THE LADIES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14393, 7 January 1911, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE LADIES.

KING MANUEL'S WARDROBE. King Manuel's clothes und personal effect > arrived in .England «n November (says the "Daily Express").! from Lisbon, and were forwarded "to Wood Rori-ou. The wardrobe waa a modest one for ft Sovereign, and nio.it of the articles were con-rained in fifty-eight trunks, and box-es. These were brought, from Lisbon by a representative of the King, who went thore iiptioinUy tor the purpose. great difiiculty." said this *eto an "Express" representative, "teemed to he that the now Government could not distinguish between the things which belonged personally to Kin# Manuel and those which belonged to the State. Eventually a committee of six was appointed to go with me to the Xecsssidades I'alaee and decide which aricles I was entitled to bring to England. The new Government had bean most scrupulous, and nothing bad been touched. In the King's bad room, for instance, the bed was just as he Jeft it, and there was a pathetic foucli in the sw;;rd, which had been hurriedly placed on a chair after the official banquet. The only -thing of any value in the bedroom was the gold casket given by the City of Lonclon, which had found a place of honour-on the King's writing-tablo. Around it were three or four photographs in silver frames, and prominent among them were thone of King Edward and Queen Alexandra. The committc-3 were very diffident about their duties. Any little thing which by.-any possible chance could be the psrsonal property of the King they insisted must go into my inventory. I was astonished at the modesty of King Manuel's wardrobe. There were perhaps a couple of dozen suits of clothes which would have shamed many a wealthy stockbroker."