The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-02

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one finds some curiosities in class
~ divisions. Take for Instance the
splenoid but remote converts. where
aaTnes OF high degree live, not In hu-
siveness and Sranduer, far removed from
the common herd who address all the
noble sisters Is your grace" Nowhere
in Europe can the doctrine of superior
clay be found in finer preservation.
II must no, be supposed that the titled
inmates OF these retreats pess their en-
tire lives in religious devotions. "the
world forgetting. By the world forgot. -
These converts are secular in their aims
and ARRANGEMENTS. More correctly they
should be STYLED homes Of rest for So
ciety butterflies, tired Of hutterlng In the
garden OF the worlds pleasures, and bent
on refreshing themselves in a delight
iul environment where there are no irk-
some social duties.
Frequently these retreats az, hoarv old
castles that have frowned upon the pass
Ing ages. In every case they impress the
eve by their beauty and are almost al
ways richly endowed.
Such converts for noble women are to
he found In Germany, in the Baltic prov
nces OF Russia and more especially In
denmark under the patronage Of roy
atty. The sister OF the late King OF
Denmark. for instance. was abbess OF tn.
convent for titled women at Itzehoe, in
the duchy of Holstein. Prussia.
Titled Sisterhood.
But the principal Danish specimen Is
the castle OF Fallo. huge and ancient
building large enough TO house a regi-
nlent. but kept exclusively for the use OF
it's blue booded sisterhood
Ihe castle OF vallo is an earthly para
disc. .'far from the rnadding crowd" pro-
tected against the outer world by dou-
Die moats and surrounded BY a glorious
PARK. Poverty is word that has no
meaning in this palace OF peace and lux
urS. for the community owns thousands
on tertlle acres. forests in plenty. score
OF churches and several manor houses.
Beautiful In Itself the castle has an
atmosphere Of thrilling human interest
by, reason OF its history This picturesque
PIE or teudal masonry was built by
1hancellor Peder Oxe. who died In 1875.
and If YOU travel from end to end of
denmark you will see no more imposing
sieht than meets the view you cross
the ancient drawbridge. 1anked by the
weather. beaten effIgies of lions
Through marriage and inheritance the
castle passed from one great noble family
TO another. TIL In 1715 II became the prop
owner was Eskild Krage. who lived In
the reign of Christophorus H., and after
him the castle was owned successfully
Sy me families lies OF Thott, Rosencrantz and
Skeel In 1880 Ellen Marsvin gave ii to
her daughter. kristine Munk the NOR
ganatic consort Of King Christian ".
Recalls Old Romance.
When King Frederick w came into
possession OF Vallo he enlarged The prop
erty by the addition OF the estates Of
Billebors and Gunderup and created il an
earldom for the benefit OF Anna Sofa
Reventlov, who subsequently became his
shines with romance The King, who Was
| married To Princess Luise Of Mecklen-
burg. is the hero Of one of the most nots-
ble love stories In Danish history. 1t was
at a fete at keldinghus castle now mel
ancholy ruin. that he first met Anna Sofia
| ReVentlov, daughter of Count Konrad
Reventlov.
| So impressed was the monarch by the
| girls beauty that her Image haunted him
night and day. The love that laughs at
locksmiths has little regard for the feel
| ings OF parents. and when the king dned
with Anna Sofia Reventlov and her FAM
lily one June night In 1112 at Keansholm
castle, Jutland, he had made up his mind
| TO act promptly.
This he did like a bold knight Of old
| romance. for he carried off his charmer
| from her fathers castle as Soon as the
| company dispersed after dinner. A month
| later he made this 19-year-old girl Prin- =
cess OF Schleswig. and married her
| though his queen was still living
Queen Luse lived nine unhappy years.
during which the relations between her
and her younger and fairer rival were, as
| the diplomatIsts say. strained. Two days
after the funeral Of his legal consort the
king was publicly married 10 Anna Sofia
| Reventlov at the castle Of Copenhagen by
the same clergyman who had offcated
at the first ceremony. In due course she
| was crowned Queen OF Denmark at Fred
crksberg castle, the king himself placing
the crown upon her head.
Queen Is Exiled,
| Clearly others did not view the union
with approval: for within a month after
King Frcdericls's death November IL
1875. Queen Anna Sofia was eXiled TO the
paternal castle of keansholm, where she
lived until her death. seven years later
Not only was she sent out OF the coun-
try. but she WAS compelled 10 hand over
Vallo and other properties TO the crown.
j Almost as soon the royal exile hac
settled down In her old home Christian
VI. presented the castle Of Vallo TO hi:
consort, Queen Sofia Magdalena. a prin
cess of Brandenburg- Kulmbach. She II
was who made Vallo into a royal convent
for women OF noble birth. and framed thu
rules that there should be an abbess o.
royal rank, deaconess belonging TO q
family with the title of count and twelve
gently born women, three of whom mus
have been ladies in waiting.
The foundation documents also provide
for thirty-five institution inmates, thre,
| of whom must have had some exalted