| Show MM P I ROYAL HOUSE OF PORTUGAL Its Court Ono One ot 01 tile tho Most Da Dazzling and Punctilious In inthe the tho World King Carlos I and His Beloved Consort I Gr Marlo Mario PIn tI the o Daughter of Victor Eman Emanuel uel Still tIle the Glass of Fashion and Said to be the tho 5 Woman In Europe Tho Young Queen Amalia and Her Hel L W WI I I Special I Correspondence Lisbon Portugal Dec 9 1899 It Is the old story ot of shabby gen the wide world more hopelessly and bo the larger mantle ot of haughty re reserve reserve serve Is needed to cover cOer It Therefore poor old huts on more and more airs as her poverty In Ir crazes Always La In the details ot f court cli queue she has hIlS drawn the tho lines lilies o ever r tighter and tIghter while richer r mon have been rela relaxing them In thIs dawn or of the twentieth toda today the Portuguese court Is b by far the tiie most cud ceremonious In l Europe roP ram Lor nn an AmerIcan to gain audience With tIre the lang king or q n Is us as well veIl nIgh impossible na as asor tor or the scrIptural rich mn to enter the kindom dom of heaven A cat may look at a king you know and all the world is Welcome to come and shake the hand ot of great Americas rulers at least en 00 the first day dllY ot of a 0 new year but he who whoa a aspires to guze at royalty mUst take his chances with sith the populace populace lace on the Lisbon boulevards or In Inthe inthe the theater or at ono one or of the Infrequent functions In tIre tho palace to which shieh he ma may perhaps be admitted through tho lie ot of the tho minister plenipotentIary from rom hIs country Our party has enjoyed all these opportunities ties King Carlos I who Is consid under forty years ot of age min enin mingles glee more freely with the pC people than did any ot of his predecessors and may often orten be met In the streets or of Lisbon on toot foot or riding his hili splendid charger or In his GLITTERING STATE CARRIAGE whose crimson reminds one i OrUll of the regulation circus chariot charlot The Tho only Is to tell the tho king from i the courtiers who surround him Re ne neIs Is ii younger most ot of them and hIs ress iress Is IR decidedly less conspicuous than their bedizened uniforms King icing Charles looks much as his uncle Dam Dorn Pedro lelio II ot of Brazil must have looked at the same agea stout faIr haired young slant giant the very anti antipodes antipodes podes or of our preconceived notion or of orthe the swarthy Latin The truth Is that blondes are almost as numerous as brunettes In the upper classes ot of both Spain and Portugal Culos Calos I has French Gorman German and Italian blood In hIs veins and goodness knows what other admixtures along with the origInal original Inal Roman Homan Moorish and Portuguese lie He Is directly descended from the an cleat house ot of house which the Emperor Napoleon officially tie de to be extinct but which yet et ap appears pears to be very er much alive Ills His mother Marie Marte Pla Pia waS wa the youngest daughter ot of Kin iCing Victor Emanuel or of Ital Italy Ills was the archduchess Marto Josepha daugh daughter ter or of Emperor I ot of Austria and his ancestOrs Was Amalia ot of Bavaria Augustus Charles Napoleon Prince Ferdinand or of Saxe and ot of other 70 al houses In n orl ot of Eu Europe Europe rope By the way often ERRONEOUSLY STATED that Elsie BIBle homIer Hensler the English dancer was his grandmother ICIng Ferdinand II his grandfather after atter the death ot of othis his royal consort the famous Marie Murle Marieda do da Gloria grandmother ot of the tho present king marrIed the pretty prett dancing gIrl and tiled died soon nt at The late Inte king Dom Dont Lute Luis I was a model monarch Je be loved b by the people In his hili grave gme gravelie lie he wears the medals bestowed upon him b by the tho city o of Lisbon und and the Humane Society ot of Oporto for tor his heroism In that dreadful time a few tew years ago when cholera and yellow ellow fever ever to together gether ravaged the tho capital W lle the nobility tied fled and everybody Who IO pos possessed possessed enough trill reis to get II way away scattered red tied lied like rats tram from a sinking ship nil all the mole male member ot of the roY 1 family staid b by to the ot of the experiences ot of their relatives In Ina Ina a similar wa was In Cl when Dom Dam Pedro PedroV Y V and Iris his two younger brothers Dom Dorn Ferdinand ancl am Dom Doni Joao refusing to desert theIr subjects In time ot of need ced died ot of the pestilence Dora Dom Luis went vent about freely among the tho stricken pIe In the worst vorst tens dens or of the city When remonstrated with lie he replied My Post Is where the hand of at sIckness weighs welchs most heavily and where the sickle Is mowing down the tue flowers of m my subjects My pIneo Is beside the lie suffering and sorrowful It Is for or that I am your Our king kingDom font Dom Luis died In the autumn of 89 when hen iris his eldest son lion Carlos Canoe succeeded to tIre the a month before the revolution In Brazil by which his great uncle the good Dom Darn Pedro II was forced to abdicate to the LASTING or of the country lie he had so and kindly governed