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By H. R. H. The Infanta Eulalia,
Aunt of the King of Spain
In Hw Nw Book "Court Llf from Within," Published by Dodd, Mead & Co.
T'irrHBN my mother died I was ablo
a to get wholly clear of the for
; malltlea of Court life, and I left
the. Palais to rent an apartment for my
self, where X could live' like a private
person with my maids, without even a
lady-ln-waltlng. I bought a tew acres of
land on the seashore of my beloved Nor
mandy, and built myself a Summer cot
tage cooled by the happy breezes that I
bad known as a child. And here I can
say and do and think and write what I
please, untroubled by the prohibitions of
crowned heads, who can enforce no com
mand on me and Impose no punishment
elcept to deny me -an entrance to
Courts from which I have been only too
' Cad to escape. 1
. 'When my first little book was about to
pel published the King of Spain wired me
1 that t Could not publish it without his
consent I repudiated that control of
my liberty, and they threatened to de
prlve me of my title and the small ln
- come that comes with It
I was puttied to know what they
would decide to call Qt, if not "the In
fanta Eulalla." and I was Interested to
' set If the King would set a precedent
lor fleprtrtng the "Inviolable Royal
family of Its titles and Its property by
legislative enactment He decided, wisely,
to let the matter drop, and I heard so
laore of it
It Is my final realisation of freedom
that I celebrate now in these pages. I
have escaped, mind and body, from my
gilded cage. It has taken a lifetime, but
It was worth tt I have no respect for
anything In the world except intelligence.
I lire la France because it is the most
Intelligent of all the countries I have
known.
I have seen the world waking to the
feet that the rule of money is no better
than the rule of rank, except when It is
more intelligent;, and I can foresee the
day. when the Inequalities of property
Will have no more authority than the in
equalities of rank to oppress mankind.
I read and write to keep my own intelli
gence In health ty exercising it And I
am frald of no critic except the one who
bay And my Intelligence feeble, with a
prison pallor, la spite of its Joy in its
escape. - . . . -
It was during my years of travel in
Europe that I was offered the opportun
ity .of going to Atnsiica to represent the
Throne of Spain at the World's Fair that
' was to be held In Chicago to commemor
ate the four hundredth anniversary of
Columbus's discovery. I accepted the In
ltatlos with Joy. I bad no lonser my
childish idea that if I could only take a
boat and sail to America I should be
really free,- but I had still in my mind
the household saying that I was "only
fit for America." and I felt sure that I
should like the great democracy, and I
was eager to see it.
When we picked up our pilot off Bandy
Hook I was on the upper deck, prome
nading happily in the chill wind In light
clothes, and the pilot remarked to cne
of the boat's officers that it "was dan-
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. gerous for that young girl" to be exposed
In such a way to such weather. He was
told . that I was "the Spanish Infanta,
and he laughed uproariously at the Idea,
and the more seriously the officer as
sured him of it the more he enjoyed the
Joke. I. saw him looking at me and
laughing, so I Inquired what was the
matter, and when I found out I wae
slightly puzzled.
' His amusement proved to be typical
of my whole reception in the United
States. As one of the newspapers pat
It, they had expected a "big, dark Span
ish' princess with a black mustache," and
It was with a tickled surprise that they
found me "like, any of the girls you see
walking down, . Fifth avenue." Their
pleased curiosity was reflected in the ac
counts that the reporters gave of me.
No conceivable personal detail escaped
them. One reporter even discovered that
I had a gold crown on one of my back
teeth, and I was mystified to know how
he could have seen it Surely my smile
was not so broad' as all that! I tried
myself before a mirror. No! By no
possible grimace could I expose that
tooth. I remained mystified. I do still.
The amusement however, was not al
together on their side. The newspapers
had not prepared me tor this familiar but
kindly tone of the American press, and
the people of European countries had
not the simple benevolence of the curi
osity that brought the smiling crowds to
greet me in the United States. The
American young girl is the spoiled darl
Ing ot the nation, and they were all as
willing to spoil me and I was willing to
be spoiledby their almost affectionate
and chivalrous desire to give me "a good
time."
