The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-30

the guests of the Duke OF ADruzZi re-
lieved him of his gold toilet set, given
him by his cousin, the King OF lazy,
the buttons on his numerous uniforms:
ar. various other articles. The Duke,
ignorant of the American penchant for
footing souvenirs, which. incredible as
Ii may seem, is not confined to sex or
elias; had entertained about 600 people
On the Varese in the most open, SEN
srouS, lavish manner, even going so lar
as to present them with gold souvenir
pins. 1t was after these supposed ladN|
and gentlemen guests had departed, full
of polite expressions of appreciation fhr
The courtesies received, that the theftsI
were discovered and not only was the
Duke robbed of pretty much everything
he possessed in the way of valuable
trinkets, but his officers We're also de-
spoiled. Even the ship did not escape
these vandal hands, and gun sights,
bric-a- brac, as well as the handsome
silver spoons with which they wet@
trustingly supplied at the banquet table
were taken away. Rear Admiral y ~
ley d. Evans, Commander of the At
lantic fleet, who was officially RESPONSE
BILE for the Duke of AbruZZi and his
shin while at Hampton Roads. was in
formed of this unfortunate affair by the
officer whom he had detailed to serve as
an Aid to the Duke. Admiral Evans
was deeply mortified, of course, hut
not surprised, as the same thing has
happened to him several times. but
never while in foreign port. On one
occasion While entertaining proo2bly
1000 people at dance on board snip
at Kiel. Germany, not even as mach as
a little brass pin was taken, While, on
the other hand. at several porEs in the
United States when he and his officers
were making il pleasant 70: more or
less of u crowd of guests the ship w3s
found TO be literally stript after their
departure. even the carbons from the
searchlight carried away. Admiral
Evans reported the loss to Secretary
Metcalf, who was very unwilling to be-
lieve that the things were taken by the
guests of the Duke. preferring to think
that some professional thieves had
gained entrance TO the ship AMI were
the true cuiprits, but the Admiral, IRON
his own unfortunate experience, could
not himself entertain any such theory.
The Duke has been placed in a cruelty
embarrassing position by this occur
renee When one is visiting in q a use
where host and hostess are doing every
thing to make the visit delightful. it IS
extremely embarrassing to be obliged
to accuse some member of the far,'T
of theft. The Dukes position is very
similar to such q one as this. and yet
his losses are so great he cannot iS-
Gen. Grant and left the matter in mis-
hands 1t is said that the names of
the women and other guests OF the
Duke that night have been given to de-
tectiveS who are at work on the matter.
general request will be made that all
the articles taken Will be returned.
stating that only the souvenir pins pre-
scented by the Duke were intended 70 be
taken away, thus giving the guilty ones
a chance of clearing themselves by
saving that they thot they were 10 help
themselves. if they could say anything
so idiotic. AS the Varese will return
to Hampton Roads on June 10, with
the Italian feet, it is hoped that the
looters will take advantage of this and
return to their rightful owners the gold.
silver.7san other articles they so dis
gracefully and dishonesty carried asay
from the ship.
: Jack London, the writer, has started
for The South Seas in his celebrated
yacht. the Shark. which it is sail cost
him $4,000. He expects to he gone
some five or six years, gathering matc-
rial for stories which some think viii
cast Louis Pickles. quite in the shade.
tho there are many who do not believe
he can surpass Pecke when it comes to
a story of the South Seas. Jack has
the Shark fitted up very nicely and
comfortably and Mrs. London is along
with him, so with her and his type
writer he is fully equipped, and his adj
mirers are looking for great results.
SPANS royal baby. now about two
weeks old, has already been christened
and decorated. The former cerem ony
took place on the Sth in the beautiful
little chapel of the palace, which had
been specially prepared for the occa-
sion, the seats being covered with rich
r-al laFrF y,
tapestries banners, etc. The scene was
even more brilliant than that which at
tended the ceremony of his birth. The
galleries leading from the royal private
apartments were gorgeously adorned
with beautiful hangings and richly car
peted, and along the walls stood Hal
berdiers in their quaint uniforms. Thru
these galleries the great procession,
which had been formed i'll one of the
ante-chambers, passed on its way to the
chapel IT was headed by mace bear
ers. gentlemen of the chamber, body
guard, grandees o. Spain, kings-at-
arms and yet more gentlemen of the
chamber bearing the golden salvers
containing the holy water and other
necessities for the ceremony. Then
came the baby in The nurses arms ac-
ccmpanied by the Mistress of the
Robes, the Pope's representative, Car
dinal Ripaldinini. the godfather and
gol-mother, and the proud and happy
father, Anfonso XIII. Behind theia
came all the other dignitaries connect
ed with the palace, and following them
the representatives of the foreign pow
ers with their wives. and the gr~,it
State functionaries. The rear was brut
I'D by the hand of the Halberdiers and
detachment of that corps. When the
procession started a royal salute SHOOK
the building, and upon entering TIE
chapel they were met by the cicrsy and
chcr!sters, who preceded the cortege
along the aisle to the altar. The sc"",.
in the chapel as a bit of color, was
gorgeous beyond description. The brill
liantly attired men and women resting
against the royal purple covering Of the
seats. the Halberdiers formed up
around the walls, the mace hearers at
the doors, the group at the altar, in
itself an exquisite color scheme with
the rich dress Of the clergy. the plain
dress OF the nurse, the eguuisiteness OF
the robe Of the royal babe and costumes
of the others who formed Ihat group
made altogether such picture as is
nova DAYS seldom seen in any coun-
try The helpless little mite whose
tiny baby hand is destined some DAY 10
hold the scepter of Spain. was christen-
ed Alfonso Pho Cristine Eduardo Fran
cisco Guiliermo Carlos Enrique Fer
nando Antonio-and nothing is sup
posed TO have escaped 1t was al
firmly fastened upon him. After the