| Show Succession of Sorrows I Mark Life Of Princess Helen elen of Rumania Deserted Wife of Prince Carol Lives Quietly Training Son to Be Exemplary King One of of ofa a series of Sketch Sketch- Sketches of Notables By JAMES A A. A MILLS Staff Correspondent of the Associated Associated Associated Press Bu BUCHAREST HAREST June 2 AP AP The The sad princess might well be the title by which Princess Helen of or Rumania Rumania Ru Ru- mania will be remembered in his his- tory tort The deserted wife of Prince Carol and mother of tho boy king of people Is said by her Intimate friends to have never known real love loge or happiness save in the affection of her year old son King King- Mihal Charming estimable and attractive tive five her only interests in life now are her son and her work in the Red Red RedCross Cross Helens Helen's life has been a a. succession succession succession sion of ot sorrows The first came when as a girl of 17 in Greece her grandfather tho rho late fate King Georgo George I was as as killed billed by an assassins assassin's bomb Then a few years later she witnessed witnessed witnessed wit wit- the death through an accident accident accident acci acci- dent of ot her favorite brother King Alexander Subsequently she saw the exile and death of ot other her father the rho starred ill King Constantine It was fuss during her fa fathers father's fathers father's fathers father's fa- fa ther's exile in Switzerland that Helen met the young Prince Carol Caro who was later to bring so much anguish and bitterness Into her life At the end of the World war she saw her uncle Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany follow tollow her father into exile POLITICAL ALLIANCE After her marriage In Bucharest to io Prince Carol Caro which was believed by all to be a political alliance promoted by Queen Marie Princess Helen witnessed sed the banishment from the rho Gre Greek k throne of her elder brother King George Then came the death of her beloved beloYed grandmother grandmother grand grand- grandmother mother Queen Mother Olga and finally the tragedy that filled her cup of ot woe woo to the rho brim Crown brim Crown Prince Carol to whom sh she had been married only four Sour years deserted her to go with the rho red red haired Madam Madam Ma Ma- dam Lupescu daughter of a Jewish merchant of Bucharest What kind of a a girl is this princess princess princess prin prin- cess who has tasted so bitterly of the sorrows of life and whom fate has robbed o of over one of ot the richest states in Europe An Associated Press correspondent after a day spent in the sad princess princess' princess princess' princess princess' prin prin- cess' cess palace In n Bucharest records these i Impressions LIKE AMERICANS First a a. luncheon with the tall stately gracious princess and her affable democratic brother former King George of Greece They both like the company of Americans be because be be- cause they say they are more snore natural and likable than other folks Helen has just celebrated her thirty-second thirty birthday but her luxuriant golden h hair lr which she wears her wistful blue- blue gray eyes fair complexion and graceful figure make her look younger She dresses simply and i her only article of jewelry is a pearl necklace the gift gUt of Queen Marie and the wedding ring given her by Carol Carob The table is set for five lve with I sitting next his hs mother The Tho hostess hostess' simplicity and ease case of manner manner manner man man- ner I disarms any restraint One feels he le Is s having an everyday meal with tho family at home In Its In Interior interior in- in the so-called so palace re resembles resembles resembles re- re nothing so much as an old colonial mansion in the south There is no throne chair for fOL the ping king only a baby's high chair KING WEARS TUCKER The Tho menu is simple 1 wearing wearing wearing wear wear- ing a tucker and bib bib like an AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican year old finishes a plate Plato of ot mashed potatoes and asks for more At his side looking up pleadingly for another cookie Is Brown Mumbo Mihal's favorite spaniel and inseparable companion Helen chats pleasantly about her surroundings and remarks that she prefers small cozy homes to great I i kingly palaces She has her choice chutes of ot three palatial residences but she likes best this modest room eight-room house on the Chausee ROundabout Round Roundabout Roundabout Bucharest's Fifth avenue about the dining room are the latest numbers of or American women's magazines magazines magazines mag mag- and other publications In Inthe Inthe the rho outer t room Loom are aro scores of books by American authors for although Helen speaks six languages she prefers to read and to speak EngIsh En- En gIsh for five Live generations the family fam fam- ily language Luncheon over her tier royal highness Invites her American guests Into the lovely garden at the side of ot the house meanwhile cautioning Mihal or baby as she invariably calls caUs callshim callshim him that he must be ot off to his lessons les les- sons SISTER BEAUTIFUL In the sun-flooded sun garden we meet moat Helens