Word: alfonso
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...internationally popular bon viveur, the returning U. S. Ambassador to Spain, Alexander Pollock Moore. When Mr. Moore departed for Spain he was perhaps best known as widower of Lillian Russell. He had not been in Spain six months, however, when it was reported that he habitually addressed el Rey Alfonso as "Chief" and the Duke of Alba as "Jimmy...
...King Alfonso. "Spain of course is fortunate in having a King who, in my opinion, is one of the most brilliant men of his years in Europe. He is a very keen, shrewd and observing business man, as well as one of the greatest diplomats that it has ever been my fortune to meet. There is no question but that he is beloved by his people...
...home life of the Royal Family is similar to that of any well conducted household. . . . The Infante Alfonso has started a model stock farm. . . . The King is not a sportsman in the usual sense, but has taken up various sports for the benefit of the exercise...
...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...
...King Alfonso, dapper and blandly smiling, welcomed the new Cabinet and proceeded to sign the parchments which gave it authority. He made valid a royal decree repealing that under which the Directorate has flourished; he gave legal status to the acts of the new Cabinet...