Carlos I was then about 25 years old and LInd lie he immediately married for or love one or of the most beautiful Princesses In Europe tie de Bourbon daughter of the Comte tie Ie I Paris Theirs was a happy happ romance rather rare In royal circles where mar marriages are usually matters ot of state ar arrangement arrangement Carlos then Duke of at Dma had been ver very obstinate declarIng Ing he would and woo a wife tor or himself or he wo would ld not wed at all As Ashe Ashe he neared the end or of his hili teens an another another other and another European princess was wall suggested to him IS as a suitable partner but In vain aln Either he tie de declined dined altogether to visit the court A whore the maiden was enshrined or after n a short time In her during winch which he showed tier her the limited courtesy ot of dislikE lie Ill I would take tile his departure more tile lIs gusted usta l than ever eer with matchmakers arid Ind Finally a wll wily friend 0 of the royal Fr French P Countess tIe de who hap hall pencil ponell to visit Lisbon at a time when the lie whole Portuguese nation wal wac mourning the o of Its future n a rus anti carried It out Natu ally alb tire the young oung duke called to s see h mothers friend On her table wi H many portraits carelessly scatter about He was particularly struck b the pIcture ot of otA ofA A GIRL GIRLand I and picking It up demanded to know bar hor name Oh that nid tile the coun countess tess indIfferently You do not know h her r herr That Is hi the Princess ot of Orleans hut but the portrait Is tar far from doing her justice with B ad diplomacy the viso French wo woman man mall turned to the likeness of another lIu lady tar less attractive than that of Princess anti and lauded its original to the skIes In vain the tho duke tried tu tc lead the tho conversation back to the tho girl whose counterfeit presentiment had hod so captivated his fancy iancy the secretly de delighted lighted countess went on expatiating upon tire tho Of dr one and another homely princess almost almot Ignoring to Carlos obvious annoyance or Of course the expected happened for young oung loves like pigs and chickens should bo be driven In any other direction tion than lint you OU wish thorn them to take Alter After ears or of married life Kin icing Car Carlos Carlos los Is still passionately devoted to his amiable wife Even en at publIc functions spectators note his frequent glances In her direction which are more those o on of ofa n a lover loer than or of a husband to the mother ot of Ills his children Queen Is n a true type ot of the tho house ot of tall state stately I ly and extremely dignifIed In mart man manner ncr ner though with an appear appearance sure ance ot of haughtiness Like her mother the tho tie Paris silo alto has lovely l ores eye and a smile ot of peculiar cullar sweetness I but tier her features are oro moro more delicate and there thero Is a much cotter sotter more womanly ex cx expression In her ber taco iaco than Is ever worn b by the tho resolute daughter ot of the tho Duo Due tie de Montpensier is 18 seen at her best with her little ones about herthe baby In nor ner arms the small crown prince Luis Felipe duke duk ot of and his younger brother the Duke tie de Deja at her side ner majesty majest gives to her sons eef every moment that can be spared from her busy tire life Her alms aims with regard to her offspring were ere we weil expressed In an article which she wrote not long ago for tor The Na National National Album on the tho five hundredth nn an ot of Prince Hent henry the naI tor AAs As a mother anti and a queen my highest ambition Is to endow m my coun country country try with a group or of children such stich as those ot of Philippa of at Lanca Lancaster ter daugh daughter ter of John of Gaunt and to 10 see Iee among them one who shall do great greal deeds deeda for Portugal and for the lie world Ilk like Prince Henry Strange to study Of nf medicine is 19 Queen favorite diversion She Is desirous ot of seeIng It taken up b by the women ot of Portugal al and open openly do dares clares that lint In her opinion every court coun countr tr try should hare hae plenty plent or of WO WOMEN IEN PRACTITIONERS to attend women She Is n a strong nil nd vacate ot of higher education for tor women generally and Is very cr energetic In per persuading persuading the Ule ladles ot of her court to work with her to thin end She takes great Interest In literature both French and Portuguese anti and WB was Q astonished on or nr tiring In Lisbon to learn that In her adoPted country married women are forbidden by law to pUblish their works work without the approval ot of their husbands h her Influence the la law has hae Ix been n so that now It If the husbands consent Is unjustly withheld the wite may appeal to a court ot of Justice ant It a permission Is granted may rush ruah Into whatever her jealous Ious lord 1 says against It While the young king Is t a famous athlete n a perfect and yachts yachtsman acht achtman man very cry fond ot of society the bullfight polo tennis arid other outdoor sports his wife and children spend a good deal or of time riding on hor and tiny In Ing