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3 A TTEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, O.V.. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1013. MARRIAGE OF MANUEL STIRS HOPE OF ROYALISTS Union of Portugal’s Deposed King With Hohenzollerns Seen as a Political Master Stroke Kin"t D | S '- S ’ a ? s ^* e a PP eare( I when she won the heart of King Manuel, in walking cos- Queen Augustine Victoria of Portugal, formerly Princess Augustine Victoria of Hohenzol- King Manuel, wearing a monocle in true British fashion. „ . anue , just before his people deprived him of his throne, tume, in England. lern, whose marriage to Manuel has raised hopes of Portuguese Royalists. During his life as a. refugee in England he adopted all the fashions Gaby Deslys in a dancing costume she wore on the American stage after Manuel had lost her and Jiis throne. Nuptials Celebrated in Ancient Castle on the Danube Were Attended by Representatives of Every European Royal House. Special Cable to The American. SIGMARINGEN. GERMANY, Sep*. 6.—Royalists of Portugal, who, ever since King Manuel and Queen Mother Amelia fled before the Republican up rising in 1910, have fondly hoped for the restoration of the monarchy, have had their hopes raised to the highest pitch by the marriage of Manuel to Princess Augustina Victoria of Ho- henzollern, which took place here on Thursday. They believe, not only that the wedding of the youthful leader of THE ATLANTA Tuesday & Wednesday Matinee Best $1 Show in Years LITTLE MISS FIX-IT With Miss Lucile Parrish Nights, Orchestra $1 and 75c; Balcony 50c Matinee, Orchestra 75c; Balcony 50c. Seats Now Played 6 Months FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Saturday SAMUEL E. PARK Presents THE MUSICAL ROMANCE THE MERRY COUNTESS Company of 50 Adequate Production ORCHESTRA OF 15 Score by Johann Strauss; Book by Gladys Unger; Lyrics by Arthur Anderson. Regular Prices. Seat Sale Tuesday. their cause, will cement feeling In Portugal In his favor, but they re ceive vast encouragement in the fact that through the representation of every royal house of Europe at the ceremony, formal recognition was given to Manuel as» the rightful ruler over the nation whose people deposed him. The kinshin of Manuel to the rul ing house of England and the fact that the bride, though but distantly related to the Kaiser, bears the family name of the German war lord ia looked upon as tremendously ad vantageous, should the Portuguese royalists once moro take up arms and endeavor to overthrow the republic and once mere establish the throne. The ceremony was performed ac cording to the Roman Catholic ritual and was conducted by Cardinal Nette, former Archbishop Patriarch of Lis bon. Brilliant Royal Gathering. There was a brilliant feathering of princes and princesses. Among them were the Prince of Wales, represent ing King George of England; Prince Eitel Frederick, representing Emper or William of Germany; Prince and Princess Henry XXXIII of Reuss. Princess Friedrich of Hohenzollern, Prince Carol and Princess Elizabetn. Also among the 76 guests were the Duke of Montpensler, who declined to be King of Albania; Queen Mother Amelia of Portugal; the Infante and Infanta Tarlos of Spain, representing King Alfonso; the Duke and Duchess of Coburg, the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of BRden. the Duke of Opor to of Portugal, uncle of ex-King Man uel; the Duke and Duchess D’Aoetn of Italy, representing King Victor Emmanuel; Prince William of Hohen- zollern, fatner of the bride, and Count August Eulenburg. grand marshal to the reignirg Hohenzollern family In Germany. Enormous crowds of townspeople and strangers began gathering around the castle early In the day. Prince William had great tables set aiong the roadway filled with good things to eat and drink and all were invlttd to help themselves. Many foreign tourists, Americans and others, who happened to be in the neighborhood, drove into the picturesque little vil lage hoping to get a peep at some of the distinguished guests and maybe at Manuel himself. Civil Ceremony Performed. Before the religious rites a civil ceremony was conducted by Count August Eulenburg, who is empowered to conduct such functions by reason of the high office