AMERICAN GIRL
> WHO MA Y SHARE
A ROYAL THRONE
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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
r- EW YORK.—Princesses we
have, one or two; and duch
esses, quite a few. Marchion
esses and baronesses there
are by the score, too, and
-j any quantity of matrons who
enjoy the proud distinction
of being Lady This or the Countess
That.
faut new we're going to marry royal
ty; an American girl is to make an
alliance with a prince of the blood
royal. Miss Anita Stewart of New
York, daughter of William Rhinelander
Stewart, and stepdaughter of the late
James Henry Smith, multi-millionaire,
is soon to become the bride of Prince
Miguel of Braganza. eldest son of
Dom Miguel of Braganza, pretender to
the throne of Portugal.
This is not the gossip of club or
boudoir, this royal romance. Nor is
it announced in the regulation Ameri
can way—by the mother of the bride
to-be. It has been done as royalty does
it. The Austrian embassy in London,
in which city Miss Stewart has spent
the season, gives formal authority to
the statement, just as all embassies
do when there is a marriage in their
reigning house.
Instead of the bride's family making
the pleasant news known, the royal
fashion is for the embassy of the fam
ily of the bridegroom to make the an
nouncement. The person chosen to
speak on this occasion was the Arch
duchess Maria Theresa, Prince Mig
uel’s aunt. She gave a luncheon at the
embassy and there issued the formal
statement. Afterward Mrs. Smith, the
mother of Miss Stewart, confirmed it.
"Could she ever be-queen?" was the
question that instantly arose every
where. For Prince Miguel’s family is
not now reigning, though it would like
to be. and the bride's friends instant
ly began speculating on its chances
for restoration to the throne it claims
as belonging to it by right
American Millions in Scale.
Would it be a morganatic marriage?
Would the pretender ever gain the
throne of Portugal, for which he has
been slotting for years and years? If
he died, would the son have the nerve
to plot as his father has ever plotted?
incensed the people that the Legitim
ist party sent a deputation to Dom
Miguel, in Austria, to sound him in
case there should be a revolution and
Carlos should be dethroned.
‘‘I am ready at any time," said Dom
Miguel, gravely, "to respond to a call
to the throne of my fathers."
Hut things moved faster than a for
mal dethroning. Early in 1908 death
took King Carlos, and bis elder son,
heir to the crown. And not the death
that comes to all alike, king and com
moner, but death at the bands of regi
cides. As the royai family drove out,
king and queen, crown prince and the
younger son, Manuel, five men sud
denly appeared in their path.
A rifle popped, and then another and
another. The gendarmerie sprang to
the rescue. The queen threw herself
in front of the bullets. When the five
regicides were killed it was too late.
King Carlos and the crown prince
were dead. Manuel was slightly
wounded. To-day he is king.
Emperor Puts End to Plots.
But the unrest continues. Dom
Miguel is plotting, always plotting.
Finally things catne to such a pass
that the venerable emperor of Aus
tria, Francis Joseph, interfered. He
sent for the pretender and told him
bluntly that he would have to get out
of Austria or stop his scheming for
the Portuguese throne, at least within
the confines of Austria-Hungary. This
made it rather embarrassing for Dom
Miguel, because he dwelt at his cha
teau of Siebenstein. in Lower Austria,
and was colonel of an Austrian regi
ment.
"You and your whole family," said
the aged monarch, emphatically, “will
be put across the Austrian trontier if
you attempt to conspire here for the
‘.hrone of Portugal: *
The emperor never liked Dom Mig
uel, particularly so after that distres
sing affair at Meyerling, which has
never been explained, when the Crown
Prince Rudolph and Baroness Vetsera
were l*jnd dead, Dom Miguel was Ru
dolph’s companion on that fateful
night.
Never again did Dom Miguel appear
at court in Vienna. But that didn't
keep him from plotting for the throne.
' ; King Manuel. Dom Miguel.
, Palace of the Portuguese Pretender.
Is the present reigning house of Portu
gal so secure on its foundations? And
what effect would American millions
have if thrown into the balance on the
aide of the house of Braganza? These
were the questions that Europe and
America began asking.
