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Show 1 P?r Ll HOPEi 1) I dades J'nlace of Lisbon for a comparatiely modest mod-est dwelling at Richmond, she and the duchess met liet ween the two women, each nell acquainted ac-quainted with the otber'a misfortunes, a mutual liking sprang up. During their confab the duchess told her roysl llutener that trying to shoulder other people's troubles had enabled her to banish her own f:tm her mind, Queen Amelia waa rather struck wltb this Idea and waa lot long In putting It Into practice. prac-tice. Apparently, the duchess' scheme has made good. At any rate, the queen has given It a good trial, for hardly a week hea passed that she has not visited a hospital, opened a bazar or something some-thing of the sort. Quite recently she went to the Crystal Palace and. on behalf of the R. S. P. C. A . presented the prizes won by children for essaya written on kindness to animals. She Is a r-gular visitor at the Richmond hospital and the Roman Catholic hospital of Saint Elizabeth and Saint John tn Saint John'a Wood. During one of ber visits she waa taken to see the baby of t'e hos-ptt'J, hos-ptt'J, a pretty little girl all yeara old and a great pe with everybody. The queen kissed the child, and after talking to her for a little v. owe. discovered dis-covered that Bometblng waa worrying ber. So she asked the iaaon and found that a bunch of lilies that had been ordered from the florist for the baby to present to ber had not arrived. "Poor little mite." aald the queen, "that's too bad. Never mind, if you will aend them to me at Richmond. I will promise to wear them at din-Bar din-Bar tonight" - IjOUIS HYDE esjJBsassaseiessSa 4 J Jj l HERE la at least one broken royal M heart In London at tble moment. It Ml Is In the breast of former King Man-rtl Man-rtl ueI of Portugal. Ills darling Gaby, tMItZ Uaby Deslys, the light haired, fair "JiSLfy klnned- demure little French beauty hom be lifted to dizzy beighta of A'W'Sr fmo and fortune by hla patronage y Vr when he aat upon the throne of Portugal, will have nothing more to do with him. Oaby Is drawing a aalary four timea aa large aa that she received before Manuel's Infatuation for her waa publlo property. Two yeara ago ahe told me ahe waa saving her money and when tbe right man came along ahe would marry him If he didn't have a cent Tbe light man haa turned up. He Is Harry Pllcer, Gaby'a American Amer-ican dancing partner. She haa denied It several times, but, despite all her laughing protestatlona. Just about a year from tbe present date the two will be married and will retire to a email estate in France where Gaby declares ahe will be content con-tent the rest of ber life to raise chickens. Hut this stpry Is not concerned, primarily, with Gaby Deslys. It Is written to tell you about the latest troubles of a monarch In exile. liesldes his broken heart Manuel has a broken ambition. At last he has lost all faith In the ultimate success suc-cess of the valiant band of royalists who are plotting, planning and fighting on tbe frontier of Portugal. He has been forced to tbe conclusion conclu-sion that his stay in Kngland will be a permanent perma-nent one, barring a social revolution In the coun try over which he once ruled. He la making preparations to forsake the temporary abode In Richmond In which be took up his residence pending his return in triumph to Lisbon, and to take up permanent quarters In the most aristocratic fiata In the whole world Kensington Palace. Manuel'a pessimism is due to the 't report of his uncle, the Duke of Oporto, who. since the royal fain- !" -' lly hot footed It out of LUbon. has J w been running between England fry tv'-' -' and the Spanish Portuguese fron- l li tS'it' j tier carrying newa and Instructions "'?" 'xt, , between the boy king and those lf'.t mi: who are battling for bis cause J I) i f against the overwhelming odds of y.JH.'''" the Portuguese republican govern- t'yO-ment t'yO-ment The duke, who Is a well- ' meaning but Ineffective sort of man, recently brought back from ? J fcpain proofs that Manuel's chem- v plons are Indeed In a bad way In fact. Just about In their last gasp. Manuel has given the last penny that be can spare, Queen Amelia has made herself alinowt dentltute by her sacrifices, sacri-fices, while other sources of revenue have been sucked dry. The royalist soldiers, without pay, without food, without clothing, and practical out-lawa out-lawa with prices on their necks, look forward with concern to the coming of winter. It is In these circumstances that King George haa come forward with an offer of a aulte of rooms In Kensington Palace for Manuel and his mother. The relations between the English king and Manual are very close, and George knowa, almost to the dollar, the dwindling resources of the exile. In Kensington Palace, although Manuel Man-uel and his mother probably will not enjoy the luxurious surroundings that they have had at Richmond, they will have aa nelghbora In adjoining adjoin-ing flats two members of the English royal family. fam-ily. The apartments In Kensington Palace are at the disposal of the crown, and In two of them King Edward Installed hla sisters. Princess Henry of Iiattenberg and tbe Ducbesa of Argyll. Kensington Palace, In former yeara, waa allowed allow-ed to fall Into neglect and the sanitary conditions were not of the best Then many of tbe rooms were thrown open to the public, notably thoae assoclsted with the early years of Queen Victoria, Vic-toria, and, In consideration of thia concession, the state bore the expenaea of the upkeep of tbe buildings. With the coming of the two daughters of Queen Victoria, radical Improvements were made In the furnishings, but even today It would be hard work to rent the several Data to any American accustomed to the comparative luxury of a 1100-a month fiat In New Tork. With tbe flight ot his bopea young Manuel will enter more fully than ever Into tbe social life of England. There la still hope among his older relatives of marrying him to one of tbe English princesses. The first choice la Princess Alexandra Alexan-dra of Fife, daughter and heir of the late Duke of Fife. Such a match would be more attractive to Manuel now than It