Helen's beautiful young your sIster bister Princess Irene who will soon be married to Prince LIppe nephew of the kin king of Denmark Denmark Den Den- mark and Prince Paul Helens Helen's Jelen s youngest brother who is planning a a. trip to the United States and Canada asks details about steamships steam steam- steamships ships railroads hotels etc Will your royal highness tell us something about your life for the American people the Associated Press correspondent ventures She declines to be quoted but she allows the correspondent to say that all her time now is taken up with the care and training of Mihal and with charitable work Before her marriage the princess was intensely intense Intense- ly fond of ot outdoor sports She ti was as asan an expert yachtswoman and swimmer swimmer swimmer swim swim- mer but now nosy that Prince Carol has deserted her and Mihal has to be trained for the throne she sho has no desire for such recreations When the weather permits she takes a morning gallop Into the countryside We tiVe learn from Helens Helen's own lips that being a a. princess arid and mother of ot ofa ofa ota a king is no sinecure All AU her ter days are occupied with official audiences the training of ot her son sori and with multiform activities on behalf of schools hospitals clinics charitable organizations etc Her constant works works of charity have bars have earned earned for her hei tho title in to Rumania of Princess Princess Princess Prin cess of the Poor HAS ONE HOBBY Princess Helen has one particular hobby That Is her special trainIng trainIng training train- train Ing school for nurses patterned after a famous Institution in the United States Most of ot the toe students students stu stu- dents are poor girls who throughout through through- I out the year two course are boarded and trained without charge Th The graduates are known in Rumania as Princess Helens Helen's girls The princess keeps contact with them long IonS after they have left left- the institution She does not care abo about t social functions and rarely ac accepts an InvitatIon in In- In to a dinner or party The only functions she gives at the palace palaCe pal- pal aCe Zt are aern afternoon n teas to which she often f Invites members of th the American colony In Bucharest I Princess Helen sees QU Queen n MarIe Carles I nr only seldom seldom not not because there is s an any estrangement between them but because their personalities temperaments and Interests differ radically Helen Is silent shy hy tim tim- orous Marie is radiant lively vivacious vivacious vi- vi Jor Helen lIves ves on onlY y for tor Queen Mario farle seems to live Uve for tor the world Lr The two per per- do not ml mix But royal al l mother law nr and deserted Princess get on very cordially net nevertheless r CAROL i NEVER WRITES Helen Princes rarely speaks o of ot Prince Carol arol and then only with forbearance a e and ana m moderation But Butth It is s n that at she has fhe obliterated Iterated th tho rho eccentric ec i prince from Her life Ute wi hc and wishes Carol w e never to See him again never ne writes to h her r but h ho he sends little Mihai who resembles him greatly toys story hooks booles 8 an anh and other presents r The Princess Princess' friends h believe she will J ne cr remarry preferring pre- pre ferring to center her IT love and tutu devotion de de- oe- oe once S already blighted upon Tim ii In n W whom her ii whole whale heart and soul arc passionately absorbed Her IIer royal highness has two ladles In waiting waUng and two secretaries all Qt 9 whose Q time is is In IQ 11 i Ing the princess dispose disease of her I large volume of court state and personal correspondence Princess Helen receives many letters from people in the United States Status asking for or photographs and autographs and often otten expressing sympathy for fOl- herin her herIn herin In her lonely existence Little King Kine- Mihai Mihal himself receives scores of ot letters letters letters let let- from children In America Amerla asking asking ask ask- asking ing him about his kites dogs toys etc ASKS GUESTS TO TEA After Inviting her American guests to tea Princess Helen takes leave of bf her visitors wi with h a aarm warm arm handshake and a charming smile King Mihai 1 and his pet dog run to to her side and join In n the farewell Please dont don't write a lot about me or Mihal in Jn the papers she admonishes admonishes ad ad- the correspondent as she hands each an autographed photo photograph graph of herself and o of MIhal Just say wo are living very ery quietly and simply that Mihal Is studying diligently dill dili gently that I am trying trying- to raise him ilm to be a a. manly honorable youth and an exemplary king One saw One saw In the tho princess princess' far farewell words a rankling allusion to the boys boy's father who l leaving mother and child to their fate spurned the Rumanian throne As the rho Americans left Lett the royal gate Helen smiled sweetly and bowed owed again while whilo a. a I waved aved his ils little handkerchief and shouted d Dont forget tho rho kite the correspondent correspondent corre come having to send lead him an American box kite |
