The Portland daily press., 1883-04-04
A Queens Idea of Love.
Thoughts on Life and Love by the queen
of Roumania.
[From a.lignani,s lrarlsl nIesssnger.

[From Galignani's PARIS Alessenger.l
We have had of late years many books
written By kings and queens, princes and
princesses, and now we have new literary
contribution by a royal hand that is creating
pleasant interest in Europe. Carmen
SYLVIA the Queen of Roumania, from her
romantic summer home among the Carpa-
THAN Mountains, sends 10 he world beau
tiflily printed volume of legendary stories
entitled From Carmen SyIva's Realm, .
which are destined to win Her Majesty
great popularity among the young German
speaking folks OF Europe. This is the third
work which the Queen has given to the
world.
Her "Pensees' are frequently of striking
originality; oftener of the soundest kind of
common sense. Queen Elizabeth is gra-
cioas upholder Of the glory Of woman. She
says: IF woman is bad the man is the
cause of it;n and do not trust man who
will not believe in thy family happiness
This is what she writes about "The Wife,
'.Among savages the woman is 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 both for herself aud
her husband
The Queen has also s'Pensees' about love,
friendship, happiness, misfortune, suffering,'
life and intellect which will bear quotation.
She says of love, for instance, that In the
case OF. the husband unhappy love is made
the excuse of pleasure without love. True
love" says the Queen, sknows nothing of
forgiveness, for If one forgiYes one loves no
longer Again, THE jealousy of those
who love us is fattery." Husband and
wife should never cease to make love to each
other Iittle.o OF happiness ard nnhappi-
ness she tells us: True happiness is-du-
ty. II takes hundreds Of sweet smelling
leaves to make a rose and hundreds of pur-
est joys TO complete cur happiness" How
unhappy must that man be- says The
Queen, who attempts twice to take his own
life,
Under the head Of ssLifep we find a
thought that should be printed in golden
letters and hung in many a poor man
bone: "a too exacting housewife is in con-
tinual despair. One would often be glad TO
find little less scrubbing and more repose
in the home.p Taking Of intellect, Queen
Elizabeth believes that ''if two intellectual
women cannot succeed in making anything
out of man, then there is nothing in him..
Zone can only be intellectual among intel
lectual people; in a critical moment or I'M
der difficult circumstances the most inteIli-
gent among US often talk the merest non
sense. 'On art the Queen tells that s'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
defend themselves with the tongue or the
pen. But Of kings it is demanded that they
shall be like diVinities, and permit them
selves to be insulted with impunity. A
prince should only possess eyes and ears;
his mouth should be used oniy for smiles"
''Whas must a queen be in the present
day? She must be fair, good and fruitful .
Such are a few thoughts from the Queens
book.