he holds. Prince Augustine was given away by her father. Four royal princesses were bridesmaids. The bride wore a white satin gown with a long train and trimmed with lace, which has be^n in the family for many decades Sigmaringen Castle Is a picturesque spot, settling high on a rocky prom ontory above the Danube. From its windows can be seen a mighty stretch of uplands, running down to the wooded banks of the Danube, so old in song and story. The wedding gifts cost a fortune. The royalists of Portugal collected $20,000 and sent some handsome plate; the bridegroom presented his bride with a costly string of pearls; King George and Queen Mary of Eng land sent a sliver dinner service, and Queen Mother Alexandria of England sent a gold wine service. Although ex-King Manuel and his bride are bound by blood ties, Lhs re lationship is somewhat distant and offered no obstacle to the marriage. The paternal grandmother of Prin cess Augustina Victoria was the In fanta Antonia of Portugal, sister of Manuel’s grandfather, King Luis of Portugal. Distant Kin to Kaiser. The Princess is the only daugnter of Prince William, th*- head of the non-reigning line of Hohenzollerns, who live in Suabla in southern Ger many and still adhere to the Catholic faith. The relationship between this line of Hohenzollerns and the line of which the Kaiser is the head is very remote, and it is necessary go back for hundreds of years to trac' it The mother of the Princess Is Prin cess Marie Therese of Bourbon-SicPy, only daughter of the late Prince Louis of Bourbon, Comte de Trani, who was a younger brother of the last King of Naples. Prince Louis' widow *s still living and one of the two sur viving sisters of the murdered Em press of Austria. Princess Augustina Victoria’s great-grandfather was Prince Charles Anthony of Hohenzol- lera, a close friend of Napoleon 111. Until 1849, Prince Charles Anthony and the other Suabian line, the Hoh- enzollems of Hechingen. exercised sovereign rights over their respective dominions, but in the revolutionary wave which swept Europe In that year they surrendered their sovereignties to the Crown of Prussia, in return for a perpetual annuity from the Prus sian treasury'. Precipitated Prussian War. Prince Charles Anthony, after sur rendering his sovereignty to Prussia, devoted himself to railroad construc tion and became one of the railroad kings of Germany. His eldest son, I^eopold, married the Infanta Anto nia of Portugal, and in 1870 became a candidate for the throne of Spain, from which Isabella had been driven. It was his election to that throne, which he declined, which precipitated the Franco-Prussian War. His brother Charles had already been elected to the throne of Roumania, n 1866. King Gharles of Roumania lost his only child, a daughter, when she was quite young, and selected as his heir apparent his nephew. Princess Augustina Victoria’s father, Prince William, the son of his brother Leo pold. Prince William was duly proclaimed Crown Prince of Roumania, hut after residing in Bucharest for three years decided that ho liked neither the country nor the people, and re nounced his rights of succession and returned to Simaringen, where he has since lived. Thus but for a whim Manuel’s bride would be a princess royal of the reigning house of Roumania. King Charles then selected Prince Ferdi nand, another nephew, and a brother of Prince William, to All the place vacated by the latter. The princess' full name is Augus tina Victoria Wilhelmina Antolnet'o Mathilda Ludwiga Josephine Marla Elizabeth, and she was born 22 year:* ago in Potsdam. History Is Tragic. The history of ex-King Manuel’s ancestors in Portugal Is a bloody one. His great-grandfather, King Pedro, and his wife died suddenly of a strange malady, the King following the Queen to the grave within a few weeks. The story goes that their death was caused by a mysterious Oriental vegetable poison adminis tered* by a lady of aristocratic Portu guese birth, who feared the King’s attentions to her. Pedro was suc ceeded by his nephew, King Luis, grandfather of Manuel. King Luis and his 16-year-oM brother Ferdinand were suddenly taken with the same symptoms is King Pedro. Their father, King Con sort Fernando, wa° almost crazed with grief when an