“The pretender is always ready!”
Answered those who know best the in
trigue and diplomacy of Europe.
Unrest rules in Portugal to-day. It
was just the same two years ago when
Carlos was king. He set himself up to
rule without the congress, which ra
His six sisters, all married to wealthy
royalties, kept drawing freely on their
fortunes to aid him in his ambitions.
All the family are loyal to each other,
no matter what circumstances arise—
it would mean much to them all to
have a brother as king of Portugal.
"We would beggar ourselves to put
Miguel on the throne where he be
longs!” is the slogan of the family,
and they firmly believe,, as he does,
that the mass of the Portuguese want
him as king.
But of his son and Miss Stewart?
Ah, that's the pleasant side of the
story!
Marriage Seemed Auspicious.
When the beautiful Mias Annie M.
Armstrong of Baltimore married Wil
liam Rhinelander • Stewart of New
York in 1879 a brilliant future was pre
dicted for her. Her. husband had mon
ey, brains and a fine pedigree, advan
tages not always found in combina
tion. She had charm, tact, ambition.
Two children were born. William
Rhinelander Stewart, Jr., and Anita,
who is now 21 years old. Mr. Stewart,
though by birth a member of the so
booked to slay here, however. The
chief legatees of the $21,000,000 estate
are two nephews, William Smith Ma
son and George Grant Mason, who got
$5,000,000 and $10,000,000 respectively
Mrs. Smith and her daughter soon
went auroad and stayed there, return
ing to New York only for brief peri
ods. This summer, however, the wid
ow lightened her mourning for the
London season and took the mansion
belonging to the duchess of Somerset,
in Groavenor square. There she began
to entertain beautifully for her daugh
ter. ' Lady Cooper, her sister-in-law,
Miss Anita Stewart, Dorn Miguel’s Fiancee.
called "400.” cared nothing for the
little things of society. He belonged
to a few well-chosen clubs—nothing
more. He was a studious, serious man,
interested in economies, good govern
ment and charities. President of the
state board of charities, he devoted
himself wholly to that and to the af
fairs of his estate. His library saw him
more than his club.
No one guessed the secret, but the
home life of the Stewarts grew dis
tasteful to both. The break came
when both childrenV were grown up
and the parents had been married
more than a quarter of a century.
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
as the righest bachelor in the metropo
lis.
He entertained beautifully. Mrs.
Stewart, an old friend, received for
him and planned everything. At first
Mr. Stewart was seen at some of the
functions given by Mr. Smith. Gradu
ally he dropped out and finally was
seen no more in company with his
wife. Their last appearance together
was in January, 1905, when Miss
Anita made her formal debut at a din
ner dance given by Mr. and Mrs. Stew
art at their home, 24 West Fifty
seventh street. New York.
Then suddenly Mrs. Stewart dropped
out of New York's ken and apppeared
in Sioux Falls, S. D. She bought a
house, engaged a lawyer, and the next
New York knew of her was the news
that she had begun proceedings for di
vorce.
Judicial Separation Made.
This was granted on August 24,190G
the guardianship of the daughter
going to the mother. Mr. Stewart kept
more to himself than ever, but Mrs.
Stewart started straight for Europe.
There in Scotland, on the September
13 following, she was married to Mr.
Smith. They started around the
world on their honeymoon, taking Miss
Stewart and a party of friends with
them, but the pleasure trip was cut
short at Kioto, Japan, by the death of
Mr. Smith, on March 28, 1907.
In his will it was found that Mr.
Smith had left his widow $3,000,000,
and his step-daughter. Miss Stewart,
a life interest in $400,000 invested in
the bonds of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul Railway Company.
So. if Mrs. Smith leaves her $3,000.
000, or any large part of it, to her
daughter, at least some of the Smith
millions will go back to Europe,
whence they came to “Silent” Smith,
as he was called. The bulk of them is
sister of Mr. Smith, and Mrs. A. .J.
