Show spendthrift ISABELLA A sight that checked H her royal extravagance trava gance Cince for awhile wo we are accustomed to think thin that the day is long ions rat past n lien hen a could oppress and offend 1 a I whole kins king dom by personal extravagance astri valance but the late isabella of spin spain belonged in spirit arlt to the century an in p aident of lier her beekle q career abich ended in the loss logs of the throne is noted in mungers Muns evs ys magazine agazine il she spent money pouring it out like water at a time when the treasury was nearly bankrupt and when the proverb poor as a spaniard was wag far too true all her het bet advisers urged her to practice economy vert tew few of them succeeded and these the e only for a short time A certain chamberlain of hera fiers once hit bit upon a plan to make her realize how eDor enormous mou were the sums that she hp was spending passing through the hall of the palace she was wag surprised to see a vast heap of silver pieces re dembling sem bling the contents of a great bin of wheat but piled up in the middle of the noor floor the queen summoned her chamberlain what is the meaning of ill all thin thi money she he demanded of him oh he replied with a to low bow this is merely the amount which I 1 have brought out to pay the hill bill of your maje gloie maher the queen colored and then laughed and for several months she was les ies extravagant in ili her expenditures for clothes |