I cannot pretend that I saw anything
at all of the problems of government In
the country nothing of the poverty, of
the industrial exploitation, of the inequal
ities of opportunity and the control by
the moneyed classes, of which we have
since come to hear so much in all the
kingdoms and republics and democra
cies of this changing world. I was merely
a caller in the parlor. I knew nothing
of the family life in the house, much less
of the difficulties below-etalra.
We did not land at New York, but at
Jersey City, where a special train was
waiting to carry us to Washington. It
would have taken us in Spain twenty
four hours to go the distance: we cov
, ered it in five hours, and I did not feel
shaken, in Spain If luncheon had been
served us on the train it would have been
"to kill time;" here it was served us "to
save, time."
One was struck at once by the busy
ness of the life and its efficiency. We
had been caught up by an organltatlon
that transported um. fed us, housed us,
delivered us . into the . hands ot a host
Or at the doors' of an entertainment, re
turned us to our hotel, took us on excur
sions, provided us with drives, protected
us from intniflloa. conducted us through
crowds, intelligently, suavely, without
any httch.' comfortably, almost Invisibly,
with a foresight tbat seemed to provide
for every contingency .that could happen.
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hinkx of
Very Amusing Experiences
in America Told by the
Spanish Infanta Eula
lia in Her New Book,
"Court Life from
Within"
and to be prepared Tor any change ot
plan that we could wish.
And the spectacle of the life through
, which we hurried had. the same sir ot
taring conquered the material agents of
existence to the same end namely, that
every one should get as much as possible
done in a day with as little friction as
possible in the mechanical means of do
ing it
From tome of the Americans whom I
have seen abroad I bad not got a very
happy Impression, and now I understand
why.
They had been out of their element; they
had left at home their reason for being.
The women, tor example, were less con
spicuously dresved than some I had seen
in Paris, and less nervously self-assert
Ive; and the men were more easy and
more natural. They were not on the de
fensive among foreigners whom they felt
to be critical or whom they desired to
. Impress. They were not blatant nor
apologetic. They were happy. Intelligent,
hospitable and altogether engaging.
I found no one with whom conversa
tion was not Instantly possible, and the
- volubility of my conversation was a mat
ter ot amuse! comment with our suite.
The truth was' thafl was not only sym
pathetically Interested in all I saw and
eager to talk about it I was also at once
aware of the friendliness of the eyes that
watched and listened, and I talked, and
my vis-a-vis talked, without any awk
wardness of restraint
There were no royal "monkey tricks"
expected of me. I was unable to dance
though I often longed to because I .
was on an official visit and questions
oi precedence wouia nave made it necei
aary tor me to choose the most impor- .
tant personage In the room as my part
ner or take the risk of offending him.
And the most -important person at a
dance Is not always the best dancer.
But I was not et apart on a dais, as I
would have been at home "always on a
stand, like a harp,"
as I usd to complain
enq i enjoyed my
eelt. I felt that 1
was really meeting
the people whom I
met I was not
merely royalty; I
was a sort of na
tional guest whom
every one tried to
Interest and enter
tain. One accepted as
an inevitable part of
one's public charac
ter the army of re
porters and photog
raphers who sur-
- rounded us at every
official appearance.
They were not in
trusive, and having
learned that I could
not give Interviews
they did net try to
. get any. Toe good
will of the crowds,
who were as omni
present as the
newspaper men, was
always delightful.
They gathered, of
course, merely out
of curiosity, but
their stares were
not, as in other
countries, either awed or Inimical or Just
curious. They greeted you, as they might
their own representatives, with amiable
smiles and cheers, waving their hand
kerchiefs. In the thronged streets of the expo
sition they could not be held back by our
police escort, who struggled with them
good-naturedly as thev. good-naturedly.
Soine Very Queer Jobs
TOT all the tasks warships are called
I urne nave to ao with war and the dettruction of
' human life and .property.