Drexel. her sister, also lent their aid,
and Miss Stewart has now become one
of the premiere belles of London,
thanks to money and tact, to say noth
ing of her own charm of manner and
her fresh, girlish beauty.
M ss Stewart Meets the Prince.
Before this year’s London triumph
Miss Stewart had met the prince.
They were introduced in Paris last
April, where Prince Miguel at once
was attracted to the winsome Ameri
can heiress. Wh-n the London season
opened he followed her there. He was
at her side at every opportunity: it
was plain that royalty was smitten.
Pretty much all London society had
I an inkling of what was to come when
j Mrs. Stewart gave her final big affair
I ol' the waning season on July 8. The
sciou of the house of Braganzu was in
close attendance upon the daughter of
the hostess throughout the evening.
Mrs. Stewart, in turn, took pains to
j treat the prince as a specially distin
guished guest. The gossips therefore
j came to the conclusion that there was
i an international alliance in the air.
Mrs. Smith, who has been called the
! most patrician-looking woman in New
| York,” never looked more so. She
was in black, accentuated by a superb
rope of pearls, and the young daughter
wore filmy yink chiffon over cloth of
j silver. Altogether the entertainment
I was a very smart affair, and it much
impressed the noticeable number of
Austrians who were present.
Next duy came the announcement
from the Austrian embassy.
The present pretender, Dom Miguel,
was born in Austria on 1853. His fath
er was John VI., king of Portugal from
1828 to 1834. when lie was deposed and
the present reigning house set on the
throne. Dom Miguel's son, the prince,
whose full name is Miguel Maximilian
Sebastian Marie, was born at Ifeiche
nau, Lower Austria, on September 22.
1878. His mother was the Princess
Elizabeth of Thurn and Taxis. There
is a younger brother, Francis Joseph,
born in 1879.
And how could his bride be queen?
Just this way: If Manuel II. and his
uncle, the duke of Oporto, neither of
whom is married, should die, and if
the people of Portugal should repudi
ate the renunciation of the prince’s
grandfather, then, at the death of his
father, now Dom Miguel, the pretend
er, it would be—“your majesty!” the
first American queen! A lot of “Ifs.”
But stranger things have happened!
Jameson: The bread of life Is love;
the salt of life is work.
STILTED COURTESY OF SPAIN
Elaborate Ceremonies Very Real to
the Castilian, Though Some
what Strange to Us.
At first sight a New York Spanish
bohrding house might not seem an
ideal school of politeness, but a so
journ in a first-class casa de huespedes
reveals unsuspected heights of court
liness.
It is about all the average American
boarding house can do to be barely
civil at breakfast time, but the little
shy-eyed Sevillian preceding her tall
Catalan husband to her pan y cafe
bends graciously at her entrance to
even the newcoming Americans, throw
ing to them even a very distinct
••Buenos dias.” If it has become known
that the native sputters a Tittle Span
ish there is a “Hace frio, inuy esta
manana,' or “Muy linda esta manana”
following.
For real courtliness the exit from
the dining room, morning, noon or
night, especially at the two latter
meals, is all but a pageant.
When his meal is finished the senor
from Colombia starts from his seat,
which happens to be at the end of the
dining room farthest from the door.
To his own table mates there is a po
lite “Buen provecho," to which each
person responds either “Gracias” or
‘Tgualmente, senor." No matter -if
they have been joking together in the
previous breath, the dialogue is slow
and dignified
As he passes the next table there is
a turn of his body toward. its occu
pants and a distinct “Buen provecho,"
with the reply as serious as if the
matter was quite weighty to its signifi
cance. Then the senor salutes the ta
ble to the left in like fashion, and if
all the boarders are preesnt he has a
regular royal progress out of the
room.
When the American woman arrives
at such proficiency that she can sail
out of a Spanish boarding house dining
room and perform all the inclinations,
pronounce all the “Buen provechos”
with sufficient dignity and betray no
sign of the novice, a drawing room
presentation would be almost tame.
LAND OF BRILLIANT COLORS
Miniature Farms in Japan Are Bright
with Almost Every Hue That
Can Be Imagined.
