The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-19
Queen Of Roumania Whose WritInss
Are Well Thought Of by
the Readers Of
America.
AN UPHILL STRUGGLE
Royal Pair Started Married Life With
Little Furniture and Not
Bit Of silver
ware.
by Karl H. Won Wiegand. Berlin cor

by Karl H. Won Wiegand, Berlin cor
respondent of the United Press.]
BUCHAREST, Roumania, Aug. a.
In the pleasantly situated but not at
all imposing royal palace. Queen Eliza
beth of Roumania. better known in
America as Carmen SYLVIA" author
ess, is nearing her SEVENTEEN birth
day. Reports that her health is
rapidly breaking have again drawn
attention to Europe's queen-authoress
but am informed on good authority
| that her only ailments are those incl
dent to old age. particularly in one
so active mentally and physically.
! When Napoleon III in 1866 persuad-
ed Prince Karl OF Hohenzollern to ac-
cept the Roumanian crown, he earnest
Ily advised him to find a queen and
set Roumanian society an example OF
model home life. Karl took Napol
cons advice and married r.abeth
Cttile Luise, a princess OF the house
OF WED.
/ Elizabeth was remarkably beauti
full woman of 26 and of engaging per
sonality and manners. but the Roum
anians were i'll pleased. Elizabeth
was poor and the Roumanian treasur,
needed money.
i There was no royal palace or castle
4 Karl had to install his bride in few
rooms in an old monastery which h
called his summer home. The pal
had little furniture and not a piece Q
silyerware was in the royal house
hold The young couple had to pincl
in every possible way.
In 1872 the swampy condition
around their home compelled them t
move to Sinaia. Again the royal pa
ace was an old monastery. Elizabet
>, made light of her privations Roun
ania was rich in poverty. miser,
! ignorance and sickness. Elizabet
: took a deep, practical interest in tn
? life of the Roumanians, did much I
help them and by her own work an
lactiyity set an example for the bette
lclasses to instill progress among tn
people. Little by little she won the
Igood will and then their love.
o Elizabeth was and is the spirit, FIJI
y and life of the royal court King Kai
) can hardly be declared popula
e though he has ruled justl, and wisel
It 1t is not in his nature to be perso
e ally very popular.
g In 1874, Elizabeth's only chill
It Princess Maria, then 4 years old, die
This sorrow turned her mind to II
= erary work. Her first book appeare
t in 1882. Others followed rapidly. tt
J, day time she devoted to the king, h.
household and her people. II
scratching Of her pen disturbed Il
silence of her room at night. tt
king, it is freely stated, never toe
much stock in this literary work, al
e to Judge them from the small edition
II in Austria and Germany. Carm,
o Sylva's works are more popular
% England and America than near
Z, home.
le With snow-white hair surroundil
70 an intellectual. spiritual face, viii
r retains much of its early beauty, CT
T. men sylvia is still the mother of t
X Roumanian people. Under King Ks
a and Queen Elizabeth, Roumania h
pc prospered. There are now sever
III royal palaces. As there are no dire
e heirs. Crown Prince Ferdinand, t
" second son OF King Karl's eide
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