AMERICAN GIRL
WHO MA Y SHARE
A ROYAL THRONE
Though Remote, It Is Not Beyond the Bounds of Pos
sibility That Miss Anita Stewart, Who Is to Marry
Prince Miguel of Braganza, Will at Some Time Re
ceive the Homage of the Portuguese as Their Qveen
-y EW YORK. Princesses wo
m lmvc, one or two; and ditch
csBOH, quite u fow. Mnrchlon-
esses nnd baronesses thorn
w nro hy tho Hcore, too, nnd
- tiny quantity of matrons who
enjoy the proud distinction i
of being Lndy This or tho Countess
That.
Hut now we're going to marry royal
ty; an American girl Is to tnnke an
'alliance with n prlnco of the blood
Voynl. Miss Anita Stewart of Now
York, daughter of William Hhinelnudcr
Stewart, nnd stepdaughter of tho lato
James Jlonry Binith, urulll-mllllnnnlro,
,1h soon to becotno tho bride of Prince
'Miguel of Hrngnnzn, eldest son of
Dom Miguel of Hruganza, pretender to
tho throno of Portugal.
This Is not tho gossip of club or
boudoir, this royal romance. Nor is
It announced In the regulation Ameri
can wny hy tho mother of tho bride-to-be.
It has been dotio iih royalty does
It. Tho Austrian embassy In London,
in which city Miss Stewart has spent
tho nenson, gives formal authority to
tho stntement, just as nil embassies
do when thcro Is a mnrrlagn in tliolr
reigning house.
Instead of the brldo's family making
tho pleasant nows known, tho royal
fashion is for tho embassy of tho fam
ily of tho bridegroom to mnko the an
nouncement. Tho person chosen to
fipcnk on this occasion was tho Arch
duchess Maria Thorcsa, Prlnco Mig
uel's mint. She gave a luncheon at tho
embassy and there issued tho formal
otntemont. Aftorwnrd Mrs. Smith, tho
jnothor of Miss Stowart, continued It.
"Could sho over bo quoen?" was the
question that Instantly arose ovory.
whore For Prlnco Miguel's family Is
Mot now reigning, though it would like
to be, and the brldo's friends Instant
ly began speculating on its chnnces
for restoration to tho throno it claims
as belonging to It by right.
American Millions In Scale
Would it bo a morgnnatic marriago?
Would tho protonder ovor gain tho
throno of Portugal, for which ho has
boon plotting for yoars and years7 If
fio'dlbd, would tho son havo tho norvo
to plot as his father Iihb ovor plotted?
T'.tho present rolgnlng houso of Portu
gal so secure on its foundations? And
what offoct would American millions
havo if thrown into the balance on tho
flido of tho houso of Ilrnganza? TIicbo
woro tho questions that Europo nnd
Amerlcn began nnking.
"Tho pretender Is nlwnyn ready!"
answored thoso who know best tho In
trlgue nnd diplomacy of Europe
Unrest rules In Portugal to day. It
King Manuel.
Palace of the Portuguese Pretender.
wns Just tho sumo two years ago whon
Carlos was king. Ho set himself up to
rulo without tho congress, which ho
Incensed tho pcoplo that tho Legitim
ist party sent a deputation to Dom
Miguel, In Austria, to Bound him In
enso thcro flhould bo a revolution nnd
Carlos should ho dothroned,
"I mi) ready at any tlmo," said Dom
Miguel, gravely, "to respond to a cnll
to tho throne of my fathors."
Hut things moved faBtcr than n for
mal dethroning. Enrly In 1908 donth
took King Carlos, nnd his oldor son,
liolr to tho crown. And not tho death
that comes to nil nllko, king and com
moner, but death at tho hands of rogl
cldos. As tho royal family drovo out,
Islug and queen, crown prlnco and the
younger son, Manuel, five men sud
denly appeared In their path.
A rlllo popped, and then another and
another. Tho gendnrmorlo sprang to
tho rescue The queen threw hersolf
In front of tho bullets. When tho five
regicides woro killed It was too late.
King Carlos and tho crown prince
wore dead. Manuel was slightly
wounded. To-day ho Is king.