Land is so scarce in Japan and the
people so numerous that a farm rare
ly consists of more than an acre or
two. During the season of the year
in which we made our journey, says
George McAdam in Outing, one of
these fields is filled with sprouting
barley, light green in color; another
field—perhaps the next—with vetch,
a lavender-colored, cloverlike fodder;
a neighboring field, with a dark green
grass from the seed of which a latnp
oil is manufactured; another, with the
pale-yellow flowers of the mustard;
and scattered here and there, fields
filled with what looked like a variety
of lily—some white, some red, some
yellow, but all equally brilliant.
Then to get the complete picture
you must imagine patches of flowering
azaleas dotting the roadside; tower
ing, round-topped camellia trees break
ing the sky-line with frequent splashes
of bright green; usually in the shade
of these trees, houses with white plas
tered walls and red-tiled roofs; about
the more pretentious of these houses,
white plastered walls above which ap
peared a profusion of palms, roses and
strange native flowers; and in the
doorways of the garden walls, kimono
clad Japanese girls—the kimonos as
many and as gayly-colored as the gar
den that framed them.
1 have traveled in but one other
country that is so gayly colored; and
that was some few years ago when in
the company of a number of other
youngsters, and an evil-smelling magic
lantern. I used to make frequent visits
to the land of primary colors.
Riches from the Sea.
The great North Sea Ashing ground
known as the Dogger bank is estimat
ed to yield an annual income of $3,000
a square mile.
Canada’s Immense Wheat Crop.
It Canada’s wheat crop for last year
had been shipped in cars, each hold
ing 15 tons, the cars would make up a
continuous train 1,365 fniles long.
GRIFFITH, NERVIEST MAN IN BASEBALL
Clark Griffith has been branded
'nerviest manager in baseball" by
lusintss Manager Bancroft of the
Cincinnati club. The move which
'.roused the indignation of the Cin
innati fans, although later it brought
drth rounds of commendation, lias
ieen stamped by Bancroft as the
nost daring play of the season. This
s what he did—took Miller Huggins
iff second base and put Dick Egan on.
Vt first glance that may not seem
ike such a daring step, but it was.
duggins was the ido! of the Redtown
ans. He was looked upon as one of
be best second-sackers in the league,
md there were many who thought
Iriffith crazy when he made the shift,
bit he wasn't, as developments have
iroved. When Cincinnati opened with
he Cubs in May, Huggins was plav
ng at second and Egan at short.
Griffith had been watching Dick foi
some time, and decided he was a
great player. He had another young
ster. Downey, who was fast, and whc
Griffith disliked to keep on the bench
As a result, he took Huggins out,
shifted Egan to second and sent Dow
ney to short. The youngsters got
two hits each that day off Hagerman,
making four of the six that were re
corded for the Reds. The eombina
tion worked nicely and has not been
changed. Huggins' arm went back on
him, and now the fans can see the
wisdom of Griff’s move.
Clark Griffith is positive that the
Reds will finish in the first division
this season. “I will not win the pen
nant. but we will be in the running,"
is the way that Griffith talks. He be
lieves that the Reds have a chance
to beat out New York.
STAR BROOKLYN TWIRLER
Jimmy Pastorius. the Brooklyn
jitcher, is known all over the Nation
al league circuit as a great southpaw.
;t is conceded that if he were with a
first division team he would be
classed as one of the best left-hand
ers in the business.
McAleer May Get New Job.
Jimmy McAleer is to be manager
of the Washington team by the open
ing of spring, is the report among his
friends at Youngstown, O. He is a
Youngstown man. That Joe Cantillon
is to lost his post with the Nationals
nas been persistently said. That Mc
Aleer, also, is to dropped by Hedges
in St. Louis is reported. The state
ment lacks confirmation, because of
the search of the men in the game for
more stock, but it Is said that Youngs
town men. associates of McAleer, have
purchased big bunches of Washington
stock with the intention of putting
McAleer in control.
Giants After Pitcher Rucker.
