PORTUGAL'S NEW QUEEN.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 428, 10 February 1909, Page 3

PORTUGAL'S NEW QUEEN.

A great deal of speculation is going on-in Lortugal as to'who is to be King Manuel's f Queen (says an English paper). ' Already quite a number of eligible royal" ladies'have been,mentioned as likely candidates for the honour; tea very good authority, the, young monarch' has a will of his own, and has declared- his intention of one day wedding a young lady of.his own choosing who is not regarded very favourably by the Queen-mother and the Court generally. It seems that bos Majesty has for long shown great affection for a young girl belonging to ' an aristocratic but non-royal Portuguese fami\y, whose mother', is a lady-in-waiting to Queen Amehe. Some time,ago Queen Amcho was conversing with a high and trusted Court official about the desirability of the Kinn forming an alliance., .Standing near hit Majesty overheard the drift of the conversation and suddenly declared to them his love tor the young, lady in question. "I Trill marry her or nobody," he said. Of course the Queen-mother expostulated, but the boy"HUhfh was ° bdura , te - News of tho little disturbance" leakedfout, and now.the people of Portugal are waiting somewhat anxiously 'If report speaks truly kingship has not spoiled King Manuel.' He is still a practical liver of the simple life, and does not inherit the sporting proclivities of his, late father Apart from business of' State, his days are mostly spent in reading and riding, and he fencing. Like King Carlos, however, he is possessed of marked literary and 'artistic • guts, and he has made many sketches of scenes in various parts of the world. When he was younger, tho Queen and the late Kin" sent their sons on an extensive toiir in the Mediterranean, m order that they might becount ™ s a «d •Titles of which they had read. The conseTon to" tha V vhe " h ° wm suddenly called nnt TT 1 , 3 - throM y°™S Manuel was la wS:, n a Wledge of the

as one of themselves, and are never tired of confiding m him their innermost secrets One day so runs the story, Dr. Lang stopped a parishioner who had married a e»K joyed, the .reputation of being the latest man m tho 4st. "Well, Mr8 g Bald. I hope your husband is proving a good provider " "'Yes, sir, thank P you, fir " she replied l "he's provided jmo with throe new pfaces to work at since wo were mai-