Emperor Puts End to Plots.
Hut the unrest continues. Doni
Mlguol Is plotting, always plotting.
Finally things came to such a pass
that tho venerable emperor of Aus
tria, Francis Joseph, interfered. He
sent for the pretonder and told hint
bluntly that ho would havo to get out
of Austria or stop his scheming for
tho Portugucso throne, nt least within
tho confines of Austria-Hungary. This
mndo it rattier embarrassing for Dotn
Miguel, becnuso ho dwelt at his cha
teau of Slebonstcln, In Lower Austria,
and was colonel of an Austrian regi
ment. "You nnd your wholo family," said
tho aged monarch, emphatically, "will
be put across the Austrian frontier If
you attempt to conspire hero for the
throno of Portugnh
Tho emperor never llkod Horn Mig
uel, particularly so after that distres
sing affair at Mcyerllng, which tins
never been explained, when tho Crown
Prlnco Rudolph and Hnroness Votscra
woro found dend. Horn Miguel was Ru
dolph's cotnpnnlon on that fateful
night.
Never again did Doin Miguel appear
nt court In Vlonnn, Hut that didn't
keep him from plotting for the throne.
Ills six sisters, nil married to wealthy
roynltlcs, kept drawing freely on tholr
fortunes to aid him In his ambitions.
All the fnmlly nro loyal to each othor,
no matter what circumstances arise
It would mean much to them nil to
havo a brother as king of Portugnl.
"Wo would beggar ourselves to put
Miguel on tho throno where he bo
longs!" is tho slogan of tho fnmlly,
and they firmly bcllcvo, ns ho does,
that tho mnss of tho Portuguese want
him as king.
Hut of his son and Miss Stowart?
Ah, that's tho ploasnnt side of tho
story!
Marriage Seemed Auspicious.
When the hcautltul MIsb Annie M.
Armstrong of Hnltlmoro married Wll
llnm Rhlnolnnder Stowart of New
York In 1879 a brllllunt futuro wns pre
dicted for her. Hor husband had mon
ey, brains and a flno pedigree, advan
tages not always found In combina
tion. Sho hnd chtirm, tnct, ambition.
Two children were bom. William
' Rhlnolnnder Stowart, Jr and Anita,
Dom Miguel.
who is now 24 years old. Mr. Stewart,
though by birth n momber of tho so
callod "400," enred nothing for the
llttlo things of society. Ho belonged
to n fow woll-choson clubs nothing
moro. Ho was a studious, sorlous man,
lntorestod In economics, good govern
ment nnd rharltlos. President of tho
Btato board of charities, ho dovotod
himself wholly to that and to tho nf
falrn of his ostato. His library saw him
moro than his club..
No one guessed tho nocrot, but tho
homo llfo of tho Stewarts grow dls-
lastorui to uoui. inn urcnK came
when both children woro grown up
nnd tho parents hnd been mnrrlcd
moro than n qunrtor of a contury.
Meanwhile James Henry Smith of New
York had inherited the many millions
of his uncle, George Smith, an eccen
tric London recluse, and blossomed out
ns the rlghest bachelor In the metropo
lis. Ha entertained beautifully. Mrs.
Stowart, an old frlond, recolvod for
him and planned everything. At first
Mr. Stewnrt wns seen at somo of .tho
functions given by Mr. Smith. Gradu
ally ho dropped out and finally was
seen no more In company with his
wife. Their last appearanco together
was In Jnnunry, 1005, when Miss
Anita made her formal debut at a din
ner dance given by Mr. and Mrs, Stow
urt at tholr home, 24 Wost Flfty
sovonth street, New York.
Then suddenly Mrs. Stowart dropped
out of New York's kon and nppponred
In Sioux Falls, S. D. Sho bought n
house, engaged a lawyer, and the next
New York knew of her wns tho nows
Miss Anita Stewart,
thnt she had begun proceedings for di
vorce. t Judicial Separation Made.
This wns granted on August 21, 1900.
the guardianship of the dnughtcr
going to the mother. Mr. Stowart kept
more to himself than ovor, but Mrs.
