Evening journal., 1907-11-14
WOMANKIND HI.

I
stranded afar in a foreign cline"
Fortunately. one Of my best friends IS
married 10 a most capable Paris ply
sician, and he at once took us in
charge His efficient service, kind
ness and fidelity to us 1 shall never
forget
Illness in a Paris hotel is a serious
matter and know, possessing as You
do in Wilmington, two such excellent
hospitals, you viii hardly believe me
when I tell you that nowhere in ain
Paris is there a hospital where a case
OF measles would be received, except
in one Of the public departments cor
responding to our pest houses" You
will be glad to know that American
\ residents are now taking subscriptions
for the erection of hospital where
travellers will be received and properly
cared for So many stories of death
| and injury as the result of election
from hotels had been told to me that
you can imagine my state of mind
when ] found myself in the ranks Of
the unfortunates. While 1 knew that
measles required actual contact in order
to infect, still I was most careful in
guarding the other guests from even
the possibility of infection. / took all
my meals in my room and burned dis
| infectants several times a day, in short
did all that a careful and conscientious
mother could do. Just as we thought
we were out of the woods Of anxiety
with Lewis. our little boy, Malcolm,
was stricken with measles, then had
/ a serious attack of illness which cainc
] far of
road has a turning. however. and we
were an well at last and left Paris
/ feeling that the beautiful city had not
{ given us of her best this time. After
a hot. dusty journey of forty-eight
hours. we reached Bucharest the mid
, die of May, and I leave you to imagine
how happy was our meeting with Mr.
Knowles, and how inexpressibly pleas
ant it seemed to be "at home" again
after all those weeks of anxiety and
fatigue.
After a few days of rest I was re-
ceived in audience by Queen Elizabeth.
so well known to the world as Car
men sylvia" and 1 hardly know How
to begin to tell you how lovely she is.
| Those of you who are familiar with
her writings will be prepared to know
how great and beautiful a soul she
has and how powerful an intellect 1
had rather dreaded the presentation,
it was my first appearance in Bucho-
rest, and it is never pleasant to run
the gauntlet of curious eyes We drove
to the palace about six o'clock, and
entering its wide portals were at once
ushered to an anteroom where we were
received by one of the Queens ladies
i'm waiting. After a minute Bengeseo
conducted us to the room with the
great organ, which so often appeared
in the Queens pictures. Her Majesty
at once came forward with her hand
outstretched, and after that warm
hand-olasp of welcome / felt perfectly
at home. I cannot repeat our con-
versation. but it was intensely inter-
esting; the Queen kept us with her an
hour. Since then I have had tho
pleasure OF seeing the Queen quite
informally several times and each time
1 am more and more impressed witt
her wonderful personality, such dig
nifty. amiablity and evenness of dis
position are rarely combined i'm ono
person You have all read of her in
terest in the. blind; she has also very
d original ideas for the treatment ol
tuberculosis, which she hopes SONS
time to nut into practice, but / some
time doubt if she will live long enough
to see all her ideals realized. Queer
Elizabeth is now sixty-three years oil
and not overly etrong thought she is
tall and stout and appears to be il
excellent health. Her hair is snow
white, her complexion ruddy, and hel
face is handsome: thera are few of th.
lines which usually mark a woman.
face at her age, though she has knowr
great sorrows. Her Majesty never
wears fitted gowns. but always long
loose garments. often of white. Will
flowing sleeves and on her head is
narrow circle of black velvet to which
is attached a beautiful veil lof cream
white lace which hangs gracefully ovei
her shoulders ard adds much to he
dignifed and stately appearance.
A few days after / was presented t.
the Queen 1 had an audience with tn
Crown Princess. and this time il wa
harder for me. as 1 did not have m!
good husband with me, but had t.
drive alone to Cotroceni. two miles on
of the city, on roasting hot day, II
my best clothes-and binding head
ache. With everybody else 1 hat
read much of Marie of Edinburgh a
a girl, of her beauty, her clevernes
and high spirits, and naturally 1 wa
curious to see il as Crown Princess o
Romania she measured up to tn
newspaper descriptions of her. Sh
does. most emphatically, she might b
a princess out of 'Sirimm's Fair,
Tales" her eyes so blue, her hair s.
golden. her skin so white. Constan
exercise has kept her from the usua
stoutness of her family. and she is to
day, though the mother, of fou
splendid choldren. as slender an
| graceful as a young girl The Princes
was most kind to me and / enioye
the audience very much.
To BE Continued.
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