Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-14

court ladies sun themselves on the
terraces and among the pine woods
PECULIAR FURNISHINGS
The crown prince and princess have
"a villa near the palace but except
that the Roumauisn flag flies above b..
30 is like "a hundred of the villas loo
the ueiEhborhood. that is, from the
outside Inside. Princess Marie has dis
played her originality. Her own rooms
arc ulod with flowers and plants.
Every chair is in the shape of cross.
The furniture IS perfectly plain, ~
light wood. but iulaid with silver and
gold AID the floors are of stone and
of stone SD hard that nearly every
thing which falls on them IS Im-
medfHfsIy broken Almost the only
ornaments are iu the shape Of a cross.
tD match the chairs and tables
Though English by birth. the
princess has learned Roumauian and
does her best tu promote native IN
dustrics She often dresses in the ma
toual costume so as 60 pupu'arize 10.
and iS am active member or soc
ciety which meets twice month and
whose members must come I'm ma
tfouuI dress The Wearcr OF the most
handsome costume receives O. prize
The peasants show infinite patience iu
pmhrpIdcriuE these costumes. which
are covered with the most delicate
y,0r, They weave the linen them
selves and often work for three
months ou "a blouse before the amount
OF embroidery plCascs them. some
times they embroider dopsiIu coats
for winter wear Princess Marie motto
ing that the peasants iu some parts
are beginning to wear ordinary clothes
does her best 20 encourage them boo
the prouarstion and wearing of their
national costumes. She offers prizes
for the garments which are em-
hro.drrpd best and. on an occasions
when they appear In public. dresses
nor children and herself In the ma
tional costume.
THE SIMPLE LIFE
Her great fear is that she viii grow
stout hut as ono of the court ladies'
told inc writer. there IS little danger
az De- as she is always moving about
n, matter how bad the weather o..
She rides out iu the mountains. ace
COMMANDED hy one lady and groom
vow sine has begun to walk $50 as 20
remain slender, but this is quite ne"
departurp She Is very fonu OF moo
foring and prefers TO be her own
chauffeur Her hNchness ana s'ye,s
may sometimes scandalize the old
rourticr- but there seems To- bee q
great love for her among an classes.
She will stop her horse or car ON the
road and talk 90 a passing peasant
asking how his farm is and what his
v.ife and family are doing She visits
tho gentry around Sinaia In perfect
ly simple way taking her children 10
tea with them.
In bucharest she takes great inter-
est ia a children's creche and orphan
age. on which she cxpends much time
and money Her charm Of manner Is
sol great that an the men who know
her fam In love with her. She makes
conuuests wherever she goes and mas
no greater admirer than the old king
who built her the villa az Slnaia.
FOND OF AMERICANS.
Princess Marie il excessively fond
~ Americans and interested In their
country. Some years ago she half
promised 70 visit the United states
and there is little doubt that she
would do so. II she were free, but the
crown prince is opposed To the project.
Although she viii be a very diner
ent queen from Carmen sylvia, there