The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-11
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LOUIS PI0'S 'l CHILD Id
She Returns to Denmark to Wed a
Count.
FATHER WAS A LIBERAL EXILE
One of Those Stories That Is
Stranger Than
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j. Chicago, July 11.-From desk in the
civil service department in the city hall
Of Chicago to the title of countess and
an honored place at the court OF KING
Christian of Denmark is rather beyond
the imagination OF therordinary Chicago
girl. Yet this is the good fortune which
has oyertaken Sylvia NJ. Pho. ..|
Just now Miss Pho is speeding across
the ocean toward her native land, where
she is to marry Count Knuth of Knuth-
enborg, ,Bandholm, Lolland, Denmark, a
member of one of the most ilustrious
and wealthy families of the country.
Louis Pho, father of the fortunate Chi
cago girl was banished from his native
land years ago when in the prime of his
power. Had the liberal principle for
which he stood been victorious, Pho
would have been prime minister Of Den
mark. ..'.... =. s..
Now, after all these years, the prin-
ciples for which her father struggled
rule supreme in Denmark and the wheel
ly for Miss Sylvia. Though her father
is dead she lives to claim her place at
the court of her native land and her
marriage will be into one Of the fam
. ilies which drove Pho to America.
While at the Palm Beach hotel, Miami,
Fla, last January, Miss Pho met Count
Knuth, who was travelling around the
world. During his stay at the Palm Beach
hotel the Danish nobleman courted Miss
Pho ardently., He told her that he loved
her, and that If she would marry him
he would restore her to the court OF
King Christian.
J Miss Pho told him that she loved him,
but he must first ask her mother. 1t
was accordingly arranged that she should
return to her home in this city and he
would arrive in Chicago later while on
his tour of the country. Count Knuth
came to Chicago in April and met Mrs.
Pho. She consented to the marriage, but
first the young noble must get the con-
sent of the leaders in the Danish court.
The answer, received a month ago,
was an acceptance of the plan and in
cluded an Invitation to Miss Pho to come
at once to the Danish court. She sailed
last week and will arrive in Denmark
in advance of Count Knuth, who is still
touring the world.
Louis Albert Francis Pho organized the
Danish liberal party in 1871. He was a
leader among the men Of his country,
and destined to great things. But he
lost in the early struggles and was
forced to face the bitter consequences,
as many other famous fighters for the
movement that Pho inaugurated finally
triumphed in Denmark and In July, 1900
King Christian organized the first lib
eral ministry in the history Of the coun-
try.
After coming to this country Pho be-
came Interested in turning the tide of
Scandinavian immigration southwark and
he established a colony in Florida, call
Ing it White City. To-day 1t is a thriv-
ing town. AS a result of his explora-
tions in Florida, Pho died in Chicago
4rom fever in 1894. ~.
! Sylvia, is a type of northern beauty.
She is "a years old and mas long been
regarded as the most beautiful woman in
the city hall. -
was educated in England, having been
sent there to school when "A years old.
He lived in England until a few years
ago, when he returned to Denmark to
claim his titular rank. Since then he
= has travelled extensively. -~..>g'