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Show GREEK R0YALF1ILY' IS SEEKING FAVOR VITHPEOPLE Upper Class Society Members Mem-bers Anxious for Admit-tance Admit-tance to Circle ATHKN8, Jan. St. King Constantlne and all the members of the Greek royal i family, now again In Athena, are leaving leav-ing nothing undona to win favor with tha people. On tha other hand, members mem-bers of a section of the upper class of society (the so called lion hunters, ars doing everything In their power to obtain ob-tain admittance into the royal circle. The Veniselists. to whatever clans of society they belon. regard King Con- stsntina as a selfish Individual who! would sacrifice tha Interests of Greece to satisfy hia own ambition. The king's several brothers are also hesrtlly disliked In Venisellst circles' for they never miss an opportunity for! making disparaging remark about thai Cretan statesmen, thanks to whose as-l as-l tute diplomacy Greek territory wae extended ex-tended to Its present frontiers. ALEXANDER'S WIDOW. ' Mme. Asnoala Manoa, tha morganatic morgana-tic widow of the late King Alexander, contlnuea to attract general attention in Athena. 8h now Uvea by herself In a rather modest dwelling In the Kip-I h I i u avenua Tha nHma and nrln I ceases who preceded JtUn Cn aslant ma and Queen Wophie to Athens rather looked upon Mme. Manoa as an Intruder, In-truder, and s-ava her the cold shoulder. Queen Sophie's motherly instincta. however, cot the beet of royal blood prejudices and she received her mor-Kanatto mor-Kanatto dau?hter-ln-.aw with open arms. Alexander waa Queen Sophie's favorite son. Queen Sophie haa . given orders for the employment of an Knglish flret-clAM flret-clAM nurse In preparation for the birth i of Mme. Manoa' child. The late King Aleiander's chauffeur. chauf-feur. Mitso aOlmitriadea, haa committed suicide from grief over the death of the king, which. It will be recalled was the result of a monkey's bite. KING'S COMPANION. Miteo was King- Alexander's' Inseparable Insep-arable companion on all his automobile rides and motoring waa the king's fad. Alexander waa, perhaps, the most affable affa-ble sovereign In Kurope and had a talent of making everybody feel at home. He waa always very Vlnd to all i the members of his household, but seemed more strongly attached to Mltao than to any of the others, n When Alexander felt death approach-' Ing he called Mltao to hla bedside and gave him a small gold cross which the king had worn all his life. After the king's death, Mltao became Inconsol-i able. The other night while con tern-: plating a photograph of the king he shot himself. A wreath sent by Madame Ma-dame Manoa, King Alexander's widow, waa one of tbe floral offerings at his funeral. |