waa four yeara ago when It was first mooted, because the young Fife princess prin-cess haa alnce Inherited tbe fat fortune of her father and would bring a welcome relief to tbe private pocketbook of the Portuguese monarch. You will remember, probably, that Manual came to England some three years ago looking for a wife. He spent some little time In the company of Patricia of Connaught and the Fife eiatera. Subsequently be confided to Gaby Deslys hla Impressions Im-pressions of the three English piincessea. Ilolled down they amounted to thia: He waa willing to consider Princess Patricia, but he understood that she did not view the match with favor, whereas the Fife girls were Cat and uninteresting and be would cot consider them for a single moment Of Queen Amelia It can be said that ahe la endeavoring to And consolation for all ber troubles trou-bles and dlsappolntmenta In good works. In this he Is following the example of the Ihicheaa of Virlborongh. and it waa tbe American born darh- who gave ber the tip. Not long aftr tbe Portuguese queen had exchanged tbe Necessl- i aa the holy of holies and as the Impenetrable sanctuary of the mysterious east. Hut It Is not to remain so. When, In 1901, Dr. Rljnbart returned to ber chosen field, northwestern northwest-ern China, she took with her two missionaries of the Foreign Missionary society, Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Shelion. With them she established another an-other mission tn Tachlenlu, of which Or. Bhclton and bis wife took charge on the death of the famoua woman missionary a year ago. Later it waa given over to other handa. for Dr. Kheltonand his wife resolved to emulate the example of the Rljnharts, and It it be In human power they Intend to penetrate Interior Tibet and to establish a Christian mission In Lhasa, the very shrine of Kuddha. where no foreigner haa ever been permitted peacefully to enter and where none has ever dwelt. With their baby girls, Doris, three yeara old. and Dorothy, seven, the two mlsslonsrles sot out ' from Tachlenlu last fall on their arduoua and dangeroua Journey. They have now arrived at Ilatang, about a month'a Journey from Lhasa whence they have aent to this country the most remarkable collection of Tibetan photographs ever aecured. The mission station Is near the iamasary at Ilatang, which houses 3.000 lamas or Huddhlst priests, and la one of the Ave great monasteries of Tibet. The western theosophlst's cherished Ideal of this life, pure spirit and lofty contemplation, la hardly borne out by the description of the Huddhlst Hud-dhlst lams, as seen In every day life, by the Bheltons To begin with, like all Tibetans, they are Inordinately dirty. The native of Tibet never bathes, nor Is the lama an exception to this rule. They are covered with dirt and greasa and exude an odor of rancid butter from the fumea of the butter lamps tbst fill tbe temples. S. Tbey are also Infested with vermin, which they may hot even destroy, be-'""-tfv cause to kill even the humblest ol V. animals Is contrary to the teachtngi "'V-Uis f the Huddhlst rellglpn. The wonder i "?i4 ful learning of the Huddhlst lama H ';-n alfo said to be largely a product ol western imagination. The worshlt -JI consists larrely In noisy Incantation. rln the proces of which guns ar sometimes fired, bells ring and horni give forth dealnlng blasts. The Tibetan woman may not bi without beauty. It Is Impossible to tell, since she does not wash. Men and women dress much alike. In gowna of originally brlfiht colored cloth, fastened atoiit the waltt by green and red safhes. The bloused waist portion Is always used as tht receptacle for tbe tea basin, whence It is handily drawn forth at the constantly recurring hospitality hospital-ity of tea drinking Women and men wear heavy top boots. They may be distinguished by the head dress. Hoth sexes braid the hair Into Innumerable plaits, sometime over lf) In some sections the plaits are tautened together with bright colored cloth or with a heavy felt band covered with silver ornaments, shells and beads. A turban with a white fur brim and a red tassel hanging from the pointed crown Is often worn. Women In the district of Lhasa wear for balr ornaments a sliver halo set with turquoise a most becoming hesd dress, other things being equal. The Tibetan damsel uses ber braids la coquettish 'ashlon. much as does our debutante her fan. If she Is or wishes to appear confused she shakes the curtain of buttered locks over ber fare, forming a screen, through which sha peers with artful artlessness. In aome regions near remote lamaseries the women are said to daub their facea with a greasy black cos met ie lest tbe lamaa might be tempted by their beauty, a precaution which can hardly tall to Impress the traveler as rather unnecessary. Except the great caravan route, which la so thickly beset with spies that to travel It without meeting a military company aent out to turn tbe travelers back la Impossible, the "roads" to Lhasa are narrow mountain passes, tn aome placea only to be traversed by climbing single file or mounted on surefooted yaka. It la through aucb narrow, precipitous passes that Dr. Bhclton, bla wife and little onea have ao far made their way. It aa they near Lhasa they abould take the path traveled by Dr. Rljnbart and her husband and child they will pass a big boulder beneath which lie the remains of a year-old baby, the first white child ever In Tibet Doris and Dorothy Shelton. who have ao far endured the Journey very well, are the most remarkable re-markable pilgrims In the world. They are the youngest, and. If their parents accomplish the purpose to which tbey have consecrated their lives. Doris and Dorothy will one day romp and rollick In the somber abadowa of Lhasa, the holleat city of all Asia, where the Dalai lama Uvea In hla wonderful palace, a building whose Immensity and ornamentation baffle description, where many of tbe house are llteral'j roofed with gold, and where the dead are dismember, then left exposed on stone slabs to be devoured by vultures or by tbe bogs that rummage In the sacred streets. Easy. "What do you think la tbe best way to abate the smoke nuisance?" 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