Show AMERICAN GIRL WHO MA Y SHARE A ROYAL THRONE N A though remote it Is not beyond the bounds of possibility lity that miss anita steward aho vho Is to marry prince miguel of Bi asanza will at some time receive the homage of the portuguese as their queen EW princesses we have one or two andruch esses quite a few manchlon Mar chlon eisses and baronesses baro nesses there are by the acore too and any quantity of matrona matrons who enjoy the proud distinction of being lady this or the countess that but now we re going to marry royal ty an american girl Is to make an alliance with a prince of tho blood royal miss anita stewart ot hicy york daughter of william rhinelander stewart and stepdaughter of the late james henry smith millionaire Is soon to become the bride of prince maguel ot braganza eldest son ot dom maguel ot braganza pretender to the throne ot portugal this ts not the gossip 0 club or boudoir this royal romance nor Is it announced in the regulation amerl can way by the mother ot the bride tobe to be it has been done as royalty does it the austrian embassy in london in which city miss stewart has spent the season gives formal authority to the statement just as all embassies do when there Is a marriage in their reigning house instead ot the family making the pleasant news known the royal fashion is for the embassy of the tarn aly ot the bridegroom to make the an no the person chosen to speak on this occasion was the arch duchess maria theresa prince alg uel s aunt she gave a luncheon at the embassy and there issued the formal statement afterward mrs smith the mother of miss stewart confirmed it could she ever be queen was the question that instantly arose every where for prince maguel a family Is not now reigning though it would like to be and the brides friends instant ly began speculating on its chances or restoration to the throne it claims as belonging to it by right american millions in scale would it be a morganatic marriage 9 would the pretender ever gain the throne of portugal for which he has been plotting tor years and years it he died would the son have the nerve to plot as his father has ever plotted Is the present reigning house ot gal so secure on its foundations v and what effect would american millions have if thrown into the balance on the side of the house 0 Braganza 9 these were the questions that europe and america began asking the pretender Is always ready answered those who know best the in and diplomacy of europe unrest rules in portugal today it younger son manuel five men sud denly appeared in their path A rifle popped and then another and another the gendarmerie gendar merie sprang to the rescue the queen throw herself in front of the bullets when aba five regicides were killed it was too late i king carloa and the crown prince were dead manuel was slightly wounded today to day he Is king emperor puts end to plots but the unrest continues dom maguel Is plotting always plotting finally things came to such a pass that the venerable emperor of aus arla francis joseph interfered he sent for the pretender and told him bluntly that he would have to get ou of austria or stop his scheming for the portuguese throne at least the confines of austria hungary this made it rather embarrassing for dom maguel because he dwelt at his cha of in lower austria and was colonel of an austrian ment you and your whole family said the aged monarch emphatically will be put across the austrian frontier it you attempt to conspire here tor the airone of portugal the emperor nezer liked dom alg uel particularly so after that distress sing affair at which has never been explained when the crown prince rudolph and baroness were found dead dom maguel was ru adolphs companion on that fateful night bever again did dom maguel appear at court in vienna but that dlan t keep him from plotting for the throne hs six sisters all married to wealthy royalties kept drawing freely on their fortunes to aid him in his ambitions all the family are loal to each other no matter what circumstances arise it would mean much to them all to have a brother as king of portugal we would beggar ourselves to put maguel on the throne where he belongs Is the slogan of the family and they firmly believe as he does that the mass of the portuguese want him as king but of his son and miss stewart ah the pleasant side of the story marriage seemed auspicious V hen the miss annie M armstrong of baltimore married wll llam rhinelander stewart of new york in 1879 a brilliant future was predicted for her her husband had mon ey brains and a fine pedigree addan not always found in alon she had charm tact ambition two children were born william rhinelander stewart jr and anita king manucl dom maguel palace of the portuguese pretender just the same two years ago when carlos was king he set himself up to f rule without the congress which so i f incensed the people that the A let party sent a deputation to dom maguel in austria to sound him in case there should be a revolution and carloa should be dethroner dethroned I 1 am ready at any time said dom r maguel gravely to respond to a call to the throne of my fathers but things moved faster than a for fe mal de early in 1908 death took king carloa and his elder eon IB heir to the crown and not the death ejk that comes to all alike king and corn ihl moner but death at the bands of caldw As the royal family drove out BI king and queen crown prince and the ak who Is now ai beirs old mr stew art though by birth a member of the so called cared nothing for the little things of society he belonged to a few well chosen clubs nothing more he was a studious serious man interested in economics good govern ment and charities president ot the state board of charities ho devoted himself wholly to that and to the at fairs of his estate his library saw him more than his club no one guessed the secret but the home life of the stew arts grew dla tasteful to both the break came when both children were grown up and the parents had been married nore than a quarter of ja century meanwhile james henry smith of new york had inherited the many millions of his uncle george smith an eccel trie london recluse and blossomed out as the highest bachelor in the metropolis he entertained beautifully mrs Ste an old friend received for him and planned everything at farst mr