Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1916 — “SUB” FOR KING VICTOR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

“SUB” FOR KING VICTOR

The duke of Genoa, who “subs” as king at the Quirinal while his nephew, Victor Emmanuel, is at the front, is fast proving himself a formidable rival of the latter for the affections of the Italian people. King Victor has ever been known as the most democratic sovereign in Europe. His “sub” has gone him one better for democracy and won for himself the sobriquet of the civilian king. The nearest the duke of Genoa comes to accepting any of the kingly, perquisites that go with his job is at four o’clock each day, when he goes for his drive in the country. Four cavalrymen surround his carriage and a corps of bicycle guards follow. The police won’t let him drive unless he accepts this escort. In the evening he makes up for it by walking about the streets of Rome in civilian clothes, accompanied only by his chief aid de camp. It was while

amusing himself this way one evening that the duke saw a street car collide with~a fat woman. Of all the men who leaped to her assistance, the duke got there first. She was quite uninjured, but the duke bundled her off to a hospital before she knew who had helped her. Half an hour later, when the duke returned to the Quirinal he sent his aid to the hospital to make certain she really was not injured.