The New York National league
club Is trying to secure the services of
Nap Ruck-er, the star pitcher of the
Brooklyn club, it is said, and has of
fered a large sum of money for his re
i lease. It is reported that Manager Mc
Graw will offer Rucker a salary of
$7,000 and a bonus of $1,000 if he wins
20 games this year.
STAR BIG LEAGUE BATTERS
ARE EXTREMES IN BUILD
I
Wagner, Pittsburg Shortstop, Is Giant,
While Collins of Philadelphia Is
Frail Looking.
One of the leaders in the American
league batting list, and the player
holding top honors in the National
league offer a curious study in dif
ferent styles of hitting.
Wagner, the wonderful Pittsburg
player, is a batsman of the heroic
type. With brawny shoulders and a
physique like that of a Hacken
schmidt, he smashes the ball with
terrific force, many of his drives go
ing for extra bases.
The big Dutchman has an inspiring
attitude at the plate. When one sees
him with bat in hand, crouching aside
the rubber disk, he ceases to wonder
why he hits the ball. There is such
a show of strength and confidence in
his ntanner and he puts so much drive
in his hitting, that it only seems na
ural that he should make so many safe
wallops.
Eddie Collins, one of the American
league leaders, is the antithesis of
Wagner. Collins is of frail build, and
there is no suggestion of strength or
driving power in his arms and shoul
ders. In fact, his boyish look and
small size make him appear-a mark.
His manner at the plate appears rath
er careless, although he is uever a bit
fluttered.
Collins is endowed with a sharp
shooter's eye. and more grit than a
Spartan. While Collins is not a
Wagner in build, there is nothing
flukey about his hits. They shoot to
the outfield like a rifle shot and as if
giant arms had propelled them.
While Collins does not make as
many long drives as Wagner, yet he
obtains more than the average play
er. It must not be inferred because
Collins is left-handed and small Id
size that he is one of those loop
hitters to left field or punters typi
cal of the Keelers, Thomases or
Hahns.
1 'Collins hits to all fields, particular
ly right and center, and he puts im
meuse power behind liis drives. He
is also a finished burner and har
kept his average high by occasional
ly using his fleetness of foot to get
a base hit, but Eddie does not over
work this department of play, be
cause he has met with so much sue
cess hitting the hall on the seam oi
executing the hit and run, in which
he has shown great cleverness.
Here we have two batting leaders
one a giant, the other a dwarf it
comparison, and both electrifying the
big baseball circuits with their hare
t and clean hitting.
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Veteran Players Now Umpires.
Charles Irwin and George Van Hal
tren, veterans of the national game
and for years shining lights in the
National league, are the real working
umpires oil the Pacific Coast league
Irwin was appointed to the position
the other day and his work is giving
general satisfaction. Van Haltren i:'
said to be another Sheridan by the
Pacific coast papers
A Word of Warning.
“You never proposed to her on your
knees!" cried the veteran married
man in dismay.
“Sure I did: sure.” the youth re
peated, aj;lad proud light shining in
his eyes.
“Well," said the veteran, "you’ll re
gret it about twice a week for the rest
of your life. After you get married
the slightest argument, the first im
patient word, will cause your wife to
say: ‘You weren’t like this when you
went down on your knees and begged
me, with tears in your eyes, to marry
you.’
“It s pretty bad to have an angry
wife read out your old love letters
reproachfully,” said the veteran: “but
that is nothing to being reminded of
your kneeling proposal every week
till you are a great-gnind father."
“You proposed on your knees your
self?” the youth hazarded.
But the veteran frowned and mads
no reply.
Native State to Celebrate Cen
tenary of His Birth.
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Known as “The Great Commoner”
and Won Hearts of People by
Fight Against Slavery—Vice
President Under Lincoln.
Paris Hill. Me.—In Paris Hill, a
spot so picturesque that it has been
called the “Switzerland of Maine.. ,g
i the centenary of the birth of Hannibai ■
Hamlin, vice-president of the United " ^
States during Lincoln's first term,
will be celebrated on August 27. The
exercises will be held in connect ion
with the first old-home week in
Maine, and will bring to the birth
place of the most beloved son of tb-*
Pine Tree state not only distinguished
statesmen of the day, but also so.
diers who fought in the civil war and ,
men who were conspicuous in the at
fairs of the state of that peri d. ThL
gathering perhaps will be one of the
last of men who gained fame tn
the fight for the freedom of the negro.
