Identifier: theirmajestiesas00paoluoft (find matches)
Title: Their majesties as I knew them; personal reminiscences of the kings and queens of Europe
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Paoli, Xavier, 1835- Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander, 1865-1921
Subjects: Europe -- Kings and rulers
Publisher: New York, Sturgis (and) Walton
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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^ more difficult than one would think,by which we can judge a sovereigns bearing in aforeign country. This is his manner of saluting thecolours. Some, as they pass before the standardsurrounded by its guard of honour, content them-selves with raising their hand to their cap or helmet;others stop and bow; others, lastly, make a vdde andstudied gesture which betrays a certain, almost the-atrical affectation. Alfonso XIIIs salute is likenone of these: in its military stiffness, it is at oncesimple and grave, marked by supreme elegance andprofound deference. On the platform of the Or-leans railway-station, opposite the motionless bat-
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KING ALFONSO XIII 47 tallon, in the presence of a number of officers andcivil functionaries, this salute wliich so visibly paida delicate homage to the army and the country, thegraceful and respectful salute moved and flatteredus more than any number of boasts and speeches.And, when, at last, I went home, after witnessingthe young Kings arrival in the capital and noticingthe impression which he had made on the govern-ment and the people, I recalled the old Spanishdiplomatists remark: The King would charm the bird from the tree! 2. I saw Httle of King Alfonso during his first stayin Paris. The protection of sovereigns who are theofficial guests of the government did not come witliinthe scope of my duties. I therefore left him at thestation and was not to resume my place in his suiteuntil the moment of his departure. The anarchistrevolutionary gentry appeared to be unaware of thisdetail, for I daily received a fair number of anony-mous letters, most of which contained more or lessvague

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