Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-11
R0UMAN|A's QUEEN REAL
POWER BEHIND Throne
Sho Serves Her Country Well,
Shouldcring Every Burden
ChccrfulIy

BUKilAItESr. July IO.-'.IIow TO
be successful Queen? said Queen
Mary. Of Roumania. repeating the
question of the correspondent.
why. 1t Is something Of trade
TO be Il Queen. and the chief iinple-
ments OF the trade arc courage and
courtesy. Smile when your head is
aching. smile when YOU are ready 10
drop from fatigue and worry. smile
when all Is going wrong. smile at
good news and at bad news. Always
keep yourself Interested in others.
No matter how great may be the
strain on your patience when talking
or listening TO q bore. make him or
her think that you think the CONVEX
sation Is vital. Never think OF your
personal troubles. but those OF your
country. i don't even own up when
l know that i don't know thing:
hut I always go out and Ind out all
about THIS upknown sublect,,
VINO rules lsuun!ania. and they wiii
look at you with eyes vide open IN
surprise and say: Why. the Queen.
OF cOurSe!"
Is Power B-hInd Throne.
Queen Mary Is the scene shifter.
the siikcn hand. the power behind
The throne, OF King Ferdinand every
ENGLAND. nearly twenty-fve yoars
ago. che has been learning this trade
OF being Queen. and now she has
in place of Carmen sylvia. and she
has made IL her business to know
hex e., con ianiIo end her peopl s Co.,.
take the duties OF the job as vel! :,s
its pleasures. AZ for It's pleasures.
she gets all tn" fun she can out OF
IT. dresses i:s well az "hc can. to en-
nance her beauty. which is famous.
II Queen goes around shabby and
red-noscd, II makes u great deal Of
difference. ! think" she said. 1T
rs not expected OF us. and so why
should on ! do Il? felt rather morti-
nistice ana had 10 attend rcccp-
lions frcquented by all the beauties
OF the world. and was no, able 10
which had been sent TO MOSCOW. Just
10 think that had four or iive
crowns. some OF them inherited from
my Russian mother. and no; one TO
wear in Paris"
That ne queen isa quite rs willing
TO ehouldCr the Duties OF uuc,ndOm
is testified to by thousands Of men
and women who met her durinI; the
German occupation OF Roumonia. As
the hoSSRt,a! % the !ncurhbles 1T Jas
sy. When she and the surgeon
rsachca the door OF the hopeless:
There's no need ~ going In there. IL
is too dangerous" said tho surgeon.
They are dying. 1t is my duty" an
swcrcd the Queen Just after she
entered the Queen heard a dying sol
der calling for his ~!fc. Without "A
word the Queen walked over 10 the
ped OF the. tyPhus victim saying.
the man. who died in her arms.
happy!
In Practical Woman.
The Queen is practical Queen. In
the saTn1 city Of Iassy this Tact V"ns
discovered. and when the Mayor
wanted 10 get the snow cleaned or
the streets. he t!m!dly applied 10 the
OF course j Viii haiiip." said Ia Inc
Queen. and She led the gang OF snow
shovc!ers After this whenever med
iSnc5 and instruments were needed
In the hospitals. or extra nurses, the
Queen "as called upon.
once there was bread famine.
The Queen got he. own private mo-
tor cars securing he country for
-four, and then she organized the
coal famine. AS Il child was
taught TO 1.-Two FOR others said the
Onccn In one part OF the conv.rs1-
ton with the Associated Press cor
respondent so whatever 10 I
do naturally, without effort. A n
pnit OF the trade"
Should the Queen get n touch Ct
international ism and go on str Ike
some day. that would be hard day
for Roumania." said lauSh!ugiy Ta.:1
Jonescu one o! her admirers . man
regarded as the kaencst- minded law
yer. iinal cicr and politician in :he
country
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