The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-01-28
RUMANIAN QUEEN
LOVED BY PEOPLE
Is Leader in Every Move
ment for Betterment of
Common Lot.

Bucharest.-The World war shook
many thrones, but it only served to
strengthen that of Queen Marie, fol
to her people she is known not as the
queen of Rumania but as "the mother
of Rumania."
Rumania's creates. woman among
her subjects is something much more
than a symbol of sovereign power
she is the fountainhead of all char.
1ty, sympathy and help. Every act OF
benevolence, every movement for the
betterment of the common lot, every
inspiration for nobler and higher
life seems to center in Queen Marie
an English-Russian woman whom fate
and fortune placed at the head of a
Latin race.
Before the war her realm embraced
less than seven million people. Today
she rules over seventeen million
souls, but the word "rules" is hardly
applicable to Queen Marie's occu.
pancy. She is one of the most demo.
cratic and indulgent of reigning
queens, just how democratic being
shown in this manner:
Even Reporters Are Received
A correspondent sought an inter
view. Two minutes after he had pre-.
seDced his card at the royal palace he
was ushered into a small drawing
room, where he was informed that
"her majesty is dressing for dinner
but she will be glad to receive you
Scarcely had the words been spoken
when Queen Marie, attired simply in
silk dressing gown and sandals, with
her long golden hair flowing loosely
over her shoulders, stepped forward.
II know you will excuse me for ap
pearing in this unconventional and
'unqueenly' way" she said smilingly
to the astonished correspondent, "but
I'm getting ready for dinner, and as
I know you called specially to see me
about my views for the American
people, I did not want to send yor
away without a few minutes friendly
chat"
While King Ferdinand is the titula1
head Of the royal house of Rumania.
Americans and others who have been
to Rumania know that Marie, by rea.
son of her vital, dominant, dynamic
personality and force of character.
transcends the king, who is of shy.
dif1dent, negative temperament. In
relation to the queen he is not the
ruler, but, the ruled. In this respect
Queen Marie inherits some of the DOS.
tive, self-reliant, dominating qualities
OF her great ancestor, Queen Victoria.
'"The king, poor man." the queen
told the correspondent, sis a bashful,
timid soul, and I've got always to push
him into the limelight."
The talents, brilliaucy and versatil
ity Of Queen Marie equally make her
one of the most notable world fig.
ures. One of four daughters of Prince
Alfred, duke of Edinburgh, and OF
Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna,
o3.y daughter of Gear Alexander u
Of Russia, she was endowed with nat
uraf beauty, charm and grace.
Most Beautiful Queen of World.
Although now past fifty years OF
age, she still is considered the most
beautiful queen in the world. Ameri.
can women are captivated by her soft,
youthful, regular features and her
unaffected, winning manner. She is
at once womanly queen and a queen
ly woman. Many of her admirers
have often said that her peculiar at.
tributes of intellect. beauty, energy
and popularity entitle her to be the
queen of England; that her talent is
wasted on a Balkan country.
Queen Marie not only possesses all
the natural endowments which Amer
leans usually associate with a queen,
but she is remarkably gifted as a lin
guist, writer and a poetess. She
speaks English, German, Rumanian,
Italian, Spanish and perfect
English. She has written no less than
ten books on history, poetry, philoso-
ply, fiction and the fine arts. She
also has achieved marked success in
painting, embroidery, designing and
furniture making.
Queen Marie has given the world
two other queens in the persons Of
her daughters, and is prepared to
offer a third. They are Queen Marie
Of Yugo-Slavia, wife of King Alexan-
der, and Queen Elizabeth of Greece,
who, however, lost her crown in the
revolution Of 1924, which threw her
young husband, King George, off the
throne. The third prospective queen"
Is Marie's beautiful sixteen-year-old