ALFONSO AND THE MOTOR-CAR.
» There is a grave crisis in the history of Spanish etiquette. King Alfonso XIII., who is described by a French journal as "very impulsive, and at the same time very ' sports,' " wishes to make a Royal progress through his kingdom in an automobile. Horror of the Prime Minister ! Such a vehicle, says he, is beneath the dignity of a monarch to whom the Constitution has entrusted the " sumptuous car of the State." The sumptuous ear must not be driven by petrol. Horses are still harnessed to the chariot of the sun. But Spanish etiquette does not prevent the monarch from travelling by railway. Lady Currie tells a story of a young man who jumped into a compartment one day on an English train, and started a conversation with an old lady who greatly admired' his pleasant manners. When he was alighting, she asked his name, and he answered blithely, "Alfonso." He was Alfonso XII., then a cadet at Sandhurst. The anecdote will mobably be read at Madrid with pain and incredulity. — Chronicle.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 128, 26 November 1904, Page 13
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176ALFONSO AND THE MOTOR-CAR. Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 128, 26 November 1904, Page 13
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