Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17

How would you like to be the per
sonal guest of the Queen of Spain and
meet her and her children in the pal
ace at Madrid, talking just as If you
were old friends?
Well, 1t is not generally known that
in Baltimore there is a woman who
had that pleasure, and she is modest
retiring little Quakeress-Mrs o. Ed
ward Janney With her husband, Dr.
Janney, she has been the official guest
of the Spanish government but their
entertainment by the royal family
was not the sort where those hon
ored are given brief audience. 1t
was a whole delightful evening as
personal guests of the king and
queen.
Mrs. Janney has recently returned
from a trip and she is full of anec-
dotes OF the first lady of Spain. and
described her as genuine mother
woman in the best sense Of the
word; woman, for instance, of such
sympathetic temperament that, at
tending the Spanish bull fights off,
cially, it is said, she personally re-
fuses to see the brutality, and wears
opaque glasses to deceive the popu-
lace and preserve her humanity.
/ How Mrs. Janney happened to meet
and be entertained by the royal fam
/ lly is an interesting story.
1T came about in this way" she
said THE Infanta Isabella, aunt
, of the reigning king of Spain, had
been deeply interested in subjects re-
lating to moral reform, and through
her influence King Alfonso in 1910
| persuaded the Cortes to appropriate
$4,000 for the entertainment of the
International Congress for the Sup
preston of the White Slave Traffic.
The Spanish government itself in
ylted the congress to convene at
Madrid.
while the congress has met in
many countries Spain is the only one
where the invitation has been ex
tended by the government and where
! delegates came into immediate social
relations with members of the royal
family.
DIR. Janney and Minister Ide were
appointed to represent the United
States government at the congress.
Mrs. American and Miss American
| went as delegates.
THE Infanta Isabella was the host
ess at reception given the first
night of the congress by the Spanish
committee, and the next day we
We're her personal guests at an at
home from 4 to o'clock, at her own
residence, where she was assisted in
receiving us by the former Queen
Marie Christina, the Infanta Paz and
other members of the royal house
hold
"All were as cordial and unaffected
as American ladies in their own
drawing rooms. with the exception of
the Dowager Queen Marie Christina
who is the most beautiful woman
have ever seen.
"A princess of the House Of Haps-
burg. she radiated an atmosphere of
icy dignity that was not rudeness, bun
rather an imperial aloofness and iso-
lation.
BY order of the Infanta Isabella
we were shown all over her residence.
even her own bedroom and boudoir.
and upon the wall of the former hung
familiar Longfellow calendar, sur
rounded by American autumnal
leaves, and upon II was inscribed To
Aunt Isabella from her loving niece.
Ena, so I concluded that while to
the world the Queen of Spain is the
stately Victoria Eugene. in the
bosom of her Spanish family she re-
tains her English girlhood name.
As I was making my adieu the In
fanta asked il | had been shown
everything I thought / had. Had
been shown her own little private
theatre? | had not so an attendant
was instantly called and I was es-
corted to the pretty theatre, fur
nished in birdseye maple and finished
in white and gold, where guests to the
number of about 100 might be seated.
and where the drop curtain reveals
the beautiful Lake Como.
THE municipal reception was open
to the public. There was a splendid
musical program. the royalty were
seated apart and in state. and their
entrance and departure were in the
nature of beautiful pageant, DUR
Ing which all present rose in defer
ence
Guards, in wonderfully picturesque
costumes of richly colored velvet,
with plumed hats. lined the masnifi-
cent stairway. Following this enter
tainment was theatre party. where
the boxes were reserved for the menu
bers of the royal family and the dele
gates to the congress.
we were pleasantly placed in the
box with the delegates from England.
Il remember We went at 9 D. m. and
the performance lasted until / a. m.
Ex- Queen Maria Christina was there,
and | remember with what keen in
terest and apparent pleasure she
watched the three little one-act come
dies presented.
1T was that night, think, King
Alphonso returned to his capital, and
Immediately cards were delivered by
messengers summoning us to the
royal palace of Madrid for a reception
to be given on Friday evening from
6 to.S o'clock. Full dress was speci-
fled for gentlemen and We felt thar
the hour for behaving our very best
was come AS Minister Ide had been
unable to attend social functions for
some reason or other, he was repre-
sented by his charge daffaires, a Mr..
Turner. of Virginia, an unreconstruct-
ed rebel who was evidently a trife
afraid lest his American Quaker pro-
teges, unaccustomed to consorting
with 'coronets and kings might be
guilty of some breach of Spanish ETH
quette. AS a matter of fact, we did
feel somewhat helpless!
I'VE implored him to tell us exactly
what to do, and especially what not
to do, and were instructed that 1t was
vital that we be on time and that we
were not expected to kiss the hands
of the sovereigns. And so with
somewhat quakng hearts we set out
for the beautiful marble palace. CEN
I turtles old, where the Emperor Napo-