A couple of French, warships were sent out into the
Mediterranean some years ago to wage war against a
school of porpoises which were doing an Immense
amount of damage to the fishing .industry, io those
waters. After three days' hostilities, during which
quick-firing guns were used with considerable effect,
the vessels returned to port "triumphant, having practi- '
cally annihilated tho enemy,
A year cr two ago a warship pt Great Britain's Aus- '
trallan fleet was given the strange Job of capturing or
destroying a mysterious sea monster which had been
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pressed in upon us, and one could not I "Wf: m 1 '
help but accept their pressure with a I . . , ', A Al .;.!: !' '.
smile. It was all quite human and Jolly f m '
and Inoffensive a democratic crowd, Ji. t 1 "
democratically unrestrained in its inter- Hx1 - ' " , , , ' f
est in everything and everybody. When I. , ;' ' r 1 I v'
I was complimented on the popular lnv V, ' ' ..'?'','
pression which I seemed to make I could I J I L I
reply, quite truthfully, that If the Amer- ' t 11 ' : "
' leans liked me it must be becaus3 they , Jj I '. " f
could see how I liked them. I liked f J i -'I'- .
them immensely. r f I tt
They seemed all prosperous and all I . . J
happy. We had no begging letters and .' ; i P
petitions for alms thrown into our car- v " ,
riage, such as would have overwhelmed f : '.. i
us at home. We did not meet any ot ' ' s t
those affected excesses of deference to s '' "': : !
royalty which would have been so out I " .".! . .:
of place in a country where there is no f , - : i i f
Crown. If people crowded to see us, ou; I , ' 1 ; , i ! h
ot curiosity, I could not complain; 1 was 6 - ...... - j
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The Royal Palace, Madrid, Where the Infanta Eulalia Formerly Enjoyed Apartment.,
Wa Excluded for Expressing Herself Too liberally.
Just aa curious to see them. They were
not ruder-end I hope I was not
Any one who makes a royal visit to
any country must see it superficially;
and if I wrote here tbat President Cleve
land and his beautiful wife were charm
ing hosts, that the country around Wash
ington reminded me of England, that the
lake front in Chicago (which was about
a:i ot Chicago that I really saw) waa
on to under-
reported oft the Falkland
cent German naval defeat .
. It Is pretty safe to say that the officers, if not the
crew, entertained grave doubts of the actual existence
of the frightful creature which had been described; it
was too terrifying, hideous, gigantic and ferocious.
But shortly after the ship arrived in the Waters where
the monster was supposed to lie in wait for vessels, the
officer of the watch described a strange-looking beast
making toward his ship, and it was Immediately guessed
tbat this must be the substance ot all the alarming
tales. And a pretty good subbtance it proved, too.
An attack was made upon It, and efter some hours'
Bgb,tlng w'.th harpoons and quick-firers, the mysterious
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handsome, that New York was New
York, and the Hudson River the Hudson
River I should not relieve my mind ot
anything that even Lewis Carroll's con
versational walrus would have eared to
And 1 hould-aot Interest even
myself by writing it . ,
1 had come to America 'as a person
distinguished, by Intellect instead' of
merely, by birth, I might have been very
Warship Have Done
Islands, the scene of the re.
proud ot the crowds
that came to see me,
and my contact with
American life might
have been aa illumi
nating experience worth
detailing. As it was,
my apparent popular
ity could mean nothing
to me personally, and
ny experiences, though
pleasant can mean
from Which She
nothing to any one
else. . Nothing had
happened to change
my belief that my publlo life as a royal
personage waa a busy futility.
And when our steamship drew away
from the shores of New York, and all
the farewells bad been said, and the last
cheers ot the last crowd had sounded. I
was at once aad to watch a land recede
that I felt I should never see again, and
glad to be alone with my own thoughts
and tree tft lay .off my publlo chapter.
monster, which proved to be- sea-elephant between
thirteen and fourteen yards long, was slaughtered and
taken aboard. ;-.(,.'
Some years ago the Norwegian government sent oat
a powerful little fleet of warships, armed with mines,
torpedoes and quick-firing guns, to exterminate a .vast
horde of seals which was denuding the sea on the north
west coast of all Huh life.
But the government hadTeekoned upon tens ot thou
sands of seals, whereas there were millions. 80 un
ending was their number that the fleet had eventually
to admit itself defeated, with the Joss of one man and
two slightly wounded, owing . to an accident and to
.."retire la order." having exhausted its entire supply of
ammunition.
