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Show A Royal lesson. Dona Christina has begun at Aranjuez to initiate her son in his royal duties, taking him often to see an institution founded by tho late king an asylum for the orphans of officers and non-commissioned officers who have died in service. The crown gave up one of the largest buildings on the royal domain for this asylum, where several hundred orphans of both sexes are brought up at the expense ex-pense of the state and with money contributed con-tributed by the royal family and by officers of every branch of tho service. The boys arc trained for the army, navy or some profession. The girls are educated edu-cated to Dvcorae teachers or governesses. The widowed queen feels kindly for these children, whose fathers are lying on tho hillsides of north and central Spain or in the jungles of Cuba. On her first visit we are told that she said to her son: "You mustlovo them and be good to them, because they are liko you they ha o no father here; their fathers, too. aro in heaven." Capo Town Argus. |