The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-07-17
CAROL OF RUMANIA
LIVES QUIETLY IN
MEXICO; GARDENER
DISAPPOINTING TO PEOPLE
EXCITING coLoRruL EpI-
soDEs AND SPECTACULAR
APPEARANCES
By JOHN LLOYD
A Features


life led here bv King Carol q
Rumania has proved dissr
pointment to people who expect
ed colorful episodes and spec
tacular appearances
Carol dwells quietly and-for
a king-modestly. in one Of Mex
leo City's suburbs He has been
here more than a year and n
that time the public has seen
him by on the street without so
much as realizing who he WAS
He does go out-but USUALLY
TO the homes of personal friends
or to official functions. and once
in a while to dine or attend the
opera. ballet or concerts. 81
which he is especially fond H.
has been seen on occasions Il
night clubs but his entourage
says this is at charity perform
anceS.
Much of his time is spent a.
lis home in suburban Coyoacan
"a rented villa comfortable bu'
not as sumptuous as the homes
of many of his friends among
the established residents H.
putters around IN his garden.
reads a large part of the tim"
and spends hours al his radio
and listening TO phonograph rec
ords.
Mime Elena Lupescu and Ern-
est Urdeanu, former palace min
ister in Bucharest. have been
constant companions of Carol
since he left Rumania IN 1870
They usually accompany him
when he visits friends or attends
receptions Mime Lupescu. like
Carol. has a circle of friends N
Mexico City especially IN the
American colony.
There is no keener follower OF
the war news in Mexico than
Carol He buttonholes friends
who may have late reports. love-
TO exchange views with them or
strategy and the meaning oi
events. He expresses himself a.
a downright enemy of Hitle.
and insists he thought when h
left Rumania in 1870 his absence
would assure the country agaInS
a German invasion
That he IS a keen strategis O.
evidenced by statement ho
made 10 friends shortly befor
the American occupation %
French North Africa. Africa.
he said That is where the blow
should be struck Certainly
something must happen there
before long.
When asked as To ms activities
at the moment he answers !
am awaiting events
He speaks feelingly OF MS son
Mihai. now on the RumanlaG
throne. calling him my boy
Carol speaks fluent English.
dresses quietly. His close friends
are mostly among the American
colony. for which he expresses
great affection. He likes io play
bridge. drinks little and has mo.
been seen to dance at the re-
ceptions and private parties he
has attended
Usually ne stands about and
talks with the guests. Has att
tude Is democratic When NJ
attends parties where Prcsidcr'
Avila CamachO Is present thcs
usually sit IN corner and fa-o
lengthily. They APPEAR 10 b"
good friends.
There are now II dogs 81
Carols COyoacan home. Ih'
number Is due to d happy event
which netted eight puppies 20
pair of French pOodleS he had
bror CHIT with him In the rear ui
his garage a FAINT blue Ien'
shines nightly over ihe last r'>'
ing place of Pussy nm
year old PekIngese. born n B.
chareSi. who died OF Wea
heart accentuated hv MeNlc.
City's altitude
Pussy was particularly dear g.
the king. and fond 81 him Wh't
the kings train was fired upor
in an ambush near the Jugosla
an border as he and Ms par
were leaving Rumania late i1
1870 Pussy" threw herself upon
Carol 10 protect him