Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17
Queen Of Spain Is Real Mother


waen he set him on the Spanish
throne, with the remark that Joseph
would be better housed than he vas
himself.
Our wraps were laid aside in what
seemed to be the guardroom end we
were then ushered into state apart
ment that opened on one side into
private room and upon the other into
the throne room. All the foreign dele
| gates were ranged in national groups
along the state apartment and the
Spanish committees were assembled
| in the throne room.
In America the President stands
still and guests are presented. In
Spain 1t was the reverse. The King
and queen, with their family and
royal suite entered from the private
apartment and passed from group to
group, few out of each group being
formally presented.
ut had been agreed that Mr.
Turner should present DR.. Janney and
myself, Mrs. American and Miss
American to the royal personages.
Those of the gentlemen present who
did not wear evening dress wore uni
forms and as soon as the soyereigns
entered the musical click of spurs
tinkled through the salon. The king
was in full uniform and carried in his
beautifully wrought.
THE queen looked exquisitely love-
~ with her wealth of golden hair and
her large. clear gray eyes.
Her costume was not decollete. 1t
appeared to have q foundation of
white satin with yoke, sleeves and
train of Irish point lace and an oyer-L
dress of smoked-tiHted chiffon. Her
jewels were smoke tinted pearls.
When their majesties were pre-
scented to us | had been racking my
mind to think what possible subject
the queen of Spain and an American
Quakeress could have in common. The
only thing I could think of was that
we were both mothers, and when I
her three pretty children taking their
drive. the brightest smile flashed
across across her eountenance and
he said her eldest son, Alphonso,
prince OF Asturias not quite four
years old, had come to her that day
with a blackened eye and multitude
of scratches. but had scorned her eff
forts at coincidence on the score that
now he was a boxer
Upon my expressing pleasure that
our conversation could be carried on
in English the queen said that in
their home life she and her husband
and the children spoke this language,
but that she had studied Spanish
when her marriage to the king of
Spain was arranged and now spoke
and understood and loved it.
In the meantime DR.. Janney had
been expressing to the king his pleas
ure that the sovereign should lend
his personal support to the cause for
which the Congress was convened.
and King Alphonso replied that he
felt his individual responsibility in
the moral state of his kingdom and
had been earnestly striving to bring
his army to high standard of eff
ficiency.
THE royal pair moved on, followed
by the beautiful ex-Queen Maria
Christina, who smiled and'bowed, but
did not speak. Then appeared the
cheerful and cordial Infanta Isabella,
who wanted to know how we were
and had we seen Christina We
must see Christina, and we assured
her we had.
THE personalities of these TIRES
royal ladies were most interesting
The infanta is deeply beloved of tbs
people and intensely absorbed in all
their national interests and sports.
She is said to attend the bull fights
with enthusiasm. while to the sensi-
tive nature of the ex-Queen Maria
Christina these sports are distaste-
full.
But the young Queen Victoria
Eugene, with her English traditions.
has somehow, ii is rumored.A mana,c
aged both to please the peopl5 and
to spare herself in the matter OF the !
gladiatorial sport.
with glasses leveledsat the arelf
Fshe turns an animated face to tory
dor and bull, but, If rumor be
the lenses of her glasses are maj
obscure the spectacle.
"While King Alphonso and C n
Victoria Eugene were greeting Re
Spanish committees in the IT, Fse
room the foreign guests were 9r-
nitted to pass by the throne wiz Its
golden lions. through an antebom
hung In Chinese embroidered silks,
thence through corridors into the
ballroom and banquet room.
THE king stood informally amid
his guests, slipping cup of tea. with
his golden helmet tucked under his
arm His majesty is tall and grace
full, with fine carriage, and far hand
somer than his pictures indicate -
Baltimore Sun.