Evening star., 1936-01-21
QUEEN MARY, SAD
AT LOSS, IS CALM
Tears Flow at Bedside of
Husband-Expressions
of Sympathy Pour In.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
SANDRINGHAM, England, January
81. - England's courageous Queen
Mary, her steady calm broken only
bore up well today under
the grief of the loss Of the King to
whom she had been a wife for 43
years.
The first rush of public sympathy.
sweeping in from all parts OF the
world after the death of the 70-year-
old monarch, came to the Queen, two
years younger
She broke down in those last min.
utes just before midnight Monday.
and wept as her husband died. Com
forted by her eldest son, the new King
Edward, she retired from the death
chamber to her own room in Sand
ringham House.
This morning, regaining the sturdy
self-control she displayed throughout
his majesty's brief illness, she was able
to telephone the tragic news to other.
distant members of the royal family.
Devotion Proves Inspiration.
Refusing to admit she was tired,
she had buoyed the futile hopes Of the
royal physicians themselves.
To Queen Mary, the Kings death
was the end Of a marriage partner
ship which had become vivid SYM
Dol to the empire of happy home life.
Britons usually associated the royal
Ia wit thn,,nt,te Nf 6rocido
fort.
Mary, yesterday Englands Queen,
became today the Queen mother. di-
vested at the instant Of her sovereign
husbands death Of throne and titles
-eminence and power.
She is still in good health. and
rather than retreat from public life,
Britons hoped she would find occa-
sion to contribute still to the nation
she served as Queen.
For her son, she may continue to
preside at court ceremonies, leuding
her dignity and graciousness to the
new reign.
The British public as a whole per-
sisted in regarding her as "the Queen"
regardless of her constitutional status.
In her widowhood, the former Prin-
cess May Of the Germany duchy Of
Teck, nearly 26 years Queen Of Eng
land, won more than ever the devo.
ton Of her former subjects.
Wed King 43 Years Ago.
From the day when she married
George, Prince of Wales, 43 years ago.
the Princess May, as she was then
called. resolved to be the mainstay OF
uprightness and duty she had been
reared to consider synonymous with
wifehood.
Although her girlhood days in virtual
poverty and retirement had made her
shy almost to the point Of timidity.
Queen Mary never finched from the
onerous public duties which devolved
upon her.
In the early days Of their marriage.
the royal couples native difhdence
made them somewhat self-conscious,
and consequently stiff and unbending
when they appeared in public.
This attitude at first was mistaken
by some for aloofness. The Queen
recognized this, and struggled to over
come the temperamental reserve which
concealed warm heart.
How we'll she succeeded was shown
by the increasing public popularity Of
the royal couple as their reign
progressed.
Devoted as Companion.
The Queen was undisputed mistress
of the royal household. A born home.
maker, she looked personally to the
Kings every comfort. She never made
a personal engagement without first
consulting his majesty.
Their treasured hours of personal
life, free from the eyes Of the world.
usually were snatched at little home
dinners or during the all too brief
holidays here at Sandringham, which
they called "home" because, Of all the
palaces. it is the most private.
They we're enjoying such a holiday
when the King was stricken last week.
AS completely as she fulfilled the
role of wife to King George, so was
Queen Mary the wise and capable
mother of his six children. four sons
and one daughter of whom survive
his majesty.
Although the royal couple gave their
childrens upbringing their joint at
tention, the King entrusted to his
Queen their early education. She
taught them certain of their lessons
herself, and in later years she helped
guide their careers.