Show THE kina OP A regiment of tin soldiers among bis awa load of london figaro the young king of spain is growing a fairly strong and healthy boy and he is enjoying his holiday stay at aranjuez with bis mother immensely lie delighted with the drives on which ho is taken by the queen regent who drives out every day in a pony phaeton with a pair of bays which she manages with consummate skill her royal son sits up proudly at her side and kisses his hand to the delighted country people with the most engaging frankness his majesty s playthings nearly filled a laree royal baggage was brought from iMad rul and additions are made to the assortment sort ment at frequent intervals one of his latest toys in which he is beginning to take great i was presented ted to his majesty by the officers of the regiment of guards of which he became the colonel by right of birth this especially designed toy consisted of a reproduction ou a lilliputian scale of the officers and men of the regiment each diminutive soldier being an accurate apy ia uniform and accouterments of the origin il its accompanied by a finished model of the barrack in which the regiment is quartered and there are the bandsman bandsmen bands men too each with his own special instrument and a series of transport wagons am bi ilance carriages ammunition carts etc at his majesty is not allowed to play with afa model regiment under the direct personal supervision of cnora de tacon who is superintendent oi the little kings household and held the same post bhea his lather alfonso XII was a those who see most the young king are much struck with the striking resemblance he bears to hia ancestor charles IX bow to keep bruor sharp st louis clolie we often have amaguer shavers bring us their razors to be fixed up almost any man with a steady hand cn shave himself but not one in fifty can keep his razor in decent condition the first reason ia that amateurs wear all the temper out of their razors by excessive strapping and the better the steel thal easier it is in this way the only remedy is to let it alone put away the razor that scrapes and cuts the skin and give it a good rest then use it again and in all probability it will be in good shape some of the modern shaving sets have as many razors as there are days in the week and ou the handle of each is engraved the name of the day if the rotation ia kept up very little sharpening is needed I 1 have known men to talk of aptt razors which they have used every day for so many yew if they would let these ae by for a while they would find a welcome improvement pro the second cause of the trouble is bearing on the raar while sharpening it never attempt to put on an edge before shaving when you are through rub the blade a few timea lightly on a plain leather strap which need not cost above a quarter and then put away the old boiling water arazo is exploded now and do just sa good work with cold as hot water |