The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-01

wonder that Victor Emmanuel, who had
not vet assembled the throne al Turin
nor shorn the Pope Of his territorial
powers. asked Plus 10 be sponsor for his
newborn baby girl. This the Pope did
with pleasure. even insisting that his god
child should be given his own name,
10 Mt a girl Hence her name
.Pia" How Victor Emmanuel later de-
iberateIy "cut" his friend ln the Vatican.
took his worldly power from him, and in
CURED the unceasing enmity OF the
church is a matter Of history, but has
nothing 10 do with the present talk on
the "debacle" at Lisbon. only that Prin-
ress Maria Pia. when not quite fifteen
years old, was married to King Louis OF
Portugal
Was II a curse which the outraged pom
tiff placed on the house Of Savoy or
had an unrelenting fate picked this prin-
cess for untold misfortune Maria Pia
certainly had far more than her share
OF unhappiness. In ISIS. disregarding the
papal prohibition that Catholic sovereigns
we're not 10 be guests al the QuiriuaL
she came 10 nurse her father 10 his dying
moments Her next visit. she imagined
was athe saddest event that could happen
in her life, when she cam after the
murder Of her brother. King Humbert
al Mona. I'm 1900. Yet only seven years
later she saw herself deprived OF her
son and grandson. who We're shot 10
death while driving in a carriage in Lis
bon. and now she. with her husbands
family. is a fugitive from the land OF
ner adoption.
II Dom Jaime BATTERED himself that the
upheaval in Portugal might aid his
claims as preteuder 10 the Portuguese
throne, his mind ought TO be disabused
by this time as % his so-called chances.
Il was his son who recently married
Anita Stewart. the American heiress, and
his whimsical doings when the catastro-
phe came that brought him into the
limelght for a day or two. This same
Dom Miguel made d great fuss al Lon
don and Vienna, resulting I'm the calling
of a Braeanza family council on the
Austrian frontier
There 81 was decided SAYS the Giorno
dItalia, that il the father Dom Jaime.
would TenounCe his rights 90 tho throne.
Anita's scapegrace husband might be put
upon the vacant riekety throne Of Por-
tugal. II the sum Of a million OF Ameri-
can dollars could be placed iu the hands
OF the Braganza family as sinews or
war There seemed 10 be no doubt that.
under such circu instances, Princess
Anita's mother. Mrs. James Henry Smith,
OF New 70 X would provide the neces-
sary Wherevithals. The family council
telegraphed her Of the golden opportunity,
bat her reply was a surprise 90 the
Braganzas. She refused absolutely 10
aid IN the manner suggested Ia the Gle
walton Of her daughter.
II is indeed a sign OF tho times that
the days have gone by when b was con-
sidered a disgrace for members OF the
British aristocracv 20 embark IN trade
or 10 be associated with IT ia any way
The most recent fashionable shop
keeper is Lady Angela Forbes. She has
followed in the footsteps Of Mrs Heron
" \ NTi4 anu wi w i.4t lllNFL q
relation by marriage of the Duke Of
Wellington. Lady Angela has opened a
flower store in George street, Portman
square. She always has been praised for
her skill in achieving success at bazaars
organized for charity. and she does not
leave her new venture 10 hired sales
women. She superintends everything
herself and is there early and late TO
wait on her customers, who. OF course,
mostly are Of her own circle.
English women belonging TO aristo-
cratic families who either serve or
have served behind the counter" are
not few. About twenty years ago Lady
Granville Gordon created "a sensation by
opening a hat store in Grosvenor square
under the name OF Lierre. which meaning
Ivy" is the crest OF her family. She
soon gained a big custom. Mrs "Jack'
Cumming, a very popular London host
ess, also made a success as a fashion
able millirer. her creations for a time be
ing all the rage among the smart set
Then there is the well-known hat store
in Dover street conducted under the name
Of "Levena." II was founded by Lady
Rachel Bvnge. Lady Warwick for years
kept a shop" in Bond street, doing a
big business in exquisite lingerie, frocks.
artistic tea gowns, and garden hats.
made by her own working girls on her
Essex estate Lady Bessborough. when
still ViscOuntess DUncannon, kept a shop
Of the same kind in the West End
There are other society women who
even have made laundering their trade.
though they would not permit their
real names 10 be made public. There are
others who have employment bureaus for
servants, and they are genuine blessing
10 their sisters in society at the present
status of the servant girl problem. MIS-.
Granville Knox has a manicure establish
ment, and well-known societywomen have
followed her example and derive profit
and pleasure from their ventures as well.
Baroness Vaughan. widow 81 the late
King Leopold OF the Belgians, has grown
peevish and srouchy since she lost her
protector. The baroness. with her chill
dren. makes her home i'm the Chateau
BallancOurt, some thirty-hve miles south
Of Paris. She was driving recently with
her family in her harouche near the cha
teau, when a street urchin threw a chest
nut at her trap. As soon as the out
rage" occurred the baroness caused the
arrest Of the lad. but, much 10 her cha
grin, this cburt ordered square meal for
the poor boy and sent him home.
Darkar,s he J,
ed" the offender. but her ladyship, before
taking the culprit 10 the police station,
got out of her coach, gave chase 10 the
hapless yOungster, and, being speedier
than he, easily caught him. whenashe ad-
ministered a thorough spanking TO him.
Than She tnnk him 10 Tia sfatinn Indrine