets to the boyhood stage. for he will have none of the freedom 50 dear dear to the heart of the real boy. He will have fine garments and ornaments, it is true, and servants to wait on him and supply his every wish. He will have the best of food. constant care and no end of iuxuries, we may be sure. but he will not enjoy the freedom so dear to the chart of the real boy. He will not be allowed to go out and play on the streets with the other boys, because that would be beneath the dignity of royalty. ani would soil his hands and muss his royal duds. He can't make mud pies. tumble in the sandbank or roll on the grass, or do any of the. stunts that boys delight in, He must not play ball, lest he get hurt, and we doubt if he will be permitted to fly kites, trap birds or go out with a gun. In short, while it may be true that being kinglet has some compen- sations we doubt if the average boy would change places with him.
 And then we must consider the con- stant danger he will be in. and the pos sibility that at any time he may be scattered through the atmosphere by the explosion of a bomb placed by some cowardly anarchist. The life of a royal parsonage in a monarchy is not a secure one, these days. There are al- ways plots and conspiracies go- ing on, and no ruler or ex- pectant ruler may tell how long all of him will be suffered to hang together. Just when he may be enjoying himself best and thinking himself safest, he may suddenly find himself careenins through space or distributed over half the precinct. Events in the past have shown that no amount of care and precaution can at all times prevent an assassin from do- \ ing his cowardly work. It is not all enjoyment being a prospective king in Spain.
 This is shown by the precautions above referred to when the royal cou- pie and the young prince were to go to London. There are so many oppor- tunities on voyage by rail and steam er for the anarchist to get in his work that unusual precautions were thought necessary. We have not read the par ticulars of the method taken to for ward him to his destination" whether he was sent by express, freight or reg lstered mail. but he got there all right and that was the main point. Nor have we learned the name and station of the substitute. whether he was of noble lineage or one of the common herd who was garbed in the robes of royalty for the time being. and made to play prince for a brief space in order that the real child might be safe.
 It was a cruel thing to do, this talk ing of an innocent child and placing I him where he might have been extin- guished like a candle, but no doubt there were compensations. The par