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Show King's Favorite Ties t Gift From American MADRID, May II. (APi King Alfonso, considered one of the best dressed men in the world, has probably prob-ably possessed thousands of neck-tics. neck-tics. But he Is said never to have had any he liked better or wore oftener than six given him by the. 4 late Alexander P. Moore, when the luttrr was American ambassador here. Ambassador Moore once saw sino neckties that he fancied and thought the, king would like them. Ho he bought a half dozen and gave them to Don Alfonso, as casually . as he might have done with any American friend. Home of the court officials gasped. No Spaniard could have done such a thine;. His sUt to his kinr. were he of a rank permitting him to make one at all. would bo much more costly and elaborate. The experience pleased the Icing immensely. Nobody had ever given hipi six neckties before or dared to dream of doing so. j |