The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1910-10-12
PARTISAN DANCER
KINGS DOWNFALL
Boy Ruler of Portugal Was
infatuated.
HE PLUNGED NATION into WAR
BY His Notorious LiaSOn and
BY His Notorious LiaSOn and
EScapadeS With Beau.
tiful Actress.
HIS PEOPLE FELT sCANDALIZED

London, Oct. 8.-Though he is
only boy in years, King Manuel has
not escaped having his private life
and his supposed attentions to ac-
tresses, both native and foreign,
freely canvassed throughout Portu-
gal. His peccadilloes have been
grossly exaggerated, but they have
served to create a great prejudice
against him among the illiterate
people of the provinces.
Mile Gaby Deslys, one of the pref
tiest and most popular of the young
actresses on the Paris stage to-day,
is credited with being one of the
causes of the boy Kings downfall.
II is declared that ne has showered
money and jewels upon her to the
detriment of the public treasury.
For years Gaby Deslys has been
one of the most prominent women
in the Bohemian set of Paris. She
is strikingly beautiful, with baby
blue eyes, and is renowned in all the
capitals ofEurope for the beauty and
cost of her gowns and jewels and the
righteousness of her life. She made
her first bow to the public a few
years ago in a musical comedy, but
she has since abandoned that to de-
vote herself to the characteristic
modern prose comedies of the Paris
Boulevard theaters and for dancing
at the Fdlles Bergeres.
In a victoria, exquisitely decorat-
ed with lilies and white roses to
match her blonde complexion and
dress of wftte satin or linen, as the
within may take her, she has won
honors at the annual "Fete des Fle-
urs" in the Bots de Boulonge for the
past three years. Her name in Eng
lish means Gabrielle of the Lilies. 4"
The King of Portugal first saw her
when she was filling an engagement
this summer at one of the music
halls in this city during his visit to
London in search of a bride. Her
act transcribed in daring anything
that London had ever seen. In 1t
Mile. Deslys disrobed In the presence
of the audience to a single garment
and a diamond-studded garter. The
panomime and story which accom-
panied her dance was suggestive to
the highest degree. She got a big
salary and her engagement was ex-
tended several times.
A Berlin correspondent cables
that the Kaiser was not at one time
entirely averse to the idea of mar
rage between anuel and his favor
lite child and only daughter, the
Princess Victoria. But the Princess
herself, when approached, fatty re-
fused to consider the matter on ac-
count of Manuel's relations with
Gaby Deslys. The Kaiser himself is
reported to have said when he learn
ed of 1t:
Little idiot! Why doesn't he do
these things decently-incognito, as
other monarchs do?"
The message added that the Kais-
er was shooting at Rowinten when
he first received the news of the rev.
olution in Portugal, and when the
report was confirmed by the hurried
dispatch from the Foreign ONCE, he
was Mortified. He Immediately be-
gan bombarding all the available
sources of information with tele-
grams.
Manuel has no money of his own.
1t is understood here that his moth
er's vast fortune was entirely squan-
dered by her husband. But 1t is be-
lieved that the enormously wealthy
Orleans family will make some pros
vision for the Queen mother and the
young King, while Portugal itself
will probably make them some al
lowance should the republic be estab-
lished.
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