The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
LOUIS PIo.s CHILD.

oS ksesurns ITO Denmark, ITO Which
aer sOOunt-Father Was an Exile. !
From a desk lin :the civil rservicr de-
partment OF the city hall of ChicaEo,t
the title Of countess land an honored
place lin thescourt tpf King Christian ruf
Denmark iis rather beyond the ina GIN
atton OF the average Chicago girl. yet
this lis 'the good fortune which has
'overtaken Sylvia IN. !Pio.
Just now Miss PHO is 'speedine across
the ocean toward her native land,
where she is to .marry' Count Knuth Of
knuthenborg, Bandholm, Holland, Dem
mark, a member; Of one e6f. the most IL
lustrious and wealthy families OF that
country. ?
Louis Pho, father 'of ,the fortunate
Chicago girl, was banfshed from his
native land years ago when in the
prime of his power. Had the liberal
views for which he stood there been
victorious, Pho would Have been prime
'ministertof Denmark.
Now, after all these years, THE prin-
ciples for which her father struggled
rule supreme in Denmark, and the
wheel of fortune has turned most ex-
traordinarily for Miss Sylvia. Though
her father is dead, she lives to claim
her place at the court oof her native
land, and her marriage, Will be into one
of the families which adrove Pho to
America.
While at the Palm Beach hotel, Mi
onna, Fla, last January, Miss Pho met
Count Knuth, who was making tour
Of the world. During his stay at the
Palm Beach hotel the Danish noble
n an 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.
Miss Pho told him that she loved him,
bllt that he must first ask her mother.
1t as accordingly arranged that she
should return to her home in Chicago,
and he would arrive in Chicago later,
while on his tour of the country.
Count Knuth came to Chicago in April
end met Mrs. Pho. She consented to
the marriage, but first the young noble
must get the consent of the leaders of
the Danish court.
The answer, received 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 partyin 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 conse-
'Quences, as many other famous fighters
efcr the cause oof freedom have done.
But this movement that Pho inaugural
ed finally ariumphed'i in Denmark,( and
in July, 1900. King Christian organized
the first Liberal ministry In the history
Of the country.
After coming to this country Pho be-
came interested in turning the tide of
Scandinavian immigration southwark,
and he esta blished a colony! in Florida.
calling. it the White City. To-day it
'is a thriving town. As "a result oof his
explorations in Florida Flo died IN
Chica go from fever In 1884.
Sylvia is type Of Northern beauty.
She is twenty -four years old, and has
long been regarded as zone OF the most
beautiful women In the city hall.
Count rKnuth is twenty-five years 'cf
ege. He was educated in England be
<'ing sent there to school when fourteen
years old, He lived in England until "a
few years ago. when he returned to
Denmark to claim his tftular rank.
Since then he has travelled extensively.