English physician gained admittance to the palace and administered an antidote for the poi son. Ferdinand died the next day, but King Luis recovered, though throughout h!s entire life he has never been able to id himself of the effects of the poison. The woman was never brought to trial, but was compelled to spend the remainder of her life in a convent. King Luis was succeeded by bis son Carlos, who, together with his eldest son. Crown Prince Luis Philippe, was assassinated iu th*> streets of Portugal in February, 1908, and thus the right of succession devolved upon Manuel, the second son of King Car los. Manuel Deposed in 1910. The Internal trouble which resulted Mrs. C. H. Smith 115 Peachtree Street, Next to Candler Building Beautiful Display of Chic Fall Models New Models at Low Prices Semi-Dress Hats Children’s School Hats. Misses’ Headv-to-Wear Hats. .. Hat remodeling a specialty. $5.00 .$1:50 .$1.50 We Solicit Charge Accounts in the assassination of Carlos and his son was the culmination of the cor rupt government and Intolerably heavy taxes instituted by Carlos upon his accession to the throne in 1889. King Manuel, during his short reign, had no time to change the order of government, and his deposition In 1910 was due to political causes rather than to his extravagances and fond ness for ladles of the stage, as some are inclined to attribute it. The names of Vlalceva, the Russian danc er, and Gaby Deslys were frequently mentioned with that of the young King, however. After his flight from Portugal with his mother, Queen Amelin, Manuel toqjc up his residence at Wood Nor ton, Evesham, England, his poverty having forced him to accept the hos pitality of the Duke of Orleans. The republican government of Portugal has granted Manuel a pension of $3,- 800 a month, but this is not sufficient for the needs of the young man, who still retains the title of King and maintains a retinue in kingly fashion. Manuel was born on November 15, 18R9, and hepce is a year and a half older than his bride. While he woe sitting on the throne of Portugal It was believed that he would marry an English girl. In the fall of 1909, on a trip to England, it was expected that he would ask for the hand of Prlnceaa Patricia of Connaught or of Alexan dra, the present Ducheea of Fife, who will be married to Prince Arthur of Connaught in October. There wa® a rumor of the possibility of his mar riage to the daughter of the Kaiser, who recently married the heir of the Duke of Cumberland. Manuel, by courtesy at the m<m- archlal courts of Europe, retains hi* rank as King, and his bride Is entitled to be called "qulae” and addressed a® "Your Majesty.” The Princess will also be known os the Royal High ness Duchess of Saxony." The castle at Hlgmaringen, the home of the bride and scene of the wedding ceremony to-day, was grant ed to the senior branch of the Hohen zollerns by Emperor Charles V In 1534 It previously had belonged to the DeMontfort and Werdenberg fam ilies, both of which became extinct. Married on Portuguese 8of1. The castle is grouped around a tow er of Roman construction dating from the early Christian era. Its various owners have tried to make it both a castle and a palace. It has the ram parts, bastions, towen and battle ments of a castle and all the dainti ness and magnificence of a palace. Its galleries contain many of the most famous art treasures of Europe, In cluding several old masters, .^atuary, enamels, ancient arms and historic relics of every conceivable descrip tion. The castle is perched on a rocky eminence overlooking the Danube. Manuel was married on Portuguese soil, for a sack of earth had been sent from Lisbon for him to stand on dur ing the ceremony. Manuel is related to the present Kings of Italy and England. His grandmother was a sister of the late King Humbert of Italy, and his great grandfather was the uncle of the Prince Consort, husband of Queen Victoria and father of Edward VII. BIJOU—MATINEES DAILY—EVENINGS 8:30 THIRD SUCCESSFUL WEEK THE JEWELL-KELLEY COMPANY PRESENTING THE GREAT COMEDY DRAMA ■: MY DIXIE GIRL . A STORY OF THE FAMOUS KENTUCKY FEUDS MATINEES 10c & 20c NIGHT PRICES 10, 20 & 30c LYRIC THEATER G NIGHTS 3 MATINEES TUES., THURS. and SAT. 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