Word: albaness
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...Madrid el Rey Alfonso XIII embraced that genial Pittsburgher, Alexander Pollock Moore, U. S. Ambassador to Spain, devoted husband of the late Lillian Russell. Mr. Moore, who is said to address Alfonso as "Chief" and the Duke of Alba as "Jimmy," had just officially informed his royal friend that he was about to resign as Ambassador and return...
...Duke of Alba, young grandee, was smitten with the idea of Democracy, probably on his last year's visit...
Agrarianism is all the mode in Europe, but it is far more rare as a doctrine of the landowner than as a doctrine of the tenants. This case denotes a change of opinion by part of the oldest aristocracy, for the present Duke of Alba, 17th of his line, is descended from the famous first Duke, who was compelled, at his King's command, to apologize to the Pope for defeating him, whose ghastly "Court of Blood" in the Netherlands was one of the outstanding horrors of the 16th Century and who boasted that he had sent some...
...Duque de Alba, in the Royal uniform of Spain, leans on his sword in a palace garden. Upon the countenance of this titled guardsman is an expression at once arrogant, amused and sly, the result of a lifetime spent in listening to what blood will tell. A small dachshund straddles at his feet; the sooty face of this quaint and useless animal reflects, curiously enough, his identical expression...
...Duquesa de Alba, imperially slim, the incarnation of privilege erect against change, looks out of a cloudy canvas. A black mantilla frames her small face; beads hang from her wrist; she holds...