Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15

much he condescerds to live here and
one day to be our king.
landowner who lives near Sinaia-
where the court always spends the sum-
mer-Said to the writer:
The fact of the matter is the prince
does not want to understand US and We
resent 1t. He is rude and brusque in his
manner, and always speaks to people as
though they were made of. different clay
from. himself. Now. We are not used to
this. Our present king and queen are all
opportunity OF saying or doing sonnet hing
kind. They are most simple and unaffect-
ed. If Prince Ferdinand does not change
his ways when he ascands the throne an
event, which, alas. may occur any day
fear his subjects will show him what they
think in very candid, though, perforce
unpleasant manner"
X
Princess Marie. Roumania S future
queen, is very different person from her
husband, as different in one way from
him as she is in another from the pres
ent queen. The daughter of the Duke of
Edinburgh and therefore granada tighter
of Queen Victoria. she is English by birth
and training, though her mother was a
Russian grand duchess. When barely sew
.enteen she married the Crown Prince Fer
dinard Though her eldest son is fifteen.
she is therefore quite a young woman
She has fine children, ali OF whom are as
pretty as their mother, who has fair hair
blue eyes and Il brilliant complexion. Her
lively ways rather astonish some of the
ladies at court. many of whom have been
attached to Queen Carmen Sylvia for
thirty years. These serious ladies, still
accustomed to the habits that prevailed
when Roumania was under Turkish rule,
generally shut themselves up in the pal
ace at the beginning of the winter and,
unless they drive with their queen in
closed carriages do not show themselves
In the streets until spring.
The climate OF Bucharest, Roumania's
capital is very bad. Excessive heat in
the summer and great cold, with snow
and winds in the winter, are the usual
things As soon as the weather begins
TO get warm the court moves to Sinaia,
town in the Carpathian mountains,
some four hours journey from Buch-
Arrest. Here the court ladies' sun them
selves on the terraces and among the
pine woods.
The crown prince and princess have
villa near the palace, but except that
the Roumanian flag flies above 1t, it is
like hundred Of the villas in the neigh
borhood. that is. from the outside. In
side Princess Marie has displayed her
originality. Her own rooms are filled
with flowers and plants. Every chair is
in the shape OF a cross. The furniture
Is perfectly plain. Of light wood, but in
laid with silver and gold. All the floors
are of stone and Of stone SO hard that
nearly everything which falls on them is
Immediately broken. Almost the only or
naments are in the shape of a cross, to
match the chairs and tables.
Though English by birth. the princess
has mastered Roumanian and does her
best to promote native industries She
often dresses in the national costume so
as to popularize it. and is an active
ST.
month and whose members must come in
national dress. The wearer Of the most
handsome costume receives a prize. The
peasants show infinite patience in en-
hroidering these costumes. which are COW
cred with the most delicate. work They
weave the linen themselves, and often
work three months on a blouse before the
amount OF embroidery pieases them.
Sometimes they embroider doeskin coats
for winter wear. Princess Marie MOTTO