Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-22

| months previous and had gone to Bu-
| knafest In disguise to accept the crown.
| Their courtship was very brief and un-
| romantic Carmen Sylvia" once told the
| story to Helene Vacaresco, one Of her
| ing.
Meets Her Future Husband.
one day at Cologne" she said,
where we had gone to spend few
hours and listen to q Beethoven festi-
VAL we met. by accident, the reigninE
Prince of Roumania, Prince Charles of
Observation-Disclosures We were
Saying that afternoon at the Hotel du
MORO. which can be seen as the train
crosses the Cologne station-I never
pass on my way to Germany without
remembering wildly every word OF the
interview there which settled my fate
l was very glad to meet the Prince of
Roumanfa again, as he had been much
talked about in my presence of late,
and L knew he had Won his way to the
throne among political perils almost as
great as the perils of war. He has
crossed Austria in disguise. because
the Austrian government had objected
strongly to his election.
In the small garden of the Hotel du'
Nord. where the beautiful towers Of
the cathedral threw their shadows
NPOh u.s. pOuIcQ eager questions into
his ears without even casting a glance
at his refined and regular features, and
he patiently answered every one of my
inquiries. He told me about his diff
cult task. and about the exotic country
that had become his own, his wide
plains and savage mountains, its white
clad peasantry. frugal. grave and en-
dowed with weird powers Of untaught
eloquence and poetry. He spoke long
and well, while listened breathlessly,
m 10 nav,f 1n1i er6% 10
described the great masters of the
land. those boyards cultivated yet bar
barous In mind and customs, whose
souls were alive with the blended
charm of the Byzantine influence. and
the hot blood of old Latin descent
envied the young sovereign who had
taken up a scepter whose maintenance
required as firm a grasp as a sword.
and / said to him, openly: You are a
happy man.
And the concerto asked my moth
er as we went UP to our rooms. You
were SO impatient to go to the con-
cert before we met the prince
The concert" I repeated in utter
the concert! Oh. mother. you can't
guess how deeply interesting, how
| thrilling is the conversation of the
Prince of Roumania, and how I envy
he rules nation quite new to the
world, but. at the same time. ancient
in blood and history: and he has to
understand them and to make them
happy. A splendid mission, indeed!
Not Chance Encounter.
"'Well. my child, that task. that mis-
sion, might be yours also. The Prince
of Roumania wants to marry you. He
has come here with the sole purpose
of meeting you. This is no chance
encounter, as you believe. You have
but one word to say
II remained perfectly bewildered for
few seconds; then, as If urged on by the
resistless impulse of my destiny, I an
swered.
Eyes. I will marry him. will help
him and follow him to that wonderful
land
Half an hour afterward the Prince of
Hohenzollern came UP to our private sit
ting room. He kissed my hand as he en-
tered, and my lips trembled timidly for
one moment on his bowed forehead. Then
he knew that he was my accepted future
husband This time he did all the talk
ing himself: I was abashed and silent
but still intent on his every word. Not
one syllable Of love, not one stray COM
pliment, was uttered during those hours
whose meaning has since thrown a light
over my whole existence. Ours was no
love marriage, but it was union based
on self-devotion, duty and fervent de-
sire to do our best toward each other
and toward the nation that already
loved. That very evening the prince
went back to Roumania; he was to return
in three weeks, and then take me back
with him as his wife,
Helene EacarescO, who. as / have said
has been a lady in waiting to Queen
Elizabeth for many years, and Is her au-
thorized bjOgrapher. commenting upon her
usefulness and devotion to her subjects,
says:
From the moment of her arrival in her
new country to this hour her life has
been a constant effort, q constant labor
Of love on behalf of her people Pa
tiently and without ceasing she listens to
the throbbing of their VEINS to the wants
and aspirations of race she has tried
most become Roumantan herself.
Welcomed by Peasants.
When she reached the banks of the
Danube, when before her dazzled sight
Whitehead peasants made their appear
ance. wearing carved silver knives in
their belts and big peacock feathers on
their high fur caps; when In brilliant cos
tunes the women rushed forth to meet
her, wells thin as the mountain mists
floating around their proud features and
distaffs trembling on their bosoms; when
the gayly attired village beauties danced
the ndtlOnal dances De1Ore ner to the
sound of the rude violin; when disheveled
and ragged tZiganes played tunes q thou
sand years old, yet fresh with the eter-
nal youth of innocence, then Elizabeth
| believed her own life would be like an
eternal pastorale. And at once she gave
| her heart to the rustic crowds whose well
come was showered upon her, who blessed
her winning smile and her ready curiosity
| to learn more about them and their vii
lage homes. No one will ever know or
iofn he Enln 81 lal,
that from morning to eve made her stoop
secrets of the race. or raise her head to
the sky whence faith and inspiration de-
seconded upon her sacred TOLL
Queen Elizabeth and her ladies in wait
ing spend the summer months at Castle
Poesch, at Sinaia, about sixty miles from
Bucharest in the Carpathian mountains
1t is an imposing but gloomy edifce of
gray stone and red brick, situated in a
wild forest, and looks like a very ancient,
although it is a very modern castle. 1t
has been surrounded by villas and hotels
which attract the wealthy classes from
Bucharest society.
The lack of an heir to the throne of
Roumania was supplied by the selection
of Prince Ferdinand, a nephew of King
Carol, and q son of Prince Leopold of
Hohenzollern. He was born August "a.
1865. was proclaimed Crown Prince Of
Roumania In 1889: was married in 1893
to the Princess Marie, daughter of the
Duke of Albany, and granddaughter of
Queen Victoria. They have two sons,
Carol. born in 1893, and Nicholas, born
in 1903, and three daughters.