The Alaska citizen., 1911-01-16
MANUEL LIVING AS
 MIMIC KING
HE CARRIES OUT ALL THE OS- TENTATiOUS FORMAllTiES
 OF A COURT.

LONDON, Dec. 20. - No king but I kings court a farcical situation the world of republics but tragic n the world of rCyalty-iS the picture presented at Wood Norton, he Worcestershire home of the Due md Duchess d'Oleans, which shel- ters the deposed king of Portugal md his mother, Queen Amele, the ldest sister of the pretender to he throne of France. Pomp and lll too somber for Manuel, who is 5oung enough to desire happiness about as much as the duties and cares of wearing a crown, and he longs for the merry shores of Belgium, where he will go if ar engagements can be perfected.
 At Wood Norton King Manuel is eCeived as a king by a king. With n his own gates the Due d'Orleans reatS himself and is treated in all riousness as rightful king of France.
 Wood Norton is France to resi- Tents there, and to many French roy llists outside, in much the same
 
 he particular country the ambassa- Tor repreS6 nts.
 This is a point that the country people around have been slow to recognize The practical, unimagina- i've English, unused to mimic state thought that the duke gave him self absurd airs for country gen leman, that his eXclusiveness was silly, and the several old country families around frankly dubbed him rude,' whereas, he was simply Ob- serving the etiquette due to him"
 There is more than the scmblance 0f a court at Wood Norton. Tht Due de Luvnes. whose dukedOm and hat of the D Uzes family are the Wo eldest in France, in his quality f chef de la maison, has under his Erection twelve gentilshommes l'honneur. each of whom takes a months personal duty at Wood Nor ton.
 These royal chamberlains are un paid. Whenever a vacancy in their ranks occurs there is rush of applicants for the position, not only from the ranks of the aristoCracy, but also from those of the bourgecise for every scion of the later class who is made royal chamberlain of the court of Philippe VIII" feels that he has been accorded brevet of mobility. The household of the Duchess d'Orleans is selected with in finite care, the danes d'honneur be- ing chosen from the families of { c1 ah ir.tN
 King Manuel is de facto king, and in any other house but Wood Nor ton would be treated as the king and take precedence of all. Here he follows the pretender. King Manuel is not yet either an eXiled king or an ex-king in England, and will not be until this country recog- nizes the republic. He takes high rank among English royalty, com ing in the table of procedure after King George, should the royalties meet, but for the present great care will be taken that they shall not meet. The Emperor Napoleon was rsated with the courtesy due to his full rank, and, of course, the Elm press Eugenie is still.
 At Wood Norton King Manuel sees around him the living resemblance of what might have besn." The house is by no means large as an English manor house. It is perched on the top of a fairly steep drive, barred II the high road by the famous Yer sailles gates. So firmly closed are these gates, with their gilded fleur de lis design, that notable visitors have been known to be kept waiting more than an hour at the lodge for word that they might proceed up the shrllb-hOrdfred drive