Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-02

version for hospital equaling that
or Turk
Ferdinand, something of an, aes-
hete, loves flowers, is possessed by
passion for their perfume. He con
itantly has masses of blooms in his
ooms, on his dining table He likes
o run his long, white hands through
heir petals, inhaling the fragrance.
20 famous is Ferdinand's flower fond
less that biographers always describe
hose long, white hands caressing the
lessons, whatever else they fail to-
portray. ~&5~- -.'s~ s3-,-y% r d. .-& 80
King Ferdinand accordingly did not
Ike Queen Eleonore's coming to him
iirect from the hospitals, from cots
If agony, with the very breath of
Heath about her garments For weeks
lfter she returned to Sofia from
nursing in Adrianople the King refus-
ID to see her. So profound is Fer
linand's dislike for and fear of sick
less that he puts his family and en-
ire household into quarantine for
he slightest indisposition. The alb
,urdity of some of the kings quaran-
ines has made the quarantine idea
joke among the courtiers at the
palace. 1t has been whispered that,
While it is true that Ferdinand breads
sickness, he has ordered some of the
guarantees as a method of taking a
recess from family disputes.
The husband of Europe's royal
curse" controlled his adherence of
his wife's ministrations for some time
during the Balkan war, but the Ferdi-
nand patience finally ended. In adj
dition to her nursing and Red Cross
Eleonore had supervised the
of the hospital depart
ment, inspected supplies as they went |
t. the front, and organized relief for
the families of soldiers who were
killed or disabled. Il
Not Like Her Husband. i
At last Ferdinand prohibited her /
doing any more nursing or superin. |
tending, and gave orders that none of |
he latest collection of clothing and |
other equipment which she had gath |
cred for sick soldiers should be sent |
TO the field Goods which had been I
contributed by civilian patriots were
sold at auction, and much of the |
went to the secondhand |
stores. 1t is stated that the queen !
wept when the messenger sent by the
Balkan Relief committee told her the |
lews
Il am, of no account at all, then"
she is quoted as having exclaimed.
Another of the whisperings in Sofia
vas that Ferdinand was growing jeal-
JUS Of the hold which Eleonore was
>btaining on the imagination of the !
)Opulace, as her works for the sick
made her hugely popular with the
masses. She is net today, and never
las been, liked by Sofia society out
'ide of her immediate circle, but she
S loved by the crowd, while the SOL
Tiers regard he as an angel of COM
passion and sOlace
But not alone is the contrast be-
Ween Eieonore and Ferdinand found
n the love of nursing on her part. in
he detestation of it on his. The con-
rast is found at almost every Eoint
where comparison is possible
EleonoTe is good, exceedingly good.
She has been characterized as "one of
he most admirable women in Eu-
ope. She is a plain woman, with
imple tastes, not fcnd of pomp. She
likes to do straightforward work in a
Straightforward way. She has always Ii
zen intent on expanding her energies
n accomplishing good for her hus-
and's subjects. If she were an Amer !
can she might be q W. c. T. L. lead |
/ or a settlement organizer and
orker. or the head Of a great hos I
itaI.
And the mate of this woman of the I
!mp'o virtues has been described as {
monarch Of the Middle Ages Fer '
inand is clever. crafty. cruel, con- Y
{ l"nr"l"sS cunceitrd. selfish. I'M [
rateIul, somewhat effeminatc in his h