Stewnrt started straight for Europo.
There In Scotland, on the Soptcmhor
Hi following, sho was married to Mr.
Smith. They started around tho
world on their honeymoon, taking Miss
Stownrt and a party of friends with
them, but tho pleasure trip was cut
short at Kioto, Japan, by tho death of
Mr. Smith, on Mnrch 28, 1907.
In his will It wns found that Mr.
Smith had left his widow ?3,000,000,
nnd his step-daughter, Miss Stowart,
a life Interest In $100,000 Invested In
tho bonds of tho Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul Hallway Qompnny.
So, If Mrs. Smith leaves her $:t,000.
000, or any largo part of It, to her
daughter, at least somo of the Smith
millions will go back to Europe,
whonoo thoy came to "Silent" Smith,
ns ho wns called. Tho hulk of them Is
booked to stay hero, howovcr. Tho
chief legatees of tho 2 1,000,000 estate
are two nephews, William Smith Ma-
son nnd Georgo Grant Mason, who got
15,000,000 nnd $10,000,000 respectively.
Mrs. Smith and her daughter noon
went ubrond nnd stnyed there, return
ing to Now York only for brief peri
ods. This summer, however, the wid
ow lightened her mourning for tho
London season nnd took tho mansion
belonging to the duchess of Somorsot,
In Grosvenor square Thoro she began
to entertain beautifully for her daugh
ter. Lndy Cooper, her sister-ln-lnw.
sister of Mr. Smith, and Mrs. A. J.
Drexel, hor sister, nlRo lent their aid,
and Miss Stownrt lias now hecomo ono
of tho premloro belles of London.
thanks to money nnd tact, to say noth
ing of her own charm of manner and
her frosh, girlish beauty.
Mies Stewart Meots the Prince.
Hoforo this year's Ixmdou triumph
Miss Stewnrt had met tho prince.
They woro Introduced In Paris lost
April, where Prlnco Mlguol at onco
was attracted to the wlnsomo Ameri
can heiress. When tho London senson
opened he followed her thoro. He wns
nt her sldo ut every opportunity; It
wns plain that royalty was smitten.
Pretty much all London society had
an Inkling of what was to como whon
Mrs. Stownrt gavo her Until big affair
of the waning Hcnson on July 8. Tho
scion of tho hoiiBo of Hrnganzn wns In
close nttendanco upon tho dnughtor of
tho hostess throughout tho ovonlng.
Mrs. Stowart, In turn, took pains to
treat tho prlnco ns a specially distin
guished guest. Tho gossips therefore
enmo to tho conclusion thnt thoro was
an International alliance In the air.
Mrs, Smith, who has been called tho
most pntrlclan-looklng womnn In Now
York," never looked moro so, Sho
was In black, accentunted by a superb
rope of pearls, and tho young daughter
wore filmy pink chiffon over cloth of
silver. Altogether the ontertnlnment
was a very smnrt affair, and It much
impressed tho noticeable number of
Austrians who woro present.
Next day came tho announcement
from the Austrian embassy.
Just ns soon ns trunks could bo
pnekod and travel accommodations ar
ranged, Mrs. Smith and Miss Stowart,
with a retinue of servants nnd n van
load of baggage, started for Austrln.
There conferences nro ,now on with
representatives of tho Hraganzns ar
ranging thoso tittle details which nro
always so necessary In a foreign nlll
ance, especially when one of the con
tracting parties has a title to bestow.
As Prince Miguel Is heir to I ho ducal
title and the appellation of "your royal
highness," so will his wlfo eventually
Dom Miguel's Fiancee.
bo "your royal highness." And all her
fnmlly connections will bo either "your
royal highness," too, or "your graco."
Prlnco Hero of Many Romances.
Similarly, too, tho dashing prince's
name has been mentioned before in
nlllances with the daughters of Amerl
cn. As n Joke somo of his European
friends used to call him "tho perpetual
fiance." Pressed by creditors tho
house of Hrngnnza Is not rich, though
roynl It was said that ho had assert
cd that ho was to marry Mrs. Samuol
Sloan Chauncey of Hrooklyn, a mil
lionairess and a widow. Next Miss
Mnry Pullman of Chlcngo was report
ed as about to becoino his bride. Then
only this past winter ho was engaged
to "Miss M. Vnnderbllt of Now York."
