Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-01

lake up permanent quarters IN the
most aristocratic fats in the whole
world-Kensington Palace.
Manuels pessimism is due to the rs
report Of his uncle, the Duke OF A@$M"
Oporto, who, since the royal fam Ns
lily hotfooted 1t out of Lisbon, has Ss#
been running between England saaAsS
and the Spanish Portuguese from
tier carrying news and instructions
between the boy king and those
who are battling for his cause 8M5
against the overwhelming odds of N$S#
the Portuguese republican govern
ment The duke, who is a we'll
meaning but ineffective sort of %s
man, recently brought back from "
Spain proofs that Manuels cham
pons 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 bv her sacri
fees, 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
fly. 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 i'm rovemeRts were
made in the furnishings, but today it would
be hard work to rent the several flats 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 a match would be more attractive
to Manuel now than it was four years ago when
it first mooted because the young Fife prin-
cess has since inherited the fat fortune of her
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 a
wife, He spent some little time in the company
of Patricia of Connaught and the Fife sisters.
Subsequently he conf1ded to Gaby Deslys his i'm
pressions of the three English princesses. Boiled
down they amounted to this He willing to
consider Princess Patricia but he understood
that she did not view the match with favor.
whereas the Fife girls were fiat and uninteresting
and he would not consider them for single
moment
OF Queen Amelia it can be said that she is
endeavoring to find consolation for all her trou-
bles and disappointments In good works. In this
she is following the example of the Duchess of
Marlborough and 1t was the Americanborn duch-
ess who gave her the tip. Not long after the
Portuguese queen had exchanged the Necessi-