Evening star., 1934-09-13
BY MARGARET LANE.


tBy courtesy Of the London Daily Mail)
BLED, Yugoslavia (N.A.N.A.).-"I
am more touched than I can tell you
at having SO many kind messages OF
felicitation."
Princess Marina smiled and looked
across at her fiance. Prince George.
son Of the King Of England. Her
father and mother, Prince Nicholas
and Princess Helen of Greece, leaned
back In their wicker chairs and nodded
smiling approval.
We were sitting In the tiny villa
Bellevue, in Bled, built like swallows
nest above the lake. which the Dutch
ess Antoinette of Mecklenburg had
lent to Princess Marina's mother for
the Summer.
It had been raining. and water was
dripping outside the window from the
wreaths Of crimson dahlias the SER
wants of the villa had twined round
doorways and windows to welcome
Prince Georges future bride.
sThere Is great excitement In Lon
don, hear" said Princess Helen,
''about the engagement. Is everybody
really pleased?"
Very pleased and excited" said.
Princess Marina laughed. "They
cannot be half as pleased and ex-
cited as ! am" she said.
Looks Very Happy.
She looked very happy. There was
pleasant haze of cigarette smoke
In the little drawing room smothered
in family photographs and flowers.
The windows framed the heavy
crags and forested slopes Of one OF
the ioveliest lakes In the world,
where little covered gondolas padded
to and fro In the rain.
"I am going to London" said Prin-
cess Marina, "for a visit and to see
the King and Queen. But, of course,
! cannot say when the wedding win
be"
She looked across at Prince George
again and laughed, dipping her I'm
gers In the little box beside her for
another cigarette.
Before Christmas" said Prince
George firmly.
The young princess is, pale and
slender, with blue eyes, strong natural
eyebrows and q light-hearted mouth.
She wears her hair combed into soft
curls In the nape Of her neck and
has the lightest dust Of powder on
her healthy skin.
Wears Gray Flannel.
Her nails are polished rose pink,
and she was wearing one Of those
gray flannel Tyrolean coats and
skirts so generally worn In Austria,
the lapels and cuffs Of faded wine
color, the buttons Of silver.
She laughs easily and has the most
simple and charming manners imag-
Unable.
After her very quiet and simple
girlhood. she looks on her marriage
and the new life in England as the
most romantic and wonderful Of all
adventures.
"You know" she said, I'VE were, In
. way, engaged even before We went
to Salzburg, but, Of course, we could
not tell anybody until the ofdcial an-
nouncement was made by the King
and Queen.
I'VE got engaged by the lakes at
Bohini. George proposed to me in the
same room that my sister Elizabeth
got engaged in, exactly q year and q
month ago-the drawing room Of
Prince Paul's villa" prince Paul Of
Yugoslavia.)
While we talked Prince George got
up from time to time and answered
the telephone. which rang necessarily
In the small room. $50 many In
quiries from all over Europe" whis-
pered Princess Helen, "and In so many
languages we simply cannot cope with
them all :"
Prince George, keeping seriou,
voice at the telephone, anonymousl,
put some too importunate inquirer of
the scent
Il am afraid cannot tell you," HI
said. II cannot possibly give an,
information about the engagement
ring. This is the butler speaking"
The telephone cracked with voice.
from the other side Of Europe while
the listeners whispered and laughet
silently.
What kind of stone?" said Primo,
George, crinkling his forehead. "Oh
an amethyst, perhaps :" The voic'
trailed away into perplexed silence.
"The only stone I could think Of
ofhand," he said, apologetically, go.
ing back to the table; what Is ar
amethyst hke?"
Princess Marina and her mother
laughed and scolded him.
"As IT," said Princess Helen, "ons