Thero Ib no such person In New
York society.
The present pretonder, Dom Miguel,
wus born In Austria on 1853. Hln fath
er was John VI., king of Portugal from
182S to 1834, when he wns deposed and
tho present reigning Iioubc set on the
throno. Dom Miguel's son, tho prince,
whoso full nnnio Is Mlguol Maximilian
Sebastian Marie, was born nt Rolehe
nnu, Lower Austria, on September 22,
1878. His mother was tho Princess
Elizabeth of Thurn nnd Taxis. Thoro
Is a younger brother, Francis Joseph,
born In 1870.
All tho mntches mndo by the- lira
gonziis have been roynl ones. Ono of
tho prince's aunts is tho wlfo of
Charles Louis, nrehduko of Austrln;
another married Prlnco Alphonse, tho
brother of old Don Carlos; his sister
married hor cousin, tho prlnco of
Thurn nnd Taxis. Other alliances nro
with tho royal houso of Havnrla nnd
tho grand ducal houses of Parma, Lux
embourg nnd Austria. Miss Stowart's
fhuico Is not only tho grandson of n
king and u long lino of sovereigns
from tho days of Alphonsus I., In the
fourteenth contury, but ho Is rolnted
or connected by mnrrlngo with nearly
nil tho crowned heads of continental
Europe.
That tho two will mnko n prlncoly
looking pair must not bo gainsaid.
Miss Stcwnrt's beauty has ulroady
taken London by storm. Sho Is tall,
slender, svelte. Sho has tho daintiest
of roso pink complexions, a wealth of
fluffy light brown hnlr and a llttlo tip
tilted nose. Tho prlnco Is dashing,
mustnehed, erect of cnrrlogo, with
flaxen hnlr, bluo eyes and flno, woll
molded head.
And how could his brldo bo queen?
Juat this way: If Manuel II. and hln
uncle, tho duko of Oporto, neither of
whom Is married, should dlo, nnd If
the pcoplo of Portugal should ropiull
ato tho renunciation of tho prince's
grandfather, then, ut tho death of his
father, now Dom Mlguol, tho protend
or, It would bo "your mnjosty!" tho
flrat Amorlenn queen! A lot of "Ifo."
Hut 'stranger things hnyo happened!
HSRSKaWI CBBBWH53S
His Cutest Trick
By EDGAR WHITE
(Copyright, by Dally
"Pretty Jim" wns the nlghtlngnlo nt
tiio "Fatima" movlng-plcturo bIiow.
Ho wns a tall, Blender youth, with a
cigarette pallor and curly hnlr that
gavo him n stand-in with tho girls,
who gushed ovor his warbling nnd
Imagined they woro kneeling at tho
shrino of nrt.
Hut a sly dnrt of Cupid soon put
Jim out of the running with tho
"Flosslo" crowd. Tho shot enmo from
close range, nnd didn't give him a
show to dodge. Little Hlrdlo Athorton
wus tho sweetest thing that ever woro
her goldon curls, and she pounded the
piano to help out Jlmmte's soul melo
dies. When those two kids found they
woro in love with each othor they
trapozed around town llko a pair of
children, hand in hand, always In
sweet-scented clover fields. "Pretty
Jim" only sung for ono pair of pearl
llko oars, and two soft blue eyes
loaned him Inspiration. Ills songs of
lovo were real, from tho bottom of a
heart' undergoing Its first impalement.
Hlrdlo declared her "Jim" was tho
only person on earth who really un
derstood music right, nnd snld If ho
was to got run over by a street car
or kidnaped or anything llko thnt she
would take cold poison tho very next
minute after tho news came.
Hy nnd by the keen-eyed manage
ment obsorved that tho "Cicopatrlu,"
a rival show, was eating Into tliolr
trade by tho employment of n negro
who could stnnd on his woolly head
and drink soda pop simultaneously.
