The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-12-25

private entrance 10 INC WI tl ~. anu
many who came seized upon the chance.
against all protestant ms on the part of
the Old butler to til roughly explore
the house. and even upon two occa-
sions to thrust them, elves into her own
chamber. They pokcl the pictures
with Their canes and nm ',rcl'aS. and
finally in despair she closed the doors.
N. \. World.
CARMEN SYLVIA.
Romantic Career of the Benevolent Queen
and Pnetess VI X ,umtnia.
On the vine-clad shores of TIL Ger
man Rhine was born to the Prince of
WED in the early part Of the century
little daughter, VINO, from har baby
hood. showed signs of "rrat in !ep nd
ence of character. Nothing and no
one could tame the lively ch d into
the staid. self-contained type proper
to the conventional Prime So and the
nicknames OF wild r ,seFud " and
Hurricane were bestowed on her
by family and friends Many are the
anecdotes preserved of her wild child
hood, that took its pleasure in roam
ing the forests around the paternal es.
tates, never happier than when the
elements waged warfare, when the
storm wind shook the trees and seat
tered their branches hither and thithcr.
To give to others was one of her great
est joys. and it would often happen
that she literally bestowed on beggars
the clothes from off her own back.
Any new dress of hers that CHANGED to
pleased the village children, with whom
no etiquette could hinder her from
PLAYING was likely to be passed on to
them.
Taken as a whole, her childhood was
sorrowful. Seven years she witnessed
the slow death of favorite brother;
her adored mother. too, lay for five
years on bed of sickness, and when
she was eighteen, she had the grief to
lose her father, a man of rare wisdom.
1t was then she first began to write.
,jotting down poems and stray thoughts
into her diary. but with no idea of pub
LEGATION: merely as relief to her over
wrought feelings.
At seventeen she had been first in
troduced in the great world of society
by her aunt, the Grand Duchess Helen
of Russia, who took her to spend a
winter at the court of Berlin. Here
she charmed all hearts by her whole
some naturalness. her geniality, her
earnestness and depth. As is the case
with Princesses, her friends looked out
for suitable marriage, but Princess
Elizabeth would not hear of the mere
conventional princely union. She was
not at all DESTROYS to marry, feeling in
herself no special vocation for that
career; but if she did marry, she
wished to be of use, and she saw how
little real good can be done by Princes
us rule, cribbed and confined us they
are in an iron circle of convention. eti-
quette. falsehood and servility.
One day. in answer to remark OF
some friends that they would like to
see her on throne. she replied, play
fully: The only throne that could at
tract me would be the Roumanian
Down there, there would still be some
work for me to do"
When she so spoke, there-wa as vet
no kingdom al Roumania. but Prince
Charles had been called upon to assist
in the government of the province,
and the Princess Elizabeth had evinced
great interest in land so neglected
by its rulers. so full of excellent nat
ural material as regards people and
earth. The words spoken IN Jest eX-
banded into earnest In the autumn
of 1869 Prince Charles Su Il for tie
hand of the Wild Rosebud of WED. and
month later their wedding was quiet
ly celebrated, and the new. y married
pair started for their Eastern hom..
Scarcely arrived. the Princess soon
recognized that she had indeed not
been wrong i'll assuming that in Rnu-
mania there was much for hrr to do.
The Princess saw that she could in
deed be a mother OF her people in the
truest sense of the WORT. Her kindly,
sympathetic manner soon gained her
their respect and love. Then b Gan
the founding of societies: socirt es Tor
the instruction of chi Iran, for charity,
for the encouragement of native in
dustries, convalesccnt homes. hoSpit-
ais and libraries all not onlv oripi-
mated and SUPP orted by the Princess,
but under her active m:!nag. .mcnt and
SuPerlil, 'll'l'G ana AN, as lh"u@h me
'auois l'npos'si ~ lier hl'Si 'ni were
,o; o'i n," g.. 81" a. "n ut ''iis nm ~
those poems and short tales VIII CHI have
S5i,n -.
of Carmen Sylvia.
In 1877 there broke ont the Russo
Turkish war, during which Prince