Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27
QUEEN MARIE
CONTINUED from Paua onal

Hamilton. Ont, when she told Mayor
Trelavan:
Il have always dreamed Of coming
to Canada. and now l am here. 1t
is a joy to be here
At Hamilton Queen Marie. and
Princess Ileana conversed in Ru-
manian with a group of their own
people, who swarmed about the
observation car. Just before the
train departed Marie asked the mayor
what lines of business had claimed
her countrymen in Hamilton, and
he replied. "All lines, Your Majesty"
The queen was the guest OF the
Womens Canadian Club this after
noon, and of Lieutenant Governor
and Mrs. Cockshutt at Government
House this evening.
Again under the Union Jack, the
flag of the land of her birth, Queen
Marie, addressing a welcoming
assemblage of the Women's Club,
painted a word picture of the part
Canada and Rumania had played In
the World War as a basis for her
plea that women unite to prevent
further wars.
There is no distance between the
hearts of women" she said, "and no
frontiers to the one large love which
will one day rule all things"
Remarking that Il have never for
gotten that l was born in England"
the queen declared There Is no
stronger link binding us together
than the association of the British
Empire"
She recalled that Canada was
among the first to assist Rumania
after the war.
After leaving the train at the
Toronto station Queen Marie stopped
to listen to the singing of Welsh
women's choir standing nearby.
In half hours informal chat with
newspaper correspondents aboard the
royal train while en- route here today,
the queen, Princess Ileana and
Prince Nicolas said they would like
to get close enough to Americans
to reveal themselves as ordinary
humans with human qualities.
1t was an altogether informal and
friendly meeting which the queen and
her children disclosed a natural
curiosity in things American and
had revealed also their reaction to
the rOunu OF TeCeplloHS anu OsdtiOhn
marking their passage.
Queen Marie has enjoyed her
experiences, but she would like to
abandon her royal robes for a time
and, alone and unattended, step into
an American home and have a
kitchen chat with the housewife. She
wants to know how average Ameri-
cans live, how they regulate their
lives, how the housewife puts her
dinner dishes through a washing
machine and other details of home
life.
! Contact with the man in the street
has left a deep impression on the
Rumanian queen. A member OF her
encourage related that the queen
seeing a policeman standing at at
tention as she passed, spoke to him.
saying he must be tired from stand
ing up so long and just for her
Majesty The policeman replied:
"Oh, l feel fine and am mighty
glad to meet you"
The queen, who does not under
stand why ruler and peasant cannot
be Just themselves and perform their
set duties and still have friendly
contact, enjoyed the incident of the
policeman. 1t emphasized a daring
thought in her mind that perhaps
some time she might give her
encourage the slip before she return
ed home and set out on an expedi-
ton of her own to see the things she
wants to see, but is barred from by
the strict officiality of her receptions
and entertainment.