Interview with King Alfonso on a two-piece costume. Nakedr oes not cause immorality; draperies The "Morning Post's" Paris cor-suggest it. respondent writes:—King Alfonso of Spain has just given an inter-"Healthy and Moral." 1) View. toa lady representative of "Mixed bathing is healthy and "e."Figaro," in course of which moral, but thin muslin shorts could Majesty made several "very be worn to satisfy Mrs. Grundy, frank and interesting statements 18 do not penetrate silks oF, es to the vocation of the modern ing. In reply to the direct question, "How does your Majesty conceive the role of the modern to the sun for health.
Sir Herbert bared his arms King?" King Alfonso said: and chest, which are bronzed the "Royalty is not a vocation colour. of an Indian, tone would choose, but a duty th never really lived before, and is imposed on one. I have been a at 56 I feel a youngster," he said. King since my earliest infant "The treatment has made me im= shall ay cin en te [wae always taught to. obey any Clothes Tam as warm as when wear Coa ar coe Spaniard first and as a King you are pigmented as T
"It your Majesty had been free to choose a career, what would you have liked to be?" the King's interviewer artlessly asked, ginner is to do as much he can his bedroom unclothed.
Tam ale ways naked when I shave." replied the King, been a soldier—I would never have wished to be a king. I have never had time, however, to think of anything except "the mission that was reserved for me. Whatever happens and whatever contingencies arise, I shall always remain at the service of my country."
In the course of further conversation King Alfonso remarked that considered the manner in which Spain was judged abroad to be deplorable. "It reminds me, he said, "of the childish discussions of the people who frequent cafes and comment on events of where meaning they are ignorant and of which they know only a few isolated facts from the newspapers. Foreigners do not understand that, the -advent of the Directory in Spain was the first necessary phase to changes which must shortly occur in this country. It is the only possible form of government, invested with absolute Power to abolish and reform."
"Does your Majesty expect shortly to re-establish Constitotional PEER WITH WANDERLUST, Mysterious Expeditions of Bark Of Perth Once again friends of the Bari of Perth are speculating on the whereabouts of the wandering peer. A great traveller, the Earl has frequently disappeared mysteriously, on a pilgrimage to a foreign land. All that his most intimate associates know is that he is alive and well.
"Where is the Earl today?" clote relative was asked. "That has become a familiar question in the family of recent years. To tell you the truth, I don't know," he replied. "He might be in the South Seas or on a trip to the North Pole—one of the few spots I believe he hasn't visited so far.
"Chief of the Clan Drummond and for some time a captain in the Black Watch, the Earl has spent many years aprond. About 1910 he decided to settle in Germany and sold his Strathallan and Tolli jardine estates in Central Perth Sustaining the Faith of the shire for £127,000. The following year he married Anna, the daughter of the Herr Strauss of Prague, and settled at Munich, were recorded, although there was one notable exception—the schools game at Old Anniesland. In this match E, W. Wilton, the captain of the Royal High School, scored 115 not out, and he is thus the first player in Scotland this season to top the century. In the Scottish Coun-ities Championship, "Clackmannan, 69, beat Aberdeen, 62; and Stirling did capitally by scoring 159 to Forfar's 98. In the Western Union, Drumpellier, Clydesdale, Kelburne, and Uddingston were the winners. Among the principal club matches, Grange easily accounted for Selkirk, =188 for 51. Carlton put on 184 to Perthshire's 111 for 8. Watsonians quite overran Cupar—202 for 8 to U4. Royal High School defeated Edinburgh Academicals—124 to 83. Stewart's won from "Gala, and Heriot's from Edinburgh University. America and Golf Championships
at St Andrews-a fortnight hence'
The Amateur Golf cosinpignthiy the King aptly. "I am essentially a Constitutional Monarch, but there sre moments in "history when it. is indispensable to interpret the desires of a people, in order the better to represent it later on. Twenty-one years of reigning have proved that I have always bowed to the will of the country. For Spain, a fresh war began in 1918, There are other wars than trench wars—others more cunning and less noisy, but not less painful, At present Spain is at the period of the union saeréo, and it is necessary to sustain the faith of the nation."
His Majesty intimated that he proposes in accordance with his usual custom, to spend a holiday in both France and. England.this year, "provided public affairs. in Spain continue as weill as at prevent, as to which T have no, shadow When war broke out he was me. terned at Rubleben. is. fellow Prisoners, styled him the "Pearl of Earth," because although then. in his 46th year he made the most gallant attempts' to race against men half his age, He also gained the reputation of being the best chess player in the camp.
The treatment he received during hhis internment decided him against Germany so permanent place of residence, and on his release after the Armistice he returned to Lone don. But it was not for long. Soon the old wanderlust claimed him, and within avery few months he was tions. off again on his mysterious expedi~
The title of the Earl of Perth is one of the oldest in the country. First of the line, John Drummond, Constable of Stirling -Castle, was ereated.. Lord Drummond, of., Cargil: fin 1488- for. noteworthy. service.t0. the State
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