about the tho country There are arc few districts within a wl wide le area ot of any ot of the tho r royal y l palaces which th tire queen has i inot not visited In tho saddle or on the or of her tour Car Carlos Carlos los mother MarIe Pin Is a true laugh daugh daughten laughter ten ter or of VIctor 1 Emanuel the staunch old hero ot of Sao Savoy and 1111 remains second Cond to none In the royal roal Though nearing her sixtieth year alto goes In Inor for or all her with character characterIstic I Uc zeal and energy She is 19 II a daring darlng rider an EXCELLENT EXCELLE T SWIMMER and an unrIvaled shot for or a w man manAt At Caldas where she usually the one ot of her ber orl orIgInal Is to stand at It the h highest he t window ot or orthe the hou house e on storm days and shoot at bobbing empty bottles which she sho has caused to be thrown Into the sea for that purpose pUrpORt and It Is said that she orn ml misses th the mark however high the waves WAtS The queen dowager Is 19 at aI lb vcr Ct fond ot of gardening us was her ml the late I icing and her collection collection tion ot in the is b ly c celebrated Though eminently the gla glass o of fashion ash Ion In Portuguese C eyes anti said to lot be the tho best woman In Europe when she sho cares t to toa a a a a A i dress Pla Pia g goes about LIsbon In Ina ina a simple dark gown cown often orten unattended In the lowest parts or of the tho city dispensIng lug Ing charIty and It Is needless to add that sIre Dho Is universally beloved According to Portuguese court eti cli etiquette quette foreign ladles are seldom Idom In Invited 1 to an any official doings In the royal palace at Lisbon but there came Q a ro re recent cent occasIon when through the cour courtesy tesy cay ot of her minister we wc were wel admitted In tIre humble role ot spectators The royal roal residence tjuda juda on a bill hili over overlooking overlooking looking the Tagus is 19 several miles from rom the heart ot of the city cur sur surrounded rounded by beautiful gardens De Descending from our carriage between two lines of at soldiers we were met b ban by bynn nn an usher In gorgeous uniform who oar ned a great staff of which re reminded reminded minded us or of that ridiculous thing the mace which Is sometimes paraded about our Congress when Its members are unruly Preceded b by the start staff and amI the uniform we walked through sew leVa rat ral vast apartments the doors which swung noiselessly at our ap approach like those ot of palace when the open vas as spoken At lae Illet the throne room reached nn an enormous sala with an elevated dais at one side Ide carpeted and canopied with crimson velvet civet and several glided gilded arm armchairs armchairs chairs upon It But the chairs were empty empt the king and queen standing near the center or of the room surround surrounded ed cd by a glitterinG throng or of courtiers nobles cabinet ministers diplomats of the army and na navy molds maids ot of honor and and other personages or of high degree dege A narrow lane with human walls that appeared I to be all eyes eCi led from the thedoor thedoor door straight to the royal part Ac According According cording to court etiquette you ou must ad advance vance ance slow slowly along this line preceded 11 by the go usher who by tire the usher who shouts your our name at Three times en route rout hI be pauses paUles and amid a silence that 8 seems ms to fill the untere you 00 make profound Arrived within a yard or two tO ot of royal royalty t ty you ou again bend yourself almost to the earth when If IC you OU have hae chan chanced to please the thc royal eye a royal hand will he be extended which you are expected to touch with your lips hut but never neer with your hand Ehen It if you OU are ot of especial account Ou will be Introduced by byname byname name to the queen dowager the kings king brother Alfono the young crown prince find and other members of at the royal household and you are expected to get out ot of the room within 0 five minute backing out or of course with your lace face at aU all times toward the royal varty I am told IJ by one ot of the diplomatic ladles ladies thit at the most trying ordeal she ever was OS her Introduction to the court The king and queen the and the crown were seated l In the lour bum chairs ot of state on the el elevated ted dais with n a crowd ot of courtiers nobles and standing on either side Bide She was obliged to walk alone and unattended unattended tended train from the door to a point opposite opposite site tire the kings chair where she bowed very ery low then n a few rew steps farther tarther be before tore fore the queens chair where she reo re repealed pealed the salutation then to the dow anti and the prince and then solemnly and slowly backed out of the room In Imminent danger ot of turning a somersault over her train In th the face tace ot of that august assemblage Tire The regUla regUlation tion court costume for or ladles ladies In Portugal gal must Me have a 0 train at least three yards arcs long with bodice It Itma ma may be or of an any color except blue and white In combination which is 19 forbid forbidden den to all but the FAN FANNIE m B WARP |