Following 'this distressing Innovation
thero blow Into town a Dutchmnn
named Karl Wusurwester "Winer
wurst," they called him -who gavo an
Impromptu clog dnnco nnd Imporson
ntlon at Sandy McPhcarson's "Crack-in-tho-Wnll."
Tho boss or tho "Fatima" chartered
tho Dutchmnn, and ho went on the Job
next night. Tho now performer
danced In a funny-looking pair of
wooden shoes, with heavy leather
soles extending several Inches boyond
the bows. When ho would como down
on the grand flnnlo thoso wonderful
shoes would hit tho stngo llko tho
concussion of a naval gun. Then ho
had a comical Dutch talk that made
ovcrybody laugh.
Insldo a week tho "Fatima" was
gathering nil tho loose nickels In town,
nnd tho negro over at tho "Cleopatrla"
Jumped Into tho river. There wnB no
The Dutchman Seemed In Fine Trim.
uso bucking against a Dutchman with
as homely a mug as "Wlnerwurst"
crirrled nbout with him. Tho boss of
tho "Fatima" patted himself on tho
back, nnd had a sign painted on the
front window illustrating "Winer
wurst's" grin. Tho artist said ho
could have mndo tho Job moro life
llko If tho window had been wider.
Tho only person about tho place
who wasn't happy was "Pretty Jim."
Ills songs no longor brought cheers.
Tho frizzy-headed girls went over to
his rival with tho green choeso fnco,
and, worse than all, Hlrdlo tho dear,
Innocent, bluo-eyed Hlrdlo went with
'oni. And "Wlnerwurst," noticing her
smiles, elongated his cavernous mouth
until sho might have walked In hnd
sho been curious to explore
"Jlmmlo" beennio sullen. Ho
pouted so that Hlrdlo refused to ac
cept his company homo ono night, and
tho Dutchmnn, who wns always 'round
when ho wasn't wanted, took her un
der his wing, nnd Jim saw thorn go
down the avenue chatting nnd laugh
ing ns If ho wasn't on oarth.
Thero was only ono thing to do, nnd
It must bo dono quickly nnd effective
ly. That was to humlllato that fool
Dutchman so bndly that ho'd never
show his ugly faco around Hlrdlo
again. After duo deliberation, Jim
wont down to tho switch shanty and
took . Into his confidence Mlko Flnl
gnn, boss of tho stool gang. Mlko had
tho snmo respect for a Dutchman that
ho had for a mnn who would chooso
a domino game lnstend of a nice,
henlthy scrap with the dagoes ovor
on tho ball lot. Ho produced a couple
of dynamlto signal caps, took off tho
tins nnd showed dim how ho could
slip 'em In between the holler docks
of Dutchy's woodon mon-o'-war. In
addition ho promised to bring around
a lot of his "babies" tho night tho
Dutchmnn was blown up, so ua to
properly hiss him.
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EiHMHKlH iMMMUM
Story Pub. Co.)
The plan looked good to Jlmmlo.
In tho nftornoon ho slipped In behind
tho stnge, found Karl's big shoes nnd
placed his caps nenr tho toes, sticking
them tight with quick-drying paste
ThMi he pulled his hat down over his
eyes nnd went out on tho street. As
ho passed the Ice cream saloon ho
saw "Wlnerwurst" nnd Hlrdlo regnl
lug themselves, nnd npparontly hav
ing a good tlmo. Ho stepped In,
bought a pnekngo of cigarettes and.
as though he hadn't seen 'em before
snld:
"Hollo, Karl; wonder you nln't eat
ing llniburger and sausage"
"Yah! Yah!" laughed Karl, good
humoredly. "I Inks, dot better, but.
Hlrdlo hero she laks lco cream. We
must blcnse dor ladles, you know."
And Hlrdlo smiled ns though he
had said something smnrt.
"You'll plenso 'em tonight, my fine
follow," muttered "Pretty Jim" to
hlmsolf.
