Evening star., 1923-07-29

ty conversation and In repartee, is
quick to take an advantage to win
her point and, unconsciously calls
upon every man who approaches her
to put forth his best intellectual ef-
fort to arouse her sympathetic in
plays divinely on several fnstru-
ments, composes plays-some of
which clutch the heartstrings, while
others move to mirth and appeal TO
superb horsewoman and. above ali,
is invested. both in Rumanii and
abroad. with very bright halo of
real heroism. a halo modestly and
simply worn. It was heroism dis
nursing the wounded and the sick
during the first two Balkan wars and
their consequent terrible epidemics
Of cholera and typhus. and then, dur
ing the invasion of Rumania by
with her husband and children. she
was driven out of her home at Bu-
charest just In the same way that
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth had
been forced to abandon their home
mans when the latter swept into Bel
gium in the summer of 1914. She
was. indeed, the soul Of the defense
of Rumania-a defense which, at
for1o1n momept Lacked as If 1t were
tually emerged from the conflict
with a territory doubled in size and
population and with all the glory OF
never having surrendered to the out
rageous demands Of the cruel foe, II
was due, in the main. to the spirit
with which she had imbued both her
husband and his people.
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Chivalry plays a very great role
in the character of the Poles, not
alone among the aristocracy and af-
fluent classes. but even among the
masses. Indeed, the several Polish
instructions against Russia. espe-
cially that of 1863, furnished abun-
dant evidence of the extent to which
this quality is developed in the real
Polish peasantry. And when Queen
Marie turned up at Warsaw the
other day. with her husband. and put
forth all her efforts to bewitch the
Poles, they went wild with enthusi-
asm about her, especially on the oc-
casion of the military pageants or
ganized in her honor. For the first
time since the overthrow of the
Polish kingdom, in the eighteenth
century. all of the old-time Polish
court ceremonies, customs and forms
of etiquette were revived. greatly to
the taste of the Polish people.
These ceremonies and regal pomp
evoked in their minds, especially in
the minds of the mobiles and of the
territorial magnates. memories of
the glorious traditions of the old
Polish kingdom, of those heroic
Kings of Poland who delivered
Vienna from the besiegfng Turks and
drove the barbarous Moslem hordes,
who were endeavoring .to overrun
all Europe. back in ignominious de-
feat to the shores of the Bosporus.
And the Polish masses, who are al
ways keen for pagentry, brilliant
spectacles and public rejoicings, were
profoundly impressed by the fact
that the queen, standing and sitting
between Marshal Pilsudski and his
successor in the presidency. DR..
Wojccechowski, had apparently rec
onciled these two bitter political an
tagonists and had drawn them into
friendly and, seemingly, cordial. as
we'll as amusing. conversation with
each other. They saw that the pres
enee of a king and, above all. Of
beautiful queen, was enough to
Quench those violent political ami
mosities among the leading states
men Of the country which, ever since
Poland recovered her Independence,