| Show ALFONSO SS IS S I HEN I HN-C HN r AN N SAY w HS TS MADRID ADRID Oct 21 Queen Queen Victoria is fast losing losin- or rather ri ridding dinc herself of I the tho great grent popularity which was hers I Only recently her husbands husband's people nobles idolized the thc queeni courtiers and hi highly admired her Now she i is fast becoming ono one of tho the least loved loye of soy sov 01 s. s The queen has plainly shown the tho numerous nu nu- nu members member of the royal roal family that their soci society t is not congenial to her She Sho has dono done away with the din din- nor at which the tho kiD king met all his has relatives reIn rela tives tires each day From Front timo time immemorial all nil of the royal famil family and the their r suites have in the palace now the exclusive and imperious queens queen's itys 18 manner have ha made mado the tho palace atmosphere atmos atmos- phero phere eo so fri frigid id for them the they aro are leaving leaving leav lea ing it for good and all Through h nor her hu husbands husband s 's kin Queen Victoria Is antagonizing the proud Spanish nobles whom the queen mother conciliated only after years yeAr of pati patient nt diplomatic effort The nobles bitterly resent the tho queens queen's refusal to attend bullfights bull bullfights fi fights except when court etiquette compels com corn peb her llor presence Even then she ostentatiously os 05 screens her faco with her fan inn making it plain that tho the sport so dear to every Spaniard is disgusting to her All kinds of ot stories are arc afloat even n among the people about tho the queens queena fiery temper and the tho condition of sU subjection sub sub- to which she has re reduced Kin King Alfonso All AU Spanish diplomats who haVo have served in England say her majesty majest inherits her hot temper that her mother moth moth- er Princess Henry of Ba who ru cd ruled rued the En English lish court in Queen Victoria's Victorias Vic Vie terms toria's 8 time timo and her husband until he ho became the merest lay Jar figure is Is notorious for her to put it mild mildly Kin King Alfonsos Alfonso's supporters will applaud applaud ap ap- ap plaud everything the queen does and says Not only is t ho bc intensely loyal and lovin loving to his wife not only does docs his volatile nature submit to her resolute reso resolute lute one ono but he too detests to be bored by senseless etiquette and re regal nl re roo re- re It is said saul here that it will bewell be bo bowell wc well for King Edward Ednard to impress sonic some sound advice on his headstrong niece when she visits ED England land Elso tho the unstable un stable Spanish throne ma may bo ho so shaken that its occupants will be startled from their complacent security |
