Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-05-15

In Europe. Yet 1t is a fact that most ss'
modefn queens are particularly care
8ful mothers. They have to be- Queen
Elena is tall, has an imposing car.
rage, girlish figure. e splendid
wealth of dark hair, wonderfully ex-
pressive eyes, finely cut features ana ana
q mouth showing character and deter
NINA ton She often declares that: her
Shappiest hours are spent with h tEsr,
children. Il & VI s55s
AS soon as her first simple meal OF
rolls and coffee Is finished IN " the tn 2
morning, she goes to their nurseries
When they were much younger It was vas
her great delight to give them their
tub but now she merely presides
over their breakfast, and plays and
romps with them until they are ready
to go out. The children s rooms are
furnished with the utmost simplicity,
designed to give maximum OF light
and air and "a minimum Of dust-c
tanning draperles and carpets. Plain
brass bedsteads and polished wooden
/ furniture only are allowed. In the
playroom. quite inexpensive toys may
be seen I'd OILS, soldiers, engines and
the ordinary playthings dear to every
child. g.$s v 81 81 + a Il is5&
Queen Elena has earned the title OF
the babies queen" in Italy through.
her love Of all children. Since her
marriage she has estab lished many
schildren's VI ospitals ii and creches:
Hardly a day passes. when she Is In
Rome. that she does not visit one OF
these s. Institutions. She has also
caused revival OF the lace-making
Industry by establishing schools
where Italian girls are being taught.
Many Of the fine old patterns which
were In danger OF being lost have
been resuscitated through her inter
est Her devotion to sufferers during
Z the Messina earthquake and the erup-
ton of Vesuvius is OF too wide knowl-
edge to need more than mention here,
This beautiful queen is the daugh-
! ter Of the simple, homely, oldTfash-
Toned king OF Montenegro. For the.
first ten years of her life she ran wild
like any other little peasant girl of
the country She could ride any pony
bareback. but her favorite recreation
was mountain climbing. Montenegro
is full OF mountains, SO the little prin-
cess had plenty Of scope for her hob.
by. N No climb was too difficult for
her; as she did not know what fear
meant When still quite young gypsy
told her that one day. she would be a
queen. Her father, who was inordin-
ately fond of his handsome daughters,
made up his mind that she was des-
tined for the throne OF Russia, so she
was sent to the Smolna institute In
Saint Petersburg. where she studied
French, English, music and the usual
accomplishments Of finishing young
lady. The present car Of Russia was
introduced to her in due course, but
Cupid soon found there was nothing
doing between the pair and things
went no further. &E
A little more knowledge on the
gypsy's part would have made things
smoother for the beautiful Elena.
Shortly afterward the young prince
of Naples, as King Victor then was,
on his travels around the courts of
Europe on the lookout for a wife,
came, saw and was conquered at
once by Elenas dark loveliness. For
the first few months their courtship
was carried on in foreign language
as she did not know one word Of Ital.