The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-11

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
which the relations between the two
countries were most heartily extolled,
and the hope expressed of closer ties
yet to be made.
All Portugal, in supporting the mar
riages, points to the experience of King
Alfonso, who has accomplished wonders
for his country since he brought there
as queen the youngest of King Ed
ward s nieces, the much loved Princess
Ena, only daughter of Queen Victoria IS
| favorite child, Princess Beatrice of
Battenberg. The union has been bless
ed with two fine boys.
| King Manuel viii be 20 years old
| next November. He has occupied the
| throne of Portugal since February l,
1908, when his father and elder brother,
the crown prince, were assassinated
The future Queen of Portugal is FIVE
years older than the king, though it is
said she has managed to remain heart
whole and fancy free even in the midst
of many offers that have been made to
her.
Her elder sister, Marie, is the Crown
Princess of Roumania, and will be the
queen in due time. Her next sister,
Victoria, was the Grand Duchess of
Hesse, became divorced, and is now
the Grand Duchess Cyril of Russia. The
other sister, Alexandra, is the wife of
Ernest, hereditary Prince of Hohen-
lohe-Landenburg, whose father is the
head of the first branch of the house
,, of Hohenlohe.
It is said that the nearest the prin-
cess ever came to being welded was
when she was sought by Prince Fer
dinand of Bulgaria. English statesmen
would have welcomed a chance to as.
sumo a position of commanding in
| fiuence in the affairs of a state that is
ever source of trouble, but the idea
was repugnant to the princess and she
promptly declined with greatest deter
mination, which fact is said to have
been severe blow to the vanity of her
sutton. Beatrice, who is the daughter
| of King Edward s dead sailor brother,
| Alfred, is said to have caustic wit,
and is treated with greatest Difference
| by the statesmen of the land
When she becomes the bride of Man
uel she will be part of one of the
Oldest dynasties of Europe, for the
Braganza line dates from the four
teenth century, and has never been dis
placed from possession of the throne.
The surprise attaching to the engage
| ment of the king and Beatrice is far
eclipsed, however, by the announcement
that Princess Patricia has capitulated
| to Turin
The jest she has made of the hearts
of her suitors has led diplomats to
figure that a time would never come
when she could be won to the bonds
| of Hymen.
She has undoubtedly had more ro-
| mances than any princess in Europe.
| In June, 1905, she was reported as be-
ing engaged to young Alfonso, the king
of Spain, and the report had every
color of authenticity. Alfonso, it is
said, came wooing, but when she saw
| his diminutive stature she promptly
| decided that he was not the man with
whom she wanted to spend the remand
| er of her existence, and state reasons
| were not strong enough to make her
| change her mind.
Then they said .she had capitulated
| to the Marquis of Anglesey. but moth
| ing ever came of this rumor.
| Only few months more, in October,
| the constant sutton to the hand of the
| beautiful princess was shifted to Rus
STA, and the world was told that it was
| more than a chance that Grand Duke
| Michael of Russia, only brother to the
ear. was the favored man. Undoubt-
| eddy he did lay most violent suit. but
| he had the experience of all the Others
A touch of the tragic comes in the
mention of the next aspirant, for he
was poor LUZ, the late crown prince of
/ Portugal, who fell with his father in
| the double assassination.
| 1t is said that kinglv objections have
| stood in the way of the union of the
| Count of Turin to Princess Patricia, the
romance between Miss Elkins of West
| Virginia, and the Duke of Abruzzi help
| ing to eomplieate the problem.
The Count of Turin is the elder broth
or of the duke. King Edward it is
said. was not willing to permit a
member of his family to marry into a
family which had accepted a commoner
as member, which means Miss Elkins
| who. no matter what her wealth. beauty
and worthy. is not according to the
tenets of ROYALTY qualified to enter the
| sacred families from which the~occu
pants of thrones are picked
Now, however. that the match be
tween the American girl and the rela
tive of the King of Italy is virtually
abandoned, the King of England is
said to look with favor on the wedding
] The Count of Turin is Sc years old