The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-10-31

take up permanent quarters in the
most aristocratic flats In the whole
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ment The duke who is we'll ~
meaning but ineffective sort of NSa%sS
man. recently brought back from w
Spain proofs that Manuels cham
pions indeed In bad way-in
fact, just about in their last gasp.
Manuel has given the last penny
that he spare Queen Amelia
has made herself almost destitute ty her sacri-
ices, while other sources of revenue have been
sucked dry. The royalist soldiers, without pay,
without food without clothing and practical out
, laws with prices on their necks, look forward
with concern to the coming of winter.
1t is in these circumstances that King George
has come forward with offer of suite OF
| rooms in Kensington Palace for Manuel and his
mother. The relations between the English king
and Manual are very close, and George knows,
| almost to the dollar, the dwindling resources of
the exile. In Kensington Palace although Man
uel and his mother probably will not enjoy the
! luxurious surroundings that they have had at
Richmond they will have as neighbors In adjoin-
ing flats two members of the English royal fam
lily. The apartments in Kensington Palace are
at the disposal of the crown, and in two Of them
King Edward installed his sisters, Princess Henry
of Battenberg and the Duchess of Argyll
Kensington Palace in former years. was allow
ed to fall into neglect and the sanitary conditions
! were not of the best Then many of the rooms
were thrown open to the public notably those
associated with the early years Of Queen Vic
toria and, in consideration of this concession, the
state bore the expenses of the upkeep of the
buildings. With the coming of the two daughters
of Queen Victoria, radical improvements were
made in the furnishings, but even today it would
be hard work to rent the several fats to any
American accustomed to the comparative luxury
of $100-a-month fiat In New York
With the flight of his hopes young Manuel will
enter more fully than ever into the social life
of England. There is still hope among his older
/ relatives of marrying him to one of the English
princesses. The first choice is Princess Alexan
dra of Fife daughter and heir of the late Duke
of Fife. Such match would be more attractive
to Manuel now than 1t was four years ago when
1t was first mooted, because the young Fife pr1n
cess has since inherited the fat fortune of hel
father and would bring welcome relief to the
private pocketbook of the Portuguese monarch
You will remember, probably, that Manuel came
to England some three years ago looking for
wife, He spent some little time in the compan,
of Patricia of Connaught and the Fife sisters
Subsequently he contided to Gaby Deslys his i'm
pressions Of the three English princesses. Boiled
down they amounted to this: He willing tt
consider Princess Patricia, but he understood
that she did not view the match with favor
whereas the Fife girls fiat and uninterestini
and he would not consider them for single
moment.
OF Queen Amelia 1t can be said that she il
endeavoring to find consolation for all her trou
bles and disappointments in good works. In thi
she is following the example of the Duchess o
Marlborough, and 1t was the American-born duct
ess who gave her the tip. Not long after tn
Portuguese queen had exchanged the Necess