The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-19
crown REFUSED BY
AN ENGLISH GIRL
Princess Alexandra of Fife De-
clines TO Become Queen
of Portugal.
WOULD HAVE HAD TO
CHANGE RELIGIOUS VIEWS
Rather Than Do This, the Prin-
cess and King Emanuel Are
Not Engaged.
BY PAUL LAMBETH.
| Cable TO The Tribune.

Speci3l cable TO The Tribune.
LONDON, Dec lS.-That King
Manuel of Portugal did not go home
with an English princess as his prom.
lsed queen is not his fault 1t was cx-
pected fully that he would be engaged
to Princess Alexandra of Fife, but the
question of religion intervened, and for
the present at least negotiations for this
particular royal marriage are OF. Prin.
cess Alexandra is n quiet, shy young
woman, typical English girl. IN fact,
but she is almost puritanical in the
matter of her religious convictions and
absolutely refused 10 consider hecom-
ing Roman Catholic even to wear the
crown OF queen. AS it is necessary
Tor the consort to be Catholic, the
position of the princess created an i'm
passe, which Is, ] understand, not like
~ to be overcome. Efforts TO induce
the parents. of the young princess, and
even the king, to exert influence over
her to change her mind were futile.
Her mother, in fact, / understand.
rather sympathi2ed with her, and the
KING declined to interfere
Orders of Knighthood.
The investiture of King Manuel with
the Order of the Garter recalls some
interesting facts about this premier Of
the British orders of knighthood. The
last occasion on which n chapter Of the
Order of the Garter was held al Wind
sor was, ! believe, when King Edward
invested King Haakon. and that was
the first event of its kind at the castle
ior fifty years. King Edward himself
mad only once previously attended a
chapter, and that was ms long ago as
II
htteenth relgnlng ruler TO be made a
Is. q. One of the morning papers. re-
ferrlng 10 the chapter. states that the
star of the order ''is worth between
$4,000 and $4,000 - This is a ridiculously
low estimate. The star worn by Lord
Beaconsfield. which was broken up after
ms death, was valued at over SO. 600.
It had been worn by four Marquiscs of
Hertford, and il was presented TO Lord
Beaconsfield by Sir Richard Wallace
after his return from the Berlin con.
gress in 1873.
Woman Highly Honored,
Lady Knill, the lady mayoress. has
received from the Patriarch of .Jern.
salem the diploma of the second Class Of
the Order of the Holy Sepulchrc, one of
the highest honorS the Roman Catholic
church can confer upon a woman. Lady
hnlll rs now entering upon her third
OFFICIAL connection with the city, for
she fulfilled many of the duties of "A
lady mayoress when her late father-in-
law, Sir Stuart Knill. was lord mavor.
Her husband was sheriff during Sir
James Rltchie's year of office. and now
she goes again 10 the Mansion house
tins time as tho lady mavoresS. In an
interview, Lady KnilI stated that her
special hobby was tho poor, "All my
life. she said. - have done much Wis.
ltlng among the poor and suffering. and.
Judging from the distress and unem-
ployment, of which we already hear on
all sides, we shall have unlimited scope
for all our energy. At home at Black
heath, 20 to the worbhouses and the
infirmaries, y Lady Knill is president
of the Catholic NeedIeworll Guild of
Southwark, which embraces Kent, Sur
rcy and Sussex. She goes as far afield
as Tamsgate, and has 139 secretaries in
the various districts. Brought up in
the shadow Of the Birmingham oratory.
Lady Knlll came under the influence of
Cardinal Newman. ''Whcn [ became
engaged she said, "hc expressed n
wish TO marry MS in his oratory, but
some one remarked. Your eminence, the
church Is not licensed for weddings
Then let ms have il licensed forth
with, was his reply. SO il was done
and we were married at the oratorv
twenty-scven years ago, the only we'd.
ding solemniZed there by his emi.
neuce.' After their marriage, Sir John
and Lady Kuill went to their home
Southvale. Blackhcath, and have never
moved. which Lady Knill thinks is
rather a record IN these DAYS of con.
slant removals, and she can boast of
having the same gardener who began
with them there.
MissioOaIinS of Trade
There arc now in London two mis-
sIonaries of imperial trade from Canada
C. II. Goodcrham, president OF the
Canadian national exhibition, and Dr.
j. O. Orr, the manager. owe are here. -
said DR. Orr. "to help to promote Brit.