stewart was seen at some of the functions given by mr smith bradu ally he dropped out and finally was seen no more in company with hla wife their last appearance together was in january 1903 when miss anita made her formal debut at a din ner dance given by mr and mrs stew art at their home 24 west fifty seventh street ew york then suddenly mrs stew art dropped out of new york s ken and in sioux falls S D she bought a house engaged a lawyer and the next new york knew of her was the news miss anita stewart dom miguels Ml guels fiancee that she had begun proceedings for dl vorce judicial separation made this was granted on august the guardianship of the daughter going to the mother mr stewart kept more to himself than ever but mrs stewart started straight for europe there in scotland on the september 13 following she was married to mr smith they started around the world on their honeymoon taking miss stewart and a party of friends with them but the pleasure trip was cut short at kioto japan by the death of mr smith on march 28 1907 in his will it was found that mr smith had left his widow and his stepdaughter step daughter miss stewart a life interest in invested in the bonds of the chicago milwaukee st paul railway company so it mrs smith leaves her 3 or any large part of it to her daughter at least some of the smith millions will go back to europe whence they came to silent smith as he was called the bulk of them Is booked to stay here however the chief legatees lega tees of the 21 estate are two nephews william smith ma son and george grant mason who got 5 and 10 respectively mrs smith and her daughter soon went abroad and stayed there return ing to isea york only for brief peri this summer however the ald ow lightened her mourning for the I 1 ondon season and took the mansion belonging to the duchess of somerset in grosvenor square there she began to entertain beautifully for her daugh ter lady cooper her sister in law sister of mr smith and mrs A J drexel her sister also lent their aid aud miss stewart has now become one of the premiere belles of london thanks to money and tact to say noth ing of her own charm of manner and her fresh girlish beauty miss stewart meets the prince before this years london triumph miss stewart had met the prince they were introduced in paris last april where prince maguel at once was attracted to the winsome amerl can heiress when the london season opened he followed her there hen as at her side at every opportunity it was plain that royalty was smitten pretty much all london society had an inkling of what was to come when mrs stewart gave her final big affair of the waning season on july 8 the scion of the house 0 draganza was in close upon the daughter of the hostess throughout the evening mrs stewart in turn took pains to feat tho prince as a specially gulshen guest the gossips therefore came to the conclusion that there was an international alliance in the air mrs smith who has been called the robet patrician looking woman in new york never looked more so she k li A nys rv x was in black accentuated by a superb rope of pearls and the i oung daughter wore filmy pink chiffon aver cloth of silver altogether the entertainment was a very smart affair and it much impressed the noticeable number of lans who were present next day came the announcement from tho austrian embassy just as boon as trunks could bo packed and travel accommodations ar ranged mrs smith and miss stew art with a retinue of servants and a van load of baggage started for austria there conferences are now on with representatives of the Bragan zas arranging those little details which are always so necessary in a foreign aall ance especially when one ot the con trading parties has a title to bestow As prince maguel Is to the ducal title and the appellation of your royal highness so will his wife eventually be your royal highness and all hei family connections will be either your royal highness too or your grace prince hero of many romances similarly too the dashing princes name has been mentioned before in alliances with the daughters of amerl ca As a joke some of his european friends used to call him the perpetual fiance pressed by creditors the house of braganza is not rich though royal it was said that he had assert ed that he was to marry mrs samuel sloan chauncey of brooklyn a mil and a widow next miss mary pullman of chicago was report ed as about to become his bride then only this past winter he was engaged to miss M of new york there Is no such person in bew york society the present pretender dom maguel was born in austria on 1853 ills fata er was john VI king of portugal from 1828 to 1834 when he was deposed and the present reigning house set on the throne dom miguel s eon the prince whose full name Is maguel maximilian sebastian marle was born at belche nau lower austria on september 22 1878 his mother was the elizabeth of thurn and taxis there la a younger brother francis joseph born in 1879 all the matches made by the bra banzas have been royal ones one of the princes aunts Is the wife of charles louis archduke of austria another married prince alphonse the brother of old don carlos hla sister married her cousin the prince of ahurn and taxis other alliances are with the royal house of dacarla and the grand ducal houses of parma lux embourg and austria miss stewart s fiance Is not only tho grandson of a king and a long line of sovereigns from the days of alphonsus I 1 in the fourteenth century but he Is related or connected by marriage with nearly all the crowned heads of continental europe that the two will make a princely looking pair must not be gainsaid gain said miss stewart s beauty has already taken london by storm she Is tall slender svelte she has the daintie st of rose pink completions complexions complex ions a of fluffy light brown hair and a little tip toted the prince la dashing ached erect of carriage with flaxen hair blue eyes and alne well molded head and bow could ats bride be queen just this way if manuel II 11 and ats uncle the duke of oporto neither of whom Is married should die and if the people of portugal should ate the renunciation of the prince s grandfather then at the death of his lather now dom maguel the pretend erl it would be your majesty 1 the arst american queen A lot of its out stranger hao happened |