Evening star., 1925-06-11

me SERIES muTNS Ihe JlrSt time
that retOnin0 member of royalty
has tOritten under his or her o1Un
| signature for q ne1rspaper.
BY QUEEN MARIE OF RUMANIA
CLOTHES WORE AT COURT.
A queens or a princess "entree" Is
always prepared for her. She is the
| last to appear. All other guests are
already assembled, everybody is wait.
| ing for her-eager, cynical, tired
cross, pleased. nattered, interested
sometimes grudgingly so, but interest.
ed in spite of themselves il only with
| the very human desire to scoff, criti-
cize and find fault. Therefore a queen
or a princess who has any right pride
or even only a sense of the fitting will
see that her 'entree" should not be a
| disappointment.
Clothes Role Important.
Clothes on these occasions play a
| great part, and l have known that
sort of instructive murmur of ap-
proval which mounts all unconscious.
ly from a crowd when it is pleasur.
ably impressed, when 1t is pleased.
The principal thing was TO look your
best, SO If I found the fashions of the
| yCdi loo uhDCSOliliIiS l. tucIu
according to what suited me. But very
| carefully, so that even the unkindest
critics should have to admit / had
improved the fashion, not spoiled ii.
There are certain occasions which
stand out in my memory when knew
that l had q tremendous success-and
! 1t certainly was a delightful feeling
like that of a great artist when he
brings the house down.
| 1t would lead me too far to relate
| what clothes wore on those lucky
| days, though I can remember nearly
| all of them with sort OF happy
gratitude. But one I would, all the
| same, like to describe. because there
| was something fairy-story-like about
| 1t in world which now has crumbled
away.
Triumph at Cars Court.
It was at the late cars coronation
There were many royalties, of every
country in Europe. old and young
| important and unimportant. I was
| not particularly important. but I was
young. just 20 years old-and all my
| life through, forgive me for saying sc
myself, has my face been loved by
| high and low. 1t has made my life's
road more sunny and sometimes more
| dangerous. My face is my fortune
sir" she said-and to certain degree
was 1t with me.
All these manifold royalties used or
official occasions to walk in grand
| procession through the great halls OF
the palace. paired off according to
rank. Not being the representative OF
a big country, my place was the fourth
or fifth. All the guests were as.
sembled to meet US, we passed bowling
through their thickly packed ranks
on our way to the church.
The empresses, queens and prin.
cesses wore long court trains, which
! were carried by pages dressed in
scarlet and silver. These were young
boys Of the military schools just on
the verge OF becoming officers. One
| Of my characteristics all through life
| was my real enjoyment of things
Nothing ever bores me. I am always
keen. interested. full of attention. and
I suppose my face expresses this.
Now, many royalties are dreadfully
| bored with their official duties. I am
not; l never was: and during these
| magnificent festivities, which were
! certainly firing as we'll as gorgeous
people used to watch for me because
l always looked SO pleased" they
| said.
Well, that particular day I knew
| is a pleasant feeling, and the success
had would have made every wo
| mans heart beat with satisfaction.
"How I Was Dressed"
And this was how I was dressed
A gown of snow-white mousseline- de
sole, entirely sewn over and over
| with diamonds. which fell like rivers
to the hem. where large clusters OF
pink roses were embroidered Over
| this, attached to my shoulders, was
| an endlessly long court train of pale
pink velvet upon which enormous
thorns had been embroidered. run
| ming from the shoulders down along
the whole long train covering it over
and over like the creepers which bur
| led the Sleeping Beauty's" palace
| under its pink and white profusion
On my head I wore q perfectly
| round crown Of diamonds, and fiowine
from under it was a white veil en-
broidered with scattered rose petals.
Remember that I was 20 then. an6
fair Of face" as the old. legend would
| have said. And let me add. as be
| fits the story. that the little page who
carried my train was head over ears
In love with the lady he served.
Event Still Is Pleasure.
That was long ago, but pleasurable
| to look back upon-a pleasure TO-DAY
| still, to remember all those faces. al
those eyes lighting up with joy and
admiration. to remember the astonish
| ed approval that followed me like 9
murmer wherever I passed.
Paris is. of course. the paradise fol
| clothes. The French chic is indiscuss
t4t, Nd "NInfhoo tn nr{c {7 -, -
| as important topic as politics. AL
| smart American women go to Paris
| for their dresses, and certainly get
beautifully turned out. But alas, they
| have also made prices go up in a way
| quite distressing for those whose ex
| change Is low.
London is running Paris very close
I found clothes in London that liked
| better than those in Paris, especially
from a Queens point of view. They
had more dignity and were easier tc
| wear. But then alas, am not al
| thin as the ultra-modern woman, who
to be really elegant, manages to be
almost as fiat as man.
Raps Slaves Of Fashion.
I did not begin soon enough. was
| not the type appreciated in my early
days, and now T am too advanced
in years to dare become over thin.
All dresses nowadays are made to
suit these emaciated figures SO that II
| is difficult for rounder ladies to know
what to wear, and In general the
criticism I have to make Is that toe
few women wear what suits them
| being overeager to go blindly. slav
ishly with the fashion, quite indif
ferent If 1t becomes them or not.
Some women seem to have been
born chic. Then this is immaterial
they can wear anything, put ON the
| absurd hat tha rsoat ,,nhoroy,,