Evening star., 1920-12-14
CONSTANTINE OFF
TO GREEK THRONE
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stantines departure is explained by
the fact that the long wait in hearing
the of1cial result of the plebiscite
created an anti-climax. To casual
observers it would hardly have been
apparent today that the royal family
were in their hotel The various
members of the family-Queen Sophie,
the Princesses Helen and Irene and
Prlnce Paul-go in and out without
fuss or feathers. while little Princess
Catherine continues to play through
the corridors and in the lobby, with
her English governess close at hand.
| Constantine is spending most of his
| time in his study, going over the
communications from the Greek gov
ernment and answering his personal
! correspondence.
, Lucerne's Varied Feeling.
| The return to Athens Of the exiled
Constantine is viewed by the people
of Lucerne with mingled feelings of
i regret and pleasure: the former feel
! ing because Constantine and his fam
| lily have endeared themselves to the
stolid- -German-Swss of this Alpine
| resort: the latter because he will
have come back into his own. And
! neither Greek nor international poll
tics have to do with it. The people
, here bother themselves little with
politics outside their country's. Ask
| the first Lucerneoise one sees on the
street what the people here think of
recent happenings in Greece. and in
Variably the answer will be: I'VE are
glad for the king, but will regret his
departure with his family. Since liv-
ing here their attitude has been SIM
! pie. quiet and dignified. and the queen
and her daughters have shown many
| kindnesses to the poor" CHere one
never hears the expression ex-king
or ex-queen)
| Aside from the incident at Dugano.
| when Constantine was hooted on his
! way to reside here. the eXiled kings
stay has been pleasant. members of
! his encourage say. During the sea-
! son. when tea dances were held every
afternoon. Constantine and his family
would attend daily. the sons dancing
| with whom they pleased even includ-
| ing the professional dancers-and
elder daughters danced, too.
Many incidents are told here con-
corning the contact between the royal
: family and the people of Lucerne.
but the one they like most to tell is
how. when the soup kitchens were
necessary. the queen. who is in none
, too good health. and her daughters
stood for many hours daily serving
! food to the poor. Again. Constan-
| tines friendly smile as he strolled
through the streets and his gener-
ally democratic bearing have appealed
to the town folks. They say of him
that his conduct has been irreproach-
able under difficult and trying cir
J. cumst ances.
Princess Is Popular.
Probably the most popular member
of the royal family. however. is the
little Princess Catherine, the young
est daughter. who was born in 1913.
between the two Balkan wars She
does not understand the meaning of
all the happenings of recent years,
and now only knows she probably will
go to live in palace instead of a
hotel, which is the only life she can
remember.
An amusing incident occurred when
Premier Lloyd George of Great Brit
ain and Premier Giolitti of Italy re-
Gently stopped in the same hotel with
Constantine. The e--king was COM
ing out of the public dining room