The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06
ALFONSO OBEYS HIS
QUEEN like A SLAVE
Minds az Naughty Boy Does
Mother, to Amusement Of
British Court.
MAKES EDWARD LAUGH
.Put on Your Coat" Ena Commando.
and the King Does, in
Hurry, as Wife Ap-
breaches.

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his young wife's devoted slave. She
leads him where she will by a silken
thread. which. however. sometimes be-
comes visible to her royal relations.
He obeys her orders as a good nus
band should. So. being certain Of him.
his spouse, with a self-confidence which
most royal wives lack, insists that ne
shall not be tied to her apron strings.
but shall &c where he pleases with his
intimates and enjoy his sports.
Yet Queen Victoria knows how to
assert herself and how to restrain her
husbands boyish im~pulsiveness. A
proof Of this vastly amused King Ed
ward at Sandringham during the re-
cent visit Of the Spanish royal couple
there.
The Spanish king is a fine sporting
ond best shot In England, was bringing
down more birds han Alfonso, never
missing one. Alfonso decided that his
shooting coat hampered his aim, and.
throwing off the coat flung 1t from
him. Then. while King dward. laugh
ingly spurred the rivalry, Kin Alfonso
shot so fast and accurately that soon
he had as many birds as the prince or
Wales.
"AIfonso, Put Your Coat On"
Alfonso was as happy as a boy With
Il new gun. But. unfortunately for MN.
his wife,, with Queen Alexandra and
Queen Maud of Norway, was in a motor
car, watching the battle from a little
distance. Seeing her husband without
"a coat. Queen Victoria sent a peremp-
tory message by n of her suite, bid
ding him to put on his coat, lest he
catch cold. The courtier put the order
into many polite words and delivered
it most hesitatingly. but the king paid
no attention to it. He went on shoot
ing, bringing Town birds with unerring
aim.
His wife alighted from the motor and
approached her disobedient spouse,
who, intent on the birds. did not see
her. But King Edward did, and, al
though laughing heartily, called to AL
fonso:
You had best be careful, your wife
is coming
Alfonso glanced around, saw the
queen approaching him, thrust his gun
into a bearers hands. took his coat
from another. and. while the Whole
party, men and women. shrieked with
laughter. hastily put on his coat.
In a word, however gentle the
queens control owe him, it could not
be more complete IL she We're ten years
Alfonso's senior.
Late for the Train.
But she has not yet eradicated his
saying "Manana." nor his Spanish in
difference to keeping an engagement
punctually. The whole royal party
:gain left London for Sandringham.
for the special train. His wife was
furious, for punctuality is almost a re-
lision with the English royal family.
In all probability Alfonso would have
been even later for the train had he
not expected that the guns would
earlier than they did. But it is entire
ly likely that his queen will break AL
fonso of his dila%toriness.
An English friend asked her the 9TH
no exposed to great danger from an
archists in Spain. "F,na' laughed az
she said:
w run far greater danger Of break
ing u necks while making up time
we are late than from anything the
anarchist can do to u.s.
Everyone here Is raving about the
beauty of Queen "Ena," as she is still
called affectionately. and she aroused
complexion Is indispensable in its per-
lection OF pink and white; her blue
gray eyes with the dark lashes are
wonderfully attractive. AT first her
figure was the despair of the Partisan
modistes, for she has a short neck
and a high waist. But the ingenious
dressmakers have succeeded in making
her ppear both slender and grace
ful.
The queen dresses with tasteful
Hragnificence. When her mother, Prin-
cess Henry. Of ~Battenburg, entertained
King Edward at Kensington palace the
other night. the Spanish queen, wear
Ing a beautiful white gown, a superb
diamond crown and diamond and ruby
ornaments, looked dazzling. She has
acquired the ''Queenly manner and.
indeed, can hold her own in any as
semblage of English women, even OF
the most beautiful.
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