The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-20
FROM THE FOREIGN MAILS
A Budget of Interesting Matters from
England and Europe.
The New Book of the Queen of Roumania-
Specimen German Students Duel
How Wagner Died.
a QUEENS NEW BOOK.
Tho Thou ghts of Roumania's Queen on Love
and Home.

Letter in New York Herald.
Carmen SYLVIA" the Queen of Roumania
from her romantic summer home among the
Carpathian mountains, sends to the world a
beautifully printed volume of legendary sto-
rles entitled From Carmen Sylva's Realm"
which are destined to win Her Majesty great
popularity among the young German speak
ing folk of Europe. This is the third work
which the Queen has given to the world.
The first which introduced Her Majesty to
Europe was LES Pensees dune Refine" is
sued in Paris by the publishers of the ''Nou-
velle Revue" with an Introductory by Louis
Ulbach. This was followed by a collection
OF poems entitled "Sturme," published in
Bonn, and now comes a volume entitled
'Pelesch Legends" or as the Queen herself
more POLITICALLY expresses the title in an au-
tograph From Carmen Sylva's Realm"
Queen Elizabeth has by no means secured
her reputation through her high position
for she faithfully maintained her pseudonysm
of Carmen Sylvia" before she revealed her.
sell as the wearer of crown. Her Pen
sees" are frequently of striking originality;
oftener of the soundest kind of common
sense. Queen Elizabeth is a gracious up
holder of the glory of woman She SAYS: IF
a woman is bad the man is the cause of it,"
and do not trust a man who will not be-
lieve in thy family happiness" This is
what she writes about 'The Wife," among
savages the woman is a beast of burden,
among Turks an article of luxury, among
Europeans both" 1.-THE lady of the great
world seldom remains the wife of her own
husband" "A woman should possess great
virtue for it often happens that she has to
provide enough for both herself and her hus-
band"
The Queen has also 'Pensees" about love-
friendship happiness misfortune, suffering.
life and intellect which will bear quotation
She says of love, for instance, that I'm the
case of the husband, unhappy love is made
the excuse for pleasure without love- '-"True
love" says the Queen, knows nothing of
forgiveness, for if one forgives one loves no
longer" Again, THE Jealousy of those who
love us is a flattery." Husband and wife
should never cease to make love to each
other little" OF Happiness and unhappi-
ness she tells us: True happiness is duty
L takes hundreds of sweet-smelling leaves to
make a rose and hundreds of purest JOYS to
complete our happiness" How unhappy
must that man be" says the Queen, who
attempts twice to take his own life" Under
the head of Life we find a thought that
should be printed in golden letters and hung
in many a poor mans home: "a too
exacting housewife is in continual
despair One would often be glad to find
little less scrubbng and more repose in the
home" Talking of intellect Queen Elizabeth
believes that IF two intellectual women can
not succeed in making anything out of a
man, then there is nothing in him." ''One
can only be intellectual among intellectual
people; in a critical moment or under
difficult circumstances the most intelli-
gent among US often talk the merest non
sense" On art the Queen tells that bad
poets make prison bars OF the language, just
as bad priests do of religion" On politics,
she says The right is admitted to all to de-
fend themselves with the tongue or the pen.
But of kings it is demanded that they shall
be like diviuities, and permit themselves to
be insulted with impunity. A prince should
only possess eyes and ears; his mouth should
be used only for smiles" What must
queen be in the present day? She must be
fair, good, and fruitful" Such are a few
thoughts from he Queens book.