The Loyal Legion of Maine will erect
a bronze tablet to Hamlin, and the
| exercises promise to be unique and to
emphasize the services of such a man
I to his country.
' Xo more picturesque spot could be
I found in the country than the Paris
| Hill. The view from the old home in
| which Hamlin was born takes in the
Androscoggin valley, which, broken
by forests and villages, stretches t*
the ranges of hills and mountains that
almost encompass Paris Hill. The
foothills of the White mountains ai
discernible to the west, and on a cleat
summer day the White mountain
themselves can be seen in the di<
tance.
Hannibal Hamlin, historians say. i-t
Maine's greatest man of the aiine
Hannibal Hamlin.
teenth century. The Pine Tree stat*
has had her favorite sons. James G
Blaine was one; Thomas B. Reed was
another, but none of them ever caugh
at the tendrils of the hearts of tb*
men of Maine as did Himlin. T: •
Great Commoner." lie was called, a .
Reed, who for years fought him bit
terly in politics, but who aft»r a.
chance meeting with him became iti
ardent admirer, said of him: "Hi
never learned to tell a lie or to b«
j dishonest. He simply couldn't lie
Hamlin won the hearts of the p* *>
pie by his bitter fight, against shu. r> f
and he proved his courage by leuvinc
tlie Democratic party when it fi ll in <
the control of the supporters t;t sla**
traffic. He could have been Candida'
lor the presidency in 1S.1G. but refits
it. He accepted the nomination . ot
vice-president in 1SG0 on the ticket
with Lincoln and became Lincoln
trusted counsellor and adviser in tie
four years of the struggle between ti 1
north and the south. To him Linen: c *
showed his “Emancipation Proclan.i
cion" before issuing it and receicec
from him suggestions in the wording
of it which he accepted. That he .
not nominated for vice-president fo:
Lincoln's second term and then ; •
did not become a president of ti .
I'nited States is almost as stran..
political accident as the one that p
Roosevelt in the presidential eta tir a
the death of President McKinley
Friends ot Andrew Johnson gain ■
his nomination, much to Lincoln's . h
grin, by circulating the report that
Lincoln did not want Hamlin and > •
vored Johnson. While Col. A. K M
Clure, Charles A. Dana and sevens
others insisted Lincoln told them h*
did not want Hamlin on the tick
such men as John Hay. who was Li:: —^
coin's private secretary, insisted tba.
the story was not true and asserter.
that Col. McClure was not an intimat
friend of the martyred president, fin
ally giving Hamlin the fullest vindicu
tion.
Hamlin was a member of the hot^.
of representatives at 32, and at 33 he
lost election to the United States seu
ate because of his attitude on the
slave question. His defeat only
roused him to greater activity against
the growth of slavery. He was elected
to the United States senate in 1848
and re-elected in 1850. In 1856 he
was elected governor of Maine. He
was hailed as one of the fathers o
the Republican party in 1860 and he
could not decline the nomination for
the vice-presidency.
Although holding office as vice-pres
ident he enlisted at the outbreak of
the war as a private himself. He re
fused a commission, hut trained with
the soldiers and inspired them by his
acts. He went with them to the front
and while he engaged in no battles he
traveled with the army as personal
representative of Lincoln. He reported
to Lincoln as to the condition of the
army and always was Lincoln's friend
and counsellor.
Unusual.
\V hat makes that fellow so popu
lar?” 8^
“He'll listen to a funny story with
out insisting on telling another.”
Had Demonstrated.
“Any converts to the uplift move
ment in this community?"
“Well, my old mule is a firm believ
er in it.”
A Simian Impulse.
“Why do those young fellows make ^
such monkeys of themselves’"
“Because they are trying 'to ape
* their betters.
