The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-05
QUE N ELIZABETH
 AMONG SOLDIERS
Her Devotion to Duty, Gen and Sympathy in inc Hour of Distress

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 rornrnentatoTs on the war in 1EaI- raDe hasvs Isssost 'a1anirnousl in saydn s that Ezir s.sa lbert and Queen esls befh of Ba1giunn, have 50 far pta the most striking and heroic reiTass ef < all the royal personageE in this greatest battle drama King Albert is the only reigning monarch who Iaa s adt tiiaI lS:s led his seIdiers i n fsaftla a1 1tholIgh EInI or " Hh elm hass taken a most active part in the. direction of military airssss and King of servia, despite his. age has. baen at the front at times.
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 Not a Warlike Princess.
 She has gone from town to town, and camp to camp, and trench to trencT1 agirfg te wounded and eonfarttng t11es dzdngs her sweet srniIeS seems fo heal their wounds She Fepresents "a Il Sat is gentle and eompa saio ionaEe s5n 4his country of F'landeFA W here a6ense mist: hangs over sl1ss m 5ilrnf 1iI andscape like great srroud above tlse dead.
 s-ShszKs hy no cans d warlike princess. 5pi pg horsebaek sbe- side her Victorious husband and and drums towns reta aken from the enemy.
 ssTile 1izhtest sword in the world would be too heavy forFher delicate little hand, and she despfses nlilf< tary parades in which princesssess the head of regiments. She is only seen when the cannon is silent and when the ron is called after the battle Alone and unescorted she slips from one hospital to another, the nobIest of those noble women cause she is the most simple. the most uofher1y and the humbIest-
 People Loved Red at Sight.
 ss4slizaBeth. Queen Of Belgium 7e can seew her now making her entrabce into Brussels, one beautiful autumn day in 1900 when she married Prince Albert, heir sxnan and dainty. beside her hllsbsa m the depth ofS the great state s acf shA had not sslae ma Jestic Of the Gedntess of Elan She had not tIls beaaty of PxiReess es1e n eHtina, but the sweet est ef ssaI1ass s 1t s1p her young face, ald she had N gentle sympathetic ex- pr essixssa thats Went straight to one's.
 The Brussels people loved her at first sigt and ever since that sunny u141 1pi E ofs Der entrance into kus- sells she has Kept their cohHdence and afect1Un- Among this critical peoples VnQ know exactly what they want who are never imposed zon by titles or po1nps or the outward show feeling that this princess was very different from other princesses, that she was more sympathetic, and that she understood the people better They k1aew that she was not very rich and that the prince haftsefosen her for helseM alone and not For State reasons They knew that her ers the learned ssCharIes Thead oTes duke of Bavaria, had inflated her little ssiuto scientif7c matters, and SO 5 knew, tops that she had mind of her own an d mach artistic sense, and that in this little crowned head there was great ability coupled with a. gentle but firm will that overcame gradually the preJudices of the court
 
 staclesI
 The Little Queen.s'
 From the first they called her the Little queen with such a note of af- lection and tenderness in their voices that the stranger could not but mo- 4ice how much deep feeling lay in this familiar expression that con- before she transformed the atnos- phere of a court that so much mourn ing and so much sadness had made a little Iugubrious. She made point Of Bringing to it poets and artists, for she wished that King Albertss reign ious renaissance of art and Hterature In Belgium, and her induence in that direction has been often quoted No one could say exactly how much of that was the kings doing, how much the queen s, but the fact that these two beings, so admirably endowed by nature with intelligence, goodness. courage and loyalty, were united to uphold the greatness of their people .ls one of fate's miracles The Aercest socialism, though not abafing it's 5 principles, was disarned before the When, at the outbreak of the war. she went alone to visit the Red Crcss hospital installed at the Mafson du Peupie in Brussels, and when she en- tered that hall, now transformed into 3. ward, where so many rebe1Iious ora lions had been acclaimed, she was greeted as they had never greeted any of their greatest leaders
 But long before this the people had shown they recognized her worth. for. HsIien she was seriously i'll four years ago, and when. after long days of an Eaish and waiting, they leaned that she must go away. for several months from Belgium. there was so-rowing tlaEoughout the land. and from every quarter Of the country prayers were raised for her life, and advice and remedies were offered, most touching sometimes in their simplicity
 Thought Only of Fer Duty.
 Later. her return to the capital was feted like a second Joyeuse En- c.... 4l...-