Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-01-03


THAT nation u l.oumania, which hos
stood peacefully by vine is noiRh-
bors girded 40 their lOins and de-
seconded on tho sultan. Doubtless
there ara good many reas0ns for
this attitude on tho p8rt 81 Rou-
mania. ana II may be thot ono 81
them IL 20 be found Ia the opposition
Of the country'a queen, Elizabeth, To-
war ana SIS horrors. says the Kansas
City STAR This queen. better known
As carmen sylvia" has been oppos
ed 90 war for many years, AMI sho
has some reason 70 Dc. since she haa
served rs a nurse In field hospitals IN
nor day.
Carmen sylvia. indeed. has done
many things which are outside thu
regular routine Ot royalty. and all in
all she IL one u tho most picturesque
and attractive of tho crowned heads
81 Europe. Carmen sylvia" IL her
pen namc--'song of tho woodlands
% means 4 slender. whlte-haircd
woman she r.. with bright blue eyes
and an eager. viyacious way Of speak
ing. She is interested In authors,
musicians. painters; sho has founded
an institution for helping tho blind,
and she has gone out Of her way To-
teach tho women Of Roumania Ia DO
better housewives and better mothers.
The veterans OF tho RoumanIan army
still refer to her az Mother Queen"
horn In q hugo old castle on the
Rhine. Carmen sylvia spent much
tina la her childhood roaming tho
great forests that we're incioscd by
her fathers estates. Three big dogs.
Great Danes, we're her companions "a
these ramblcs. ana tho peasant folk
who knew and loved her FOR her kind
IS. pympathetlc interest. used IN refer
Ia her ~ tho princess OF tho Wild
rose" Even today she has much Of
the charming coloring that earned
her that pretty sobriquet.
But the Wild rose princess could
not 60 on indefinitely playing IN tho
out-of-d doors. u was part of the
education ~ every German girl oil
title 20 be- sent 90 court. so 20 tho
court or rho king OF Prussia Elizabeth
--oun is APT Co lose sight Of her real
u1ur-w.nt To- s"ryo rs maid of
honor. And b. Nas there that sho
become her husband She came
romrlng down broad stairway ot
the palace orc day. more IN" @ happy
school girl than r. princess. slipped
and fcli. Ana she fell into tho arms
of young lieutenant who happened
To Se passing that way az an opor-
tunc moment rae lieutenant was
Charles n prince Of tho house ~
Hohenxollorn. who IN 1856 was placed
upon tho throne Of Roumania. Three
years later ho married Elizabeth A.
once she sect herself tu lr1rn the WAYS
of goumJnia First She studied the
ianruagc. then size learned somc'hins
of the condition ot the people.
~ 1877 thcro was war hctwecn
Russia and Turkey Boumaro was
involved. o. was in That war TINT
Carmen sylvia earned hvr ttl" oft
Mother queen" She went herself
into tho H.'d hospitals dressed
wounds. rolled hlndagcs and tended
tho Wounded. when tn" war WIS
over tho officers who mad pH'n part
Co. % shaved ib,ir srautnd" bg ,rert-
.uI siltu. q" tHo queen u lmah'r-
asst
% V1s NOT uutl afiHr 'H' wrr ihJt|
E'1Jn,u rr..me Interested n write
ing writing lor ,h. public. that Dr.,
Tor suo had ALWAYS written fur her
own amusement Tho uocu'S oulN
child. Princess Marie, died upt toms
after tho conclusion uf peace. and uu
tus littlc marul, ..Jn .buy, beer grlNc
carmen S,',p had THESE words in-
scr,hcd.
e,y..p NOT for IN. is mo-, dead. She
.pl,. s',.r.-
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