The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-08

American flag in tn faces iv furriners will
perform amy kind iv gymnastics that is custom
airy in shown RESPECT FIR his majesty so long as
amt asked to do head spin. But there's wan
thing I've worried about This here fellow tells
me | will have to wear dhress suit at wan
o'clock in tn Afternoon. Dye spose that's right !?
| wondher is that Of man thryin' to kid me-
wlsh ycd go out an see somebody an find out
fr me-" he says So whit over to tn Eyetalyan
legation an found frind iv mine that I've been
larnin' mocheeka. Is this on tn level?" says l.
1t is" says Luigi. That's tn dhrapery he'll
have to hang on hilnsf if he don't expict to be
shot be snthry at TIL gate" But" says l.,
he says he'll be ashamed iv hnsilf." That's
tn way an American ambassadure ought to feel
in tn prisince iv king. He'll have to dhress til
part" says Luigi So we put him in tn first part
clothes an started him off fr tn palace He come
back three times befure he left fr good ARE
We this is absolutely all right7" says he
It's what we've got to wear" says l. WELL"
says he. III have to take yeer wurrud f'r it. but
if ye're maxim joke v me I'll have ye both coort
martialed never felt SO narvous in me life
lvry minyut / expict some wan to rap on plate
with knife an sind me f'r cheese sandwich" he
says
90 But whin he come back he was a changed
man. " Well Pickles" says I. Ye'er ixcillincy
Misther Sicrety. if we Place" says he "Yeer
ixcilncy." says l. How did ye'er xcillincy like
his majesty" says l. A wonderful charaIter,"
says he. He was settin on tn throne whin
entered | did me respectful crouch as directed
but ! am not young light as | was an
thin jerry-built clothes iv Felsenthals didn't hold
But what threatened to be mis- fortune at first
turned into piece iy rare good luck. FIR his
majesty give shrek v delight an. boundin firm
tn throne. cried Buttons. buttons an began
scoopn up these rni,nintoes iv me visit Firm that
on was perfckly at me aise with him. or as much
SO man can be whin his suspinders has ceased
to exercise their functions. What kind iv sub
lime heyro is he? Very simple. but very dignified
He is small iv stature an if he was plibean he
might be called runt but there is something SO
magnificent in his 'bearin', something so piercin'
in his glance, something so majestic in his walk.
that befure We have been in his prisnce r,nyit
We f'rget his achool measurements an wud not be
surprised to hear that he is iliven feet high His
charakter is well displayed in his face, where We
see soerly ardor in tn low forehead balanced be
logged conservatism i'll tn rethreatin' chin Ye
can see at a glance that he was BORN to COM
mand Win he spoke, he did sivral times
durin' tn day. his penehratin' falsetto voice made
me thrembe. All in all, he is tn ablest man far
an away that have liver met But with it all so
simple an aisy in his manners. He set next to me
at dinner, with his nurse on tn other side He
showed gr-reat Interest in America. asst me was
il lake. an seemed disappointed whin told him
I had no Indyan blood in me veins. Afther that
he was silent an listened while described ah'
iniquity iv the pure food act an told him ~ tn
health givin' qualities iv benzoate Nv soda in
tomato ketchup Afther we had been at TIL table
FIR about two hours an was just startin' seeries
iv American anecdotes he suddenly give cry v
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