Show MOST READERS must have observed the embarrassments that have been caused by the coming to our shores of royal representatives of Spain It was a piece of thoughtless folly on the part of Congress Con-gress to extend to them the invitation invita-tion and thus make them the guests of the nation for the spirit of republicanism republican-ism naturally revolts at the character of entertainment that must in decency be provided and of the official sanction of formalities that do not comport with the American sense of hospitality To be sure as little ceremony as practicable has been gone through with at the capital though the welcome there as everywhere is warm and cordial But the exhibition of toadyism by fashionable society leaders to which the coming of Princess EULALIE has given scope is nauseous and disgraceful disgrace-ful It is announced that at the New York ball given by the Spanish club and the richest ladies of the Four Hundred theInfanta will hold a drawingroom where the patronesses will be received but the princess will eat her supper in a private diningroom with her suite only Probably the royal lady fancies that Mrs PAn AN STEVENS and WARD MCALLISTER feed out of a trough |