The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-30


versat ton back to the girl whose coun
terfeit presentiment had so captvateC
his fancy; the secretly delighted coun-
tess went on expatiating upon the
merits of one and another homcly prin-
cess, almost ignoring Amelie, to Carlos
obvious annoyance. OF course the ex-
pected happened, for young loves, like
pigs and chickens. should be driven In
any other direction than that you wish
them to take. After years of married
life, King Carlos is still passionately
devoted to his amiabe wife Even al
! public functions spectators note his
frequent glances In her direction, which
are more those of q lover than of a
husband to the mother of his children,
Queen Amelie is true type of the
House of Orleans-unusually tall,
4 stately and extremely dgnifed in man
ner, though with no appearance Of
haughtiness, Like her mother, the
\ Comtesse de Paris, she has lovely al
/ mond-shaped eyes and a smile of pecu-
liar sweetness, but her features are
more delicate and there is a much soft
I er more Womanly expression in her
face than is ever Worn by the rssolute,
strong minded daughter Of the Due de
Montpensier, Amelie Is seen at her
best with her little ones about ller-tne
baby in her arms, the small Crown
Prince Luis Felipe Duke of Braganza,
and his younger brother, the Duke de
Beja, at her side. Her majesty gives
to her sons every moment that can be
spared from her busy life. Her aims
with regard to her offspring were we'll
ANyo -, ~, l. til, al,.
wrote, not long aga, for the National
Album, on the -hundredth annlver-
sary of Prince Henry, the Navigator:
"As mother and a queen my highest
ambition is to endoW my country with
a group of children, such as those of
Philippa of Lancaster, daughter OF
John of Gaunt and to see among them
one who shall do great deeds for Por-
tugal and for the world, like Prince
Henry"
Strange to say, the study of medicine
is Queen Amelie's favorite diversion.
She is DESTROYS OF seeing it takn up by
the women of Portugal and openly de-
clares that in her opinion every country
chould have plenty OF well-qualiflel
women practitioners to attend women.
She is strong advocate of higher edu-
cation for women generally and Is very
energetic in persuading the ladies of
her court to work with her to this end.
She takes great interest in literature,
both French and Portuguese, and was
astonished, on arriving in Lisbon, to
learn that in her adopted country mar
ried women are forbidden by law to
publish their works without the appro-
Of hot h,rct lr l.,
fluence the law has been modified, so
that now, if the husbands consent is
unjustly withheld, the wife may ap-
peal to court of justice, and if
'permisso' is granted. may rush into
print, whatever her jealous lord says
against it,
While the young king is a famous
athlete, a perfect horseman and yachts
man, very fond of society the bull |
fight, polo, tennis and other out door |
sports, his wife and children spend |
good deal of time riding on horseback ,
and driving about the country There |
are few districts within a wide area of |
any of the royal palaces which the |
queen has not visited, either in the sad
die, or on the box-seat of her four-in-
hand. Carlos mother, Marie Pia. is a
true daughter of Victor Emanuel the
staunch old here of Savoy, and remains
second to none in the royal household
Though nearing her sxteth year, she
goes in for all her amusements with
zeal and energy. She is
a daring rider, an excellent swimmer
and an unrvaled shot, for a woman
At Caldas, where she usually passes the
summers, one Of her original diver
sions Is to stand at the highest window
Of the house, on stormy days, and shoot
1t bobbing empty bottles, which she has
'aused to be thrown into the sea for
that purpose; and it is said that she
seldom misses the mark, however high
the waves. The Queen Dowager is also
very fond of gardening, as was her hus-
band the late king. and her collection
IF exotics in the Adiuda palace is
widely celebrated. Though eminently
The glass Of fashion in Portuguese
yes, and said to be the best dressed
woman in Europe when she cares to
lress, Marie Pia goes about Lisbon in
simple dark gown, often unattended in
he lowest parts of the city, dispensing
,harty; and 1t is needless to add that
The is universally beloved
According to Portuguese court ETH
Iuette, foreign ladies are seldom invi-
ed to any official doings in the royal
palace at Lisbon; but there came a re-
ent occasion when, through the cour-
esy of our minister, we We're admitted
n the humble role of spectators. The
oval residence, Ajuda on hill over
ooking the Tagus, is several miles
rom the heart of the city, surrounded
y beautiful gardens Descending from
ur carriage between two lines of SOL
iers, we were met by an usher in GER
eous uniform, who carried great
taft of office, which reminded us of
hat ridiculous thing, the mace, which
) sometimes paraded about our con- {
ress when its members are unruly.
Preceded by the staff and the uniform, !
Je walked through several vast apart Z
rents, the doors Of which swung I
at our approach, like those {
{ Aladdan's palace when the ''open Sc !
lme' was spoken. At last the throne
pom was reached, an enormous sala a
18th an elevated dias at one side car s
eted and canopied with crimson vel (
ct, and several gilded arm-chairs upon il
But the chairs were empty, the J
ing and queen standing near the cen Is
II of the room, surrounded by n gilt
1up tbrpup' Of pOTIpfippa OpblGs on hi