PORTUGAL'S NEW KING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 160, 31 March 1908, Page 5

PORTUGAL'S NEW KING.

/ . A P.EN PORTRAIT. ' . v The. new/.King of- Portugal is - much moro i typically. Toriugueso in appearance-than was the JDuko of Brlaganza, for:ho is dark; where- • as: Welatter-fair. >As a child -.the 1 D.uke-of .Beja, as.he then was,' looked i like a Spanish Infants, ■ for- he wore lus - hair in long blacfi curls, and his .proud motherwas fond .of . dressing him; in quaint mediaeval- ■ looking costumes reminiscent' of Velasquez ' •ppttraits.: : - ; ;;Perhaps -- the-. fact: that he -was tho second-;, and notV-the > eldest son: of •' tho sovereign, and; according to tho foreign: custom .was kept rathor in tho background* as< ho grow., older, gave lnm a f.quiot, thoughtful ■ mannor, i.wmch. .when/ -ho and ' the Crown Princo .were togther ; caused - tho younger prince; to !.impress;-thoso-.''about him' as having "the staider. character •of tho two.' - , Tho now. King, of Portugal' is quite.un- • known-, outsido his own - country, and . that although .he was eighteen last November. Ouly'two years.younger- than his unfortunato ■ brother, the Duke of Beja .(as he was called _ till'tlie fatal Saturday), ih'as" been brought up in . tho most careful.. and : 'enlightened; way under. a. general : scheme- 'of " education 'laid down'by his clever and liberal-minded'grand--father,-the late Conite.de Paris.; His I'rench mother's own- old'governess, : a ;Parisian : lady . of' rank, was' his - first-teacher,-and - Queen Mane ■■ Amelie; who followed all the, Orleans' traditions m.vtho matter 'ofher-vigilant,• maternal -affection; also gave up: a great deal of.-.her time lo tho education; of hor boys. : ■King Manuel has spent muchVof; his yoiing life, in the: beautiful. Royal' castle . .which' crowns the heights of Cintra.- ' It is 'therey in what'is' perhaps' the most enchanting country palace in : the-w'orld,-'.that-the ]two Royalboys .were taught 'eVery -form 'of ' manly exercise,- and that -their mother 'herself gave'them their first riding lessons.:' One of-the young King's- most, unusual : physical' accomplishments is swimming;-':.- It!was early decided that ho was to -be a .sailor, ; - and, young as He is, ho has made an exhaustive study of the life and car&er of . the, great Portuguese ex--plorer, Vasco da Gama, who, curiously was encouraged .in his splendid-ex-ploits ' -by the first King - Manuel of Portugal. —"M.A P.!'- .w : . . ■ ;