Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-03
CARMEN SYLVIA,
QUEEN MOTHER
Of RUMAN|A, is
REPORTED DEAD
Notable Career Ended-Princess
of WED and Poetess Who Said
She Would Never Marry ''Un-
less ! Can Be Queen of Ru-
mani"

london March "a bucharest dis
ia;l rrgeieod by Reuters Telegram
g By way Of Amsterdam says that the
l.een Mothc- Elizabeth of Ruma mia
srmcn sylvia, died this morning.
The pen lame carmen sylvia by
which the Queen Mother Elizabeth of
3grania vas widely known. was cho-
~ BY her in oppression Of her love for
s7g and til, woods She was one of
" most charming figures in the courts
i Europe. ana practically the only one
recent GENERATIONS to gain fame as
loetess
in her own words. she was born far
',on throne. for although she was
princess If WED. one of the many
'ry principalties with which Germany
bounded, her youth was that Of an or
mary robust country girl who learned
"a cock and sew and who romped in the
ven with her companions at the viii
ise school She was born December
:: 1919, AID in her childhood she
FoWsd pred l"ctlonS for the poetical
'snces that had such an influence on
,s' later .iIo She absorbed innum
''atle fairy stories and. with some of
. oVn imagination added. she delight
g aer playrlateS with her fancie-. At
'eme she received spartan training.
md with a father who was an invalid
ny life and brother who was incur
'oy ILL., SIZE experienced many sorrows
md hardShips
pom the death of her brother. the
'FfceSS was sent away to visit her
a'a' the Grand Duchess Helena Of
"'Ssia, Who took her travelling to va
TOYS parts of europe. 1t was during
IS tour however that the Princess
'''seif vas stricken with typhus fever.
''R "hen she recovered il was to learn
max her father had passed away. She
as deeply af,cted by the sorrow in her
'"'F ard music and poetry became
u only consultations Must all I love
' esf'h he horne to the grave is the
'E1eh Of mournful poem that she
'0'e al tile time Of her fathers death.
Ahcns her friends about her home
We Rhine The little wild rosebud
veg had "Vlnced an almost savage
'''"Ae 10 marrimony and had often
M"'hed. Il do not want to marry
.ess can h. Queen of Rumania."
flncipaitN Of Rumania had at
N'ne Just been founded. and there
~ sens" IN the Young Princess re-
except that She believed il sufh-
"S safe way to say that she didn't
-. q marry az all
,1 IS remarkahls romance at
N 10 The fact that some years later
y, Sul'or became Prince Charles of
.Viefh who was refused on the
sor,s ''"'illl preteNt that the Princess
Co.,. not marry unless she could be
B.s, VI Rumania. In 1868. Prince
~, was chosen ruler of Rumania.
,s,n. :" NE autumn of the next year he
r;,., 70 WED to remind the Princess
sAee'h OF her desire to rule over that
Bnob. and settled in the palace at
e,h es' the Princess threw herself
.s WY great ardor into the life of the
sgm.ns. she learned TO read and write
nth ~ made herself acquainted
and "e needs and requirements of the
eo,l. became so beloved that the
IN ~ ''iea her The Little Mother"
81 scsoae own private purse she found
"A .aoois' hospitals. and art galleries.
% nhi,. 'ea practically her whole life
asc ,,iaa'lsanthropy. Although she had
led nv. ner literary talents in a linn
am ~. tor many years, it was not
hid ., aea'h of her first, and only
sr Vol. we age of four, that much Of
work was published