| Show MAIVH MUM KINO King Alphonso XIII of Spain ccle irnlej the twelfth anniversary ot his Mrth yesterday May 17th Ho Is < lescrlbed as an extremely delliate child stunted In growth of white com iloxlon and fair tillken hair lie Is I the 1 dol of his mother and sisters no well n9 oth mem r of the roal fam II ly The following particular regarding Iho little king appear In the Chicago Itecord Prom the hour of his birth his rojal mother has shown herself to be nil xlrnordlnary womnn In her nohle resolvo sM woa determlnel In the n rulih of widowhood thaI her Mphon so should not be lorn n child l of team Hei maternal mission demanded fortitude forti-tude mental an well as ph > ulcal She would nerve henelf lo Ignore her bereavement be-reavement and the boy should Inherit his fathers Joyous temperament llj nature ot a melancholy disposition Christina In her early widowhood Is I Id to hnve fought n hrne lIeht aealnst morhld BUmerIIt and 10 havc ome 011 t vlctorto To ha nwy cnre h wnhnt on her 1m rntllote ourrounlling being trans formd 0 that tI oI < Jct nar her should not remind her too vividly of the past So she ordered < he Mlrnmar palace pal-ace In San Stlnntlan to be completely restored nml the garden of tho roal 11Itl nl Madrll In tho Com 011 Moro wcro hnn > nil throughout Vhllo all thse altrnUona wr goln un Christina with her children took ui > her residence at the io > nl castles of lanJ nd raldo a la Ornnjo Alphonso Is I reared on principles strictly h > Klenle Ills ilreii hlu food Ids walks hI gmnatle drill hi very gnmea nr a Iem tul II pend his bo > hood In an atmosphei of ot soothing Isolation lly 10 oclock at night he Is In bed and he Is up and out of doora by 8 In the morning trll hot or whe1 he I In huoont allrll an < 1 In hi preoelly n > p1I hlmlf tll hi studle with Gravity 1 < ond his 3ears He speaks Spanish llngllh nndlrench and Is I mastering < rudiment of Lalln a1 German Ior modem history and tho natural set enctn helms a decided predilection Oi attaining his lOOi year several professors profes-sors were appointed In charge of hi schooling To the teachings of thos able men for they are the pic of the roflon In thing Irmntaryhe doea i full elllt < In a word his conduct I explar I must not let a characterlillc nne dote escape me Illustrative of th < rool bojs percepllie powers Ono of hli tutors moralizing on the evils of flat lory told lilm that kings In nrtloulti should be on their guard against tho Rllvirtongued voice of the tlatterer They were out riding tnirether a few < lay atter I hn tho tutor went loto staslci vcr the boya cquestrla skill Alphonso turned In his saddle and called his monitor to task wilh Trnj remember plr what you cautioned nv agnlnnt I know how bally I ride Alphonra will come to the throne If the > nasty stands the storm on reaching reach-ing the age of 16 Thousands despair ot his attaining manhood but then the or i pangulne > argue ttat though of dell I I constitution the monarch Is I admlnri nurtured and his health m lnv hlle I good In UPI > art of this view lhe young duke of Cllhn Is I taken as on x ample In Infancy he was luny and Ills life wan despaired ff hli having IKTMI 1 cursed with hereditary e 11 ease but tho duke throuGh rayln rtrlet attention to hygiene cscaied hi InhMltan rroin the court rtrcletc at Madrid flnd Vienna Is I thi mournful Intelllge that the girl archluchera Natalie who died In her tons ut rreiburg In lIulI garyqulto recenttyand who was ouln rerman to Alphonro WTIS declined by her parents to become Alphonaos wl She vrns a nweet and gifted child for whom hr paternal nunt Ihe queen gen tcnierfalnel deep afteetlon |
