South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-03
QUEEN ELIZABETH
OF ROUMANIA DIES
: Spring Campaign Sale Ends Saturday
Charming Figure in Courts OF
Europe Famed as
POeteSS.

gram Co. by way NJ Amsterdam says
that the Queen Mother Elizabeth of
R0umania Carmen sylvia died
Thursday morning
The penname Carmen sylvia" by
which the queen Mother Elizabeth
OF Roumanla was most widely
known. was chosen by her in ex-
preston OF her love for song and
the woods. She was one OF the most
charming figures iH the courts Of
Europe. and practically the only one
OF recent generations TO gain fame
as poetress.
In her own words. she was born
FAR from a throne" for although
she was "a princess of WED, one OF
the many tiny principalities with
which Germany abounded. her
youth was that OF an ordinary rO-
bust country girl who learned to
cook and sew and who rOmped in
the open with her companions at
Z the village school. She was born
Dec. 80. 1919. and in her childhood
she showed prediction for the
poetical fancies that had such an
influence on her later life she alb
sOrbed indumerable fairy stories
and. with some of her own magma
ton added. she delighted her play
mates with her fancies. At home
she received Spartan training, and
with a father who was an invalid
for life. and brother who was in
eurably ill. she experienced many
aorrows and hardships.
COnsOled by Poetry.
Upon the death of her brother.
the princess. was sent away to visit
her aunt the Grand Duchess Helena
OF Russia, who took her travelling 10
various parts OF Europe II was
during this tour. however. that the
princess herself was stricken with
typhus fever and when she recov-
cred il was 20 learn that her father
had passed away She was deeply
affected by the sorrow in her family,
and music and poetry became her
only consolation. Must all I love
on earth be borne 10 the grave2'' is
The burden of "a mournful poem that
she wrote at the time OF her fathers
death
Among her friends about her
home on the Rhine. ''the little wild
rosebud Of WED" had evinced an
almost savage dislike TO matrimony,
and had often exclaimed: II do not
want 20 marry unless / can be queen
of Roumania.' The principally of
Roumania had at that time just
been founded. and there was no
sense In the yoGhg princess remark
except that she believed II a sufi-
eiently safe way TO say that she
didn't want TO marry at all.
There is a remarkable romance
attached TO the fact that some years
later her sutton became Prince
Charles Of Hohenzonern. who was
refused on the same fancifIl pre- /
text that the princess would not I
marry unless she could be queen Of |
Roumania. In 1858, Prince Charles !
was chosen ruler or Roumania. and /
n the autumn OF the next year he /
returned TO WED TO remind the /
Princess Elizabeth OF her desire to |
rule over that kingdom.
Married. and settled in the palace |
at Bucharest, the princess threw /
herself with great ardor into the /
life OF the country. She learned 10 4
read and write Roumanian. made /
herself acquainted with the needs /
ana requirements OF the land, and |
became so beloved that the people /
called her The Little Mother" out |
90 he own private purse she found !
ed schools. hospitals and art gal /
Ferries. and devoted practically her !
whole Ike to philanthropy. AL |
though she had practiced her liter
AIRY talents i'm a limited way for
many years. il was not until the !
death Of her first. and only child. |
al the age OF four. that much OF her
work was published
Translates Folk songs.
She translated into German the
favoritc Roumanian folk songs. and |
wrote some short novels and dramas
Some of her publications are:
Thoughts of n Queen" "Edleen
Vaughan" shadows on LIES
Dial and "A Real Queens Fairy
Book"
She was an interchangeable worker.
Interyiewers who have been received
AZ her palace have found her an
swering Der innumerahle letters her
self on typewriter-four of which
machines she had IN constant use.
equipped for writing in English. /
Roumanian. French and German.
Once a pupil of Rubinstein she was
skilled i'm the playing Of the piano,
and she was also gifted as an artist. +.
Having lost her own little girl.
she pictured herself as mother to
millions Of Roumanian children. and
among them she was held in great
affection As TO woman's work.
Carmen sylvia often expressed her
self i'm interviews "A woman. she
said. lis made for the home. Her
hands should e, .tained 20 do beau
tiful things. things which she can DO
BY her own fireside. and there her
husband should find her"
Her husband. King Charles /. OF
3oumania. died In October. 1914.
past IS years of age. Since then
the Queen Mother herself had been
In 90 health. suffering particularly
from cataract in both eyes.