The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
PRETENDERS LIVE
 IN ROYAL SPLENDOR Manuel Will Be Happy at
 Wood Norton DUG D'ORLEANS THERE Miss Juliet s. Points Is Winner of American Federation Scholarship
 to One of Big English
 Universities
DUG D'oRLEANs THERE
By LADY MARY MANwARING


 tied at. the home of the Due q Orleans at Wood Norton. but I hardly think there is need for much pity. In fact I have little doubt that his Portuguese majesty Is much more comfortable and will be happier at Wood Norton than he ever has been at Lisbon.
 The exiled royal family are comfortably well provided with this worlds goods Ex-Queen Amelia, has a very handsome income. which is derived from sources which are absolutely secure, Manuel, despite his youth and frivolous disposi- tion, had sufficient sense to arrange quite early in his brief reign from the deposit in banks outside Portugal of the bulk of his fortune. He was ad- vised in this matter by famous English flnancier, with whom he was brought in contact through the good nature of the late King Edward. He may have to scrape along on the strength of having couple of million to his name.
 Then at Wood Norton he will find an atmosphere which will differ little from that of the royal palace at Lisbon.
 The Due d Orleans maintains there a regal state, and there, at least, he is king of France. His household Is ex- clusively French, and much of the pomp and ceremony of the old court of Yer sailles is still observed.
 Breakfast, for instance, is not served until close upon midday, and the cer- monial that takes place is most impress sive to the visitor in its old-world for alitv The great ponO clanQs throt,gh the house, and instantly the waiting attendants become as impressive as so many statues. i, A door opens upon the upper floor, and Mme. la duchess ap- pears, followed by her maids.
 With courtly grace she sweeps down the staircase. Every head is bent as she enters the apartment in which the meal Is served. She takes her seat, and from another part of the house comes the duo, followed by his secretary. and at tended by the chief officials of his house. hold He bows to his consort with the courtly grace of his ancestors, and, having taken his seat, gives the signal for the meal to commence.
 Though outsiders may be disposed to smile at the pretentions of the Due d Orleans to the throne of France, it is
 
 Norton. The Lilies of France" are em- blazoned everywhere, and on all sides one meets the pomp and circumstances of the regal court.
 This, by the way, recalls a mot of the late King Edward when first he visited Wood Norton as Prince of Wales. He was driving in the <neighborhood of Eversham one morning when one of his suite espied & lame terrier by the wayside, and directed the princes at tcntion to it. With the love for animals that was so characteristic of our late sovereign, he at once descended from his carriage, and examined the wounded limb, and expressed a desire to know to whom the dog belonged, so that he might take 1t home.
 suggestion was hazarded that, as the terrier was obviously valuable one, 1t might belong to the duke. "No," re- marked King Edward, slyly, ''I don't think 1t can, for I don't see 1t wearing | the fieur-de-lys."
 l The house contains a wonderful collec- tion of curios that were formerly the l property of the kings of France, and the Duo d'Orleans has spared no pains or expense to make this as complete as possible Indeed, several of the leading | firms of collectors in London have stand | ing orders to submit to him particulars of all such objects dart of this nature | that are properly authenticated as they
 come in the market Many of these l treasures were sent to Wood Norton 1 from Orleans House, Twickenham, where | the dukes predecessors maintained in
 regal state what is today a bowling wilderness.
 From the flagstaff at Wood Norton the royal banner of France still proudly flies, and beside this for the future will
 be hoisted the banner of the unfortunate l young King Manuel.
 1 But two royal standards are not a rec ord for Wood Norton, since when the | sister of Philippe VIII" Gas the duke | likes to consider himselO was married, a year or two ago, three of these flags | were hoisted. Those of France and two of his principal visitors, King Alfonso 1 of Spain and the late Don Carlos of Portugal.
 Tall and graceful, with a personality essentially feminine and attractive, Miss Juliet s. Points was the guest of honor at a gathering of the American circle of the Lyceum club recently. She has the | distinction of being the first woman to | win the scholarship which has been en- dowed by the Federation of Women's | Clubs of America, with the object of giving to American women the same op- portunity of studying English life as the Rhodes scholarships offer to men. Only one scholarship is yet available. | but the scheme has met with support and encouragement from the Rhodes trustees. and a subcommittee has been formed under the League of Empire, with Sir John Cockburn as chairman, to watch | over it's development on this side of the | Atlantic.
 This scholarship, which is of the same value as those given under the Rhodes trust, $1500 a year, enables me | to take two years post graduate course | at either Oxford, Cambridge or London universities" said Miss Points. T have l chosen London because sociology and l economies cannot be better studied than l at the London School of Economies, which is famous throughout the world. | Another reason is that London is the | center of English life, and therefore must be the best place to study English
 personality and the English point of | view"
 Mile. Gaby Deslys, whose name has been associated with the ex-king of Por- tugal, has accepted by telegram an inn portant engagement to appear at a lead l ing East End theatre in January. Ahe
 salary she Is to receive is believed to be
 one of the highest ever paid to any pub lie performer.
 The Marchioness of Butte has issued ar invitation to all women and girls who are natives of or residents in the is- lands of Butte and Cumbrae, and beai the name of Mary. to forward their
 names and addresses to her. Her ob- lject is a secret, but any American Marys of Bute or Combrac would do well to
 communicate with the Marchioness.