Show THE QUEEN OF SPAIN N the woman who at this time is more conspicuous than any other in the family of mankind Is marla maria christine the queen regent recent of spain she is a widow anidow and her only son alphanso XIII Is wilting waiting for the sun to rise on his eighteenth birthday to himself become the ruling power of the monarchy he has about five years to wait and lt it I 1 may be longer perhaps he may never ascend the throne at all waiving as aj considers con consideration sideri tion of death in thes the meantime his hig country is in a very turbulent condition has been so tor for years and is 19 steadily growing worse and a revolution t may at any time be the means of 0 forcing his and his mothers abdication or sending them into exile it is if hard bard to say how things will go there ther impossible to say so with any degree de 0 of correctness it is stated slatted that the queen ha hag changed very much since the war bet bel be L gan and those who have bave keet V phoe with the march manh of events can edaily ea aily understand why this has no relation f to her habits or customs these theae b beitia adhered to with the most unta I 1 I 1 regularity iti in witness of which a state merit of her ref regular routine is givia showing that she is one of the moat orderly steadfast people in the world and were it not for the wax war which it a steadily and rapidly eating into vitality and day by day bringing country nearer to an awful crafft which must affect her and her edwie hold seriously she would doubtless ia one of the happiest an american correspondent who 16 now in madrid writes thit that the is always called summer and winters winter at 6 and before sitting d downto A the enormous amount of private aahl official correspondence which has to be dealt with every day she always at tul tends mas mam in the private chapel oft whatever palace the court is ing and lest some of her sons tta SA id bisers should find fault with her tor doing so the queen made it a rule tai rise an hour earlier than she would wo uld otherwise do in order that no 1 l should be able to ay that her rell exercises interfered with her duties queen regent after mass the queen pa a visit to her children and arran how they are to spend the day and I 1 8 she Is reada to receive 9 secretaries and to devour the at and foreign newspapers for ne newa W 8 the wars pi progress ogress the queen Is in constant cotitta cation with her mother but she W demou jo abod attl attai ato alao a of whose church she is a devout s muni cant and he is her only CO aoa ant she is represented as a w won of strong common sense no little littlee and considerable courage it ca can n said of her that she is altogether moi 0 find and has kept her court measure free from scandal both oft of t which all the mere mentionable because their lack of precedents it has b the object of her life ever since she a bended the throne to preserve it twi for conand she ehe has had no thought of turning to austria although ca cin stances may compel a change as rel re to this speaking of her son r re an incident regarding him the b ry of the country was ramsa ransacked eked w afi tle view of finding some name should recall ancient glory and into ingui future fame the queen however st dared that the only proper name her son was that of his father ciali this in spite of the fact that he vows in that case be Alp alphonso bonso XIII sl was upheld in her decision by the 6 who hibst if offered to be godfather the fatherless king and the fact ha the p Irrea test pope of modern days daya the of his name was pot potato out as being a good augury the aenni however would seem to cause a v ly cUff different erent impression just what the outcome will be fo twel reigning family of spain is not ew conjectured let alone foretold h are troublous times for them at hoi Ks as well as abroad that the prebi dynasty can maintain itself or be mil talked tor for many months as things going and have gone for a few ma past is altogether improbable it f fact act a wonder that it has been ab able hold together so long |