The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-06-17

hltCI IcCOScIluS lEOHu neT Illness Snf
devoted herself to poetic and literary
work and to the care of the schools ol
her new country. Not all that Gar.
men sylvia has written is worthy 81
fame. Some OF her .Penses'' arc
worthy Of transcription;
IF woman is bad" the Queer
writes. "man is generally the cause
thereof
''Do not trust man who does moi
believe in the happiness Of your home. !
About womsn the Queen writes: 1.-THE
women Of the world is seldom the wife
of her husband
Among savagcs tho wife is an ami
NAL OF burden; among the Turks, .
luxury; among the Europeans, both. >
IAN unhappy wife is like flower cx
posed to the blasts; she remains a bud
for long time, and when she develops
to . blossom she quickly withers and
fades
"A wife needs great amount of yir
tue. since not unfrcquently she must
have sufficient to serve for both herself
and her husband"
About love the Queen writes: III
we forgive VIC love no longer, for true
love knows nothing Of forgiveness.
'.The jealousy of those who love u:
is the grandest ilatterv that can be paid
to us.
MAN and wife should never cease to
do little counting, no matter how old
they may have grown"
On happiness: "True happiness il
found only in doing our duty every
day Of our lives
"A hundred different and sweet.
smelling leaves are needed to form q
rose, and the hundreds Of pure joys &C
to make up perfect happiness.
On life: s.Lovc, hate, icalously and
fate are blind. To see clearly, there
fore, we must 60 beyond our present
existence.
On intelligence: If two intelligent
women cannot succcedin making some.
thing out of husband then there il
nothing in the man.
On politics: ITO al mortals is Civ.
en- the right to defend themselves in
speech and writing; queens alone must
be scmi-divinities and be abused with.
out being punished.
"A prince should possess only ears
aud eyes. His lips should serve him
for smiles alone
'.Womcn in politics are like hens
trying to crow
One Of her poems, "A sonnet to WON
an may find place here after hel
"Pensees:"
To woman strength to bear her lot /.
granted,
Since woe her steps is evermore attend
ing,
And sorrow that, ,awith troubles never
All through her life like thorns are thickl,
planted.
Mans share in conquest BY his will un
daunted,
The while she, fameless, joyless, hour
He loves the storm no danger apprehend
ing,
Before which she stands helpless, terror
haunted.
But seeing only was our woman's lot de
murest-
With cunning hand we weave life'
grandest story;
Ais light to US that seems to man obscur
est.
We guard the nest with tendresse anna
We are for him tn, Eternal, Highest
Purest-
This is our laurel, this our Woman
glory.
The Queens poems have been trans
lated into English and French. They
are not strikingly original, but contain
many beautiful and womanly thoughts
Among her best known prose work.
are ..rho witch,' 1.-The PRAYER" "A
Life Of Sorrows" The Queen is goot
story-tcller. A few years ago she wa.
asked by the Roumanian Minister o
Public Instruction If she would deign t.
write book which could be used il
the public schools Us q premium fOl
the good conduct Of the children
To this request the Queer
lent a willing ear ane
wrote the pretty tales and legends from
the mountains and valleys Of the Car
pithians, which she entitled "Aus Car
men Sylva's Reich" ("From Garner
Slyva's Realm'O, some of which arr
founded on incidents of the Russo
Turkish war. In that conflict, it may
DO said, Carmen Sylvia took prOmi
nent part. With it, as one who knew
her well. wrote, ono OF the finest page.
in her life opened. She spent her day