Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-22
Queen Writes Her Thoughts

Thoughts of a Queen which has lust
been published in French. and the author
or Which is Elizabeth. Queen of Roum-
anla. VINO is better known to the literary
world under her non de plume, Carmen
sylvia. An attractive woman she is, with
her blue eyes, we'll slla ped mouth. heavy
brown hair and sweet smile. A princess
OF WED Dy olrth she was carefully edu-
clted by her excellent mother and the re-
suit Is Una she is not only a ready writer
and d witty talker, but also a good house
keeper, as Well as an adept IN those acts
which tit women to become leaders IN So
clety.
she began to write prose and poetry at
an early age, having apparently inherit-
ed the poetic gift from her grandmother,
Princess Louise Of WED, who was a
poetess Of no mean skill. Her first poems,
however, of any real merit were those
Whlch she wrote after the death of her
hrst born chilli. This was the first great
sorrow OF her life and the poems which
she wrote then show how deeply she la
mented the loss of her babe.
In Thoughts of a Queen she frankly
expresses her opinion on many subjects.
Here. for example, are some of her views
about man:
If We study the human body carefully
we shah find thai the soul is not far
away. Animals move freely in their ma
tive element; does not our condition Of
slavery show that we human beings sell
dom md ourselves in our TRUE eIementr
/ When a woman IS bad it IS her husband
who IS blamed. Do not trust IL man who
SCOTS At domestic happiness"
Her remarks about women are special
~ interesting. According to her:
"A woman is expected to give her love
freely. to take care of a household and to
educate her children; moreover, she must
be pretty, elegant and lovable. Yet, in
spite of all this, men say that women are
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d Beast OF burden. among the Turks she
IS regarded as d creature who IS fitted
only TOR luxury. Europeans claim that
she Is useful for both purposes. When a
woman gives herself away she fancies
that she has given the whole world; the
man, however. believes that he has SIM
ply acquired possession of Il new toy. A
woman would be stoned to death if she
began TO do those things which a man of
honor may do with IMMUNITY. A woman
VINO is misunderstood IS d woman vino
does not understand others. An unhappy
woman is Like Il flower exposed to the
wind; for a long time she remains a
closed bud, and as soon as she begins to
flower she wlthers. Man often gains his
end through the brutal strength of an OK
or a. bear; woman under similar circum-
stances uses the tactics of the timorous
mouse or those of the murderous snake
that coils around it's victim. A woman's
virtue must often be very great since
there are many cases where it has to
suffice for two"
In regard to love the Queen Of Rou-
mania says:
"A man VINO is unhappy in love thinks
that this IS sufficient pretext why he
should enjoy himself without love. A per-
son who pardorS does not love any more.
since true love does not know the mean
ing of pardon. Jealousy on the part of
one who loves us is battery. A man and
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court to each other"
About friendship She says:
Words Of sympathy fall on the sor-
row-strlcken heart as drops of water fall
on melting butter; they cause it to over
flow. Friendship loses its potency in all
cases where one of the persons IS too
happy and the other IS too unhappy
Here are her thoughts on happiness
and unhappiuess:
There is only one happiness-duty. 1t
takes a hundred lovely and fragrant
leaves to make a perfect rose, and it
takes a hundred pure joys to make per-
feet happiness, Is that not happiness
when one has the power TO do good? Tn
happiness can make one proud, bur Sor-
row or suffering only humIliates one. AS
a rule a man Is the martyr Of his own
faults, We often mourn for something
which we lost long ago, and this is a mis-
take. since time robs tears of their rights.
How unhappy must thai man be who
makes two attempts to commit suicide"
About suffering She says.
"A beast when it suffers goes off alone
to some lonesome place; il is only man
who lets every one know when he is suf-
fering."
Here are some bright thoughts on life
and intellect:
Love, hatred, jealousy and fate are
blind; II order 10 see clearly a man must
first depart from this life.
"A man never become weary of lifo. ba
only becomes weary of himself.
"A housewife who is too Industrious is
always IN a condition of uneasiuess. and
one would often prefer to find her home
less neat but more peaceful.
Great thinkers and lofty mountains
elevate us in our own eyes.
when two intellectual women can get
nothing out of a man then there is moth
ing in him.
'Intellectual people often talk nom
sense when they find themselves in a crit
zeal or unexpected position, just as a dog
barks when he is afraid of something.
One can only be intellectual with in
tellectual people"
Carmen sylvia has evidently not a high
opinion OF women who interest them
selves actively in politics, for IN a smart
little .epiSram she compares them to err
rate hens. She also points out that kings
and queens differ from all other mortals
in the fact that when attacked they are
not supposed to have the right to defend
themselves, either with tongue or pen.
AS for princes, she evidently regards
them merely as ornaments, for she says:
"A prime need only possess eyes and
ears. and there is no reason why he
should use his mouth, except for the pur-
pose of smiling.
This may seem a little cynical, but
turn over a few pages of the book and
you will find the writer lauding virtue
and telling men how they can best pur-