The "Fatima" was Jammed tight as
wax when Karl, in his Dutch costume,
enmo out and bowed. Jlmmlo had
sung his love song to unrcsponslvo
ears, and now ho sat gloomily in the
shndow beside the largo upright pi
ano. When the Dutchman nppenrcd
Rirdlo'n eyes brightened nnd alio
hnndled the keys with sudden energy
Up In the balcony sat Mlko Finlgan
and nbout 20 of his grlm-vlsngod
steel handlers, ready to hoot and
groan when tho Dutchman wont up In
tho nlr. Tho way Mlko had figured
It. tho crowd would Jeer him bo bad
thnt ho would quit tho Job, leaving
"Pretty Jim" nlone In tho Held.
Tho Dutchmnn seemed In fine trim.
Ho had just enough beer nboard to
make him funny. Tho crowd laughed
at everything ho said, and cheered
eacji now wrinkle ho shot ncross the
wldo expanse of moon-map that
Berved him ns a face. When ho had
said nil ho could think of ho began
on his clog dance. Ho pounded the
boards so hard without anything hap
pening that Jim began to think there
must be somo defect In tho torpedoes
Dutchy turned hand-springs, yah
yahed until you could see cleur down
to his feet, and put his bluo Jeans
legs In motion for tho grand round-up.
Ho seemed to bo going under a tre
mendous head of stenm and the big
crowd cheered and yelled. Then
Dutchy drow In his wind, closed tho
big slit In his face and camo down on
thoso two bifurcated llatboats llko a
ntono house Thero wns a crash llko
tho splintering of henvy timbers, fire
seemed to shoot out in all directions
and tho performer was shot clear up
to tho celling. The thing hnd tho ef
fect of a grand transformation scene.
When Dutchy got back to earth ho wns
in n sitting posturo, entirely shoeless,
nnd a brond grin on his comical mug.
Ho was tho most surprised man in the
house, but he was quickly nllvo to tho
roaring ovntlon that was being hnnded
him, and ho roso slowly and bowed.
Then tho spectators thundered again;
some roso In their seats, waving their
hats nnd howling llko crazy people
Dutchy bobbed his big head, and
grinned llko a Jack-o'-lantorn, and
then limped of! tho stage
Jim, who was standing near Hirdle.
asked her what sho thought of her
Dutchman by this time. Sho whooled
as if Just aware of Jim's proximity,
and turned a beaming face upon him.
"Ain't he n dear," sho said, "to think
up such cuto trirks?"
New Kind of Fish Story.
"Just as charity covers a multitudo
of sins," said Dr. Dudley S. Roynolds.
"so tlio term 'cold' Includes ubout 000
different forms of Irrltntlon of tho mu
cous membrane I ronlly think thnt.
'catching cold,' ns ordinarily consid
ered. Is a superstition which can
bo fitly compared to tho bollnf Hint
tacking a horseshoo over the door will
Keep wltclies out.
And then Dr. Roynolds told about
a fishing trip ho took to Hnrrod's
Creek several years ago In the win
ter time. Snow was on tho ground
nnd frost In tho nlr. The fish were bit
ing good, and so when tho doctor fell
into tho creek and fished hlmsolf out
In n thorughly moist condition, ho pro
ceeded calmly with his angling ad
though water weren't wet and wintry
nlr not cold. Ho finally missed his
train to town nnd hnd to walk back
home, nrrlving with clothes frozen to
him, but with a string of bass that
did credit to himself ns n dlsclplo of
Sir Iaaak.
"I novor felt any 111 effects from
that ducking," said ho, "yet according
to tho usual beliefs I should have
caught my death of cold,' and been n
victim of pnounionla In tho next
twenty-four hours." Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal.
Asinine.
"James A. Patton." said tho London
correspondent of n Chicago paper,
"has stopped talking. Ho Is ns silent
now ns a clam.
"I tempted him tho other day with
delicious halt, hut It wns all useless.
Mr. Patton Just shook his head and
bmllcd.
" 'Not a word nbout wheat,' said he
'I'm determined not to talk and put
my foot In It llko tho country editor
who wound up an editorial on the
corn crop with the words:
"'Wo havo on exhibition In our
sanctum u pair of mngnjtlcent enrs.' "
