The National tribune., 1909-07-01
So popular has Minister Reid mad

30 pOpulaf has MIllstei hciu HduS
himself in London society and SO anX-
ious have the Iondoners been to keep
him with them longer, that according
to the newspapers, committee. COM
posed of 25 prominent members of the
House of Commons, conceived the idea
OF applying to President TAFT ana the
State Department at Washington for
his retention. The committee were
prepared to show a great many excel
lent reasons why Mr.. Reid should not
be disturbed. and, as it was presumed
that Mr.. Reid could not countenance a
4 move of that kind knowingly, the great
est secrecy was maintained. Somehow,
however, the matter came to the Amer
ican ambassadors ears, and he prompt
ly squelched the whole thing by politely
informing the committee that they were
mistaken in taking it for granted he
would like to retain his position for
another term, and that he would prefer
that they ceased any further effort to
that end.
Mr.. Roosevelt, in his fears of "race
suicide" can certainly point with much
comfort and satisfaction TO the young
King and Queen of Spain. Little Prince
jaime is hardly out of the royal cradle
F! himself. yet il will soon be filled for the
third time in little more than three
years. The first of these children, the
little Prince of the Asturias and heir to
| the throne, was welcomed with great
rejoicing and much fuss and feathers
the second with less public demonstra-
| ton, and now 1t is said the coming of
| this little Princess has created appar-
emily only the mildest interest. Victoria
/ Is first and foremost devoted mother
and. like Cornelia, the Roman Inatron.
her children are indeed her jewels. She
has sacrificed much of her girlsh beau
ty to them, for she has grown quite fat
and dumpy, not to say blowzy, but she
does not appear to have a regret on this
account. She goes TO the royal nursery
every morning when the little Princes
are bathed and dressed. and spends
much time there playing with them.
! just as any other fond mother Alfonso
loves his children, too, but he is still
very much of boy, and would prefer
to spend his time at flower fete. MAX
ing love to pretty girls in his careless,
gay fashion, than dragging woolly
lambs or pushing choo-choo cars over
the nursery hoor for the amusement
| of his babies. All the same he is glad
to have his royal spouse look after the
welfare of his offspring as closely as she
does, for he is very anxious that they
shall be fine and strong and not frail
and delicate as he was.
Apropos of Alfonso a rather nice lit
tie story is told of him in connection
with the eN-Empress Eugenie. 1t seems
that when the Empress was a gay.
handsome. pleasure-loving young girl
she was at one time maid of honor to
Queen Isabella, but for some reason
won the displeasure of the Queen and
was dismissed from court. So uncom-
Portable did the Queen make the posi-
ton of Eugene that she and her moth
er finally left Spain altogether Even
when she married Napoleon III the
Spanish Queen did not restore her to
favor, and later in the SOS, when the
nt ~
was subjected to such slignts by the
Queen and the great world of the Span
ish Capital that the indignant Napo-
leon commanded his royal spouse to re-
turn at once. The other day Eugene.
now old, and one of the saddest women
IN the wcrld.fapReared at the palace in
Madrid with lady in waiting and stood
with the general public in the doorway
or one of the halls waiting for the pro-
cession of the court to the chapel. IL
being the occasion of some religious
celebration. The Kings aunt spied her
as she was on her way to the private
apartments of the royal pair. greeted
her affectionately and urged her to ioin
her. but Eueenie declined the honor.
saying she was just there as n tourist.
and giving the truly feminine reason
that her clothes were not fine enough
Tor such an occasion. The Infanta Eula-
lie tod her nephew about meeting the
80 t%'AAptcSo. lHsTeupOnn ALFONSO dis
patched his grand master of the house.
hold with guard OF eight soldiers to
escort Eugene and her companion to
a seat among the royal family in the
chapel. and when the King and Queen
entered in the procession they bowed to
Eugene before taking their seats. which
formed quite contrast t6, the yav the
notorious old Isabella had treated her.
Our young American Countess of
Granard. Miss Beatrice Mills that was.
seems TO be right "in it." to use the
vernacular At the Royal Ascot race,
which took place recently, and which
always ends what is called the london
season. her carriage was fourth In the
royai procession. an honor never before
accorded any American woman This
procession was very grand, consisting
of IL four-horsed open carriages. with
outriders In uniforms of royal scarlet
and all that sort of thing and as the
day was perfect, with cloudIess skies
and all the royal and other ladies In |
their best bibs and fuckers. with the
streets jammed and packed with peonIe
1t was quite a pretty show and an e.
citing and enjoyable experience for our
httie countess. The first three car
riages were devoted exclusively TO tbe
royal family, and the Countess of Gran
ARDS carriage followed immediateIv
after. Her uncle and aunt. WhiteIaw
and Mrs. Reid; her grandfather. d. O.
Mills. and his wife; an Astor, a Wander
Dlit, Mrs. Potter Palmer Mrs. Frank
Mackay and other of our miiI;onaira
crowd were somewhere back of tbe
royal procession. glad enough to bring
up the rear. while way in front right
behind some of the Princes and Prin.
cesses, rode little Beatrice Mills, looking
as as II she had hobnobbed with royalty |
all her ..,.i, lie, ana quite conscious that she
way. any