Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1910 — KING OF SPAIN AND THE PRINGE OF ASTURIAS, [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KING OF SPAIN AND THE PRINGE OF ASTURIAS,

HERE isn’t the slightest deubt but what Alfonso of Spain is w■ \ one of the proudest,* most affectionate fathers in the world, I but, somehow or other, he seems to be lacking in that seriousness and sense of heavy responsibility which stamps most gj’jipcssrvsa young parents of the masculine persuasion. Rather, he appears to look upon his children' from a quizzical point of view. Especially does this seem to be the case with his eldest son, the heir to the throne. Take our illustration, for instance, as an example of this attitude. There is, undoubtedly,* much of pride about this young father —but there is something else; he thinks, just as we do, that the little fellow in the military suit is very droll and that'lt is something of a J shame, as well as a joke, to have to dress him like that. "Isn’t he simply funny?” the king-father seems to be saying. “Do you think there could possibly be a smaller uniform in existence than that? And doesn't it seem perfectly rich to think that he’ll be holding down my job some day? Honest, now — doesn’t it?” Uniform, or no uniform, it is very evident that this chubby little flaxenhaired fellow has much of the charm of babyhood about him. One feels that he is a very estimable and trustworthy baby; somewhat lacking, perhaps, in hilarity and an appreciation of the showy pleasures of life, but one on whom you could depend—who would stay where he was put and never, by any circumstance, throw blocks at his nurse or attempt to brain her with a miniature train of cars.- _ - - : The Prince of Asturias, whose mother was Princess Victoria Eugenie, daughter of Prince Henry of Battenburg, is 3 years old.

TEACHING HIS SON AND HEIR TO SALUTE.