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Show Spain's Lively Boy King-. There is a grave crisis In the history of Spanish etiquette. King Alfonso XIIL, who Is described by a French journal av "Impulsive, and at the same time 'sporty,' " wishes to make a royal progress through his kingdom in an automobile. Horror of the Prime Minister! Such a vehicle, says he, Is beneath be-neath tho dignity of a monarch to whom the constitution has intrusted the "sumptuous car of the state." The sumptuous car must not be driven by petroleum. Horses are still harnessed to the chariot of the sun. But Spanish etiquette does not prevent the monarch from traveling by railway. Lady Surrlo tells a story of a young man who jumped into a cbmpartment one day on an English train and started a conversation with an old lady who greatly admired his pleasant manners. When he was alighting uhe asked his name, and he answered, blithely, "Alfonso." "Al-fonso." He was Alfonso XXII., then a cadet at Sandhurst. The anecdote probably will be read at Madrid with pain and incredulity. London Chronicle. |