Show TIlE THE MOTHER OF QUEENS England is usurping the title title mother of 1 Nearly earl every ever throne of Europe lias has I some descendant of Queen Victoria for foran foran an occupant or close to the place of power I It us used d to bo said laid that the queen of Denmark the tho in mother was royal I law taw of Europe Now the tho title titie seems to be bo destined to fall on the shoulders of her dau daughter Queen Alexandra of ot England The Tho latest English n tish princess who stands in the shadow of a throne is Alexandra of Fife Although h denial is made that she Bite is isto isto isto to become the of the young oun King Kin Manuel of Portugal al it is known known to tu those within the inner circle that th- th chances amount virtually to a certainty that she will Diplomacy does tb things II's in a most iia usua usual and 1 10 1 mO moving w way wand and tin thi betrothal of a monarch is so so much it I matter of stat state state- raft that the royal ro ad advisers advisers advisers i have o far more in the thc matter mat ter than the clergy or the dressmakers Undoubtedly the announcement of I tho the proposed union of tho the Young king kill i of Portugal to the granddaughter raud of or Edward came caine a e little too soon to MI fuit it the plans of the tIme politicians but lut it cm be set down for lor n a certainty that it will take place within the near future Tn In following the tho of the king kinc of Spain and going to England to I a wife Manuel 1 will iI be 10 partly actuated i 8 l t I by the tho advice of Alfonso n The Tho young king in o of at Spain Brin is il vei vei- en much in love Ion and he accounts it a athe atho a. a the tho tto most clover clver an and aUll l profitable not act o ot 01 othis I his bis life tle when hen ho be sought out Princes Princes- Victoria Ena now known as Queen Queeno V Vi o Vitoria toria I Ho lie le not only gained aine for his bis hil bride n ii I beautiful and cultured woman who ima has alread become beom very erv popular with ith In hi lii subjects but ho be gained the tho powerful i of the l English Englich h nation for hi his throne anti and in n a country where so I o mud li unrest t prevailed no and whose fortune fortune- I had of late been so co 0 chocked checked this was u mi I mo niost t a asset sst t. t Like Alfonso tOD O. O Manuel Manual lanu l is ja il in need of nf of support and advice such rn as ni King iDI Ea Et o ward and his adviser rl could give 21 The ant untimely taking cit ef of Carlo Carlo- by assassination n brought a were mere hOT boy boyto hOTto to tho the t throne one and md although h he hI his bis ba shown judgment beyond bOhl his 11 vears yara R tl then then- thenis is Iii il still weed need of a n guiding hand Until nM recently the Princess i iwas was cas nl only known as at the tbt Lady Jach Alexandra I Duff DittY DIf She is if a moat charming anti and ant attract attractive h ive iv girl and hm he had bad that sensible home borne ringing bringing UP that was the police Queen QUIn I Victoria Victor laid down for her line and aut beet followed bv by her which has hAi br Alexandra daughter in Queen The Th queen of ot Spain Las bl made mad an iii 1 ideal mother and hv by her home virtues has lIA won 00 the admiration of the Spanish people There i is no nn doubt that bould the Pr Princess of M Fife Fit come to Portugal's Porto gals gal's throne and ODd he be N with the th rare care Ils Il's art of a rv fim family 11 she be too to know OW ho how to care ure for fo it The recently created rte earl tarl of Fife wa was al I only a more mere mtr earl pari when he be married d the old oldest t daughter of f the king but he lIt ha haa bu buI n s B a I lar large e personal following in his O own 1 Scottish bi highlands and himself hi hh wife and his daughter have o all an main maia maintained I tamed a 1 I strong roo place in the affections affection of the tb entire nation Prioress Princess Alexandra w was II s recently presented pro pre nt at court and Rno made mid a Tuft-i Tuft 11 nl c 1 I I lent Int h her tind nd Impression bv by common smut 11 I her good appearance I She hp J ha hits hUl been reared tAt to an outdoor Ir life hf anti and ano enjoys robust health Moreover MOT r. r she I Is h bright and accomplished and would woul 1111 undoubtedly be b successful at the Ihl court urt of o 11 Lisbon n. n The Th most serious obstacle In the way or of the th union Is I a II religious one Naturally turl the princess Is III a R Protestant while the We king flke like all al nH members of ot the I Braganca family is 15 the strictest of Cath Cath- elba olics But it d does 1 not rolo follow that hat such auch a dUn dUn- difficulty culty would be he h Similar conditions existed In the th case Victoria Ena Ens of Battenberg Battenberg Batten Batten- of or the Princess Princena En BU n- n tile the mattar matter mat mat- berg and the king kine of ot Spain but br tar ter of religions was wan I tit not ut allowed to keep t the daughters of at Eland England from a throne thron With the entire approbation of her hr uncle Ule tile the princess princes Im I'm embraced ra the Catholic religion so 1 as All to he I. at itt II nn one with her hr husband hus hus- band and an with his hi rl J-rl people Of course u. u there was 1 souse some Im mild mid protest protest pro pro- II- II test throughout Protestant England Eln but bat batIn butI In I the main the action atto of the te princess was accepted accented as a diplomatic I C necessity and 1 It ii 1 did t not t l have hac the effect affect r Co o of I tag ing against her popularity p at at home When Princess Alexandra becomes the th bride of the thO thOun un seung kite kiN It I will m be ho b another member n or of the th British added f to the th ruling powers of nr other nations nation H li r aunt la is i alread a R queen Quen no now ruling over o Non Norway She was a formerly the Princes Maul of nr Wales ate and when hn the partition en ci NOra Norway and Sweden fl became mm an tn accomplished corn 5 am fact fat it I was her bar husband a Danish prince who ho was I elected d to 10 the nt I mc made throne un under er the title of ot Mine Kine Haakan Haken VII li 1 Hv lIe l lies his s ins made I a nv most mt st admirable ad ad- able mirable ruler for or the te nation hutton nAton and both Ih himself and his queen hai ha have been honored b by the tb people with the most loyal arret- arret tion ton The r Princess Princes Victoria Ens Ja now new th the qu queen n of fc la is i the daughter of it n the th kings king's sister ster Princes Henry of or Batten Batten- berg Mra for Sweden Se a qu queen also al boasts an English princ princess i ifor She S was al J Princess ln Margaret of ff Connaught Con Con- naught daughter of the duke of iv tr cr naught a brother to t the king of nt ins Enc lan land nat t. th therefore foN Edward Is her hier fut full tul uncle H Her husband is ls the giant monarch f 1 Stump being the tallest nt of all al the wv 1 ov He Is I. an artist and a student nn anthas ant l has hac h. h jut just painted pint a 1 portrait of himself that thaI called forth than praise has cale more morE perfunctory The Th daughter of the duke uk of Edinburgh another anther brother of King ICing Edward Ewar but who hn Is III now no dead ded ded is I. the crown princess of nf She will m succeed to 10 the h throne when the venerable King KIn Christian I passes ft awa away Of or th the English prin princesses 1 who are Mill 1111 single there are the Princess Victoria daughter of ot the king who will 1 never mam marry Princess PM Patricia of Connaught Con Con- naught naught his hll niece and end Princess Maud aut of Fr Fife his Ills granddaughter Of Or these the Princess Patricia lisa has hal br been n more sought In matrimony than Any princess prin cess ceu of Europe Europ and the rapidity with which she has hal turned down suitors suitor has hull won for her the th title tile of ot th tile the 1 roval al flirt of If Euro Europe If It J she he ever e does dols capitulate to MIng King Cupid Cu U pid it I will wi be the tho court sent sensation of years h |