Show LITTLE KING king alphonso of spain celebrated the twelfth anniversary of his birth yesterday may ditth he is described as an extremely delicate child stunted in growth of white complexion and fair silken bw he fie Is the idol of his mother and slaters sisters as well as aa other members of the royal family the following particulars regarding the little blittle king appear in the chicago RF record brom the hour bour of his birth his rayal mother has shown herself to be an woman in her jnoble resolve she was in the an gursh gubish of her widowhood that her alphonso should not be born a child of tears her mater maternal TUU mission demanded fortitude mental as well as physical she would nerve herself to ignore her bereavement rea and the boy should inherit nils fathers joyous temperament by nature of a melancholy disposition christina in her early widowhood is sald said to have fought a a brave fight against morbid sentimentality and too to have come off victorious to chase away care she was bent ocher on her im mediate surroundings being trans formed so that the objects near her bea g should not remand her too vividly of the past so she ordered the miramar pall pal ace in san sebastian to be completely restored and the gardens of the royal palace at madrid in the campo del morp corp were changed throughout while all these alterations were going on christina with her children took up her residence at the royal castles of j aranjuez and pardo a la granja 1 alphonso is reared on prine principle strictly hygienic his dress his food his walks his gymnastic gymnast io drill his very f games are a stern study he spends his boyhood in an atmosphere of ease J of soothing isolation by 10 at night he is in bed and he Is up an and d out of doors by 8 in the morning astride horse or wheel he is in buoyant buo j spirits and in his precocity applies applied himself to his studies with gravity be yond his years he speaks spanish sh english and french and is mastering the rudiments of latin and german for modern history and the natural 0 ances behas he has a decided predilection on 1 1 attaining his year several probes 1 1 I sors were appointed in charge of his bla schooling to the teachings of these j able men for they are the pick of the th A profession in things elementary he be does full credit in a word his hia conduct j is exemplary 1 I I 1 1 I must not let a characteristic abec dote escape me illustrative of the royal J boys perceptive powers orne one of hl hi tutors moralizing moral izing on the evils of flattery told him that kings in particular i should be on their guard against the silver tongued voice of the flatterer they were out riding together 9 a few days after when the tutor went into ecstasies over the boys eues equestrian trian skin skill alphonso turned in his saddle and called his monitor to task with pray remember sir what you cautioned MO m against I 1 know how badly I 1 ride alphonso will come toi to the throne it if the dynasty stands the on reaching the age of 16 thousands despalj des pali of 01 his attaining manhood but then the tb i sanguine argue that though of dell beut deut i constitution the monarch monasch to is admirably nurtured and aad his health meanwhile te 10 good in support of this view 00 th yo young ung du duke ke 0 of f calba is taken as an eat ample in infancy he was puny aad ano a no his life was waa desp despaired alred of his awn heaving been cursed with hereditary disease but the duke through i strict attention to hygiene escaped W D i inheritance from the court circles at madrid am aop vienna is t the he in mournful il intelligence that the girl archduchess natalie who A died in her teens at Pr Prea emburg burg in hulk hua gary quite recently and who was couso german to alphonso was destined bf her patents parents to become alphonsos wits she was a sweet and gifted child WC faw whom her paternal aunt the queen regent entertained deep affection the pacific rolling mills mill the only works of their kind on the coast and for years one of the grew great eat hives of industry in san sam franc isop aOP will conclude what little work abw have on hand and then close up pa ness and retire from the field as as poss possible ible in n order to avoid tui losses from dull times and too n dy eastern competitors for a trade at any Y one of them could more ih than ply |