The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-30
PORTUGAgS REV PROBLEMS
TN-kING ulNIEL MAJ GET
NOuE OF ms PITRIHONI.
PRIV ate Possessions Of the House OF
BraEanEA Large The SecIusiOn Of
Portuguese women Likely 90 ne NodI.
ned Hymn % the New RepubIir.

ned IISmn % the New RepubIie.
T'HHoN. Oct IS The fate ~ the very
,p.Iabla pa'rimony Of the ducal house Of
r-sgAnza IL a matter for the law courts IN
lido. A Government borne violently 20
yer on the tide Of revolution ~ apt to
..Ikea clean sweep IT promising rights
"rially when badly in want of funds.
90 m" present Portuguese Government
o. ioubt"dlv Is, hut from the character
81 he members OF the new Government IL
.tv he assumed that King ManueIs
ann will at least be- met acuitably
ll" general opinion 81 Portuguese, jurists
that the property 81 the crown now
.,sses Indisputably into the State Treas
Hrv but that the private property OF the
nnI-~ of Braganza belongs a. indiSput-
nriv 20 the privy purse of Dom Manuel
~ Is true that Portuguese law alien
srhg the goods OF all seigniorial houses
vas passed on May 10. 1868, but the house
= Braganza was exempted by name from
ia operation, though Il was we'll known
70 De the richest Of all in Portugal. The
manor consists OF rural and urban prop-
cry situated chiefly in the province Of
AlemtAjo, and includes q palace In the
capital namely the Nillavicoaa Palace
the town house Of the Dukes Of BraRanza.
A. matter Of historical fact the Dukes
~ BraganzA came 20 the Portuguese
throne by a revolutionary movement.
Dom John, eighth Duke Of BraRanza
he.ng proclaimed King OF Portugal after
mo revolution Of 1890 Dom John took
the name 81 Manuel " when he ascendad
n" fhrons. and in IatS addressed a letter
Ia'ent 10 the Cortes stating that the
house Of Braganza should never ba con
s1ered az being united to the crown
and that his heir. the Prince. a. well as
all the first born sons OF the Kings his
successors. should be Dukes OF BraRanza
and NosSess all the lands. Jurisdictions and
avenues belonging privately to that
family This arrangement has been
several times since sanctioned and con
iirmed by the COrtes
4 despatch from Lisbon. after stating
that the Council OF Ministers has decread
the abolition ~ all titles Of nobility. adds
that a commission is TO be charged with
an inquiry as 10 the advances made by
the late Government To public function
sries. which IL Is expected will he found
10 he considerable. The formal do Com
-srcto Of Lisbon records the fact that
senior jose Relvas took Possession Of
ms office as Finance Minister on Thurs
day last by receiving the compliments
~ the stan and informing them IN return
mat their working hours for the future
would he from IN to =. 80 that he evidently
expects TO find little difficulty in straight
"uinG ont the national accounts.
The women Of Portugal have had far
Iess TO do with the upheaval in their coun-
try than their French sisters had to do
with the French Revolution. vet they are
vitality interested IN the republic. since
the new r"gim" will doubtless change
the po-itiun 81 women IN Portugal
In the working classes women do much
rough work. emptyinz the fishing boats
and serving a. pprters IN the towns.
where they NAV no seen carrying sacks
OF coal. All over the north Of Portugal
women work in the fields The infant
mortality Is very great, a. large part
81 the population IL just on the margin
81 subsistence and the elementary laws
~ hygiene are not understood. Educa
ton u in a backward state. and the Law
which compels children TO 90 TO school
u largely evadcd. owing to the poverty
- the parents.
Employment in business houses. teach
ing. the telegraph service and similar
occupations are closed TO the Portugu" -
women. who are brought up a. a TI,.
entirely with view 90 marriage There
seems 10 he a great prejudice against
lever women. and ,h:s although the
universities are nominally open 20 both
sores
This Oriental attitude toward women IL
a legacy from Moorish times The
supremacy Of the man. whether father.
husband or brother. IL absolute. and in
ne south Of Portugal IL j. actually the
custom for him 10 eat his meals in solitary
grandeur. while the women ~ the family
wait on him.
Tho education % young girls In the
middle and upper classes IL superficial.
and has the effect Of developing their
memory rather than their character and
Intelligence. Tho only exception IL the
widespread taste for foreign language.
'srtIcularly French. which most Portu-
guese ladies speak with fuency
Naturally tho love 81 dress j. highly
developed The marriage de CONVEYANCE
l. not the custom in Portugal. and a. a
cir = parents give her no dowry love
matches are the rule. A young man 81
me wealthier classes who has fallen in
owe Apr caches the girls father and -
'1sn received in the house for a trial
r.riod which sometimes lasts for years
lte marriage ceremony Is always an
intimate family affair: friends are not
invited
Portuguese bride. strange 20 say.
s"an- her maiden name. In all other
--.psc's she passes into a condition 81
ABSOLUTE dependence on her husband
and into a state 81 secl,Ision which Am.ri-
can girls would call imprisonment.
l
r"aI-d ~ late. but even ten years ago a
Portuguese lady could nos go out for
salk. Even now she could not stop in
'.o street 90 speak 20 n man friend with
".' attracting unpleasant no'oriety.
often She IL forbidden by her husband
.. r"c"ive any men visitors ~ all or 10
.a1"e with any one but him tn. family
fl" 81 Portugal - even more difficult
CO. foreigner 90 penetrate than that n
France. and though invitations ara
'. --"ously given il would ne a breach