SPAIN: Gay Grandee

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realized that his ruthless, iron hand actually holds the present Spanish regime together. It is he who sees that all the elections and plebiscites come out right, that the sons of useful Jews are exempt from military service, that the Army does not sprout another successful coup.

Savage enemies have tarred Anido with a vile nickname, "The Epileptic Pig," but he is no porkier than Primo and considerably less epileptic than several members of the Royal House. Just now he is behind a sensible project to alter the Constitution so that, in case of need, one of King Alfonso's healthy daughters can inherit the Crown. As everyone knows Crown Prince Alfonso is a haemophile,— Prince Jaime deaf and almost dumb, Princes Juan and Gonzalo "mentally under-developed."

*As a further expression of gratitude, James made Arabella's brother the first Duke of Marlborough, the line from which offshot England's present irrepressible Winston Churchill, whilom Chancellor of the Exchequer (TIME, June 17 et ante).

*The blood of a haemophile does not congeal normally upon contact with the air. Thus the slightest wound leads to profuse bleeding, due to retardation of the process called "healing."